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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), September 1931, p. 6

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NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD Reducing the running time between New York and Boston to 434 hours, the YANKEE CLippER, crack New York, New Haven &§ Hariford train, perpet- uates the memory of the Yankee clipper ships, speed marvels of their time. uses this 1 in, day out...lashed to heavy railroad barges...straining, pulling against the tide... plowing through har- bor waters choked with mud, sand, grit ... Such strenuous towing service is hard on tugs...on their stern bearings. But “Transfer No. 11” and “Transfer No. 12” of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad do such work every day in New York Harbor... have been doing it since 1898. These tugs have had many bearing installations and replacements. Their owners most certainly may be regarded as bearing authorities. For years they sought a long-lasting, trouble-free bear- ing. They experimented with many types. Their final choice is this new- type bearing . . . made of soft rubber... lubricated by water. They have found that rubber offers less friction... less wear, when in contact «xe Goodrich Cutless MARINE REVIEw—September, 1931

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