The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
TIE COST OF VOYAGES.
Ezpar ses Of Notable Trips Of Some
Noted Cruisers.

Some tIRe sgo Senator Morgan l1
t1oduced resolution calling upon the
navy department for information as tc
the difference in the money cost Of q
voy age by naval vessel from New York
to Manila by way Of the Straits Of
Magellan Or the SueE canal and the
proposed Nicaragua canal. In reply the
secretary Of the navy has sent to the
senate lot Of tables showing the cost
Of voyages made BY different ships, bu,
they are accompanied by no e1plana.
tions and are not intelligible to The or
disary reader. This and other con-
munics.ioDs shoR that naval officers
are not efficient in furnishing infor-
nation as they are in fighting and sail
Ing ships, bus patient examination Of
the tables disclosea some interesting
information. The distance from New
York to Manila BY way Of the Suez
canal is IL 706 miles. aud by wsy Of the
Straits Of Magellan 10, s32 miles. When
the Nicaragua canal Is built the voyage
via Honolulu and Guam will be short
ened to IL 260 miles.
There seems to be great difference
between the cost of nailing vessels,
some being more economical than 9th.
ers. This depends largely upon the cap
tain and more upon the engineer. The
same rule applies to ship that applies
to kitchen. One cook can serve the
same family with the same kind Of food
at much less cost than another. 1t is
also question of economy and skill.
There is difference in ships also, but
comparatively little.
An examination Of the tables shows
that it cost the Oregon, uoder Capt.
CLARK, $98 253 to make her famous voy.
age Of ID, U64 miles from San Francisco
to Key West during the war. She was
pushed to her utmost speed, IS you will
remember, but she hal the BEST Of cap
tains snd the most careful and skill a
Of engineers. She was stripped fol
fighting. Sne fooled away no time, bat
tended strlekly TO Business. Oa the
Other hand, it cost Admiral Dewey
sl55. .335 TO bring the Olympia home
from Manila, distance of IL 749 miles,
although she had only about half the
crew and half the tonnage of the Ore,
gon. But that was . picnic. She came
along slowly, stopped at various places
and had a good time. These figures in.
c,ude coal, wages Of the men, subsist
ence and all OF ner expenses. 1t cost the
Oregon s14U, ,734 to 60 from New Yorb
10 Manila Instance Of 10 833 miles
by way Of the Straits Of Magellan,
Honlulu and other ports en- route. The
same DIFF renee will be found in the
smaller vessels.
The Nashville and the Helena are
about the same size, and went to Ma.
nils about the same time, the voyage
being approximately IL QUO miles, yet II
cost s44 262 for the Helena and only
$29, $40 tor the Nashville. The Buffalo
is twice as large and has twice the crew
# the New Orleans, yet it cost the for
mer $42 767 and the latter SAG, ,594 tc
make The same voyage. 1t cost the
Buffalo 20 per cent. more to return
from Manils than to make tho outward
voyage. This was due to the captains
and rhe engineers.
The Princeton aud the Marietta are
about the same sizs-l, 900 tons each
and both made the same voy age, Ii, ,8OC
miles. to Manila. 1t cost the Msrietta
s23 3l7 and the Princeton $27, 499.
There is an even greater contrast De-
tween the cost Of running the Brooklyn
and the 0lympis. The later, . cruiser
Of 5, SO tons. spent $l55 335 on'a
voyage from Manila to New York, while
the Brooklyn, with s,2l5 tons and
creW larger in the same proportion,
cost $50 392 FOR the same vogsge
through she SueE csnsl.