The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18
COST TO RUN A SHIP.
THE BIG ST. LOUIS REQUIRES $50, 900
FOR THE ROUND TRIP.

DID Tor breaAaSe Is NO oInaii <Autsirs
Salaries of offcers and Men Are Small.
bst some of Them Get Large Fees.
The cost of running Il big ocean grey
hound to Europe and back reaches into
tho thousands A transatlantic liner is
really floating hotel, and everything
on board is conducted on the same scale
of lavishness that is found in fashion
able fifth avenue hotel
Clement a. GriScom, Jr., son of the
president of the line controlling the st.
Lop-7, agreed to give some figures to
World reporter covering the expense of
her voyage to England and back. He
figured for some time and tl:in said that
the expenses of the round trip of a
steamer like the st. Louis average be-
tween 500, 600 and $50, 900, according to
the season.
The voyage between the two ports
takes trifie more than seven days,
making the daily cost Of operating in
the busy season something like So, 500.
No single individual ON the st. Louis
gets large salary. The captain heads
the list, getting about $4,000 year.
Captains on smaller passenger steamers
only receive $4,000 year. The chief
officer of ship like the st. Louis gets
81, 500, and the bulk of the heavy work
really falls on his shoulders. The Sec
ond officers pay ranges from 5000 to
81 1900. according to the size of the ship,
while the third and fourth officers only
get from 5000 to 5000. All of these
men have to perform duties of re-
sponsible kind, and as there are no Boz
muses. attached to their work it can be
seen that they are not 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 stewards department
is the next largest, numbering ITO in
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 800 tons day, or
about 1900 tons the round trip. This
means an expenditure of So, 900 alone.
The salaries of the men, the engineering
supplies, including the thousand and
one things needed for the vast machin-
cry of great ship, will require an ex-
penditure of $4,000 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws So, 900 a
year, and his immediate assistants re-
caive 81, 500, 81, 300 and S., 900 respec-
lively. The stokers or firemen average
<bout $50 month, and the furnaces of
}e st. Louis require $50 of them work
5ng 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 figured on the large
bops'nes he receives for changing money
ana performing the little services which
this wealthy traveller does not hesitate to
PSI for literally. His salary is only ST.
CO year, but he makes another So, 900
s lees and sometimes considerably
more
The ship surgeon only receives 5000
q 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 to do SO, and big,
popular ship like the st. Louis is worth
to him at least s., 900 to 81, 900 year.
The stewards department is one Of
the costliest on the ship. The provisions
for round trip cost in the neighborhood
of $12, 900, and the salaries Of the stew
ards men amount to So, 900 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 $40 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 chief steward receives 81, 500 a
year and also comes in for his share of
the tips, as it is within his power to
place many delicacies in the way Of the
liberal tourist. r
The chief cook is great man on the
ship, almost as great as the captain, and
in all makes $3, 900 9 year out Of his job.
The breakage and wear and tear on
the ship and it's furniture are very heavy,
requiring an expenditure in incidentals
Of about S., 900 each round trip. There
are countless things to be replaced, and
a comparatively little thing like the
washing of the ships linen means an ex-
penditure big enough to support man
for year in the lap Of luxury.
Here are some odd facts about the St.
Louis: There are fully 1000 tons Of
piping of various kinds in the ship The
condensers will pump up at least 50.-
100000 gallons Of cool water day.
The furnaces will consume no less than
$500, 900 cubic feet of air an hour. The
boiler tubes, if placed in straight line,
would stretch nearly 10 miles and the
condenser tubes more than 25 miles.
The total number of separate pieces Of
steel in the main structure Of the ship is
not less than 1000, and the total num-
Der Of cubic feet Of timber used in the
construction is more than 100, 900. The
total enmber Of rivets is not far from
1880, O0O.-New York World.
A Suspicious Title.
In Chicago The scoundrel addressed
a letter to me John Smith, B. A., :"
exclaimed the city father wrathfully.
"What of it?''
"What of it? What does.'B A. stand
for?'
Bachelor Of arts. He thought you