Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-10-10
LOADING A BIG LINER.
HOW sTEvsDoREs 90 THE WORK
Or PLACING THE CARGO.

The Fast Steamers Save Good Deal by
BrIn.ifs Coal fronl the other Side In
Sailing vs-sSeis-Im portance of Careful
Loadias to a Fast steamer.
D. yum EVER note the fact that one Of
thr great transatlantic greyh0nnds sell
dugi remain in port more than week.
During that short time she is unloaded
anl loa,lad. which. in the ease of a YES
sci like the Majestic or the City of New
York M IS the handling of some 1900
tons Of ca. 90 and coal
Almost all the British steamships send
over ru,,l 70 be- harmed in the east
w,ri is.s aye in sailing vessels, only
ius enou.:h in Liverpool for the
". "A run Thus they have more
LIZ! j. II for f~ri. int, for which they get
more nancy l.s,.h it cosss to send over
Cal ~ sslil
T.S worl; Of loading vessel cannot
b.. Il lie wlthnRt extreme care. The very
s.. in an ocean monster depends IN
az me.l-,;rp ON the manner in which
her r,;rssn is slowed.
Nothing is mere dangerous to a vessel
than to have its cargo shift in rOu Ii
weatheT, and hence only experienced
men are engaged in the stevedors bust
ness. The 'tevedore therefore does not
regard hi:nsAlf az an ordinary laborer
but us skii...l workman. To load and
unload IA cargo properly is an art. for
vessel may he strained in unloading as
well ms IN loading.
Then. again. the bad loading of a
vessel may not only delay the voyage of
greyhound. but it may cause her to
labor and roll TO such an extllt as to
render every passenger on board sea
sick.
HOW TIE WORK Is DISTRIBUTED.
The distribution of wei. ,at so that no
undue s,rain be sustained by the iron
hull Of the vessel is the problem that
can be- seen successfully solved every day
by one curinps enough to spend an hour
on the dnc.:s of the great transatlantic
ship companies which dot the North
river up To Twenty-sixth street, The
process is an interesting one.
The busS stevedOre, wiln is rec .iOnsible
for the carrying ON Of tile work. stations
at each hatch AMI side port gang Of
men. The gang consists of from ten to
twenty men. the number varying with
the size of the yesSA. the character Of
the guO'ls to be handled and the distance
they have to be moved
Each gang is in charge of ''lc1der."
He receives five cents an hour more than
the mrn under him WHEN the work is
paid for by the hour. tine Elen receiving
thirty to forty cents an hour for day
work and about Sly cents for night
work.
There is also over the men foreman,
who is paid by tie week and receives
from twenty to thirty dollars, and an
assistant foreman, WHO is paid by the
time WORKED The master stevedore
maps out the dates OF each and is re-
sponsible for any mistakes made in stow.
ing the cargo.
The duties Of the master stevetiore are
by no means Ii 9ht. when one considers
the varied character Of the goods shipped
daily across 7!4e Atlantic. He has to see
that go',J= are not stowel together
which are likely to injure one another,
and that space is found for everything
that comes along up To tie utmost ca
pacity of the ship
PAYING FOR TIE WORK.
The duties of the foreman relate to
seeing that the goods are SO slowed TINT
the cargo cannot shift, l. that the roll
ing of the vessel will not damage any
part of it,
The slowing of tine vessels Of the
White Star. North Ga-:nal Lloyds. tue
InInan. G. iion and E 4 fines is done
under the coz. rol Of tn company. That
of the C'her lines by contract with mas
ter stevelOres. Some companies pay by
the ton. aul others by tie pacSaSs.
When the payment il by the ton the
Engli; 1 ton Of a.2l0 pounds is the unit
of weight. Light goods which have lit
tie weight. bat take up considerable
spree. are paid ut so much per forty
cubic feet hamlet.
Among steveiores cotton is regarded
as the harl 1t to stow, aud ra.Ir ad IRON
rs the east t. tn. iroI r...ls are laid
across the Eeel dia ;onaily. and are said
to strengthen the hull
When the cargo of liaer outward
bound from new York is properly
slowed, SIZE VIII roll comparatively lit
tie, as the steera3p il Ei:.;ely given up
to cargo. Coming from TIE other side
the case is reversed Then the entire
steerage il occupied by passengers. with
the resalt IN rough wea. j r that the yes
sci will often roll her lee I...l almost un.
der.-New YORK Recorder.
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