Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
"a GREAT SHIPS STORES.
E1gures From the Stewards Department
In Transatla ntio Raoaf.& Y

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E1gures From the Stewards Department
In Transatlantio Racer.
In tho busy season m ocean grey
hound carries about $50 frst cabin, e50
second cabin, and $50 STORAGE passen-
gers There arc 400 In tho ships com.
pany, including doctors, printers, boiler
makers, six bakers, three butchers, sev.
enteen cooks, hydraulic, electrical, and
other engineers to the number OF thirty
two, l48 stewards, and eight steward
esses. So there may be about 1850
aboard.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
Of the passengers are seasick from tho
time they pass Sandy Hook until Fast
net y sigh tod, they manage to consume
In one trip something like 5000 pounds
Of fresh beet, 5000 pounds Of corned
beef, 1000 pounds of mutton, 1000
pounds Of lamb, 1900 pounds OF veal and
pork, $1,000 pounds of bacon, 500 pounds
Of liver, tripe and sausages. 200 hams,
500 pounds OF fish, 90, 900 eggs, II tons OF
potatoes, 8 tons OF other vegetables, s.
600 pounds Of butter, 600 pounds OF
cheese, 600 pounds of coffee, $50 pounds
Of ten, 100 pounds of icing sugar, $50
pounds Of powdered sugar, 07o pounds Of
loaf sugar, 5000 pounds OF moist sugar,
TOO pounds Of salt, 200 pounds Of nuts,
500 pounds OF dried fruit 30 barrels Of
apples, 5000 lemons, 30 cases of oranges
and other green fruit in season-3o0
bottles Of pickles, $50 bottles of ketch-
up, sauce and horse radish, and $50 cans
Of preserves
There are also quantities of poultry,
oysters, sardines, canned vegetables and
soups, vinegar, pepper, mustard, curry,
rice, tapioca. sago, hominy, oatmeal,
molasses, condensed milk, ''tinned"
Boston beans, confectionery and ice
cream. Fifty pounds of ice-cream ara
served at single meal in the Arst
cabin.
Thirty tons OF ice are required to keep
the great store-rooms cool. Eight bar
rels of flour are used daily. The bakers
are busy from dawn of day. They make
1000 delicious Parker House rolls for
breakfast every morning Thirty eight
pound loaves of white bread and 100
pOuuuS VI DEO"u OTodO arc Dak0u cdCu
day; also pies, puddings, cakes, etc.
Eight barrels of common crackers and
hundred tins OF fancy crackers, are
slowed away in the storc-room. together
with 100 pounds Of wine and plum cake,
not a crumb Of which is left when Liver
pool is reached. Six thousand bottles
of ale and porter. 4, 200 bottles OF mineral
waters, 4, 500 bottles Of wine, and moro
or less ardent spirits are drunk inside of
six days by the guests Of this huge
floating hotel. About 5000 cigars are
sold on board, but many more are
smoked. Two hundred pounds of toilet
soap is supplied by the steamship COM
pany.
One OF tho odd sights to be seen on
the pier soon after the arrival OF an
ocean greyhound is the great stacks Of
soiled linen which are being assorted by
about dozen stewards. Here is the
wash list for single trip: Napkins,
$500; table-cloths, $50; sheets, 5000;
pillow cases, 4,400; towels. 16, 200, and
dozens of blankets and counterpanes.
Although the list is very short, it re-
quires four large two-horse trucks to
carry the wash to the laundry in Jersey
City. In less than week it is back in
the lockers of the linen rooms, which
are in charge Of a regular linen keeper.
There is no washing done abroad. Many
of the ships company have their wash.
ing done in New York, but the greater
number have it done in Liverpool.-N.
Y Sim