Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...business this fall. 1899-1900 Receipts. Expenditures. Men's Furnishing Dep't, $32,407.54 Paid for Merchandise, $178,631.93 Book Dep't, 64,088.97 Salaries, 10,895.50 Stationery Dep't, 32,151.76 Rent, 2,660.00 Tailoring Dep't, 9,729.53 Taxes, 171.00 Furniture Dep't, 9,344.83 Advertising, 400.00 Coal and Wood Dep't, 12,788.59 Express and Carting, 1,054.87 Shoe Mending Dep't, 2,477.85 Other Expenses, 4,692.67 Medical School Branch, 43,468.49 $206,457.56 Dividend, $6948.38 Membership Fees, 2,471.00 Capital added...
...Weld launch "Veritas" arrived last week from the Morris Heights shipyard in time for the rowing on Thursday. The cradle in which she is taken out of the water was laid beside the Weld boat-house and the launch itself moored by the coal wharf opposite. She has proved satisfactory in all but two particulars -- in turning she requires more room than was expected, and in starting she is not quick to gather headway, which often allows a crew to get out of reach. Her wake, however, is slight and does not seriously bother passing crews...
...carved scroll. The machinery equipment consists in a Seabury patent safety water tube boiler of about 100 horse power, and a Seabury triple expansion condensing engine with an 8-inch stroke of 75 horse power, independent air and feed pump and copper outboard keel condenser. She has steel coal-bunkers on each side of the engine and a boiler running fore and aft, capped with wood. The boiler is fitted with a double stack, the outer stack being polished brass, and fits over a nipple on the boiler, the stack being provided with handles on both sides so that...
...temporary yellow funnel which will later be replaced by a smaller one of brass. She is 51 feet long, with pointed stern, two cock pits, the forward one being slightly larger than that of the Frank Thomson. She has a Roberts boiler and a self-oiling engine, large coal lockers and a capacity for carrying 250 gallons of water. Her screw makes 50 more revolutions per minute than that of the Frank Thomson and her speed is guaranteed at 14 knots. An official trial to determine this will take place in the Easter recess. She turns in the same space...
...gallons of milk, seven bushels of potatoes, 90 pounds of ham, 80 pounds of sausages, 370 pounds of fish, two barrels of flour, 50 pounds of cereals, four barrels of general vegetables, 13 gallons of ice cream, 85 dozen eggs, and 35 gallons of pudding. Two tons of coal are used each day for cooking. The total cost of providing food for one day is $185, with $86 for service...