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Title: Every boy's book of railways and steamships
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Protheroe, Ernest
Subjects: Railroads Steamboats
Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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e steward each man received a plateand a slice, and almost at the same moment theplate was filled from the ladle, and a spoon thrustinto the emigrants hand by a boy. Most of the men planked down their plateson the roof of the hold hatchway, and began towolf their meal. A few seated themselves onthe deck, and did their utmost to enjoy theirfood, but for the most part they seemed bent on devouring the stew and returning in mute appealfor more. Soon the deck was strewn with little greasyheaps, and to this was quickly added the offal of herrings and potatoes boiled in their jackets, the second course. The barrels of herrings and the big tin of potatoes were placed on deck so thatall could help themselves. Parts of the deck began to present a sickening spectacle, and there was general relief when the hose was turned on andthe ship swept clean again. No such scene could take place in the steerage of even the lowest class British liner, where if the food is plain, it is good, and served decently at
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Plate XLVI shows a a Wireless Telegraphy Room on one of the C.P.R. Steamships

THE ATLANTIC FERRY 293 tables in the steeracfe saloon. The Canadian o Pacific third-class bill of fare is typical of the meals provided for passengers whose passage-money is as low as £5 15s. Breakfast: oatmeal porridge andmilk, pork or mutton chops, Irish stew, bread and butter, preserves, coffee. Dinner : rice soup, corned beef and vegetables, stewed mutton, vegetables,stewed prunes and rice. Tea : cold meats, pickles,bread and butter, preserves, tea. Supper : gruel,biscuits and cheese. The officers of British liners, from the captain downwards, are men specially selected for their knowledge of navigation and their judgment and tact in dealing with the passengers entrusted totheir care. The organization of a ship with severalthousand souls aboard is as intricate as the government of a small town, with the ever-present element of danger to complicate matters. Alien passengers,in particular, are difficult to control when circumstances out of the ordinary arise. In April, 1910, the liner Ca

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