The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-30

has cost an additional sum CT over G4O,-
00O, or, on the average, more than IL 900
n year, her total cost mp to date being
about EAT 600. 1t is as if m ordinary
citizen had bought house for $4,000
forty years ago and had since spent G41,-
600, not IN adding TO it, but simply keep
ing it in repair. The little Eltin at this
moment has cost the country over EoOO
for every ton of ger displacement.
COMPARING ENGLISH VESSELS.
Next of the four in point of age is the
Victoria and Albert, the largest of the
royal yachts. She is of 2,47O tons dis
placements and was built at Pembroke in
1855. Her original cost, inclusive Of in
Cidental dockyard charges, was G176, 800,
or over ell ton. She, too, was expen-
sive at the outset. In the thirtyfour
years which have since elapscd-Setting
aside as before the wages of her crew
and the price of her Consumable stores
she has, cost, including incidentals, an
additional sum of more than 1857 900,
or on the average nearly E12, OO0'a Year
her total cost up to date being, rough
" speaking, G565, 900. AS she lies in
Portsmouth harbor today she has cost
the country about G225 for every ton of
her displacement. Third in seniority is
the Alberta, which was built in 1868 at
Pembroke, and which is of $40 tons dis
placement. We regret that we have not
succeeded in finding out the exact
cost of this vessel. We are informed
thai it is about GT6, 900.
IL - 10
ing the estimate, we pass on to the
fourth and newest of the royal yachts,
the Osborne. She was built at Penn
broke in 1870 and is of $50 tons dis
placement. Including incidental charges,
her original cost was close upon f134,-
090 or about e73 IS. a ton. In the nine
teen years that have since expired she
has cost, including incidentals, but ex
Guiding wages and price of perishable
stores, over G1J0, 900, or nearly 5000 a
year. There has, therefore, been sunk
in her a sum of about 2l53 for every ton
of her displacement, OF some cess, 600 III
all, and the expenditure that has been
incurred on the fabric and furniture of
the four royal yachts is not less than
| 296O, 900 We have good grounds for
supposing that it is very considerably
over 81. 900, 900. The average expendi-
ture per ton of displacement has besn
more than goo on total tonnage Of
4,6S3, and the average age Of the four
vessels is about 20 years
That great part OF this large sum of
| COCO. 900 has been wasted becomes tOlera-
bly, apparent when we examine into the
! relative cost of other ships. The Incon-
slant is a large iron and wood steam
frigate launched in 1868, and is there
fore q years old. Her displacement
exceeds that Of all the royal yachts
put together by more than a thousand
tons. a man-of-war is not, of course,
decorated and furnished as royal yacht
! is. On the other hand, she has much
more wear and tear and contains expcns-
i've guns and machinery such as find no
place in yacht. The original cost of
the Inconstant, including incidentals,
was Just over G293, 900, or under ESQ a
ton. There has since been expended on
her little over el72,O00, or say e456, 900
in ell. This represents less than Els a
ton, or very little more than one-third
of the cost per ton Of the four royal
yachts.
The oldest Of our ironclads, the Black
! Prince, to take another case, was launched
'""' md is therefore of approximately