The morning call., 1890-07-27
FEATURES OF
OCEAN TRAVEL
Gradual Return to Life From the
TOrpOr of Seasickness.
Magical Effect of Ozone - The Latest Ocean
Greyhounds - The Vast Tide Of
Travel to Europe.
Special Correspondence of THE SUNDAY CALL.

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gradual return to life from the Iorpor or
horror OF seasickness, and you VIII find that a
majority OF passengers will come back to cabin
and deck cbastened and beiIered from their re-
cent bitter experiences There is general
recognition Of what has been going Oh, but no
one is so imrOlile as 10 discuss the matter. The
glacIOusness OF lae corners is something won
derfulIy genial and admirable. Grabbed old
fellows who snapped like turtles at The begin
ming OF the voyage actually crave your acquaint-
ance with radiant humility. Airy young fellows
have become excellent listeners. Tie "lIss
Havishams"' and faded old dowagers have a
sparkle OF cOndescensiOn III their fsby eyes,
While The fair bellies of lie voyage are positively
angelic 10 all. There has been an averaging up
process all around. From this lime OH your
ocean voyage is truly delightful. Yon wonder
how you could have misjudged this one over
looked the merits OF that one, or failed at first
to recognize the pleasant characteristics Of
another. In short there is less bile aboard ship.
The ozone OF The sea is giving its magical elalion
to ALL Atfablhty has dethroned irrltability. En-
forced rest has become soothing nurse to the
sore and hurt American nerve.
In this kindly mood there are Iendess trilng
exchanges OF courtesles that yield the heartlest
acquainI anc esbips, which often grow into the
warm, siaunch friendships OF a lifetime. Men
value each others experiences on sHipboard.
There is no place like 1t for measuring your fell
low-men justly. On shore we dash ahead in our
own little orbit and Imagine all that is valuable
TO the world Is within the atmosphere of our
own Immediate ornament. The long hours of
enforced idleness yield valuable enforced COM
parsons. We ind that innumerabe other
activities prevail, each essential 10 social cosmic
perfection and good. AT sea is the only place
where men stand still long enough to well OBJ
serve this. SO it must be regarded as beneti.
cal thought and experience exchange. But
whether these
FEASTS OF CONVERSATION
Which are constantly occurring on shipboard
from cabin 10 sleerage, touch upon theology, So
cioOgy or industrial activities, they universally
begin and end upon some feature Of steamship
life and service. What is our ships best run =?
What WAS her run yesterday, to-day, and what
will it probably be tomorrow? What Is TO be
the limit OF these crack ocean liners speed?
Can ocean service be sun more improved and
a score more similar inquiries upon which many
an excellent idea, and much general information,
might be gathered by tile Arrangements OF the
companies themselves.
Out OF Ibis, and from much personal inquiry
among practical promoters Of ocean tlavel. are
gathered few prevailing ideas. These are
chiefly upon the vital questions Of capacity y,
sleed, safety and service or maximum Of com
fort to passengers. The latest ocean greyhOunds
have capacity Of 10000 tons or better. One
company is now at work on a IL 500 ton ship.
Two liners now III commission $50 feet In
length, or five feet longer Than the unwieidy
Cheat Eastern, row being broken up for old iron
at EASTMAN, Ill liver NleGsey, Just ABOVE LlV-
erpOOl. Naval architects believe that before the
year 1900, we will be crossing the ocean in
steamships Of 10000 TO 10000 tons burthen,
upward Of $50 ieet in length, which Will make
the passage In IRON four to four and half
days. and comfortably carry 1000 passengers,
While tbelr safety may be absolutely assured.
All this Is claimed to be simply question of
money; and II is believed the vast increase of
ocean travel Will warrant tue necessary eXLendl-
ture. One hundred thousand people now an-
nually cross the ocean from America. This III.
wolves IN outlay OF $4,000, 600. Each year this
increases. Shortening the lime OF passage Is held
by steamship managers 10 augment the proportion
of natural increase In ocean travel. Briefly, t
Is the general conviction that while the travel
amounts 10 100, O0O annually with SIX and seven
day boats, IL would reach 100000 with fiye-day
boats, 100000 with four ana d half DAY boats,
aud 30O,0 900 with fOur-day boats. The builders
on the Clyde say 10 the companies: "Gentle.
men, If you Wish 10 put 81, 10000 instead of
81, O00, 600 into single steamships, we pro-
duce the f0ur-day boat" This Is an open Sc
cret, and IL Is to-day not so much ii question Of
whether II CAN be done as whether the steam
ship companies are willing 10 have 1t done. The
reason for their heSltancy, ana That they ap-
preaching the limit by easy stages, Is obvious.
