The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-15

| have to burr more coal to drive her
fast enough to make up lost time Be
sides. his itinerary demands that he
land a lot of tourists at Constanti-
Ropie in time for the annual celebra-
ton of the Selamlik, and his schedule
makes it d tight squeeze anyway.
What's the matter in the steerage
now? Oh. we'll, just lock him up for
an hour. That Will teach him not to
punch his fellow passengers again on
this trip No, steward. Tell Mr.. -
that I'm sorry, but I can't enjoy the
pleasure of a drink with him just now.
Yes. Kindly convey my compliments
TO Mrs --, and tell her that I've read
her letter of introduction from the
company and VIII send the ships
launch ashore at Naples to bring her
friends out to see her while we are ly-
ing there"
From Cabin to Hold.
mate brings a report Of tempera-
lures in the holds. \ forward hold
shows two degrees too much heat. It
IS prObab bly, nothing, it may be the
worst thing that can happen at sea.
Quick. silent, effective Investigation
must he made without a seconds de-
lay Not even the men who are called
on to do il must know why. A breath
of suspicion might bring on a whirl-
wind of panic.
The hydraulic mechanism that seals
the. fifty water-tiSht doors between the
rows of collision buIkheads must be
tested. The doctors daily report of
sanitary conditions from first cabin TO
the ever-vUlnerable steerage must be
scanned.
Everywhere by this time accounts
are Diling Up-records. checked and
cTOss-checked.of the food supplies de-
iivered TO the cooks and by them to
the stewards. Somebody watches the
three hundred tons of drinking water
aboard and notes its daily consump-
ton. Its quality is watched daily by
the ships doctor and he reports on it.
too. The fire equipment is under in
SpectfOn day by day and a subject of
daily report. All the navigating in
struments are compared, studied,
noted. Every foot of the tearing en-
all of these reports come directly un-
der his eye: but he must know that all
have been made and that they are sat
isfactOry.
When port is approached new ques-
tions arise. The port regulations of all
lands are different and most of them
are so intricate or so Voluminous that
TO fulfill them Few countries Will per
nit any .fOOling about their harbor
rules. There are fines for falling to
take pilots. for a1CnOring in forbidden
il4llitS, ihi bUflLiliS 10 Auiuli quarantine
and customs regulations, for failing TO
put everything on the Cargo and pas
senEer manifeSts. for careless entries
i'm the log. for failing to salute national
hags or for failing To display the prop
O. fiaCs at the mastheads And most
of these fines are big. They range
from $500 upward. The port regulations
of New York governing matters con-
nected with navigation alone. make
more than $4,000 words.
Monster Freight Manifests.
The freight manifest Of a big ship,
such as the Kaiser Wilhelm II" or
the Deutschland covers from ten to
dozen sheets. each more than two
feet square, and each filed with figures
and notes. This freight manifest must
tell every single parcel. package. bale
or box carried as freight. For each bill
of lading these heads must be filed in
the manifest: marks on cases, number
of packa ges, contents, shipper con-
signee, consignee's residence, destina-
lion, weight. cubical dimensions of
package, freight rate, total amount,