Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-08-17
STEAMSHIP STATISTICS.
The Enormous Amount Of Provender lie
quIred for = single Trip.

The Enormous Amount OF Provender ke-
quIred for = single Trip.
Commissioners Morton. of the Bureau
of Navigation. says that so years ago
transatlantic steamer burned "A tons
of coal daily, while the most recently
built vessel in this trade burns 800
tous. The latter also consumes $50
gallons of oil every day and requires
2S7 persons to man her throughout.
For 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, so geese. 80, turkeys.
POO 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 % days) $50
pounds of tea, 1900 pounds of coffee.
1000 pounds white sugar. $500
pounds moist sugar. $50 pounds pull
verified sugar. 1900 pounds cheese.
1000 pounds butter. 8. 500 pounds ham.
1000 pounds bacon. Lemons were
used at the rate of II 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.
200 bottles porter, 1850 bottles mineral
water. $50 bottles of various spirits.
Croekery is broken very extensively.
being at the rate of 900 plates, 280
caps, 438 saucers. l.214 tumblers. 200
wine glasses. ~ dccanters and 63 water
bottles in single voyage. No less
than 1855 sheep, 1900 lambs and 2.474
oxen are consumed on the entire fleet
of one line each year. This is equival-
ent to 1901. 754 pounds of meat Eight
hundred and thirty-one thousand six
hundred and three eggs, 21.OOO pounds
of tea and 71,770 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, 7.216 bottles Of pickles. 5000
tins Of sardines. 80 tons salt cod and
ling, 4,192 four-pound jars jam. Is
tons marmalade, % tons raisins,
currants and figs, IS tons split
peas, Is tons pearl barley,
II tons Of rice, "a tons oatmeal, AGO
tons -four. 20 tons biscuits. 80 tons
salt, AZ, 902 loaves of bread 6 pounds
each), So tons hams, 20 tons bacon. Is
tons cheese, $50 tons potatoes. 24.075
fowls. 1880 ducks. 2 200 turkeys. 2.20O
geese, 3l.312 tablets toilet soap. 3, 484
pounds white soap. 10 tons yellow
soap. The heaviest item in the annual
consumption is naturally coal, of which
$50. 764 tons are burned. or almost
1000 tons for every day in the year
The consumption of engine oil is 104. =
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. IL tons. The aggregate
employment Of labor by the company
is "a captains. lac officers, 628 engin-
ecrs. boilermakers and carpenters. 665
seamen. GIG firemen, 900 stewards.
81 stewardesses. AZ women to keep the
upholstery and linen in order. with
LOO men rs "a shore gang. or about
1900 people to run the ships OF one
line. The vessels traverse yearly n
distance equal to five times TINT be-
tween the earth and the moon.-Ai-
bang Argus.