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will require and submit these estimates to
the steward for his annrnIal

will require and submit these estimates to
the steward for his approval.
The next step is to make requisition on
the storekeepers for the various meats
vegetables and other articles necessary to
satisfy the sea appetites of 1000 persons
The extent of this appetite may be conjec-
tured from the fact that the Oceanic ships
Tor each trip some ten tons of beef, three
veal, two tons of chickens and nearly two
tons of ducks, turkeys and such game birds
as may be in season.
These are merely the fresh meats, which
are stored in one big refrigerating room
down in the depths of the ship. The vessel
carries also two tons of smoked and dried
meats, 1000 dozen oysters, with fish, green
vegetables and fruits in proportion. OF
groceries and such commodities as will
keep indefinitely the provision stores are
kept filed.
In another cold storage room the ship
carries 5000 pounds of butter 2.000 dozen
eggs and 5000 quarts of milk and cream.
Another item not to be overlooked is 5000
quarts of ice cream.
These figures give ready basis for COM
putting the amounts of these various COM
modities used each day shipboard. In
addition 1T may be said that 30 pounds of
coffee and over 80 pounds of tea are re-
CURED daily. -Four dozen bottles Of Wor-
cestershire are required to last out a voy
age. with other condiments in proportion
Naturally a vast number Of dishes are
required. There are t,Jo0 silver spoons
forks and knives, and $500 of each variety
of plates, cups and saucers necessary to
meet all requirements. The broken dishes
accumulated on each voyage fill several
casks, and the cost of these is assessed
equally on the whole body of stewards.
Enough Linen to Stock n Shop.
To wash all these dishes is no light task.
For the most part it is done by machinery.
Big baskets of soiled dishes are lowered
into tanks of boiling water, which cleanses
hand. The silver and finer china is washed
by hand, and this work keeps a force of
twenty men busy.
OF table and other linen the Oceanic re-
quires enough to stock a shop to last out
a voyage. There are 600 tablecloths, 49,
900 napkins and the same number of
towels. Unlike most of it's household opera
tons, the ships laundry work is done on
shore at the end of each trip in a plant
maintained by the company for that pur-
pose.
The cooks among the best paid of
the ships laborers. Chief cooks receive
from $50 to $40 per month, according to the
skill required CT them. On the other hand
the stewards receive the least Of any class
their wages being only about $40 per
month. For the Opost substantial part of
their income they must rely upon the tips
of the passengers.
While none of the ships employees from
the captain down receive rates of paw that
are at all munficent, the great number of
men employed makes the salary list mount
up to heavy sum. On the Oceanic about
$1,000 per month is paid in salaries alone
1t will be seen from these figures that the
cost of operating a great ocean liner is
very large; for the vessel that has been
described 1t Is between $4,000 and $50 $50
per month. The extreme earning CAPACITY
of the Oceanic is about $4,000 per month
When the cost of repairs. insurance and
the deterioration in the value of the shin
itself are taken into account the profit re-
manning represents only fair return on