Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-07-21
STEAMSHIP STATISTICS.
The Enormous Amount Of PrOvondor r
Ouired for q single Trim.

The Enormous Amount Of PrOvsnder Re.
CURED for . Single Trip.
Commissioner Morton. Of the Bureau
of Navigation. says that 80 years ago a
transatlantic steamer burned IA tons
Of coal daily. while the most recently
built vessel in this trade burns 800
tons. The latter also consumes 1870
gallons Of oil every day and requires
2S7 persons to man her throughout.
For a single passage to the westward
she had the following quantities Of
provisions: 1850 pounds fresh beef.
76O pounds Of corned beef, $3.50
pounds mutton. $50 pounds lamb. $50
pounds veal. $50 pounds pork, 1000
pounds fresh fish. 600 fowls. 800 chick
ems, 100 ducks. 80 geese. 80 turkeys.
200 brace grouse. Is tons potatoes. 80
hampers vegetables, 220 quarts ice
cream, 1000 quarts milk and 1850
eggs. In groceries alone there were
over 200 different articles, including
(for the round voyage of 90 days. $50
pounds of tea. l.2o0 pounds Of Coffee
1000 pounds white sugar. $500
pounds moist sugar. $50 pounds pull
verified sugar. 1900 pounds cheese,
1000 pounds butter, 8. 800 pounds ham,
1000 pounds bacon. Lemons were
used at the rate Of Il per day per head;
oranges three per head per day. and
apples. when in season. at the rate OF
q per head per day. The quantities
of wines, spirits. beer. etc.. put on
board for consumption on the round
voyage comprises LOO bottles cham
payne, $50 bottles claret. 5000 ale. g.
500 bottles porter, $500 bottles mineral
water. $50 bottles of various spirits.
Crockery is broken very extensively.
being at the rate of 800 plates. 2SO
cnps, 43S saucers. 1.2l4 tumblers, 200
wine glasses, "a decanters and 63 water
bottles in single voyage. No less
than 4.656 sheep. 1900 lambs and 2,474
oxen are consumed ON the entire feet
of one line each year. This is equival-
cnt to 1901, 754 pounds Of meat. Eight
hundred and thirty-one thousand six
hundred and three eggs, 2l.0O0 pounds
Of tea and 7.77O pounds Of coffee.
sweetened by 296. 100 pound Of sugar.
are used in year. while the following
articles also figure largely: One and
one-half tons of mustard. II tons of
pepper. 1926 bottles of pickles. 5000
tins of sardincs. 80 tons salt cod and
ling. 4,l92 four-pound jars jam. Is
tons marmalade. % tons raisins.
currants aud figs. Is tons split
peas, 10 tons pearl barley,
II tons Of rice. "a tons oatmeal, AGO
tons flour. % tons biscuits, 81, tons
salt, 1902 loaves of bread 6 pounds
eachD, 53 tons hams. 20 tons bacon. Is
tons cheese, $50 tons potatoes. 24.O7j
fowls. 4, 23O ducks. 200 turkeys, 2.2OO
geese. 3l.3l2 tablets toilet soap. 3. asa
pounds white soap. 10 tons yellow
soap. The heaviest item in the annual
consumption is naturally coal, of which
1856. 764 tons are burned. or almost
1000 tons for every day in the year
The consumption of engine oil is l0i,-
043 gallons; of burning oils. 23,O2O
gallons; of paint oil. 1920 gallons; of
waste, 80 tons; of white lead, 81 tons;
of red lead, II tons. The aggregate
employment of labor by the company
is 81 captains. LAG officers, 62S engim-
GERS, boilermakers and carpenters. Cos
seamen. 9l6 tircmen, 900 stewards,
~ stewardesses. AZ women to keep the
upholstery and linen in order. with
l.loO men AS a shore gang. or about
1880 people to run the ships of one
line. The vessels traverse yearly a
distance equal to five times that be-
tween the earth and the moon.-At-
bdny argus.