The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

A oout 5000 tons Of coal are pun Ga board
Tor every voyage, ana a2oit -H tons OF
water for cooking and dr nl..u- purposes.
In addition 20 this amount of WAGER about
Tifty tons are made a day on board hv the
evaporators from sea wA--r This water
~ largely used lot G-ea-i.ls purposes
The water for cooking ana drinking Is
taken from the ordinary water supply OF
N1W York city. There age hundreds OF
Items for the engine room amt the c-her
departments OF the ship tlI- require re-
pltnishing from Voyag Co voyage.
When IL comes TO food and drink -le In
geuulty OF the port stew tt4 or rle line
and che steward of the snap B. exercised
III is customary on all ocean stcaI2s hips
FOR the steward 70 keep an accurate az
day. When the ship reaches por- the
steward has a report fu tduul4r form
used every day, and also showing how
much there is IA store. = Gay ur TWO bee
fore the sh3p leaves port aeain the nIm-
Der Of passengers tnat VIII uro.Auiy san
ON the ship is Inquired up and the ships
steward makes eqlisitlou 1u the port
steward for supplies for tle trip. \ list
this requisit-on. Food ana drink in every
conceivable form are used. The port
steward sends his orders 90 she firms
that supply the line anu aifanses Tor lhr
delivery of the goods al a certain hour.
The meats come at certain hour, the
groceries at another, anu the spices ana
on scales at the per and Is counted care
fully as it goes on board preparatory TO
being slowed away. IheSe supplies are
generally delivered Wnen the p4cr IS nor
Blocked with wagons delivering fire ght
After certidcation has been made that
certain articles and quantities have been
delivered TO a certain ship che port
steward approves the bills and then they
go to the business department for pay
ment. Ii is customary for nearly ai the
lines 10 buy for cash. rms naturally ie-
suits i'm a great saving al times.
Few persons realize the variety or me
food supplies required. ROT example, 40
O. de- fnF "
Fish i'm fully hundred grades ana forms
slowed away. I'm the list OF fruits, drle4,
fresh and canned, there are at least 10
varieties. So far as possible, The sup
plies for the American lue boats are pul~
chased in this country, and each snip is
stocked for an eastern ahu also a west
ern voyage at one time. Eacn Snip car
ries meat supply Tor Its outward ana
home ward trip. a fresh supply of nsu.
OF course is purchased in each port, put
il vii be news TO most persons mat dli
the ice cream required for round trip
is put on board the ships FRI New YOrN.
The English do not make what we know
as ice cream. An the Hour used ON ship
board is purchased here. Sometimes Io-
tatocs are purchased ON the other side,
and, of course. the celebrated English
mutton can be purchased 10 best a5Nant-
age over there. To give a list of sup
plies required would be 10 repeat the
Items of an inventory of a retail grocery
store and every article OF food kept in e
wholesale FISH or meat depot. The wine
list includes every article that is in gen
eral demand and many that are called tor
on shore only occasionally. The lists Cf
supplies needed must be gone over minute
~ ana everything required must be oe-
liVcred promptly. Ii will not do 20 over
look a single article. There is no way CT
telephonins at sea to your wholesale gro
Ger or meat dealer to send a supply or
some important article overlooked when
the other supplies were ordered.
Fresh fruits far in advance of the sea-
son are always purchased. Sun report
crossed Ia 1f
summer, long before apples We're ripe
IN this country. on the voyage he MOTTO
ed that apples Of an unusually line quail
~ ana haNor were serveC M dinner. He
asked the table steward where they came
from. To the general surprise OF an those
at the table it was learned that they came
from Tasmania. They had been brought
TO England, and from there had been ear
RED TO New York for use on the return
Trip 10 Englend. Notsfhe least astonish-
ing part of the matter was the general ig-
norance among the passengers at that
particular table as to where Tasmania
was Most of the passengers thought 1T
was somewhere in the eastern end Of
the Medlterranean. Others were willing
to place it somewhere off Arabia. Still
others thought IL was somewhere near the
Malayan peninsula An English barrls-
Ter, VINO had Travelled once or twice around
the world on legal business, came to the
rescue, and asked IL any one knew where
old Van Dieman's land was At once half
dozen remembered that that was Tas-
mania, and then they realized that those
apples had been brought from below Aus
tlalla 10 cater 70 the tastes Of carly sum
Mer travellers from New York to ENGLAND
Here is part of what is required in tbe
way Of supplies when a ship like the St
Louis IS crowded: 5000 to $4,000 pounds
OF beef, 1000 pounds of mutton, 1900 bounds
OF veal pork and corned beef: 5000 pounds
OF sausage, tripe, liver, calves head.
calves teet, sWeetbreads and kidneys: .
OCJ pounds Of fresh fish, 10000 CLANS and
oysters 25J tins of preserved fruit 200 tins
or Jam and marmalade, leo large bottles
Of pickles and sauce, 500 pounds Of cof-
Zee, 2oO pounds Of tea, 250 pounds Of potted
hsh, 800 fresh Holsters, 1900 pounds of
moist sugar 800 pounds of luinp sugar.
500 quarts Of ice cream, 5000 pounds OF
butter OF various grades. 16 tons of pota-
toes, tons of other vegetables 15uOO
eggs, 1000 chickens and ducks. and 5000
blrds OF different kinds. Lard by the ton
IS used, ana frequently 8 many as 14O
barrels of flour are consumed
Several years ago there was published
me record OF the amount of food cOnsum-
ed on the entire Cunard fleet for one wear
Inc record Is probably as large but not
much larger at the present time In one
year II was shown that the passengers on
the Cunard boats consumed these items of
1000: Ass sheep, 1850 lambs, 2.474 oxen.
6ne Iotdi being equivalent to more than
2,OO'OO pounds of fresh meat There
Were also used SO tons Of hams 20 tons Of
bacon, 5000 chickens, 1880 ducks. ?. 600 tur-
used in one year on the fleet was nearly
$4,000. The supply Of tea amounted 10 p =
wv POUNDS. Inc amount OF coffee used
was nearly 1900 pounds. The pounds of
sugar consumed reached nearly 300 900 In
the matter Of spices the figures reached
5000 pounds of mustard, and $1,000 pounds
Of pepper. There We're also used more
than 1000 bottles Of pickles 5000 tins Of
sardines, $1,000 tons of salt FISH. 1000 lars
of jam, and 5000 tons Of uermalade The
consumption Of raisins, currants. and ips
amounted TO about p tons In the con-
sumption of pearl barley fifteen tons we're
used, and other figures follow: Split peas.
Is tons; rice, II tons; oatmeal, "a IONS
tour, AGO tons; salt, % tons There were
also used nearly $4,000 loaves Of bread. Is
tons Of cheese, and $50 tons of potatoes
The consumption of wines and other IL
QuOrs aggregated: Champagne. 16 GOA
quarts; claret 1000 quarts other wines.
5000 quarts; mineral waters, 10000 quarts
ale and porter, 2iOG00 quarts. Nearly IS
600 pounds Of tobacco was used, and 64OGO
cigars were sold to passengers
The fleet record Of the large German
lines, Of course, would great surpass tba :
made by the Cunard line in one wear No
one has yet computed the amount of food
and drink consumed in the entire Dassen-
ger-carrying ocean traffic Of the world.
Secrets of the Gum Trade.
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT
Nearly every one has heard OF the i'm
mense fortunes made in the manufacture
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