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 ) .

这次由世界银行应一个政府委员会的要求组织的“轮船会议”已成为一段佳话（尽管同年发布的一份银行报告可能更有影响力）。

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 .

新奥尔良有数家铁路公司负责经营铁路运输，还有客运公共汽车、卡车、以及城市间进行客运和货运的驳船，轮船公司还提供定期定航线的客运、货运服务。

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 .

1985年，中国的巴山号轮船顺流直下长江，船上搭载着不同寻常的乘客：十名国外的经济学家，其中包括一名诺贝尔奖得主；且这些客人数量基本上两倍于来自政界和学术届的中国陪同人员。