The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

know as Ice cream. All the -four used on ship
board Is purchased here. bometlmes PoLatoe
s sss p psIsSSrs;ed Fl fns shs G mutton sru can ni be purchases
TO best advantage over. there. 10 give n iist o
supplies required would DO 70 repeat ths Item
svefy article Of food Kept in a Wholesale nsh p
meatdepot. The wine list includes every article
called for on shore only occasionally. The list
Of supplies needed must be gone oyer m,nutely
and Orou eySrythipg Te SSt do to mo OVERLOOK HS us a single
article. There is no way Of telephoninE. at seq
TO your wholesale grocer or meat hea,sr 70 SEM ~
u supply OF some important article oVerlooheu
when the other supplies were ordered.
Fresh fruits far ia advance OF the season are
on tho 81. Louis early last summer, long
before apples were ripe in this country. On tne
Ine duality and flavor were served at dinner.
He asked tho table steward were they came
from. To the general surprise OF al those ~
Tasmania. They had been brought TO- England,
and from there had been carried to New 1tk
for use on the return trip TO England. Not ths
lenst astonishing part OF the matter was the
general ignorance among the patsengers at that
particular table as to where Tasmania was.
| Most OF the passengers thought It was somewhere
In the eastern end of the Mediterranean
Others were willing to place u omewnsr s %n
near the Malayan peninsula. An English bar;
rister, who had travelled once or twice around
the world on legal business, came to the rescue
and asked II any one knew where old Van DIE
mans Land was. At once hall a dozen remein-
Derpn That tnnt was hStlHulh, anu tItu liltS
realized that those apples had been brought
from below Australia to cater TO the. tastes
Of early summer travellers from New York to
Here is part of what is required in the way Of
supplies when a shit, like the 81. Louis -
5000 pounds Of mutton. 1000 pounds OF veal.
pork. and corned beef: 5000 pounds OF sau-
s%Sctt ar.sS; N sSd' S SSiHs e hf 1900 0A pounds s'S Of
fresh fish, 10000 clans and oysters, $50 tins OF
preserved fruit, 200 tins Of jam and marina
800 pounds Of coffee, $50 pounds of tea, 900
pounds Of potted fish, 300 fresh HOLSTERS, 5000
sugar, 500 quarts OF ice cream. 5000 pounds of
butter OF various grades. 16 tons OF potatoes, >
tons, S of o onS 5n Csse and a'o6 12i bra, e of 4 Inherent rent
kinds. Lard by the ton is used, and frequently
as many as 40 barrels Of flour are consumed,
Several years ago there was published the
record Of the amount of food consumed on the
entire Cunard fleet for one year. The record Is
probably rs large, hut not much larger. at the
the passengers ON the Cunard boats consumer
these items Of food: 4,G5o sheep, 500 lambs,
than two million pounds OF fresh meat. There
were also used 81 tons OF ham, 20 tons or
keys, and :, 900 geese. The number of eggs used
in one year on the fleet was nearly $4,000. The
s s'Ianyt OF ~ Yea eat smT used wa .S nearly n ,pTT y p 'ooo Bounds.
The pounds OF sugar consumed reached nearly
10000. In the mater OF spices the tigq n6s
pounds OF pepper. There were also used more
than 1000 hotties of pickles. 5000 tins of sar-
dimes. 10000 tons OF salt fish. 1000 jars OF jam.
and is. 900 tons of marmalade. The consump.
tion OF raisins. currants, and figs amounted
to about % tons. in the consumption of
pearl barley fifteen tons were used. and other
figures follow: split peas. is tons. rice,
II tons; oatmeal, "a tons: flour. 400 tons:
salt, 80 tons. There were also used nearly
80. 900 loaves of bread. Is tons Of cheese, and
$50 tons OF potatoes The CONSUMPTION OF wines
and other liquors aggregated: Champagne.
Id, 1000 quarts; claret. 10000 quarts: other
wines. 5000 quarts: mineral waters, 10000
quarts: ale and porter, 100000 quarts Nearly
SIS, 900 pounds OF tobacco was used, and I'll 200
cigars were sold to passengers.
The fleet record Of the large German lines. of
course. would greatly surpass that made by the
Cunard line in one year. No one has yet com,
puted the amount OF food and drink consumed!
In the entire passenger-carrying ocean traffic OF
tha world.