A FLOATING PALACE.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 22 July 1893, Page 11

A FLOATING PALACE.

(Co'vriUiJUTEL)) - For the benefit of your youth ful readers let me give some extracts from a Home paper regarding what may be justly termed a modern wonder—the steamer Campania, which belongs to the great Canard\Ooanpahy. The vessel, which travels over the Atlantic, carrying, people from England to America and vice. versa, has accommodation for nearly 2000 passengers, and to meet all their; wants on the short voyage the 'following provision is made One of the cooking ranges is 25ft. long by 4ft. square, and nearly, ,170 dinner plates or ordinary stewpots or pans might be placed on its surface. The bakers turn put at 4 a.m. to provide hot rolls and cakes for, breakfast, The cooks begin at 5.30, and at six coffee is served out to any passenger requiring it. / Breakfast from 8 to 10j, lunch from I to 2, din-' ner from sto 7, siippchfrom 9 ,to 10. Each- vessel, when .carrying her complete number .of passengers, will start; on her voyage with something like 20,0001 b. of fresh beef, 10001 b. of corned beef, 10,0001 b. of mutton,: : 14001 b; of. Jamb, 6001b.,0f yeah 5001 b; of-pork, 35001 b. .of fresh ,Ssk|;’ |,d,Qdo. : fowls; 400, chickens, .geese; 100 tuiheys,-3p tons of potatoes, ,30 hampers of vegejiipkiesj 300 qharts of ice cream, ■I6OQ .quarts Of milk, 18,000 eggs, &c. Again, in groceries;; something like 200 jdiffepeht.. articles wills be carried, ..including IOQQIb. of tea, IoOOLb. of coffee, .28001 b, of white STlgar, 45001 b .: moist sugar, IOOOIb, pulverised sugar,. .24C)j01b,.,"6f cheese, 30001 b. -'butter,,.-; GOQPIb., ham, and ■ lßoolb. of ba.cou. 'The quantities SCenv i'laige, hut : .it.-;.would■ be ’ easy,' if considered desirable, to,:.account for the consumption. ‘. Each meffibef of tlfe Cihwis-alkvyed Jlb. beef per, day, and therefore about,Boolb. a day avIII tli US' he dispofeefl oi‘, ; .while., 4001 b. ..will ; be used -ekeh day fOr-.,b,eet „tca.,hTigbteemthousand: eggslooks a large'of tier, ; being 1 abdu t ::,-t>ypr per;, pfiaute off fhe tdhihtibhFbf thcVyqyagC. \, but they dis■appear in -many .poems, and ypne authoidty says “ ifc..i§ ..pot, .anpmpsualthing to see;adady. qrfgentleman 'finy ish • off; a ; ; supper, ..gyihyd chicken ; and- devilledysardipes ' with four poached eggs on tqgskV- , . / ; ;