Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-13
St. Louis & San Francisco.
BIG HOTELS AFLOAT.
How Hundreds ot Citizens Live Luxu-
riously Oh the Ocean Steamers.
The Amount Of Food Required TO
Feed the Passengers and Crew.
Bed-Ciothe., and Table.
LInen-srockery.
New York II raid. |

Should the reverei George Washington
suddenly iea. pear ia tia flesh he would
probably eSincc some establishment ut the
several Improvement made in the world
since he went out OF it. But nothing, per
haps, would surprise the good old man more
than the fact that the hundreds Of people
that he might see, rlagniiicd two fold. in the
big reception-roOm at the large oific. had
all been brought across the ocean in one YES
sci Indeed, II Is almo Z beyoId the belief
of the minds of to-day that more than 500
persons could lie comfortably and safely
transported in On ship distance of 1909
miles in a week, but such Is reality and
confirmatory idea Of the magnitude of tn
undertaking may De obtained from the fact
that the cost Of a round trip Cf one Of these
monster transat'antjc C .urs rs range between
800 and ss0.0,1 Aud tie hundred, at
the barge Office are more Than duplic ate by
the steerage passenger n Ca lie garden.
The cost Of n voyage dire-S according to
the speed Of the yes sail repre- enta-
tive OF one of the trans; I, J. q. line -th.
faster vessels beng more expensive than
the slower ones. 7, explanation i in the
consumption of coal he faster steamers
use from l25 10 49, { ~ If coal pr tay,
while the slower ST. s:aer> Use only 20 CT 40
tons per day. Tho distalee "a S,s champion
Is about !, 100 miles mi rur faster steamers
make the trip across III from yea To ei int
days. and the slower si-au; rs make it in
the ncigk5orhood of ten .ays
-How many in a crew dc your largest ve--
sells carry!"
about 100 m-n, inc.uiing Ulcers The
salaries Of captain ST never Is. tan $I,Sn
. year. and sonnet m h ;4Ul1 arcnrri-
ing to their pereeriai" IL gross enrm' gS
The wages Of the .caT..ca md ,etty officers
average sl.oO per da: each. AMI tie daily
cost Of feeding the crew and officers Is aver
aged at 50 cents por CAPITA"
How much does each p.rson on a voyage
eat in the day,"
oh. could hardly iell that, but We cal
culate on allowing o pound and half Of
meat for each person"
Can you give fresh meats and vegetables
on every day of the soyage!" was asked the
el:ief steward of laIs, boat
%. yes, was the reply. On our big trips
We ship about Il. co.. pounds Of fresh meat.
and We serve IT daily. not only t. the tir
and second cabin pas gers. but to the steer
age and the crew. Should We meet with any
accident causing DELAY we could give the
first and sccond-cabin as sengers fresh IN as
and all the luxuries Of the s,ason for several
weeks by putting the crew and storage pas.
sengerS on regular ssa fire of salt meats We
have three ice cearS-one for FIRE Ia fish. one
for poultry. and ere for meats and in these
everything Is pre,elvel'
How much ice l. required for a voya -e.1
The amount vnfi.~. according to the
season, from ten IL twenty tons
How about fresh eggs; do YOU have hens
on board'"
"Hs. ha, Ia Oh. mo. NJ: exactly We
get fresh eggs A. :he teginnnS of each trip.
and they are kept fresh by patent prepara-
tion OF lime and some other preserving mat /
ter
"Butter-how much butter Is Consume On
q voyageT
Between !, zoo and 400 pounds Weu~.
from 1000 to 5000 cigsrs. Wines ami beer, |
arc not so largely consumed, because We keep
the price high in order to keep down int XII :
cation
o. . well-regulated steamer. it was
learned, the bedclothes. towels. table linens. I
and coverings for all the furniture are
every day. On a vessel OF $3.50
tons 1000 napkins ara used on every trip in |
the first cabin, and about Zoo napkins are
used in the second cabin. while the sheets
number about 2.ooo and the towels S.ooo
Different colors are used on the upholstery
and furniture every day. because OF the re
lSef a change Of scene affords To persons who
become seasick, and also owing Ia the ud-
ditional freshness of the atmosphere Of the
CO bins thus obtained. The steamer Is newly
painted on the outside from stem 10 stern
svery voyage, and TO do this work, together
with the repairing and cleaning Of uphol,
terry, from zoo 10 400 men are employed The
washing is all done at the end OF each voy-
age.
How much crocke-y do you use in a
Day Z" was asked Of the steward
Somewhere in the neighborhooi Of Oel
pieces in the first ard second cabins. separ-
ltely, and about 200 pieces If glassware
The silver Of the first cabin-about 90
pieces-is valued al $4,000, and the same
quantity in the scccnh 'calin Is worth lust
half that sum. or course, YOU know, al
though everything j. just as serviceable and
lean in the second cabin, nothing is as ele-
pant
Although the principal revenue on the big
,cean steamers is from passengers. they all
AIRY tons and tons of merchandise, which is
yensrally Of a raw natIre. Nearly every
steamer obtsias its wines.
0pUou dcliSASle,
ut of the breadstuffs and much Of the
moked meats that they obtain on the other
ide it frequently occurs that the steamer has
arried it from New York as merchandise
reight The captains say they can carry
uch articles to the markets abroad and buy
hem there as cheaply as a. the home mar
ct
To load vessel requires the greatest skill,
90; and this IS another Of the big expenses
hat are included in the enormous cost Of an
cean voyage And sometimes on rush, q
argo Of 1900 tons Of merchandise has been
,aded en- board q steamer within twenty
ouI Aours A feature Of the transa tlantic
reight trade is that the cargoes exported
lrgely exceed those imported in tulK, and
hat the cargoes imported are Of much more
alue than those exported Everything Is
I'm on military, or rather naval, discipline,
nd not . profane word is ever permitted
|ehsr from officer or sailor.
He tan old handl-They have dropped
heir anchor. She IA beginner Served