Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-09-16
a SEA CAPTAINS PAY.
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Err 10 NOT a PLuTccaAT

. EVcrytniuN tJuaiCcrcd Tie - ffnffI frtd.
False storlet Irinicd-Law v-tce1 Given
other cnecra Ter cacreus rus.es-rrr.
ser aud Surgeon.
It IS the general impression among
those who do not know that the duties
and responsibilities Of tho average skip
per Of a regular liuor nro es many and
onorous as the 6ucoossful bank president
and that In addition his salary is just
as largo. The responsibility Of tho one
Is about as great as tho other, but when
Il Genes 20 duties the sea deg has as G
rule muck uore TO bear, while, unlike
tho bark president, his salary is as
small as Lis duties arc large. It may
surprise Ecne Of tho regular transat-
lantic travellers TO learn that their beau
ideal CT q sen captain who in faultleEs
gold lace gees CkCut the deck laughing
and chatting with the tourists, ratting
The half faro tots Gu the back end
dofing his cap to the rug clad occupants
Of an caay steamer chair between tho
timo that no srcnds in lis berth, in the
chnrtroom or en- the bridge, gets little
moro money q mouih than TIE detective
sergeant CT tko avtragc ktcamhoet cap
tain. In many instances Mr. Gold Lace
gets less.
Gro OF the most Guccessful lines RIM
ming Between this port md Europe pays
its commodore, who has been over 20
years IN this particular sCry ice. $50 a
month, or abcut SlI5. This is STOUT $40
a week. Tho other captaira in tits liue
arc paid the equivalent Ct $l25 for 80
days labor. Ary number Ct matter Of
10 feet etcrics Lave been printed with
tho object Ct tbov ing that tho com
mandors CT ihoFTc@t liners received IL
como cases Guns iaugiag from 81, GOO
to Sl2, coo PER year. Let such talk is
idle. There is rot d single curtain On
tho ocean wLo crjoys Luch "a incomo
That reny Of them dsser7o 70 i gnoth.
er matter entirely.
In nm Argument that master mariners
are we'll paid tho PORT is advanced that
tho officers are fed while q, s-o and
even alongside Tho wharf with tie best
that the market GloIds and 90 tho OK
pense Of tie steamship company. Yet
so ger cent If theso well fed gold lnces
arc married and have big famil!cs that
demand food. Clothes and ahcme either
hero CT abroad, whether CT rot tie ship
is in rort. This establishment costs rs
much while tho muster mariner is en-
the bosom OF CID keptnro as il does
when he is playing dry cob at home Tor
, q short period. Ills going or coming
cdds or deducts little from the general
cost.
There are few puraers ca The Atlantic
- -.-..,vl - lfnirr te.nssfhlrf Eufr-N
than et0. They must have years of OK
perioncc, q Lost OF friends and DO top
Q sawyers, AZ they E2y ct sen, 70 com
mand oven this figure. Unlike the
D stewards, and, in tho majority Of Cases,
I the ships surgeons, the pe1scr is sci
{ dom rlado tho recipient Of u gencrops
o tip. Nobody ceems ablo to explain why
it is 20, rnlcss it DO that tue purser,
o handling all the money Of tho voyage,
: which includes extra passage money.
tho receipts from tho smoker made
b through the chief steward, the wing
r bills from the tables, I'll amounting to
a q petty large figure, - recognized as
the financial end CT tho floating hotel
d and so treated accordingly. =
The smoker and itsIuany attachment;
/ are luxuries which the captain is moi
n permitted 10 enjoy, or if permitted rare
il iy INDUCES in. uylkiprcr wLo wculd
y mako hkmsolf q jolly good fellow in the
smoker would loso the confidence q
o those under his caro- as fast rs a trout
taking q May ny. hot that his appear.
ance thoro would make him any loss thJ
sailor, Int passengers for some reason
d or another seem to believe that th'
10 only place for tho hiastor Of their shiI
IS is on the bridge or in the chartroom
a And il they can picture him on thi
d bridge ia oilskins and so'woster will
If tho wind and sleet and leo blusterin.
= around him 80 much tho better to tbl
70 perfection OF their idea Of the practica
n and capable mariner
q Tho poorest paid man in m oficia
D capacity on o great liner Is rrobabl.
tho surgecn. Some passengers have ID
10 opinion that rs tho company pays III
n ships doctor those using him On q tri.
II are not supposed to give financial recog
o milton to his attention. II IS true tina
y mont is obliged to, but no should. Tn
u demand Of n doctor at sea is in nowis
10 different from that demand on land
J. The steamship companies give a passen
ger board, lodging aud transportation q
a cost that could not 10 equaled on an.
ID railroad Of the earth, when distance
accommodation and attention are con
" sidered. Tho luxury Of a doctor, Will
I'd generally forced, is at the same time a
N auxiliary Of sea travel for which ti
a company receives nothing, and which
when free medicines are included, a
Of they invariably are. costs quite a goo
a deal. Experienced ocean travellers SCI
no dom forget the surgeon when necessit
in makes them call for his attention dai
ing a trip. But these experienced tout
lists are few aud far between. -Ne'
York Mail and Express.
! sienkiewicz.
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