OCR Interpretation


The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, August 30, 1901, Image 6

Image and text provided by University of Tennessee

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89058013/1901-08-30/ed-1/seq-6/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for

IjProvicionins a Trans-
B Atlantic Steamer, 3
Not by iiny means t ho leant Impres
sive vvMfiii.-o ,f the huge size to which
the Modern transatlantic steamship
lifts ki-uwh H to bo found hi the gra
phic representation, reproduced from
the f'.elcntltlc American, of tlie bewil
dering amount of provisions that have
to 1 taken uboard for a Kine. trip
ncrosa the K-eun. Our pictorial rep
resentation Ik, of course, purely Imag
inary, particularly s regards tho live
Mock; tho lieef, mutton, game, etc.,
received on tho ship In tho Crossed
condition, im live stock -whatever
iM-iiijf carried. The drawing was
made up from a list of the actual
amount of provisions carried ou a re
cent eastward trip on the Doutschland,
and the number of live stock which
contributed to meet the supplies for
one voyage was estimated from the
actual number of cattle, sheep, etc.,
ruat would le required to make up
the total weights In dressed meats
plven in the table. With the excep
tion of the live stock, the provisions
are shown In the actual shape in
which they would bo taken ou board.
PROVISIONING
The dimensions of the vessel are:
Length, GSG feet; beam, sixty-seven
feet, and displacement, 23,000 tons;
lier highest average speed for the
Whole trip is 23.3G knots, and she has
made the Journey from Sandy Hook
to the Lizard in five days, seven
Jiours and thirty-eight minutes.
The total number of souls on board
of the vessel when she has a full pas
senger list Is 1G17, made up of 4G7
first cabin, 300 second cabin, 300 steer
age and a crew of 550, the crew com
prising officers, seamen, stewards and
the engine-room force. Sixteen hun
dred and seventeen- souls would con
stitute the total inhabitants of many
a.n American community that digni
ties itself with the name of "city,"
and it is a fact that the long proces
sion which is shown in our illustration
wending its way through the assem
bled provisions on the quay, by no
means rcpresesents the length of the
line were the , passengers and crew
strung out along any great thorough
fare. If this number of people were
to march four deep with a distance
of say about a yard betweeu ranks,
they would extend for about a quarter
of a mile, or say the length of four
city blocks.
To feed these people for a period of
six days requires, in meat alou?, the
equivalent of fourteen steers, ten
calves, twenty-nine sheep, twenty-six
lambs and nine hogs. If the flocks of
chickens, geese and game required to
furnish the three ton of poultry and
A
au;; that ar consumed "ere to join
In tli procession aboard tho tpspp!,
they would constitute a contingent by
themselves not less than J."00 ftroiig.
The ship's larder Is also stocked with
17ix pound of fish, PX) pounds of
tongues, sweetbreads, etc., 1700 dozt n
eggs mid fourteen barrels of oysters
and clams. Tho 170) dozen of eggs
packed In cases would cover a consid
erable area, as shown In our engrav
ing, while tbe 10O0 bricks of Ice cream
would require 100 tubs to hold them.
Of table butter there would bo taken
on board 1300 pounds, while tho 22(h)
quarts of milk would require sixty
four cans to hold It, and the Cut) quarts
of cream oJght cans.
In the wuy of vegetables there are
shipped on board 175 barrels of pota
toes, seventy-live barrels of assorted
vegetables, twenty crates of tomatoes
and table celery, 200 dozen lettuce;
while the requirements of dessert
alone would call for four and a quar
ter tons of assorted fresh fruits. For
making up Into the daily supply of
bread, biscuits, cakes, pies and the
toothsome odds-and-ends of the pastry
cook's are, there are taken on board at
each trip ninety barrels of flour, each
weighing 103 pounds, this Item alone
adding a weight of eight and a half
tons to the cooks' stores. To this also
we must add 350 pounds of yeast and
GOO pounds of oatmeal and hominy.
Under the head of liquids the most
TRANSATLANTIC LIN E R EQN I V ALENT IN LIVE
important item is the 400 tons of
drinking water, whose bulk is ade
quately represented by the circular
tank shown in our engraving. This is
supplemented by 12,000 quarts of
wines and liquors, 15,000 quarts of
beer in kegs, besides 3000 bottles of
