The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17

was as horrible as 1t had ever been from
the beginning. Passages had been short
ened, II is true. owing to tho increase OF
navigational knowledge, but still as long
was taken on A passage across tho At
lanttc only as is now necessary for pas
sage TO Australia, and in many cnses
longer
The Genesis Of Steam.
or course. in those early days steam
was only beginning TO be talked about
and eminent scientists were exhaustlng
their vocabulary OF scorn at the idea of
tho new motive power being applied to
shipping, The passenger, whatever spe-
, cious promises were made TO him by the
| agents of shipping companies found, when
he had taken up his quarters on board
need all his fortitude and strength OF
body to 1.-Two through the ghastly time
that awaited him In tho between decks.
Any truo description OF the torments en-
dured by emlgrants In the splendid clip
per ships OF that day would be simply
disgusting to read. and, indeed. could
checked In lite ravases among both pas
sengers and crews,
But O movement having set In towards
improvement feeling that seafaring
| need not be 50 frightfui an ordeal for
| passengers or SO murderous calling for
by the coming Of the steamship, there
were splendid sailing ships carrying pas
| sengers. wherein, while duo considerat ton
| as far as was possible was paid TO the
lives OF both passengers and crews. an
| immense acceleration OF speed was also
gained. Most Of this Improvement was
fnrers and shlpbuilders. who for a quar-
| ter OF century were the pioneers In all
that made for celebrity In seafarinS and
amelioration OF the conditions Of living
on board ship both for seamen and pas
sengers. Better accommodation and
vastly better food were supplied, oven II
/ a.. - 1,-1I AI k1t (ar rlr
was concerned they treated their crews
with the utmost cruelty. officers and COM
nanders behaving as IT, with regard to
| the lives OF their men, they were entire
| ly above tho law, and were judges and
| executonors at Will, But the British
| shipowners. following the Yankeess good
shipboard. never emulated their brutall-
| ty. and many an old sailor regards the
destruction OF Yankee maritime CONNER
war. as a Judgment upon the nation that
could trent its sailors so i'll. That su-
premacy tho United States have never
| regained nor are they apparently ever
| likely TO do So
Passengers and Crew.
And now Going down to tho Sea" has
become for the landsman one of the most
delightful OF interludes in his humdrum
| daily life. The element OF danger has so
| far been eliminated that low the death
rate from accident Is for passengers on
| railways, II ls beginning 10 De Cndl-
lenged by that from disasters to shipping
| AS for comfort and convenience, well, 1t
is no figure Of speech that Is often used
| In describing the appointment OF some
modern liner, to say that she is q floating
| hotel. We may go further than that any
| say that in no hotel IN the world are the
! comforts and elegancies OF life so well
| catered for, as they are in many OF our
modern liners. while there is no compari-
son at oil as TO price In favor of the ship.
| 1t may safely DO snid that man with
no home fond OF good living and accom-
| mediation, might spend his life much moro
| cheaply and comfortably in continually
yoyaging than he could In any flrst-class
hotel ashore.
But what about the seafarer? Has this
mighty change, all brought about practi-
| cally within the last half century. affect
ed him for the better7 Most certainly It
has, although In a far less degree than
II has the passenger which was only
what We might expect Moreover, there
our flag wherein the conditions as regards
comfort and food are very little improved
from what they were half century ngo
while In the many small sailing vessels
which still ply around our shores very