The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
WORK in GREAT HEAT
FipEmEn-s HOT 1ogs ON LAKE
STEAMERS
Ys,.r Ar o,sDr.a 80 ToB IN . TerJ---n-
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Among the few who can look rom
placPD1lF On the running high Jumps
q the mercury tbsEt riosunrDe;
Gays are the frsrDeD On TIE big boats
Tn THE Great Lakes. BAYS Ire Chicago
Chronicle Down In The bOle Of the
steamers where the trs-Dsp, or Eto-
berE as Their are called OF oossn liz
sTs. have 10 sb9vel t0sl into the big
furnaces the Temperature Ia &C reo-hUt
that the 6eErt% q beat ADORE board
or on Land DO matter bow high. would
BE a welcome change. One hundred
and thirty degrees IL MT an uDroD-
MOT -regiT1rEi5On q the Thermometer
iD the place where the frsDsD work
That Temperature 10 quite usual IN the
furnace room % TIE huaiE Nhirh have
10 artificial arrangement tOr supply
inE air 70 those hGdly oreYsea1ed
puirtE 4 few q The finest boats are
fitted Wiz al Apparatus consisting o.
, large pipe cuuuunjcst3rg with TIE
Upper ali. ma al tieCiT5e far, which
draws TIE fresh. cool ait dcw1 into the
furnace assslEeaL BY The operation
q tb-E 6Er5Ue Tie upprEtu-e il TIE
boiler DOT IL Lowered considerably
and MADE much comfortable fUr
tbe usu Whose duty chains them there
Tor kLK o. eight hours al q stretch.
But most q the 500 or 600 lake vessel
1re-0en are not fortunate enough 10
% On steamers with such modern
a~pplisorsz Even uroe- the most IA
ro-zbls conditions Hr5rg Oh = steam
boat is ~ employment well calculated
10 strike terror 10 the heart o. my
oDs except him who Is capable Of en-
during ire nugt fearful discomforts.
Yet there are always enough men to
he found. for Z boat seldom g out
minus even one % TIE necessary quota
q tre-el- TIE biggest boats leaving
Tie city ottsa carry 800 tons Of soft
coal and the smaller UneE often carry
a. ruch ss 100 tons. Some o! TIRE larg-
- steamers have 10 fewer than twelve
separate a-3 distinct furnaces ir their
holds and 10 feed their cspacsus
naws only three uea are kept on
Gu;y. Jals gives each man four fur
lzt<S 10 I'll and il is scarcely neces-
ssrT 10 state that the freuen find
littl@ time for running Up on deck 20
gather L few wt5=s Of cool air. A man
with four furnaces 10 FL has enough
OF his hs-os 10 keep him busy moving
from u furnace 70 another. and show
cling in coal as fast ss TIE strength of
his srus and hack will permit For
SIX or eight consecutive hours the fire.
neg musk brave the appalling heat
and work al Z hardest kind o. labor
into the bargain The Only gusts OF
air which he feels are the 10, blasts
that beich from .h% furnaces every
iirs he opens the door. While the
door is open the fierce glare o. the bed
% coal half blinds him and the con-
suning heat erYelgps him on every
side. while he works like a Trojan 70
throw IN the required amount o. coal.
The fireman goes 10 his work attired
oDly IN Z thin gsuLe undershirt and a
lightweight pair OF trousers. These
IN q MEASURE protect his body from
the heat without causing much heat
themselves. Precipitation n in
stream from the pores OF the stoker,
and this nOt only assists in reducing
his temperature by evaporation, but
its presence in such large quantities
sGts further as a protection against
the heat, a. water is notably a poor
conductor OF temperatures. Under
such conditions as are necessary in the