Show cost of alts distance towing if is only a few years ago that shipping men heard with wonder tho story of the first long tow of a thousand milas how eagerly it was discussed what tame reading it makes bowl for a little tug to drag a heavy load that distance now is is easy as the journey of an L train from the battery to harlem within the last few months oceangoing ocean going have towed big craft that bad come to grief in the spanish main all the way to this port for repairs the hauling operation became necessary because of the absence of a suitable marine doctor or repairing facilities at the place where the vessels were damaged repairs ara expensive in the tropics and in a number of cases a good round sum was saved even after a long tow to thia port the champion long distance tow perhaps is now in progress two months ago an immense steam tug left the mer assy bound to rio janeiro to bring bach to england a large iron bark that had been seriously damaged in a storm beai equator this tug has started back with her charge and it is a foregone conclusion that she will reach the clyde without any mishap owners decline to give any information concerning the cost of a long dis tanco tow but one like that from rio to england must be enormous here is a trip of at least five months over a distance of miles at the very leaba tons of bunker coal must be used there you have at one slap provisions will coil more that put the wages of the crew at more that makes 13 alien figure incidentals at 1000 and the landsman may understand what an expense is attached to a job of that kind A total of 1000 1 spent before a single penny is paid for repairs these figures are from the tugboat owners standpoint and do not directly show tha cost of alie tow to the the owner of the steam tug has to live like other laople and his profit for the trip will ba all the way from to that swells tho amount to or more new york mail and express |