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Show Ceil of Lone I'M-" Timing U Is only a fow jrars ngothnt fthlp-paigtnen fthlp-paigtnen heard with wunanr tho story of tho first long tow of a thousand miles. How eagerly it was dUuiiW. What tame reading It makea nowl For n littti tug to drag a heavy load that dUtance now 1 as cany aa tho journoy of an "I ' train from the Battery to Iftriem within the lat few montlis oceangoing tugs havo towed big enf t that hal oomo to grief in the BpunUh main all th way to this port for reputr. The haul Inn operation tecame tiecessary becnuw of tho alwenco of a suitable inaiiuo "doc tor or repairing facilities at tho plaeo whero tho revels wero damaged Tie pairs aro expetthiro In tho tropics, tmd in a number t f caes n good round sum waa saved con after ft long tow to this port. Tho champion long distance low perhaps per-haps Is now In progruM. Two months ago an immento steam tug left tho Mersey, Mer-sey, hound toltto Jtnelro, tnbrinback to Kngland a large Iron bark that hid been seriously damaged In a storm near tho equator Tit Is tug has started back with her oharge, and It Is a f uregono conclusion con-clusion tliat eho wilt roach tho Clyde without any mishap. - Owners decline to give any Information Informa-tion concerning tho cost of n long distance dis-tance tow, but one liko that from HIo to Kngland must lo enormous Hera Is a trip of at leaat five months, o. era dls-tauco dls-tauco of 7,000 tul let. At the very hat 2 000 tons of bunker coal must be ncd. There you havo $7,000 at ono slap lro-rlaioru lro-rlaioru wilt coat fAWO mora. That makes flOOO Put tho wages of tho CTewat4V00 mora That makes 1J,. 000. Then figuro InrldniUls at $1 OV), aud tho hndsinan may undrrntiii 1 wlnt aa Mpento is attacheil to n job cf t'nt kind AtoUl of tH,00siirntbcforo a singlo penny Is paid for retrain. Them figures are from tho tugbuit owners stand poi t und do not directly show th cost cf tho tow to the charterer Tho owner of the steam tug has to live liko other people, an 1 his profit for th trip will bo nit tho way from $-1,000 to $ 1 000 Tlut swells tho amount to $17 ooO or more New ork Mall and "Uprisa. |