U NPROFITABLE PASSENGER TRAFFIC
SMALLER OR LESS EXPENSIVE BOATS MAY BE USED. (Hoc. October 22, 9 p.m) London, October 21. The Australian Press Association learns that owing to tho heavy cost of building nml running passenger steamers, and tho fact that fares 6eem to have readied tho maximum obtainable (though they are still unprofitable), 6hip owners generally are considering the question of building smaller, slower, and less expensive steamers, giving more space to cargo, thus reducing capital outlay and uiiniir.iaing the risks attendant on tho variability of demands for passenger accommodation. _ A proposal has beon mooted in the United States to convert tho ex-German liner Bismarck into a iloating hotel moored alongside Manhattan Wharf, No* York. It is suggested that other great linors might bo similarly usod in British ports.-Aua.-NZ. Cablo Assu.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 24, 23 October 1920, Page 9
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132U NPROFITABLE PASSENGER TRAFFIC Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 24, 23 October 1920, Page 9
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