Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
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$96, 900, and what he saved in purchase
price he spent in fittings.
The Margarita's ratings above deck
are finished in solid mahogany and those
below deck in the same kind of wood,
beautifully carved in rich designs. Ex-
quisitely painted delft panels and ex-
pensive oil paintings adorn her main
saloon and the furnishings throughout
the cabins are in accord. During his
first stay abroad on board her Mr.. Drexel
greatly augmented the collection of rare
bric-a-brac on board and in other ways
made~ his yacht vastly more interesting.
Another famous yacht about which lit
tie is generally known is J. Pierpont
Morgan's Corsair. She ranks tenth in
size, but her interior is so arranged that
she appears to have more room than
some of those larger.
She has three houses of steel on the
main deck, each one of which is sheathed
with mahogany. The forward one is a
dining saloon, that amidships the gall
ley, companion to the boiler, engine and
chart rooms, and the after house con-
tains Mr.. Morgan's rooms. From this
house there is a companionway to quar-
ters below.
The officers and crews quarters are on
the lower deck forward. Aft of these are
two staterooms and the main saloon
rooms and ice boxes are on the deck be-
low this.
Mahogany is used for the joiner work
on deck, the staterooms are finished in
enamel and gold and the main saloon in
American quartered oak. All the finish
ings are artistic and very rich. The Cor
sair is fitted with an electric light plant
In duplicate, refrigerating plant and all
the latest and most modern conveniences
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dite, which is but little larger than the
Corsair. has a coal carrying capacity Of
4S0 tons, which is sufficient for her to
steam across the Atlantic at seventeen
knots, and still have fuel left on reach
ing the other side.
Cost Is Enormous
Few persons outside the real owners
of steam yachts such as the Valiant,
Margarita or Nahma know the enormous
expense of maintaining such craft. 1t
costs a fortune every year to maintain
one. For instance, the following figures
may be given to indicate what the run
ming expenses may be:
Captain, $1,000; first mate, $2500; chief
engineer, $500; two assistants, $1,000 each;
two oilers, $1,000; two stokers, $1,000; stew
ard $1,000 two cooks $1,000; fifteen hands,
s90OO These are conservative estimates
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for the year, and yet the total is $40, 800.
Besides, the vessel will burn from eight
to ten tons of coal daily. This item alone
will be about $4,000 In addition to these
are the dry dock charges, which are enor-
nous; repairs and an apparently count
less number of small expenses that will
swell the total running expenses of the
yacht to more than $4,000, and yet no ac-
count has been taken of provisioning the
craft and entertaining.
In short, there is no such thing as a
price list on a steam yacht. Interest in
such pleasure craft was coincident with
the beginning of the accumulation OF
large fortunes, when the term million
airer began to lose its meaning and was
supplanted by the term multi-nillion-
aire. Now there is a disposition on the
part of men of leisure and princely in
comes to expend their revenues afioat, in
| stead of on beautiful summer homes, ant
the cost of them depends on the pocket
of the owner.