Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-12

see n mass OF moving color. waving scarfs
and handkerchiefs. aud some who are reach
ing far and farther out, as II they must come
to where you are. In moment more you
turn away heartsick from 1t all. Shortly
the pilot Is discharged at Sandy Hook light
ship; and before you get through revolving
wild and fsnciful plans OF escape, the High
lands are fattening down upon the western
horizon, and the great steamship Is racing
in her course across the sea.
A LARGE LITTLE WORLD.
After ones steamer is we'll out OF sight Of
land your eyes begin to open to the fact that
you are shut in upon the sea with On extra
ordinarily compact mass Of humanity.
Think of a little city of 1000 souls within
less than the cubic space comprised In the
dimensions OF, say, 500 feet in length, 6o
feet in width and 40 feet in depthl
And yet you are but one individual OF
the great number thus strangely eny1roned.
Indeed great ocean steamer is large 1T
tie world full of most interesting objects
and activities. To begin with, going either
way during the Season." there is likely to
be 600 cabin passengers. The "steerages
and intermediates" will together average
1000 each way, the "steerages" immensely
preponderating toward New York, and the
Intermediates" crowding the second cabins
There are 1,600 in these three classes Be-
side these, the crew numbers more officers,
men and women, than comprise a regular
army regiment and the legitimate attaches
of post.
In charge Of the engines and machinery
are q chief engineer and from % to 80 assist
ant engineers or electricians, 3 or
donkeymen, 80 to 80 fremen, and 30 to 90
common fremen. The latter shovel coal
into the furnaces, and their work in hot
weather is something fearful. The head
fremen are called "greasers" and they oil
and clean the machinery; while the donkey
men are foremen in charge of the boilers.
In this class there are also from go to 70
trimmers who shovel the coal from the
bunkers into the stoke-hole, In what might
be termed the hotel department of the steam-
ship they are from 100 to 200 people em'
ployed.
PHYsIo BELOW PAR.
There will be purser, or accountant, and
paymaster, with one or two assistants; o
surgeons vealy medical school graduate,
whoAe employment Is an insult to intelli-
gent people Of standing, and a constant
menace to the health OF American and
British ports-and an assistant; q first and
second steward, and q chief stewardess.
Under their supervision about 100 people
distributed according TO the exigenoies oil
the trip. There are four stewardesses for
the first cabin, two In the second, and one,
an individual who could outblackguard o
Galway fish wife, for aggression and de-
fense Ia the storage.
There aro from 80 10 80 frst-oabin stew
ards, or table waitera About 20 are state
room stewards; there will DO 8 or 10 deck
stewards and portera; half dozen are
required TO walt on the officers aud In the
meaSroom; there will be no many bellboya, or
"bootS." all lads In their teens, usually
pretty nice little fellows from Birkenhead
or other ooastwise suburbs Of Liverpool.
Then In connection with the cuisine depart
ment there will be ~ 10 IA cooks, 10 or IL
pantrymenj Q or 4 "feshers' or butchers, 4
bakers, two bartendera, D or O keepers OF
ships stores, and o ships printer, who pre-
pares three menu cards daily. That stately
monarch OF men, at sea, tho ships barber,
must not be iorg0ttenj he who shaves you
for q quarter, sells you pointers on the ships
daily run, Insists upon your purchase Of
deck shoes, hats, caps and other uncanny
devices. and at last conhdes TO you, under
favor OF final generous contribution, the
names Of the only hotels In all Europe that
"any aure-enough American ge'mmen"
would be caught dead at
WATER A DIo ITEM.
When one begins 10 realize that he 10 only
wo-thousandth part OF the total aggregate
nunauity housed between decks upon one
ol the great Atlantic liners, the matter OF
what IL required TO provide for the needs OF
the great steamship Itself aud those Of
small cltyiul Of people for whom o week to
a possible two or three weeks voyage, In the
event OF accident, Is really worth an inquiry.
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stupendous quantities OF, aud expenditure
for, the two items OF fresh water aud coal,
required for one voyage, and then OF their
aggregate for whole years service. An en-
tire interesting article might be written on
the men and craft engaged In the ocean sup
ply Of fresh water In New York harbor
alone. There are owned In New York City,
Jersey City and Brooklyn ten large steam
vessels constantly and solely employed In
this service. Each Of these carries from
5000 to $4,000 gallons OF water. Besides,
there is a fleet of from % to 80 single
masted sailing craft in the same traffic. The
water is purchased from the three cities at
an average price OF 80 cents per 100 cubic
feet (about 700 gallons), and is sold to
sailing vessels at cent per gallon, and to
steamships tor whatever can be got-many
Of the Captains pocketing one-half Of the
total bills in rebates-but one-fourth OF q
cent per gallon is usually secured. Out
going vessels "stock" with from 200 to
300 gallons, and the great steamers each
take on 10000 to $4,000 gallons. Many Of
the ocean leviathans load with 5000 to
$500 tons of coal for each trip. Averaging
26 crossings per year, the annual power re-
quired by one steamship is produced by the
burning of from 5000 to 81, 900 tons Of
coal.
A wELL-SToCKED LARDER.
But aside from these two startling items,
think OF the vast stores provided for the
larder of one ocean greyhound for single
passage. Two thousand souls, say 600 cabin,
1000 steerage and intermediate passengers
with crew Of 400 souls, will consume, in
round numbers, $4,000 pounds OF beef, 1000
pounds of corned beef, 1000 pounds OF NUT
ton, 1900 pounds of lamb, 1000 pounds of
veal 700 pounds of pork, 5000 pounds Of
fresh fish, 1000 fowls, 900 chickens, /. 600
squads, 200 ducks, 100 turkeys. 20 tons of
potatoes, 200 bushels oil small vegetables, in
Guiding peas, beans, lettuce beets, spinach
and caulifower; besides $4,000 eggs, 600
bricks of ice cream, $500 quarts Of milk.
200 pounds of sausage. 1, 200 pounds of but
ter, and general groceries, including such
items as LOCO pounds Of coffee, 400 poands of
tea, LOCO pounds Of white, 900 OF pulYerlzed
and 1,5O0 Of moist sugar, 1900 pounds Of
ham, 1000 pounds Of cheese, 800 podnds OF
bacon, 200 pounds Of riee, 800 Jars Of lam,
jelly ana fiinfthalade, 9gU bottles Of pickles
aud sauces. 20 boxes 6 lemons, 30 boxes Of
oranges, fi6ih 40 To 90 barrels Of H6uf ana
tens 6 hhe stdlTs To tempt steamer BasseRs
gers, critical bslates, which The Germans
wisely group Bhdef The general name Of
"Delleatessehi"
but this is not all, Fhs bseF wine,
ll4H9f ahg mineral water gussliRa on ship
board ana the consumption Of eIgaFs Me
enormous aHd beastIY, Fbe BssseBgirs of
any enc OF the leading lGgF lines Will aH=
pgAlIY consume 10000 BEETLES and 1900
hal bottles o. champagne, 10000 bottles and
s,eBg lalf bottles OF eIaFat, $4,000 bottles el
oil other wines, 100000 Of als and RgTiev,
100000 OF bottles ei mineral waters, 10000
bottles et brandy and olher splrlls' $4,000
pounds o. tqbaeee, 7h,e0o cigars ana 10000
cigarettes, highland Is it any wonder that
such ~ t9ese. are seasickY And what M
uputterable pity there should be somewhere