The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
IN YEAR ON OCEAN liner
Passengers Consume Thousands
of Tons of Fresh Meats.
100000 POUNDS OF POTATOES

And SIN NlllIiOH rive Ilunufeu InOu-
sand Eggs Are Eaten. Fifty-One
Thousand Bottles of Champagne
and More Than Half Million Gal
Ions of Beer Drank.
NEW YORK, Aug. los it the
gyroscope attachment on the mod
prD transatlantic liner or the ball
hearings on which they run which
has reduced seasickness among the
MESSENGERS? That some explanation
is due comes to ones understanding
after a little examination of food
figures relating to 1907 picturesque
" set forth by the chief steward of
one of the big liners.
Seasick passengers, no matter how
many are carried, could not COM
fortably consume food costing at
wholesale more than $4,000, 1000.
This is seen at once, when it is
noted that the expense for coal on
the same line was but $1,000, and
their consuming capacity is notori-
0usly greater than that of passen-
gers.
As to champagne, which is said to
be an excellent cure and for that
matter a preventive of seasickness,
passengers last year pulled the plugs
out of only few more than 1000
bottles Of champagne.
When it comes to claret the fig
ures jump so respectfully that it is
!. seen that man may raise a thirst
i somewhere west of Suez. Of that
ruddy beverage the first-class pas
sengers consumed 129,209 bottles.
But the consumption by the third
II class passengers make that appear a
mere tipple by comparison, for those
in the steerage jGyfully drank not
less than 121,297 gallons.
Some Brandy and Beer.
Of the various grades of brandy
the passengers consumed 20,641 bot
4 ties and 1894 gallons. But these
are after all trifing nips, for of beer
more than half a miIuon gallons
were drunk.
u The recent installation of the a la
q carte system in restaurants of the
modern liners accounts tor an amaz-
Il ing growth in the consumption of
deGcacies.
restaurant diners on the liners
#"hose figures are being considered
#conSumed many thousand cartridges,
@S1Ipe, quails, pheasants, grouse, can
u SaS-0ack ducks They demanded
& hundreds Of thousands of live lob
#SJerS and crawfsh, of fresh little
#necks, bIue-points and soft-shell
MTabs.
they consumed such a quantity
IN green turtle soup that the chefs
lad to use 13,407 pounds of fresh
turtle in its making.
10000 Tons OF Potatoes.
Coming to the more substantial ar
C'eS OF diet it is found that of fresh
peel there were used 8,311.927
pounds, and Of pork and veal and
aa,lon about three-quarters Of
-'''oh pounds of each. Potatoes to
"IIh these weighed in excess Of
Ri o J'g0V tons, very fair cargo in it
- I1e passengers consumed of eggs
,oyV'O0o, and of calves liver and
'Do1 an appropriate quantity to
"ppIement the eggs, and with their
'o,"InS toast 216,5O3 tins of mar
'o r.de and other such sweets.
na, l" noted that besides what
o ronlns material passengers took on
Yg'u with them 2,327,225 cigars
ro U packages of cigarettes were had
WI WI, l I'd smoking steward.
ss inv "U.Ie the consumption of beer,
rat. ana spirituous liquor indicates
5o generous living, figuring on
a5 o s of all the passengers car
nc,, ,9I the year each passenger con-
an 'go after all only fve-sixths of a
nd 2 III OF such cheering beverages
raI ."e average consumption of min
gD,. water was a full gallon. These
@t.97.Ggo not include 1928 bottles
,o1IIlzed milk, dealt out to the
"''fen on board.
'LO RUMOR REVIVED.