Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 101947257X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-35839

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Reuß, Alfons http://d-nb.info/gnd/1051831989

Title:: Frédéric Le Play in seiner Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der sozialwissenschaftlichen Methode

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Gustav Fischer

Year of publication:: 1913

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (IV, 145 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Means of Transportation 187 Swiss Aviation Service Fi. 125. This photograph of Zurich illustrates three means of transportation: (1) man’s easiest roadway, a river: (2) running alongside the river, a railway; (3) and following the course of the river. an airolane. coast of the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Texas; (3) on the coasts of China and Japan; (4) in the Great Lakes; (5) in the Mediter- ranean; and (6) on the western coast of the United States. Transportation by ship is so important that it will be studied sep- arately, in Chapter Fifteen (page 189). Railroads. Railroads carry goods rapidly for long distances on land. Although they are not so cheap as steamships, the cost of carrying a ton a mile is less than two cents. Most countries have some railroads, but in tropical and far northern countries and in most of Asia, they are scarce. In the United States, Europe, Japan, Java, parts of India, and northern Argentina, they are numerous. Railroad transportation will be studied more in detail in the next chapter (page 175). Automobiles. Automobiles transport goods longer distances than do horses, but not so far as railroads. The cost by motor truck is about thirty cents a ton per mile. Most of the world’s automobiles are in the United States and western Europe. Why motor trucks are important in transportation. Long hauls where the loads are heavy wear out horses quickly and make their use expensive. This kind of service is best performed by motor trucks. If there is work enough to keep them busy most of the time, the

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