The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-04
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For the glory " yachting supremacy
nn ;he seas American sailors haNc paid
| 81 SN0,NtN Amcrlea's cup, the emblem
which sign,fies this supremacy, has an
! intrinsic value W $3.50 When Columbia
and shamrock II shall have Tough, gu,
the present issue ihts greaIes, ~ the
/ worlds intern atiOna, Contests will rep
resent from first 80 last an expenditure
oa bo,A sides ~ nearly sS,oOO.Oo0,
Much has Nsen said " tho vast ou,-
law which Sir Thomas Lipton Is max
/ ing. Il would begin lite over again to
/ an ,ha, cup" he said Money Is the
wedge which he Il employing Ia the lirI.
/ ing proceSS, Money - the wc,ght with
| which Americans are serklng 60 hold
/ down the cup, Flr every pound Sir
Thomas Ilpton spends five American
/ dollars come forth trom the pockets "
American y0ch;Smcn, Tho cost 10 de-
/ Tending Americas cup IS nN penny
/ less than the cost Of striving 20 win H.
The syndicate which was behind Co
/ umhA represents millions W dollars.
Members u the syndicate pledged them
/ selves "a reckon No cost too great In
put;ing fora a yaSht watch would rep
resent the paragon ~ American yacht
building.
This Initial c,nst Of Columbia IL over
SiO0OCN when the zach, slipped from
her ways into the water the expense OF
maintaining her began, This expense II
daily about $500, considering Incidental
outlay. II should b. remembered thas
he Her-Sshl ms have reputation OF
charging good prizes Tor thier work. The
skipper ot Columbia wiz probably ge,
ssS00 for the season, With perhaps q
handsome present should the boat win.
The mate NAV be paid 500 month,
The thirty old seaneu are paid about
$50 a month each. The wages ot The
second mate are $50 month Each ot
the four duartermaS,ers recelve SS5 a
month. TIE expense " providing the
table Tor tho crew IS rackonrd az about
50 cents per day per man The men on
the Columbia win probably be given a
hOnus Tor each race they win.
The expenses ~ defending Americas
cup Increased bv bounds each success
sive year since ,he Magic first entered
for ne defense IN 1870, Il was said that
the Magic cost originally $4,000, The
cost o. sailing ,hc Magic was rCckoned
a: only Slo.0 900
Tha total " defending the Gun with
Columbia was placed az Ssi00oo. Sir
Thomas Upton made probably the
greatest expenditure In 1899 with sham
rock that any yachasm1n ever paid
nut In rho International race. I. Il said
that his affnrt % ''lft the cup" cost him
nvpr a million dollars, This enormous
amount was brough, about by his pur-
chase " the steam tender Erin. it.ing
her up IN an expensive manner aud
maintaining her IN luxurious style
Along with the expenses ~ the de-
fender mus' b. reckoned the expenses
OF the trial boat Columbia was fitted
20 contest with tNe Constitution and the
cost oi maintaining her was probably
nearly equal 20 the cost OF sailing the
Constitution.
In the grand total incident % this
years races the big outlay made by
Thomas W lawson In building the In
danendenca mus; be considered II Il a
well-know1 fact thar Mr. Lawson pre-
pared the Ros,On boat regardless of ex-
pense. He probably spent nearly $780,
900 In his desire to furnish the defender
~ Americas cup his year This must
he added 20 the total outlay ot expense
Thus the expense ledger Involved In
defending Americas cup. on which Is
placed original cost OF yachts, wages to
;hosa on board. cos. OF mlIntalnance. In
expenses and amount paid out |
by the public 70 witness the races foo's
up 10 the enormous total of nearly So |
o00. 900 as the amount which represents |
the total cos. for cup defense.
The cost OF defending the cup has
been s755.O0O, as follows:
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