Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1901 — Coat of Running Warships. [ARTICLE]

Coat of Running Warships.

Secretary Long has submitted to Congress information concerning the cost of running armed vessels, tenders and warships sent to the Philippines or from there since May 1, 1809. The famous trip of the Oregon around Cape Horn from San Francisco to Key West cost $47,987, not including the cost of coal consumed, which cost $50,266. When she went from New York to Manila, October 12, 1898, the trip cost $115,110, without the expense of coal, which cost $25,623 in addition. Thirteen trips have been made around the Horn by various vessels in the time in question, including the Oregon twice, Marietta, Justin, Sterling, twice, lowa, Celtic, Scindia, Badger, Marblehead, Newark at)d Iris. Exclusive of coal cost, these trips cost the Government $605,370. Seventeen trips have been made by thisoclass of vessels by the Suez Canal route, and the canal tolls amounted to $59,443. The ships that went by this route were: Castine, Solace, Yosemite, Olympia, Glacier, Nashville, Brooklyn, Marietta, New Orleans, the Dixie and the Alexander twice through. The cost of these trips, exclusive of canal tolls and coal consumed, was $554,456. This is only slightly more tbau the cost of thlrtfsen trips around the Horn, and the cost of coal around the latter route would be much greater than by the Suez Canal. The cost of bringing Admiral Dewey’s flagship Olympia from Manila was $38,887 for coal, $112,974 running expenses and $3474 Suez Canal tolls, or a total of slss,33s.—Washington Cor respondence in New York Sun.