The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
HOTELS ATLoAT.
How Hundreds Of People Live Luxuriously
on the Ocean Steamers.
From the New York Herald.

Should the reverend George wash
ington suddenly reappear in the flesh,
he would probably evince ONE aston
ishment at the several improvements
made in the world since he went out of
it. But nothing, perhaps, would be
more surprising to the good old man
than the fact that the hundreds of peo-
pie he might see, magnified twofold, in
the big reception-room at the barge Of
flee had all been brought across the
ocean in one vessel. Indeed, it is al
most beyond the belief OF the minds OF
to-day hat more than 500 persons could
be comfortably and safely transported
in one ship { distance of 5000 miles in
a week; but such is a reality, and q o
firmatory idea of the magnitude of the
undertaking may be obtained from the
fact that the cost of a round trip Of one
Of these monster transatlantic coursers
ranges between $40, 900 and $50, 1000.
And the hundreds at the barge Office
are more than duplicated by the steer
age passengers at Castle Garden.
"The cost of a voyage differs accord
ing to the speed of the vessel" said
Mr.. Gustave Schwab, of the North
German Lloyd line yesterday, "the
faster vessels being more expensive
than the slower ones"
THAT seems rather illogical" re-
piled the reporter. Zone would nat
urally imagine that the shorter voyage
would cost the less money"
"The explanation is in the consump-
ton of coal. The fast steamers use
from 125 to 100 tons of coal per day,
while the slow steamers only use about
sixty or seventy tons per day. The
distance to Southampton is about 3,100
miles, and our fast steamers make the
trip across in seven to eight days, and
the slower steamers make it in the
neighborhood of ten days"
How many in q crew do your largest
vessels carry?"
About 100 men, including officers.
The salaries of captain are never less
than 81, 500 a year and sometimes reach
81, GOO, according to their gross earnings.
The wages of the seaman and petty Of
icers average 81 per day each, and the
daily cost of feeding the crew and of
fcers is averaged at so cents per capl-
ta."
"How much does each person on q
voyage eat In the day?"
ooh, I could hardly tell that, but we
calculate o allowing q pound and a half
of meet for each person."
"Can you give fresh meats and vege-
tables on every day of the voyage?" was
asked of Chief Steward Charles Winter,
of the Elbe, who overheard Mr.. Schwab
and the reporter talking.
ooh, yes," was the reply. On our
big trips, we ship about $4,000 pounds
of fresh meat, and we serve it daily,
not only to the first and second cabin
passengers, but to the steerage and the
crew. Should we meet with any acct
dent causing delay, we could give the
first and second cabin passengers fresh
meats and all the luxTTies of the season
for several weeks by putting the crew
and steerage passengers on regular sea
fare of salt meats. We have three ice
cellars-one for fresh fish, n for poul-
try and one for meats-and in these
everything is preserved"
How much ice is required for a voy-
age?"
"The amount varies, according to the
season; from ten to twenty TONS"
How about fresh eggs; do you have
hens on board?"
"Ha, ha, hal Oh, no, not exactly.
We get fresh eggs at the beginning of
each trip, and they are kept fresh by q
patent preparation Of lime and some
other preserving matter"
@Butter-how much butter is con-
sumed ON a voyage?"
Between / 200 and l 400 pounds. We
use from 1000 TO 1900 cigars. Wines
and beers are not 30 largely consumed,
because we keep the price high in order
to keep down intoxication.n
On o well regulated steamer, it was
learned, the ~bedclothes, towels, table
linens and coverings for all the furni-
ture are changed every day. On . yes
sci Of 5000 tons 1000 napkins are used
on every trip in the first cabin and
about 1000 napkins are used in the Sec
cond cabin, while the sheets number
about 2, 900 and the towels 5000. Diff
ferent colors are used on the upholstery
and furniture every day, because of the
relief q change of scene affords to per-
sons who become seasick, and also ow-
I ing to the additional freshness of the
atmosphere of the cabins thus obtained.
The steamer is newly painted on the
outside from stem to stern every voy-
age, and to do this work, together with
the repairing and cleaning of uphol-
stery, from 200 TO 400 men are q nploy-
ed. The washing is all done at the end
OF each voyage.
"How much crockery do you use in a