La civilisation et le choléra / par Jules Girette.

  • Girette, Jules.
Date:
1867
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    sibly recommend with the 'présent amount of expérience, thaï 12 knotsmight befixedfor the accelerated speed on the Europcan side, and 11 on the Inclian side. In order to do this, I should propose to put upon the Indian side vessels of 2400 tons burden and 500 horse power, and those vessels would burn about 60 tons of coal per day ; those vessels would hâve the power ol carrying 350 tons of cargo, in addition to lheir stores, and 550 tons of coal ; that is, nine days’ coal. That would require the vessels to stop at Aden, and I should âlmost fancy that on the whole it would be more advisable thaï they should stop at Aden ; but if it were deemedso désirable thaï every thing else should give way to their going the whole journey wilhoul stopping al ail, they would require to carry 800 tons of coals; that is to say, they rnust carry about two days more than his necessary for the expected length ofthe voyage, and they would hâve to abandon that quantity of cargo. Therefore that would reduce their cargo to 100 tons. Practically, if you insisted upon the vessels making the journey without stopping at Aden, youvould hâve to abandon the cargo. “ 2952. And reduce the earnings of the ship sitnply to mails and passengers?—Yes, you would only be able to take Ï00 tons of cargo instead of 350. ” (Pages 164 et 165.)