The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-07-18

really floating hotel. and everything
on hoard II conducted on the same scale
of lavishness that Is found IN a fashion
able Fifth avenue hotel
Clement A. Griseom, Jr, son of the
president Of the line controlling the st
Louis. agreed to give somc figures IL
World reporter covering the expense of
her voyage to England and back He
figured for some time and then said that
the expenses of the round trip #
steamer like the ST. Louis average be
tween $6o, 600 and $50. coo according 10
the season.
The voyage between the two ports
takes triAe more than seven days.
making the daily cost 81 operating in
the busy season something like s.. 5G0
Ne single individual on the st Louis
gets a large salary. The captain heads
the list. getting about $1,000 year.
Captains on smaller passenger steamers
only receive 81, 900 a year The chief
officer Of a ship like the St Louis gets
81 900, and the bulk Of the heavy work
really falls ON his shoulders The sec
ond officers pay ranges from 5000 to
$1,000 according to the size Of the ship.
while the third and fourth officers only
get from $500 to 5000. All of these
men have 70 perform duties of a re
>pmsible kind, and rs there are no bo-
muses. attached To their work 1t can be
seen that they are hot overpaid.
The crew of the ST Louis numbers
40 men. Two hundred Of these are In
the engineers department, and all of
them are directly under the authority
of the chief. The steward 5 department
is the next largest, numbering 10 III
all. The sailors, including the deck off
GERS number but 40.
The engineers department is the
most expensive on the ship. owing to
the immense coal bills The ST Louis
burns more than zee tons day or
about /, 800 tons the round trip. This
means AN expenditure Of SO, 000 alone.
! The salaries of the men the engineering
| supplies. including the thousand and
! one things needed for the vast machin-
cry OF IA great ship, will require an eX-
penditure Of S., 900 every round trip.
Tie chief engineer draws $4,000
| Nfdis diltl Ills IHlll1tflluit dSSIStdIiS IT,
ceive 81. 500, 81, POO and 81 ,000 respec-
| lively The stokers or tiremen average
| about $50 month, and the furnaces Of
| the ST. Louis require 81 Of them work
| ing III different shifts.
The purser, who Is a most important
person on board. does not get much III
| the way of salary as the company III
fNyiy, his ff,t,r4a IN ha 1ar,r.
| bonuses he receives for changing money
and performing the little services which
| the wealthy traveller does not hesitate TO
pay for literally. His aAlary is only 81.
| 600 year bnt he makes another 81, 900
| III fees and sometimes considerably
| more
The ships surgeon only receives 5000
year for the same reason. He is
| brought in contact with numerous real
| and fancied invalids of the wealthy
class, and although no one is compelled
| to fee him few fail tn do SO, and big
popular ship like the st. Louis is worth
| to him at least So, 0o0 to 81, 000 a year
The stewards department is one Of
| the costliest on the ship. The provisions
| for round trip cost III the neighborhood
| of $l2, 900, and the salaries of the stew
ard S men amount to 81. 600 more The
| stewards are the least paid of any ON
| the ship. for the reason that in the fees
| Of the passengers they collect consider
able sum annually All the pay they
get is $50 a month, hut they take in $40
month in tips The seasick man and
woman are always willing to give their
last cent for some little service
The chief steward receives 81 500
| year and also comes in for his share of
the tips, Rs it is within his power to
place many delcacies in the way of the
| liberal tourist,
The chief cook is great man on the
| ship almost as great as the captain, and
| i'll all makes So 00a year ont Of his job.
The breakage and wear and tear on
| the ship and Its furniture are very heavy,
requiring an expenditure III incidentals
| of about IS, 600 each round trip. There
are countless things To be replaced. and
a comparatively little thing hike the
washing Of the ships linen means an eX-
penditure big enough to support "A man
for year in the lap of luxury.
Here are some odd facts about the st.
Louis: There are fully l 900 tons of
piping of various kinds in the ship The
condensers will pump up at least 30
600, 600 gallons of cool water day.
The furnaces will consume no less than
T. 300. 600 cubic feet Of air an hour. The
boiler tubes, if placed in IA straight line.
would stretch nearly 10 miles and the
condenser tubes more than "a miles
The total number of separate pieces of
steel III the main structure of the ship Is
not less than 40 Gee. and the total num-
Der of cubic fe4 of timber used in the
construction is more than 100, 00G The
total number Of rivets Is not far from
,250. 900. New York World.
An Example.
Theodore-Tell me. now, what is the
meaning Of the expression, pulling
your leg"
Richard-I cant tell you in SO many
words, but Twill illustrate. You haven I
$40 about you that you can let me have
for week or two: Thank. Boston
Transcript.
Washing Dirty Linen.
Washing dirty linen in public is
probably AN old proverbial saying. 1t
was made famous hv NapOleon who