The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-05-11
A SEA CAPTAINS PAY.
THE MASTER OF A BIG OCEAN STEAM
Err is NOT A PluTOCRAT.



other Oncers For Oncrous Duties Pur-
ser and Surgeon.
~ ,ne se"oiui ihhp'esS'o' ","o"s
those VINO do not Know that the duties
and responsibilities of the average skip
per of regular liner are as many and
onerous Ms the successful bank president
md ,bnt IN addition his SALARY is lust
=. toroo Nh, res,,nsil,ili,v ~ Tho npo
,s obnpt no oreot as the other. but when
a. co,,os IN dut;os tbo sca dog bns as a
yulc much moro to hear. while. unlike
tbe bonk presidept. his salary is ns
sro,l no b;s dutios are largo II mnv
snrnr,so sono of ,be rogulnr ,rousat.
Ian,;c troyo,ers to learn that their beau
,doaI % n vea co,tain wbo In fnul,less
GOLD lace roos about tbo deck laughing
aud chott;py with tho tou,ists. Mating
tho half faro tots ON the bnok ,h,d
Sof,,ny M, cop IN tho rup clad oc-upapts
NJ nm easv steamer chair betwea,, tho
,,,,, ,bot ba spends In his berth. In tbe
chortroom or ON the bridge. gets little
,,,ora ,r,noy N n,on,h than tho de,ective
sereea,t or the average steamboat cap.
,o;n. In many instances MIR. Gold Lace
gets Iess.
opo of tho most suocessful lines run.
min, bet,veen tlis mort aud Europe nnvs
;ts eommodore. who has been over 20
yeors iI this particulnr service. R35 a
month r. nbout st7b. This is about $40
, woel, Tbe other captains in this line
nre maid tho eouiynlent of sI25 for 30
davs, I,bor hnv number of matter Of
mo- fact stories have been printed with
tho obicct of showing that the com.
nopders of the great liners received in
so,no cases sums ranging from 81 900
IN sie 600 per yenr But suob Talk il
idle. There ia not "A single captain on
tho ocean who enioys such an income.
That many of them deserve TO is anoth
ar matter entirely.
In an argument tbnt master mariners
are we'll paid the point is advanced that
the officers are fed while ut sea and
even alongside the wharf with the best
that tbe market affords and at the ex.
pcnse of tho steamship compapy Yet
so per cent of these we'll fed gold laces
are married and have big families has
demand food, clothes and home either
here or abroad, whether or not the ship
Is in port This establishment costs az
much while tho master mariner is on
the bosom of old Neptune as it does
when he is playing dry cob ut home for
a short period. His going or coming
adds or deducts little from tho general
cost.
There are few pursers on the Atlantic
who command q higher monthly salary
than elO. They must have years of ex-
perience, q host of friends and DO top
sawyers, as they say at sca. to COM
mknd even this figure. Unlike the
Stewards, and, in the majority of cases,
' 10 ships surgeons, the purser is sell
BIN made tho recipient of a generous
ip Nobody seems able to explain why
1t is so, unless it be that tho purser,
Ihandling all the money Of the voyage,
which includes extra passage money,
the receipts from tho smoker made
through tho chief steward, the wine
bills from tho tables, all amounting to
pretty large figure, is recognized as
the financial end Of tho floating hotel
and SO treated accordingly.
Tho smoker and its many attachments
are luxuries which tho captain is not
permitted to enjoy. or il permitted rare
ly indulges in. Any skipper who would
make himself jolly good fellow in the
smoker would lose the confidence Of
those under his care as fast as trout
taking May fly. Not that his appear.
ance there would make him any less the
sailor, but passengers for some reason
or another seem to believe that the
only place for tho master Of their ship
IL on the bridge or in the chartroom.
And IL they can picture him on this
bridge in oilskins and so'wester with
the wind and sleet and ice clustering
around him 30 much the better to the
perfection of their idea Of the practical
and capable mariner.
c.c.c;tv on m oraat Iner 10 proha hlv
the surgeon. Some passengers have the
opinion that as the company pays the