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• n  the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters
• n  the transportation of goods on a lighter

• His union served an ultimatum demanding jurisdiction over the contract loading of all railroad freight for lighterage about New York Harbor.
• The freightage or lighterage charge is $5 a case and boats usually make one trip a day with fifty cases a trip.
• He left school early (his diction still shocks grammarians), started a small lighterage business near Galveston, opened a general store at the age of 20.

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• Pirate Party On A Railroad Barge In Red Hook
  Built in 1914, the Number 79 represents the only surviving all-wooden example of the Hudson River Railroad Barge from the Lighterage Age (1860-1960) that remains afloat and is accessible to the general public. The Barge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a rarity based not only upon her historical significance and social impact, but also upon her pristine state of ... http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/c/35360/f/663254/s/30769a11/sc/10/l/0Lgothamist0N0C20A130C0A80C270Cparty0Ion0Ia0Irailroad0Ibarge0Iin0Ired0Iho0Bphp/story01.htm Gothamist 2013-08-27 18:21:03 yboss 138341 unisexual 138841 138341 TXST researchers uncover genetic diversity in clonal fish By From Staff Reports A new study by Texas State researchers published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) sheds new light on the origins of an intriguing species of unisexual fish known as Amazon mollies. The study, “Population genomics reveals a possible history of backcrossing and recombination in the gynogenetic fish Poecilia formosa,” was authored by Laura Alberici da ... http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/content/txst-researchers-uncover-genetic-diversity-clonal-fish San Marcos Daily Record 2013-08-22 22:21:09 yboss 145516 wonder boy 138842 145516 Cary Estes: Jimmie Johnson bumped from top of NASCAR Power Rankings Long gone are the days when Jeff Gordon was known as Wonder Boy. It was an appropriate nickname back in the 1990s, given Gordon's age (he was only 21 when he made his Winston Cup debut in 1992), his boyish appearance (after he shaved off his hideous 'stache, he looked like he was 13) and his precocious racing ability (he won 46 races and three championships before his 28th birthday). http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/news/20130826/nascar-power-rankings-jeff-gordon/index.html?section=si_latest Sports Illustrated 2013-08-26 17:41:35 yboss 132942 tie rack 138843 132942 Tie Racks Make Great Birthday Presents for Men Says Necktie Butler http://www.necktiebutler.com talks about why tie racks are great birthday presents for men. The site says that whether the men in your life have a job which requires them to wear a tie, or just wear ties as a style necessity, they will appreciate the rack. (PRWeb August 26, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/tie-racks-great/birthday-presents-for-men/prweb11063700.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/tie-racks-great/birthday-presents-for-men/prweb11063700.htm PRWeb 2013-08-27 01:59:18 yboss 51834 fugard 138844 51834 Talking To Julie Harris About 'The Road To Mecca' At Long Wharf Theatre In 1997 I interviewd Julie Harris and Linda Purl oin advance of the productiuoin of Athol Fugard's the Road to Mecca" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven
  Aug. 26, 2013 - Hartford Courant