Word: shipping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the summer, Princeton is to send out a scientific expedition, on a ship furnished by the United States government, to investigate the current between the gulf stream and New England...
...Capital Ship. Mr. Berry and Glee Club...
...concerts and highly creditable to the two clubs. Though many of the glees werefamiliar to the audience they were, with one or two exceptions, well rendered, and well received. The selections which seemed to find most favor with the andience were "The Skipper of St Ives, and The Capital Ship on the part of the Glee club, while the Banjo club responded to encores of the "Brahm's Medley,' and "National March." Mr. Berry gave his solos with very good effect and the yodling of Mr. Whitman deserves mention...
There were four routes proposed for the canal-the southern route; the route by Panama; the ship railway, and the canal through lake Nicaragua. It was found that the southern route would require a tunnel to be drilled through solid rock, high enough to allow there lower masts of a ship to pass under. This trunnel would have been very expensive, and it was also found that the expense that would have to be increased in sending down the topmast of vessels would offset the advantage gained by the canal, so the scheme was a bandoned. The plan...
...capital ship." Mr. Berry and Glee Club...