Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-06

LUCANIA.
 dou won't visit this country is because of the fear that the tremendous number of new things he would find hero would kill him. He would want to study them all. Do you suppose Sardou would ride on a cable car without first visiting the power
 house and learning how it's runf Not . bit of it. No moro than our newspaper friend here, who came aboard this ship os-
 tensibly to sec us of, could leave it with out going from deck to keel asking thou sand questions.
 Well, what sort of stuff have youf"
 asked another member of the party, an l editor, addressing the journalist in the
 ycrnacular of tho profession. A Steamship Four BIocks Long.
 "I've been figuring" said tho writer
 curtly.
 "Figuring what?" blurtcd out the fourth member of the quartet, a Wall street bro kcr.
 ''Figuring the ground space that would
 be covered by this steamer if she were set down in Broadway. She's GEO feet long, and, excepting her twin sister, the Cam pania, this very Lucania is tho largest steamer that crosses the Atlantic ocean to- day. Now, if she were set down in Broad way at tho junction of Wall street, she
 would extend past Pine, Cedar and Libcr- ty streets and lift tho tip of her bowsprit like giant deer sniffing tho air above the building in the center of tho block be tween Liberty street and Maiden lane" And if you had placed her stern oppo-
 site tho gate of Trinity church" " the bro
 ker interrupted, ''and then tipped her up with her nose heavenward she would tow | CT to moro than twice tho height of Trini- ty church stceplc.'
 Tn other words" put in the editor, "this ship occupies tho space of row of 25 four story and basement city dwelling houscS.''
 And if those houses" the ncwspapcr
 man said, were on Fifth avenue and each cost $50, GOO, the Lucania would still have cost twice as much us the entire 25 houscs.''
 That's s, 800, OOO," exclaimed tho Wall street man. Why, that 's exactly the
 cost of St. patrck's cathedral, stceplcs,
 altars and all. Tremendous, isn't it:'' "Ics," agreed the man of medicine and it's S5On, uuO mora than Mir. AStnr paid for his Waldorf hotel complete" "Spcaking uf hotels said the ncwspa- | per man as ho leaned back against the rail and lighted cigar, this ship, as far us providing meals goes, is the biggest hos telry on earth. She will consume in this voyage more food than the Waldorf con sumes in six months. The Lucania on this voyage will carry l, 300 passengers and crew, who will be served with four meals each day, 24 in all, making n grand total | of S6,000 individual meals served during the voyage"
 Mountains of Food, Rivers of Drink. You've been interviewing tho head | steward, said the editor knowingly. | Yes" acknowledged tho interviewer
 and, next to the captain, he's tho biggest man on board this ship. Some people who | do nothing but eat the entire voyage rate him even above the captain. Anyway hos an expert in his business, and hos n
 mathematician. He can estimate how
 many eggs 1.500 people will cat in six days almost to an egg. Long experience has taught him that hr will usc at the | rate of almost two eggs for every minute of the voyage, which means that about l6,O0O cggs arc aboard this ship. And
 with everything clSo, lnlstcrs, chickens 1 and so on, Inc estimates with equal niCCty l He has to-
 But ther- k hardly time for the phlos- | ophy of holding the chief stcwarIl~hip, '
 interrupted the Wall strrct man bluntIy. l Lets have some figures. How much meat, flour. sugar and 50 on does this 1 steamer Carry?''
 You must know first. '' the newspaper man answered, that IpcriShablc fuod only | Is bought in America, together with such 1 things ns melons, oysters, peaches, cigars,
 tomatoes and other articles that are cheap
 CT and better hero than abroad, and uf | course the necessary supply of coal. All
 of the groceries and wines arc purchased
 on the other sidr, the supply bcing laid in 1 for the round trip. But of fresh provi- | sions to Liverpool for single passage the | supply stored away in the iccrOom of this | ship would make U housewife open her eyes | in wonder"
 The journalist paused and turned over
 the leaves of his notebook.
 | You have on this ship now," he said,
 ito be used in the six days between New
 York and Liverpool, l, 300 pounds of fresh
 beef, 1,00O pounds of canned beef, 700 of
 mutton, 1000 of lamb, 500 of veal, 500 of | pork, 5000 of fresh fish, 500 chickens, I50
 ducks, 75 geese, 100 turkeys, 300 brace of
 grouse, 20 tons of potatoes, 50 hampers
 of vegetables, 800 quarts of Ice cream,
 2,000 quarts of wine and 10000 lemons All these, remember, were put aboard in | New York
 | Now, in addition, there Is vast quan-
 tity of groceries which were put aboard in
 Liverpool, such as tea, of which for the
 round trip of 23 days there are used 500 | pounds, togcthur with l,5OO pounds of
 coffee. 2,S00 of white sugar, ?, 500 of moist
 sugar, 1,SOo of cheese, 5000 of butter, l 4,OuU or ham and l, lOO or bacon. "
 How about the barf" asked tho editor
 "I've heard it said that If tho ocean dried
 up you could trace the route of the trans
 atlantic steamers by tho empty cham | pagnc bottles between hero and Europe. " | Champagne and Cigars.
 That's ncJ 60 surprising," said he of
 the notebook, when you learn that tho Cunard line alone us'- 2ti, 900 bottles of I champagne n year. E. lining for the bar
 is put on nt Liverpool. i.,o consumption
 for one voyage including l, 100 bottles of | champagne, 05o bottles of claret, 1000 of
 alo, 5000 of porter, 5, o00 of mineral wa
 ter and 700 bottles of various spirits"
 What about tho weedf" tho NJ. D. in-
 quired as he blew tho clouds of smoke
 away on the wind.
 'The consumption of tobacco for last
 year on board the Cunard fleet" said the | journalist, twas 34, 36O pounds of tobacco, 63, $40 cigars and 56, S75 cigarettes"
 And coalS" persisted the M. ID.
 "Thc heaviest item naturally" the
 newspaper man replied. The Cunard fleet
 burns every year 357, GOO tons of coal, or
 nlmost 1000 tons for every day in the year.
 This is easily understood, for ships like
 the Lacania and Etruria alone burn more
 than 300 tons a day. This 357, 900 tons
 of coal, if built as n wall feet high and | n foot thick yNnuld rr.nch from New York