The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-18

COST TO r. IN A SHIl !.
THE BIG ST. LOUIS EGulREs $50, 900
FOR THE ROUND TRIP

sho Burns $4,000 Worth of Coay-Th..
Eitl For Ercalkage Is No Small Agair
Salaries of Officers and NIen Are Small
but Some of Them Get Large Fees. II
The cost Of running a big ocean grey.
bound to Europe and back reaches int
the 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.
Louis, agreed to give some figures to q
World reporter covering the expense oi
her voyage to England and back. He
figured for some time and then said that
the expenses Of the round trip of 8
steamer like the st. Louis average be.
tween $50, 900 and $50, 900, according tc
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 S., SEQ.
No single individual on the St. Louis
gets a large salary. The captain heads
5he list, getting about SIS, 900 year.
Captains Oh smaller passenger steamers
only receive $4,000 year. The chief
officer Of ship like the St. Louis gets
$1,000, and the bulk of the heavy work
really falls on his shoulders. The sec.
ond officers pay ranges from 5000 to
81 200, 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 re.
sponsible kind, and as there are no bo-
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 40 in
all The sailors, including the deck Off.
GERS, number but 40
The engineers department is the
most expensive on the ship, owing to
tho immense coal bills The St. Louis
burns more than 800 tons day, Or
about $500 tons the round trip. This
means an expenditure of SIS, 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 all ex.
penditure Of S., 900 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws So, 900 q
year, and his immediate assistants re
ceive $1,000, $1,000 and 1000 respec
lively. The stokers or fremen average
about $50 month, and the furnaces Of
the st. Louis require 1870 Of them work.
ing in different shifts
The purser, who is most important
person on board, does not get much il
the way of salary, as the company in
fixing his pay figured Oh the large
bonuses 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 ST..
600 year, but he makes another So, OOO
in fees and sometimes considerably
more.
The ships surgeon only receives 5000
year Tor 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 a big,
popular ship like the st. Louis is worth
to him at least So, 900 to 81, 900 a year.
The stewards department. is one Of
the costliest on the ship. The provisions
for round trip cost in the neighborhood
OF $l2, 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 the;S
last cent for some little service.
The chief steward receives $1,000 a
year and also comes in for his share Of
the tips, as it is within his power to
place many delicacics in the way of tie
liberal tourist.
The chief cook is great man on the
ship, almost as great as the captain, and
in all makes ,000a year out CT his Job
The breakage and wear and tear Oh
the ship and it's furniture are very heavy,
requiring an expenditure in incidentals
Of about &c. each round trip. There
are countless things to be replaced, and
a comparatively little thing like tbs
washing of the ships linen means an ex
penditure big enough to support man
for a 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 So,
100000 gallons of cool water day
The furnaces will consume no less than
$500, 900 cubic feet of air an hour. Tho
boiler tubes, if placed in a straight line,
would stretch nearly 10 miles and the
condenser tubes more than Is miles.
The total number of separate pieces of
steel in the main structure of the ship is
not less than 20, 900, and the total num-
Der Of cubic feet of timber used in the
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