Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 30
nefit of the lakesailors. From thesereports a completerecord of the move-ments of ships is kepton board the mail-boat, so that the ex-pected vessels pas-sage at Detroit can be timed within an hour, and sometimes thetiming proves right to the minute. The carrier in his rowboat has room onlyfor the… … HAUL UP, AND LET GO getting out the mail for a vessel appearing un-expectedly on the river, but never yet has themail been lost or delayed. The minute detailin the work of the United States postal serviceis here shown by the record of every shippassing, kept to the minute, as well as the num-ber of…
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