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<DIV><FONT size=4>Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I think the folks that preserved the Queen Mary (the one in
Long Beach) are doing ok with that. Whether the same would fly in
Philadelphia is a whole nother question. And the <EM>United States</EM> has been
rusting there so long that it would probably be prohibitively expensive to
restore her even just for display and tours.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=j_swindler@hotmail.com
href="mailto:j_swindler@hotmail.com">John Swindler</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 15 May, 2014 08:09</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] Sometimes we get it
right...</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'><BR> <BR>New
passenger ships are built every year, and some appear on occasional
trans-Atlantic trips. Cunard's Queen Mary 2 offers sailings between
Southampton and New York at prices that sometime dip under $1,000 per
person. That's competitive with the airline rate.<BR> <BR>Cunard is
now owned by Carnival. And there is probably a sign posted at the ship
hiring office: "Americans not wanted". Fred's article says it
all: our government wants to dictate labor rates, but a multinational
company can look elsewhere. That's why cruise ships make sure they visit
at least one foreign port on a cruise - to avoid US minimum wage rates.
<BR> <BR>There's still steerage class on the trans-Atlantic route.
Today it's called Economy class on an airline.
<BR> <BR> <BR><BR> <BR>> From: fwschneider@comcast.net<BR>>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 17:36:54 -0400<BR>> To:
pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> Subject: [PRCo] Sometimes we
get it right...<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Sometimes, perhaps by accident or
inertia, we get it right. While other countries were mistakenly
building ships that would be empty only a dozen years later after Boeing
introduced the 707 jet, we claimed we had no money….<BR>> <BR>>
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GCsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6kwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5121%2C3739461<BR>>
<BR>> Oh well. We still have the SS United States sitting in a
dock with dreamers thinking you can preserve a ship for tourist
visitors. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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