Sentence Correction

During and immediately after the California gold rush, the way for a merchant to generate the most profit was to move a limited amount of scarce goods to San Francisco as quickly as possible, rather than to carry larger loads more slowly, determining the design of the clipper ship.

(A) to carry larger loads more slowly, determining
(B) to carry larger loads more slowly, a situation that determined
(C) carry larger loads more slowly, which determined
(D) slowly carry larger loads which determined
(E) carrying larger loads more slowly, and this was a situation in determining

OA Later