beer. Last, but not by any means
least, is the supply of forty tons of ice.
Of course it is not to be supposed
that all of this supply will be con
sumed on tho voyage. There must be
a margin, and a fairly liberal margin,
of every kind of provision. Moreover,
the extent to which the larder and cel
lar are emptied will vary according to
the conditions of the voyage. In
tempestuous weather, Avherc the trip
is a succession of heavy gales, and the
dining room tables are liable to be
practically deserted for two or three
days at a stretch the consumption
will be modified considerably.
Author and Publishers.
The Immense competition among
younger publishers and the hawking
round of books to the highest bidder
by the literary agent has made pub
lishing a less remunerative pursuit
than formerly; and I have In my
mind's eye a number of publishers
whose houses are less magnificent than
those of at least a dozen authors whom
I could name. Sphere.
Italians form nearly one-third of the
population of Buenos Ayres and own
nearly half the commercial organiza
tions of the city. . .fc.
3030000C00CCCCCG0CCC032CO
o o
S 1 TOWN BUILT
c
8
o
o
OF STREET CABS, g
8
9,
8
O tho l'arlflr.
o
8
COCCCCCOOCCOCCCCCCCOOCCOOO
There Is a little settlement Just out
side the city of San Francisco where
1
t V.
feVi.-- V-T... -jZ-y
"CARTOWN," SAN
the large majority of the structures
were once street cars. It is located at
STOCK AND GENERAL STORES.
the ocean beach on the shore end of
Golden Gate Fark. There are perhaps
fifty of these car dwellings in the little
settlement, many of them fitted out
with considerable elegance and numer
ous conveniences. They are arranged
upon a general plan affording their
occupants the widest view, all fronting
I I'
V
t,-
- -v-v .A if
i- r ' - i i s i r - .
INTERIOR OF
the sea. Streets intersect, at right
angles, and plank walks are laid so as
to
.r. vu- - ----- . pi
i S
give pede'.tr'
homes without wndfnsr tLrnm;h the
dep sands. Few of these cars have,
been adorned with a coat of paint. The
exteriors are gem rally Intact, nnd the
conspicuous signs denoting the route
over which the tars once perambulat
ed are not obliterated.
Some methods are used In the
adornment of these curious revolts.
Many of them are covered with vl:ies-H
most have galleries extending around
the front rud sides. The roofs of
1 I
... '
FRANCISCO.
some are arranged as lookouts, and
awnings drop over the windows. Tlicra
Is considerable space for storage he
low the cars, while other cars acquire
additional room by little extensions.
In some Instances one car Is raised
above another, and' sometimes tho
cars are laid upou other buildings, t'Jiu
CAM-OWN" StVYJCRAPCFV
--JMtiil " " "
giving an extra story. The platforms
of the cars are often transformed Into
balconies and bay windows with tho
aid of the carpenter nnd glass titter,
nnd afford points of observation pro
tected from the cold winds, besides
giving extended view of sea and land.'
The arrangement of th? interiors of
those dwellings is highly Ingenious, the
necessities of the case requiring tho
utmost economy of space, tho aver
age sleeping car suggesting a modoL
Half a dozeu persons havo been at
night accommodated with lodgings in
one of them. Ventilation is always
assured.
While there fire many families per
manent residents of "Cartown," the
larger number occupy the "vehicles''
as others do tho houseboat, giving on-
1 1- ij.'iiuc:
2 GLihAftttMll rHnT H-
portunitics for original methods of en
tertainment and diversion for them
selves and friends. Confined and re
stricted as these dwellings art, there
is compensation in the fresh ocean
breezes which hert blow rigat from
the sea, besides the enjoyment of a
health-giving environment. Illstorj
and romance have been ransacked in
providing names for these car "villas"
suitable to the facetious idiosyncra
cies of the various owners. In "Car
town," the "Villa Miramar" and
"Chateau Navarre" adjoin the modest
restaurant and more conspicuous bar.
There are many kinds of trades pur
sued in this odd settlement, restaur
ants! and bars beiug most numerous.
Scientific American.
!", : . rim-? "CJ2L'?1 "!'
m j.r.
ill si, n l! V
MA,
HOME
Eerlin has on the average only twelve
days a year when no clouds at ail arc
v. . r si', i
A CAR
smm.ii-. '..JAM -Jth
.SCIENTIFIC ,
I'.iitish mining engineers have dis
covered vast resources if coal In Man
Itwba, Asslnlboiio, Alberta. Saskatche
