New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-09
4 MODERN STEEgAGE PASSAGE.

From The ST. James Gazette.
Tho discussions about our Boys and "our
Daughters generally lead up to suggestions OF cmsr@
ton Que Important point necessaiS 70 iaeiicao . ss
operation the mitigation OF the disconors
OF long ocean voy age " inc p.oviso" o, i All
and wholesome food. II may serve as warning 10 al
concerned to publish the following eGtraets rom
recent private letter. giving accaunt OF the lst part
OF voyage to the River Pae on board one OF tne hnet
steamers ahOat and belonging ~ one Oh the
y b1bbo has " 10 face the world as best he may
and by necessity took Storage passage. He writes
I'm the Bay OF Biscay We have had very bad weather
high wind. rain aud heavy seas Last nlgns Wa Wa
dreadful The horrors Of STORAGE passage can only
be realized by experience The iooa IS Daa anu S -
the best way can manage. There is no taols W, We
must cat-sttng a wooden bench. or stang
greasy tin plates with greasy tn spoons ana lors vi
greasy knives. and we drink out OF greasy TIN mugs
Al A. m we have a compound which bears FAINT
resemblance 10 coffee. without milk ana gooa Dre1'i
which he only GOOD 6ng We b ntVS r., srbf and smell
OF II enough At a. m. we have breahast' "h,0h
consists Of kind of sonpy stow with pIts' "a apr
being In fact merely like dirty water 90 not dr ns
IT, At noon We have dinner, which consists OF oecl GU
in slices about an inch thick and which Will not yeia
to mastlcation potatoes and bread ana Water a. MI
p m we have more sonp5 stew anu Dsouit w'Sn s
and the bin Of faro has only varied twice I'm ionr usys
once sunday when VIC bad SAT- hsG, wheh h wsS
worse The sleeping arrangements arc on par win
the rest Our cabin has twenty eight pens; "n nd .h
all full The hunks arc about two feet WIDE ana the
beds composed OF straw mattress and pillow anu
two blankets. The washing Arrange mens are path.
there The state OF dirt we snail ne IN Hhe
we reach Montevdeo cannot conjecture AZ nsnt we
have only one light. a dingy oil lamp But the "orss
is to At BORDEAUX. CorunDa and virgo We too1
board cargo OF the wrcehedest rag rag ana DoD,a
of the French, Spanish and Portuguese nstlons-mon
women and Children. I believe We have now aoous
eight hundred Of these on board and thcre arc
more to como at Lisbon. which we should reao" :"
morrow. ,,
"The Chat have taken place on deck ana oelow
since these poor wretches came on board panc
ton. Men and children are scatIsrou svVn'
eating. drinking, chatternC. Singh ana yoni.t'ns.
Fortunate It Is cabin is full so thss .ne
people are bcrthcd in other cabins bnt ths hoso
night and the stencil arc horrible. some OF insn W.
literally In rags many without shoes or sv M chin
all with ono accord are very dirty borrower ho sup
Itself IS dirty. There seems to be no atep 10 1900
IL clean. The floor Of cabin IS SLIPPERY WIZ
and dirt We have three nnkemDt Portuguese 80" E s
attend u.s. They fairly civil no s on, - 's
cabin. They are all decent fellows some -. 10
drivers from the Midland RAILWAY; some nv' "a:
They share little luxures freely with ons anD1n1s. "a
the aforementioned raEteg and boball are ~ s hsgs
of stealing out OF the cabins. and even rippns e
Open we have organized watch of hall an nou spe
each. that the cabin Is never len uD'e"ANS" A