Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-26
LOADING A BIG LINER.
now srevrpoRes 90 THE WORK
OF PLACING THE CARGO.

~. Ya.t steamer. save q Good Deaf By
u,,,r,us Coal from the other side In
calling yesseis--Importanee OF Careful
t.,,din. to - Past steamer.
Did YOU ever note the fact that one Of
the great transatlantic groyhounds sell
Sotn remains In port more than week.
During that short time shc Is unloadel
and loaded, which. In the case Of n YES.
81 like the Majestic or the City Of New
York. means the handling Of some 1900
tons Of cargo aud coal.
Almost all the British steamships send
over the coal TO DO burned In the east.
ward passage ia sailing vessels, only
,hipping enough In Liverpool for ths
western run. Thus they have moro
hold room for freight, for which they get
more money than II costs 10 send over
coal by sail.
This work Of loading vessel cannot
be- done without extreme care. The very
safety In an ocean monster depends an
A treat measure on the manner In which
her cargo "a slowed.
Nothing Is more dangerous TO vessel
Than TO have It's cargo shift In rough
weather, and hence only experienced
men arc engaged in tho s;evcdoro bust
ps.,. The stovedore therefore does not
regard himself ~ nn ordinary laborer
INIT as a skilled workman. To loud and
unload n cargo properly "a an art, for n
vessel may DO siruinod IA unloading rs
well ~ la loading.
Then, again. the bad. loading OF u
vessel may not ~ y delay tho voyage Of
GREYHOUND. but 1t mny cause her TO
labor and roll TO such an extent ~ TO
rndcr every passenger on board sea-
hck.
now THE WORK - Distributed.
The distribution Of weight No that no
undue strain DO sustained by tho iron
hull Of tho vessel Is the problem that
can be soon successfully solved every day
BY one curious enough to spend an hour
on tho docks Of the great transatlantic
ship COMPANIES which dot tho North
river up 10 Twcniy-sixth street. The
proccss Ia an interesting one.
Tho boss stoycdore, who is responsible
J., Cor tho carrying ON Of the work, stations
At each hatch and side port a gang OF
men. The gnng consists u from ten %
twenty men, tho number varying with
the siEo Of tho vessel, tho character OF
the goods to be- handled aud the distanc,
they have TO be moved.
Each gnng Is In charge Of "loador,
lie receives five cents au hour more thar
the men under him when tho work d
rili for by the hour. the men receiving
thirty 20 forty cents an hour fof day
work aud about sixty cents for night
work.
There i also over the men foreman
who IL paid by the week and receive
from twenty 10 thirty dollars, and n
assistant foreman, who h paid by th'
time worked. Tho master stovclor
maps ON the duties OF each aud Il 10
tponiblc for any mistakes made In stow
Ing the cargo.
The dutles Of the master steyedoro ar
by no means light, when ono consider
the varied character Of the goods shippe'
daily across the Atlantic. Ito has 10 sc'
that goods arc not slowed togothc
which aro likely 10 injuro ono another
and that space Is found for everything
that comes along up TO tho utmost ca
pacity Of the ship.
PAYfs0 ron TINE WORK.
Tho duties Of the foreman relate 4
SEEING that tho goods are 10 slowed tina
th0 cargo cannot shift. and that tho roll
lng Of the vessel will not damage m.
part Of Il.
The slowing Of tho vessels Of In
White Star. North Gcrnah Lloyds, th
lnman. Guion and Hull lines Is don
under tho control OF the company. Tia
of the other lines by contract with mas
rhlcyodorA Some companies pay b
tho ton. aud Others by tho package.
Whom the payment IS by the ton th
English ton Of 2,2i0 pounds Is the uui
q weight. Light goods which have III
tle weight. but tako up considerable
ftaco, arc paid no no much per fort
cubic feet handled.
Among stcyedOres cotton Ia rcgarle
~ tue hardest 10 stow, and railroad iro
~ tho easiest. Tho iron rails arc lai
peross the keel diagonally, aud arc sal
to strengthen the hull
Whom the cargo Of liner outwar
bound from New Yorl; Is propcrl
slowed. she will roll comparatively II
lie, rs tho sloctago IL largely given II
10 cargo. Coming from tho other I'D
tho case Is reversed. Then tho entli
neerago "a occupied by passengers, wit
the result IN rough weather that the We
tel will often roll her lee rail almost III
der.-New York Recorder.