The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
SALARIES


cNew York Press)
Uniess man has a strong liking fol
naval life there is little reason for hin
to ship on man-of-war in any capacity
| The commander of a cruiser like the
Columbia gets $500 year if captain
! If commander, $780, the suAordinat te
officers ranging from $3.50 for naval ca.
| dets to $500 for lieutenant commanders;
Captains of marines get $1,000 year, en-.
| glneers ma surgeons from 81 7C0 ia
A2OO and so on, The crew are enlisted
men, and get from $40 to SIG a month.
Petty officers go up to $50 and $40. From
a pecunia"y standpoint a berth on a
naVa' vessel is not Il very good thing.
ana mere Is not one chance in TO- 00U
FOR promotion for any but officers.
AA hands among the men are, however.
sure of their jobs til the term of enlist
ment expires, and of pensions in case OF
disability which comes in the line of
duty Officers have life situations, GER
tam promotions as those above them
ole, are promoted or retired on account
OF age excellent social position during
lie, and half pay when the age limit is
reached
TO the average, ambitious young Amer
lean the opportunities for advancement
and emolunents enjoyed by men on The
Atlantic liners are not very a,luring
either, Captains of first-class liners ge;
$4,000 year, that being the limit Some
newspaper writers do as well as that.
according to a wAter in the Forum
On smaller boats captains get $1,000 a
year big liners chief officer. on whom
the bulk of the heavy work falls, gets
only Sl,5OO and promotion comes pretty
slowly, since there are few lfirst-class
ilhers' ana few of their captains die and
none resign.
Tne second, third and fourth officers
get from $500 to 200 year. The chief
engineer receives $1,000 and his assist.
ants range downward from 81 500 to
81 OOO Stokers get $50 month. or A
dollar a day The purser gets only $1,000
the doctor $780, the chief steward Sl.5Oo
ana so on.
All these get board free while the shin
Is moving, of course, ana the purser
the doctor, the steward and some Others
can generally double their pay on tins
Stewards, for instance who receive only
S20 month, sometimes get $40 a month
In tips. The cook gets $l5OO year ana
Is supposed to double that. A young man
who desires to get on would do better
TO get into corner grocery business
than to ship on a liner.
Nou.d Uncle sam make money on his
investment in war ships by running them
as passenger boats in time of peace?
Hardly, since he has but one now In
commission that can steam fast enough
TO attract business. and she is too small
to carry many passengers in addition to
her crew. The Paris can carry 1,S7l pas
sengers of all Classes. and the income
from passengers at an average of $50 n
trim, which IL high considaripor the lon
steerage rates, would be more than SS6 OOO
or possibly $4,000 profit on each rouna
trip. But liners do not often take a fui.
of passengers, and are oblig-
ed to make up by carrying freight.
Naval vessels could not take freight.
for every available inch of space is oc-
cupied by stores, coal, quarters. guns
and ammunition. If men-of-war We're so
built as to be able to take passengers
and freight in time of peace. they would
be of little value in time Of war.