Chandler realised that " the railroad and the telegraph , the steamship and the cable " had made it possible for companies to grow to a vast scale .
钱德勒意识到，“铁路和电报，轮船和电缆”的出现，让企业成长为巨大规模成为可能。
This " steamship conference " , organised by the world bank at the request of a government commission , has become legendary ( although a bank report published the same year was probably more influential ) .
Several railroads operate out of new orleans , and passenger bus , truck , and barge lines transport people and cargo to and from the city . Regular express sailings by steamship lines also offer passenger - and cargo-carrying service .
In 1985 a chinese steamship , thebashan , chugged down the yangzi river , carrying an unusual cargo : ten foreign economists , including one nobel prize-winner , and almost twice as many chinese counterparts from the government and academia .
