The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-10
COST TO RUN A SHIP.
THE BIG ST. LOUIS REQUIRES $50, COS
FOR THE ROUND TRIP.
She Barns $4,000 Worth OF Csal The
Bill For Brealagc IL No Small Amir
Salaries Of Onicers and Men Are Small
but Some II Them Get Large Fees.


but Some sf Them Get Large Fees.
Tho cost Of running big ocean grey
hound to Europe and back reaches into
the thousands. A transatlantic liner is
seally floating hotel, AID everything
on board ia conducted on tho same scale
Of lavishness that is found in fashion.
able Fifth avenue hotel
Clement A. Griscom. Jr, son OF che
president of the line controlling the S..
Louis, agreed to give some figures to
World reporter covering the expense Of
her voyage 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 be-
tween $50, 900 and $50 900, according &c
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 SIS. 500.
No single individual On the ST, Louis
gets large salary. The captain heads
the LIST, getting about $4,000 a year.
Captains on smaller passenger steaners
only receive $4,000 year The chief
officer Of ship like the st. Louis gets
81, 5G0- and the bulk Of the heat work
real, taiis ON his shoulders. r $40
Gnd oilicer's pay ranges from : 10 &c
81 20C, according to the size q ta =,
while the third and fourth oilce uulJ
get frolA $500 to 5000. All ol taem
men lave to perform duties Of re
spoons be kind, and as there axe 40 30
muses. attached to their wors it can 0s
seen that they are not overpaiJ
The crew of the St. Louis nnIaGers
41r mtp. Two hundred OF these Q-a II
the eDglneer's department, and al q
them IRE directly under the sfthorsl
Of the thief. The steward $ d@a gE.o1t
is the next largest, nut nf SO III
all. The sailors, including the Goos or
GERS, ngnber but 40.
The engineers department 5 SIS
most expensive on the slip, ua;}r t;
the immense coal bills. Iae 81 l.9u4s
burns more than 500 tens day q
about 4,500 tons the round tn nnls
means an expenditure Of $l5,G 0 alone
The salaries of the men, the g ea, -.
supplies, including the til anG
enc things needed for the " l&ciin
erv Of great ship, will requ re az ez
penditure of $4,000 every T s,a4i TRIP.
The chief eng Lneer dras-s - 60
year, and his immediate az .l ts re
ceive $1,000, $1,000 and $1,000 .e; pee,
lively The stolers or Geenen @verag,
about $50 month, and the furnaces o.
he st. Louis require $50 Of them work
Eng IN different ia IT'S
I;le purseT, who Is 81 most lnlportaDt
person on board, does not got ,arch in
the way Of salary, as the company IL
fang his pay figured Oh tic large
bcGpaes he receives for chang ng money
end performing the li;t 10 services which
the wealthy traveller docs not hesitate to
pay Tor lbucyiliy. His salary is only sl,-
Coo ye.sc, cut he makes another SO 900
in fees and sometimes considerably
more
The ships surgeon only receives 5000
year for the same reason. He il
brought in contact with numerous real
and fancied invalids of the wealthy
class, and although no one is compelled
70 fee him few fail to do 50, ans? big,
popular ship like the St. Louis is worth
TO him at least 5000 to $4,000 year
The stewards department is one Of
the costliest On the ship. The provisions
for round trip cost in the neighborhood
OF $4,000 and the salaries of the stew
ard s men amount to SO, 900 more. The
stewards are the least paid Of any On
the ship, for the reason that in The fees
CT the passengers they collect o consider
able sum annually. All the pay they
get is $40 month, bat they take in $40
month in tips. The seasick man and
woman are always willing to give their
last cent tor some little service.
The chief steward receives 81 500 >
ysar sld also comes in for his share OF
tic ..ps, as it is within his power to
pteue many delicacies IL the way Of tie
liberal tourist.
The chief cook is great man on the
ship, almost as great as the captain, and
Ia all makes 50, 600 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 incidental
of about S5, 900 each round trip. There
are countless things to be replaced, and
comparatively little thing like the
washing of the ships linen means an ex-
psnditure big enough to support mau
for year in the lap of luxury
Here are some odd facts about the st.
LOUIS: There are fully | 600 tons Of
pi,;;ug Of var GUS kinds in the ship The
o. "yi.ers VII pump up at least So.
81 ~ ~ Of cool water day.
T n.<s. W.! consume no less than
go iuC CJb.c 6 Of air an hour. The
bgi yg rubas, il paced in q straight line,
wnaiu stretch nearly IL miles and the
condenser tubes more than 20 miles.
The total number CT separate pieces Of
rtsal in tia main s,.lcfIlrt, of tho skin is