Portage Bill
| Date: | March 2, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Voyage: | Ada F. Brown (d. Boston June 17, 1911 - a. New York Mar. 1, 1912) |
| Citation: | MS-90 b33f21 |
Notes
The document contains the following notations: From: "Rosario Via Port [of] Spain" and "Total amt paid off in New York"Financial records
| Mariner | Rank | Entry Date | Entry Port | Discharge Date | Discharge Port | Served | P | WPM | WPR | A | S | CA | AA | H | SF | F&F | BD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelinig, Fritz | Seaman | Oct. 2, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 0 (days) | 80.00 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 16.22 | 33.18 | |||||||||
| Anderson, Edward | Seaman | June 27, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 4 (days) | 162.53 | 20.00 | 15.74 | 13.00 | 24.20 | 109.59 | ||||||||
| Christensen, J | Seaman | Oct. 4, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 27 (days) | 78.40 | 16.00 | 7.55 | 21.00 | 15.22 | 34.63 | ||||||||
| Hudson, E H | Seaman | Oct. 3, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 28 (days) | 78.93 | 16.00 | 8.90 | 21.00 | 17.82 | 31.21 | ||||||||
| Ludgrove, Charles | Seaman | June 27, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 4 (days) | 162.53 | 20.00 | 12.74 | 13.00 | 29.66 | 107.13 | ||||||||
| Proctor, John | Cook | June 17, 1911 | Oct. 5, 1911 | 19 (days) | 181.64 | 50.00 | 70.00 | 111.67 | On the Portage Account, Mr. Proctor got a raise in the middle of the period. The Adance was calculated for the entire period and the Balance Due was shown only as the total for the 2 wage periods. The Advance is calculated here as 3 1/2 months at $20.00/month, and the Balance Due is this amount subtracted from the Whole Wages for the period he was earning $50.00/month. Please see the financial record for Mr. Proctor for the period 10/06/1911 through 03/01/1912. | |||||||||
| Proctor, John | Cook | Oct. 6, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 25 (days) | 265.83 | 55.00 | 90.00 | 175.83 | See notes for the Financial Record for Mr. Proctor for the period 06/17/1911 through 10/05/1911. Total Balance Due on 03/01/1912 was $287.50. This was for the entire period 06/18/1911 through 03/01/1912. | |||||||||
| Reff, Jos. | Engineer | June 17, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 14 (days) | 381.00 | 45.00 | 381.00 | |||||||||||
| Rendelsman, Alfred | Seaman | Oct. 2, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 0 (days) | 80.00 | 16.00 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 16.00 | 33.67 | ||||||||
| Spittel, George | Boatswain | Oct. 2, 1911 | March 1, 1912 | 29 (days) | 198.56 | 40.00 | 18.43 | 21.00 | 21.99 | 137.14 |
Abbreviations: P – Payment, the total amount due the mariner for the voyage; WPM – Wages per month, the usual way seamen were paid; WPR – Wages per run: occasionally, mariners took a set amount for a run between two places; A – Advance, the amount the mariner received in advance of the voyage, for signing on; S – Slops, amount for goods purchased from the vessel’s store; CA – Creditor allotment, amount paid to creditors if so listed; AA – Advanced abroad, cash advances the mariner received while in foreign ports; H – Hospital money, a small monthly amount deducted to support the marine hospital service; SF – Shipping fees, paid to shipping agents for their services; F&F – Fines and forfeitures, if so listed, including prison fees; BD – Balance due, after all of the above
The information given in this database is entered here as it is on the document or documents in the Maine Maritime Museum collections. The spelling of the mariner’s name may be wrong, the arithmetic may be wrong, and some descriptions may be thoughtless or not politically correct, but they are shown as found. We have attempted to standardize the names and descriptions of vessels and the spelling of place names. We have tried to include in notes fields important information that does not fit in the standard fields.
