_
78
TBAWLING vnssms IN SCOTTISH WATE_RS.
'
-
-
The crews of the average steam—trawler are not less dang'
' =
_;
than their comrades of the line—beats, but they lead a much
,
more active life, and have little or no time, exbept'perhaps in
great storms or on Saturday and early 'on Sunday, for shorel "
_
life.
Their constant services'by night and by day throughout
'
-f
the week must frequently test even the hardiest constitution,
_'
'
which can only be kept—in condition by a faculty of
_
a little repose when off duty during the time the trawl is = '
down.
Their average earnings are probably greater than those
.of the liner, but as a rule, they work much harder, and permit
'
'
_'
themselves little
As their remuneration depends ii1- '
'
most cases on the success of their shing, it is no wonderthat
they select the richest grounds within a reasonable
and leave the less lucrative areas to others.
It would be a“
'
great boon to these men if their Sunday on shore were
—
broken.
_
'
'
…
Since 1884! the trawling vessels in Scotland have steadily -
increased in number, so that within ten years they have ' "
mbeen considerably more than doubled: the returns for 1893
-
_
shOwing that there are no less than 142 vessels and 720 men
'
'
'
thus employed—the total value of vessels, exclusive of gear,
,
being about E£_2Æ0,737. Or, to go more minutely into details, of
[this number 72 are steam-ti*awlers, having a tonnage of 2625
'
'
_
tons, and Ivalued at £237,004«, to which has to be added the
'
'
Shing gear,
a
total of £24«7,7 50.
'
Thèse
'
"
_
vessels'-are_ manned by
men.
_The rest (70) are. sailing—
'
…
'
trawlers, having a tonnage of 423, and valued at ’£8733, while
their gear is estimated at £18_32——makinga total of £5065,
.
With 176 men on board."
'
»
-
'
In additionto the foregoing there were 89 steam—trawlers'
:
belonging _to English
_
owners, shing regularly fromScottish -
.
'
por—ts, and the tonnage of which was 959 t0ns, value _£92,100,
,
_
_
and value'of gear
a total of £95,950. __
TheSe
,
'
had 296
on board.
The dispropOrtion between the number
'_-of men employed and the cost of thè,material is ehiey brought ' _
'
out when it is' mentioned that for_1892 the liners and net—
_
.
_
_
shermen were 45,629, while they had 13,865 beats, valued at ,
It Will thus be seen that, while the average
is*
'
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78
TBAWLING vnssms IN SCOTTISH WATE_RS.
'
-
-
The crews of the average steam—trawler are not less dang'
' =
_;
than their comrades of the line—beats, but they lead a much
,
more active life, and have little or no time, exbept'perhaps in
great storms or on Saturday and early 'on Sunday, for shorel "
_
life.
Their constant services'by night and by day throughout
'
-f
the week must frequently test even the hardiest constitution,
_'
'
which can only be kept—in condition by a faculty of
_
a little repose when off duty during the time the trawl is = '
down.
Their average earnings are probably greater than those
.of the liner, but as a rule, they work much harder, and permit
'
'
_'
themselves little
As their remuneration depends ii1- '
'
most cases on the success of their shing, it is no wonderthat
they select the richest grounds within a reasonable
and leave the less lucrative areas to others.
It would be a“
'
great boon to these men if their Sunday on shore were
—
broken.
_
'
'
…
Since 1884! the trawling vessels in Scotland have steadily -
increased in number, so that within ten years they have ' "
mbeen considerably more than doubled: the returns for 1893
-
_
shOwing that there are no less than 142 vessels and 720 men
'
'
'
thus employed—the total value of vessels, exclusive of gear,
,
being about E£_2Æ0,737. Or, to go more minutely into details, of
[this number 72 are steam-ti*awlers, having a tonnage of 2625
'
'
_
tons, and Ivalued at £237,004«, to which has to be added the
'
'
Shing gear,
a
total of £24«7,7 50.
'
Thèse
'
"
_
vessels'-are_ manned by
men.
_The rest (70) are. sailing—
'
…
'
trawlers, having a tonnage of 423, and valued at ’£8733, while
their gear is estimated at £18_32——makinga total of £5065,
.
With 176 men on board."
'
»
-
'
In additionto the foregoing there were 89 steam—trawlers'
:
belonging _to English
_
owners, shing regularly fromScottish -
.
'
por—ts, and the tonnage of which was 959 t0ns, value _£92,100,
,
_
_
and value'of gear
a total of £95,950. __
TheSe
,
'
had 296
on board.
The dispropOrtion between the number
'_-of men employed and the cost of thè,material is ehiey brought ' _
'
out when it is' mentioned that for_1892 the liners and net—
_
.
_
_
shermen were 45,629, while they had 13,865 beats, valued at ,
It Will thus be seen that, while the average
is*
'
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