Word: freighting
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Such as: Railroad Signalmen, Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers & Helpers, Railway Carmen, Firemen & Oilers, Train Despatches, Clerks & Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes. †The eight-hour work day was set by the Adamson Law (1916) under threat of a national rail strike...
...executive's wife receives one year of his salary upon his de mise) and Charles Whitehead was well-liked throughout the Katy. Mrs. Whitehead's job is described as helping the Katy in "interpreting the woman's viewpoint," suggesting niceties of passenger travel, perhaps even soliciting freight from businesswomen. Mrs. Whitehead lives in St. Louis, likes to play golf, is charming. Friends call her "Fanny." A son, Chester Powell Whitehead, is with General Steel Castings Corp. President Cahill, her and her hus band's longtime friend, whom she will now assist, is 56 years old, became...
...Homestead, Pa., is a leader in making the big equipment used by steel mills, employs 2,000 men. A notable product was a 14,000-ton press for the U. S. armor plant in South Charleston. A pressure of 14,000 tons is equivalent to the weight of 70 freight locomotives. Other notable products are the tremendous machine tools Mesta makes for its own use. Mesta's net sales last year were over...
...deflated and put up for the winter. While at rest on its shoring, the Graf will be minutely inspected by dirigible experts, to estimate an airship's lifetime. The Grafs record for 1930: 155 flights covering 144,275 mi. Passengers carried, 6,278; mail, 2,200,000 pieces; freight, 12,166 Ib. Zeppelin officials claimed that revenue from passenger fares met the cost of gas, salaries, insurance, depreciation...
...days or less. Capital required: $7,000,000 to $12,000,000 for landing stations; $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 for construction of ships. Annual expenditures: $6,660,000, or $37,000 for each of 180 annual trips. That cost could be fully met by mail and freight revenues, said Capt. Lehmann. Zeppelins carrying 40 passengers each would show profits of $28,600 per trip from passenger fares, which Capt. Lehmann...