Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-07
cosToF RUNNING AeREAr SHIP
About $4,000 Consum sd for Expen'
ses In . Round Ocean Trip.


About $50, 900 Consum sd for Expen'
ses In q Round Ocean Trip.
The cost of running big ocean grey.
hound to Europe and back reaches into
the thousands. A transatlantic liner
Is really floating hotel, and everything 8
on board is conducted on the same
scale Of lavishness that Is found In
fashionable Fifth avenue hotel.
Clement A. Griscom, Jr., son Of the
president of the line controlling the
st. Louis, now on her maiden trip,
agreed to give some figures to a re-
porter covering the expense of her voy-
age to England and back. He figured
for some time and then said that the
expenses Of the round trip of steamer
like the st. Louis average between $780,.
300 and $4,000, according to the sea
son.
No single Individual on the St Louis
gets a large salary. The captain heads
the list, getting about 5000 n year.
Captains on smaller passenger steam
ers only receive $1,000 year. The
chief officer of ship like the st. Louis
gets 1900, and the bulk of the heavy
work really falls on his shoulders. The
second officers pay ranges from 5000
to s., 200, 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 a
responsible kind, and rs there are NO
bonuses attached to their work it car
De seen that they are not overpaid.
The crew Of the st. Louis numbers
no men. Two hundred of these are in
the engineers department, and all of
them are directly under the authority
Of the chief. The stewards depart
ment Is the next largest, numbering
10 in all. The sailors, including the
deck officers, number forty.
The engineers department is the most
expensive on the ship. owing to the
Immense coal bills. The st. Louis burns
more than 300 tons a day. or about
$500 tons the round trip. This means
an expenditure Of $4,000 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-
2enditure of 5000 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws $1,000 q
year, and his immediate assistants re-
ceive 81, 800, $1,000 and $1,000, respec-
lively. The stokers, or firemen, aver
age about $50 a month, and the fur
naces Of the 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 bo-
muses. he receives for changing money
and performing the little services which
the wealthy traveller does not hesitate
to pay for literally. His salary Is only
81 900 a year, but he makes another
s., 600 in fees and sometimes consider
nbly more.
The ships surgeon only receives 5000
a year for the same reason. He is
brought In contact with numerous real
and fanc!ed invalids of the wealthy
class, and, although no one Is compel
ed to fee him, few fail to do so, and a
big, popular ship like the st. Louis lie
worth to him at least 5000 to 81 900 9
year.
The stewards department Is one Of
the costliest on the ship. The provis-
Ions for round trip cost in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000, and the salaries
Of the stewards men amount to So, 900
more. The stewards are the least paid
Of any on the ship, for the reason that
", tho faaA np hn -
lect considerable sum annually. All
the pay they get is $50 month, but
they take in $40 month In tips. The
seas!ck man and woman are always
willing to give their last cent for some
little service.
The chief steward receives $500 a
year and also comes in for his share Of
the tips, rs It is within his power to
place many delicacies in the way Of the
liberal tourist. The chief cook Is a
great man on the ship, almost as great
as the captain, and in all makes $1,000
a year out Of his job.
The breakage and wear and tear on
the ship and Its furniture are very
heavy, requiring an expenditure In in
cidentals Of about $1,000 each round
trip. There are countless things to be
replaced and a comparatively little
thing like the washing Of the ships
linen means an expenditure big enough
to support man for year in the lar
Of luxury.
Here are some odd facts about tn,
ST. Louis. There are fully 1000 tons
Of piping Of various kinds in the ship
The condensers will pump up at least
100000 gallons Of cool water in a
day. The furnaces will consume no
less than 100000 cubic feet Of air in
an hour. The boiler tubes, II placed
In a straight lire, would stretch nearly
ten miles, and the condenser tubes more
than twenty-five miles. The total num-
Der Of separate pieces Of steel in the
main structure Of the ship Is not less
than 10000 and the total number Of
cubic feet Of timber used In the con-
vtruction Is more than 100000. The
total number Of rivets Is not far from
t,o5O,OO0.
A distinguished marine engineer Of
England once estimated that in . ship
Of this size. II all the steel which COM
poses 1t were made into needles and
placed in a line, they would reach more
than ten times around the earth, or the
distance to the moon, 23S,000 miles.
Another expert has estimated that Il the
ship were propelled by galley oarsmen,
Is In ancient times, it would require Q
force Of 117,0O0 men continuously a
work to develop tho same power thai
the engines Of this Ahin VIII AIoducA, :