The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-29
THE COSTOF RUNNING SHIP
Takes 100000 for a Round
Ocean Trip.
Over Four Hundred Men In tho Crew o,
Greyhound OF the Deep-saiarics
OF ships Officers The
supply Bill.

New York World: The cost of run.
and back caches into the thousands.
A transatlantic liner is really "A float
ing hotel, and everything on board is
conducted on the same scale of lavish-
ness that is found in d fashionable
Fifth venue hotel.
Clement A. Griscom, il, son of tho
president of the line controlling the St
Louis, now on her maiden trip, agreed
to give some figures to Il reporter GOV
ering the expense of her voyage to
England and back. He figured for
some time and then aid that the eX,
penses Of the round trip OF Il steamer
like the st. LOU averaged between
$50, 900 and $4,000, according to the sea-
son.
This is the busiest time in ttie year
for the big liners, and when the st.
Louis gets back from Southampton her
maiden voyage both ways across the
Atlantic will have cost fully $780, 900.
The voyase between the two ports will
take a tlife more than seven days.
making the daily cost of operating.
SollttEliS IKE ao,1oO.
No single Individual on the st. Louis
gets a large salary. The captain heads
the list, getting about $1,000 a year.
Captains on smaller passenger steam
ers only receive 5000 Il year. The chief
officer of a ship like the st. Louis gets
Sl.50O, and the bulk of The heavy work
really falls on his shoulders. The Sec
ond's officers pay ranges from 5000 to
81 ON nrn1rIiIl Or yn tho pi<a .f In ctit,
while the third and fourth officers only
get from $500 to $500. All of these men
have to perform duties of responsible
kind, and as there are no bonuses ct
tached to their work it can be seen that
they are not over paid.
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 stewards department
Is the largest, numbering 10 in all.
Tho sailors. including the deck officers,
number but forty.
The engineers department is the
most expensive on the ship, owing to
the immense coal bills. The st. Louis
burns more than 800 tons a day, OK
about 1880 the round trip. This means
an expenditure of SIS, 900 alone. Tho
salaries of the men, the engineering
supplies, including the thousand and
one things needed for the vast machin,
cry of the ship, will require an expen-
diture of $1,000 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws So, 900 a year
and his immediate assistants receive
1900, $1,000 n $1,000 respectively.
The stokers, or iiremen, average about
$50 a month, and the furnaces of tho
st. Louis require $50 of them working
in different shifts.
The purser, who is a most important
person on board, does not get much in
the way of salary, as the company in
fixing his pay, figures on the large bon-
uses he receives for changing money
and performing the little services which
the wealthy traveler does not hesitate
to pay for literally. His salary is only
1000 a year, but he makes another
s., 900 III fees, and sometimes considera.
bly, more.
The ships surgeon only receives 5000
a year for the same reason. He ia
brought in contact with numerous real
end fancied invalids of the wealthy
class, and. although no one is con-.
PEELED to fee him, few fail to do so,
and a big, popular ship like the st
Louis, is worth to him at least So, 600 ia
81, 900 a year.
The stewards department is one of
the costiiest on the ship. The provi.
sions for a round trip cost in the neigh.
borllood of ST., 600. and the salaries OF
the Stewards men amount to s., 0OG
more. The stewards are the least paid
OF n on the ship, for the reason that
in the fees Of passengers they collect .,
considerable sum annually. All the pay
they get is $40 a month, but they take
In $40 a month in tips. The seasick man
and woman are always willing to give
their last cent for some little service.
The breakage and wear and tear Oh
the ship and its furniture are yery
heavy, requiring an expenditure in in.
c~identals of bou 3 1000 each round!
trip. There are countless things to ba
replaced and a comparatively little.
thing like the washing of the ships
linen means an expenditure big enough
to support a man for a year in the lap
of luxury.
Here are some odd facts about the st.
Louis. There are fully 1000 tons of pip
ing of various kinds in the ship. Tha
~condensers will pump up at least SO. 600
gallons of cool water in a day. The
furnaces will consume no less than
1900, 5000 cubic feet of air an hour The
boiler tubes, if placed in a straight line,
would stretch nearly ten miles, and tho
condenser tubes more than Twenty-Five
miles. The total number of separate
pieces of steel in the main structure Of
the ship is not less han 40 900 and the
total number of cubic feet of timber
used in the the construction is more
than 100, 900. The total number of riv.
cts is not far from 1850, 900.
y distinguished marine engineer a
England once estimated that in a shir
OF his size, If all the steel which com.
poses 1t We're made into needles an6
placed in q line, they would reach mora
tina ten times around the earth. or tha
distance to the noon. 49, 600 miles. An.
other statistician has estimated that II
the ship We're propelled by galley oars
men, as in ancient times, it would re-
quire a force of liz, 900 men continuous
ly at work to develop the same power
that the engines of this ship will pro.
ducs.
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