wan aud Athabasca, Riitbh America.
Electricity has Just been employed
In a now capacity. A confectionery
firm In St. Louis, Mo., Is using nu elec
trical device for cracking nuts, one
machine cracking about live tuns of
nuts a day.
A human body contains some of tho
small things of nature. Tho blood, for
example, Ls a colorless liquid, hi which
little red globules are floating. Every
drop of It contains about a million of
the globules, nnd they are susceptible
of division Into smaller globules still.
Accordion to the Medical News Lon
don medical science Is being directed
toward the elucidation of the problem
of the causation of cancer. A cancer
research laboratory has Just been
opened at the Middlesex hospital, to
be entirely devoted to the systematic
Investigation of cancer.
The total annual production of tim
ber and firewood of the German for
ests is estimated at 38,000,000 tons,
and this Is supplemented by an Im
port of 4,(500,000 tons. The material
progress of tho country would not bo
possible had It not tho largo home pro
duction to fall back upon.
Tho longest stone arch bridge in the
world is under construction at Lux
embourg, over the valley of l'et ruffe.
This arch will have a span of 277 feet
and a rise of 102 feet The total width
of the available roadway Is fifty-two
feet, and this width 'is divided into
two parts by a space nineteen feet
wide, covered by slabs of armored
concrete and carrying the footways..
The nickel mines of Canada now
produce about forty per cent, of the
world's supply, although tho metal
was not discovered in paying quantity
there until about fourteen years ago.
The deposits are found near Sudbury
In Ontario, within an area of forty
by seventy miles. The ore contains
about three per cent, of nickel, the
same quantity of copper, and some
iron and sulphur. It is worthy of note
that the ore is not worked In Canada,
but is sent to this country for the ex
traction of the metals.
A combination of a fire engine and
hose cart, which Is operated by elec
tricity, has recently been invented.
The motive power employed in pump
ing obviates the necessity of a steam
boiler. This gives much additional
room that is used for the coil of hose.
The motor of the engine is connected
with the trolley wires of car lines, and
branch wires are run from these to
places where hydrants are situated.
The vehicle is very light, and all that
Is required to get up steam is to attach
the wires to the motor. ,
Why Spiders Are Not Insects.
The spider is not an insect, though
probably nine people out of ten would
class It under this term. With scor
pions and mites spiders form a class
in the animal kingdom known as
Arachnida. This name is derived
from a mythical personage called
Arachne, the daughter of a purple dyer
of Lydia, who was fabled to have
challenged Minerva to a trial of
skill in spinning. So indignant was
the goddess at this act of boldness that
she forthwith transformed the hap
less challenger into a spider, presum
ably in order that she might have the
best possible opportunity of practicing
the art on which she prided herself
so much.
Spiders differ from insects in five
main particulars. Their eyes are sim
ple instead of compound, they have
eight legs in place of six, they do not
pass through the metamorphoses
which are characteristic of insects,
they have no antennae and their
breathing is accomplished by means of
organs which combine the functions
cf lungs and gills, instead of by tubes
pervading their bodies. These points
of distinction are sufficient to deter
mine the fact that it is impossible to
class spiders as insects.
England's Old Common Field System.
A "Common Field" is quite distinct
from a 'Common." It is a field belong
ing to numerous owners. The land
consists of long narrow strips, perhaps
not more than ten yards wide ami run
ning parallel with one another. What
are the exact rules of cultivation that
obtain in Kent to-day we do not know,
but of old it was usual to have a regu
lar rotation, such as wheat one year,
barley or oats the second and fallow
the third. When the crops were har
vested, each member of tho communi
ty getting his or her share, ail could
put In their cattle, which roamed over
the whole field, feeding on the stubble,
etc. And this was termed tho "right
of sack." The "Common Field" sys
tem was gradually d.ne awjy with by
statutes in tho .reigns of Georre III.
P.- v:"- 1 y T ' r .
t
(
f.
r-
(

xml | txt