People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — THE LARGEST CARGO. [ARTICLE]

THE LARGEST CARGO.

The Freighter Civic Makes a New Record at the Port of New York. New York, Feb. I.—The new White Star line freighter Civic, which sailed for Liverpool Tuesday, is said to have carried the largest cargo ever taken from this port. Shipping merchants all over town commented on the size and value of the cargo. The cargo consisted of 144,000 bushels of grain, 9,000 bales of cotton, 896 head of cattle, 400 tons of copper, 300 toqs of fresh meat, 3,500 sacks of flour, 3,000 boxes of cheese, 2,000 barrels of oil, 600 barrels of paraffine wax, 2,000 bundles sorted hides, 300 tierces of beef and 500 bales of hay.