ANY one company which would dare TO astOund-
ingy Guido the others by putting upon the ocean
lines four, even nye, day ships, must be pre-
pared financially 10 Withstand Il deadly war OF
passenger aud height rates from Tie combined
TRANSATLANTIC lines, well as at the
ment TO lind all other of their own steamships Il
dead loss on their own hands None OF the Brit
ish companies Will do this. An American com.
pany with a capital of $4,000, 600 (of course,
building on the Clyde and flying the British flag
could do 50, ana could Instantly command
THE CREAM OF THE OCEAN TRAFFIC.
There Is an Important element In the matter
not usually considered. That is the already es-
tabished fact that the class OF Americans VINO
are most desirable passengers, to the steamship
lines and indeed who aggregate the great bulk
OF ocean travel. are positively independent OF
any consideration as TO fares. The fast aud
luxurious steamers now get, without question or
objection, from 500 10 $1,000 per trip Tor choice
accommodations aud these very steamships
nave, every trip, pro- oItionatey larger num-
Der of passengers at these figures than for their
ordinary, aud SIM luxurious, accommodations
at from $50 to $500. Only this season Il leading
line nearly doubled It's rates for lis two crack
siX-day boats, expecting TO thus give their
hlgher-prlce passengers little more elbow
room; hut there has far been scarcely any
perceptible diminution in The numbers carried.
When the iour-day ship arrives In New York
HarbOr. and believe d good wnlle before that
time, there Will come revolution i'll the man.
ner OF serving food on the Atlantic liners AT
present there is enough wasted 10 provide for
twice The number served. Ana yet, win very
meager exception, the ocean cuisine Is an abon-
Unable trayesly on delicate dining. There is no
excuse on shipboard for llly-served food The
catering is bountliul, extraordinary, superb. Bnt
the system OF compelling hve hundied ladies
and gentlemen 10 paftake OF cold and clammy
courses at given hours, whether or no, Is un-
Qualliiedy unpleasant III there is one spot or
time in the individuals life when captivating
dishes should be served In a captivating manner
il is when that individual Is perhaps first realiz.
ing what horrible instrument OF torture the
stomach may become. AT best, at sea the aver
age person Is IN an eXcruciatingly captiouS and
vigorous mood about food. AT one hour OF one
day lie may be rayeuOusly hungry; at the same
hour OF The next wholly untitled for even
the contemplation of food. Ii Is wrong to
force repletiOn or starvation upon one after this
antquated fashion. This is entirely outside of
The manner in which ships food is cooked. The
long waits at The panrles and the long, cold
drafts in the passages chill your soups, cuts
and roasts until they are simply cold grease
and flesh. OF all ihe great ocean passen-
ger lines but serves food any other way;
and this line makes celerily and sauce do What
remedy Is done. Its system is quite as faulty as
the rest. Within tire past few years. have sug
gested the change would substitute, TO between
two and three hundred OF The millionaire fire.
quent ocean travellers, and 10 cha f stewards and
managers OF a few OF the larger vessels of the
more enter pfisiug lines. The passengers We
universally asserted that the hrst steam
ships 10 adopt such plan should have their own
and their friends patronage; while stewards and
managers have admitted that The system vas not
only feasible, but that the constant
DEMAND FOR IMPROVEMENT
In ocean steamship service would compel its
near adoption. Briefly, IL Is the substitution for
tile lronclad, unvaryng, remorselessly regular
three and two inches per-day system Tor
a regular, but lesser, labie-d'hote service,
for those who wish passage TO Include
meals, and a DelmonicO a-la-carte SER
vice, independent of pass age money for those
whose taste, convenience or disposition Tor in
disp0sltion) would make this foim Of eating
through weeks imprisonment a real godsend.
We Americans pay from SIS to $50 per day for
what llllle we ett ilOm New YORK 10 Liverpool.
II ordinary passage money were fixed at from
$50 To $3.50 the steamship companies could well
afford all they now give. The same accommoda-
iions without meals, should be secured for from
$50 to S100 The rich could pay their 5000 to
$500 for luxurious suites Then, with a half
dozen compartments, similar to those provided
OH the latest built liuers for chlldren's
and servants mess-rooms, and make them
as gorgeous as could be wished. one
could eat, as desire prompted, in peace
aud comfort, aud would be a sorry wight who
would not be willing TO pay handsomely for The
change. These ocean restaurants, ordinaries,
snuggeries. or whatever you might wish to call
them, should never be closed until midnight aud
any seasonable food or fruits procurabe in the