Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-24
STEAMSHIP STATISTICS.


The Enormous Amount of Provender Re-
quired for n Single Trip.
Commissioner Morton, Of the Bureau
of Nayigation,' says that 90 years ago
transatlantic steamer burned A tons
of coal daily, while the most recently
built vessel in this trade burns 300
tons. The latter also consumes 1870
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, 5, 2S0
pounds mutton, $50 pounds lamb, $50
pounds veal, $50 pounds pork. 1900
pounds fresh fisk. 600 fowls, 300 chick
ems. 100 ducks, 80 geese. so turkeys,
POO brace grouse, Is tons potatoes. 80
hampers vegetables. 220 quarts ice
cream, 1000 quarts milk and 1880
eggs In groceries alone there were
over 200 different articles. including
(for the round voyage of 22 days. $50
pounds of tea. 1,200 pounds of coffee.
l,600 pounds white sugar, $500
pounds moist sugar, $50 pounds pull
verified sugar, l.5o0 pounds cheese,
1900 pounds butter, $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.
800 bottles porter. $500 bottles mineral
water. $50 bottles of various spirits
Crockery is broken very extensively.
being at the rate of 900 plates. 280
cups, 43S saucers, 1,2l4 tumblers, 200
wine glasses, N decanters and So water
bottles in single voyage. No less
than 1855 sheep, 1880 lambs and 2.474
oxen are consumed on the entire feet
of one line each year. This is equival-
ent to 2, 09l,7 pounds of meat Eight
hundred and thirty-one thousand six
hundred and three eggs, 81, 600 pounds
Of tea and TITO 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.l92 four-pound jars jam, Is
tons malmalade, % tons raisins.
currants and figs, IS tons split
peas, 10 tons pearl barley,
II tons of rice, "a tons oatmeal, 400
tons flour. % tons biscuits. SO tons
salt. As, 9o2 loaves of bread Is pounds
each), 50 tons hams, 20 tons bacon, Is
tons cheese, $50 tons potatoes, 24.075
fowls, 1920 ducks. 2, POO turkeys, 200
geese. 1872 tablets toilet soap, 3, 4S4
pounds white soap. 10 tons yellow
soap. The heaviest item in the annual
consumption is naturally coal. of which
356. 76f tons are burned, or almost
LOCO tons for every day in the year.
The consumption of engine oil is 104.-
DAB gallons; of burning oils, 1920
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 "a captains, 146 officers. 628 engin-
GERS, boilermakers and carpenters, Cos
seamen, 916 firemen, 900 stewards.
o2 stewardesses. ~ women to keep the
upholstery and linen in order, with
LOO men as shore gang, or about
1900 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. Al
bdny Argus.