Maine Maritime Museum

Portage Account

Date: Oct. 15, 1904
Voyage: Arthur Sewall (d. New York - a. Port Townsend)
Citation: MS-22 b239f8

Notes

None

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
Cox, Thomas Mate Feb. 1, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 14 (days) 508.00 60.00 7.05 51.94 359.01
Donaldson, H. Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 9.47 16.73 103.40
Eaton, Harold G. Boatswain Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 188.60 23.00 9.65 31.78 147.17
Farus, Oskar Ordinary Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 114.80 14.00 14.00 19.91 47.95 32.94
Grurel, Joseph Boy Feb. 8, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 7 (days) 82.33 10.00 10.00 21.97 37.25 13.11
Hawes, A. R. Steward Jan. 25, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 20 (days) 390.00 45.00 45.00 10.80 71.35 262.85
Hawes, Tillie Stewardess Jan. 25, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 20 (days) 130.00 15.00 130.00
Hooley, Charles Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 25.12 73.61 30.87
Kroger, L. H. Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 24.33 58.45 28.82
Lucas, R. J. Third Mate Feb. 8, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 7 (days) 189.37 23.00 16.65 50.16 122.56
Mattson, C. Carpenter Jan. 25, 1904 Shanghai, China Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 20 (days) 346.67 40.00 40.00 28.82 173.57 104.28
Mattson, J. Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 24.15 31.73 73.72
McDonald, W. M. Second Mate Feb. 8, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 7 (days) 329.33 40.00 40.00 22.97 137.04 129.32
Meyer, Erwin Boy Feb. 8, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 7 (days) 82.33 10.00 10.00 16.60 32.73 23.00
Odell, C. S. Ordinary Seaman Jan. 25, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 20 (days) 121.33 14.00 10.08 44.40 66.85
Pepe, Gaetano Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 25.29 14.40 89.91
Rasmussen, Randolf Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 30.00 74.72 24.88
Schlomeier, Franz Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 21.30 72.96 35.34
Schluter, Otto Able-Bodied Seaman Feb. 9, 1904 New York, NY - USA Oct. 14, 1904 Port Townsend, WA - USA 6 (days) 147.60 18.00 18.00 17.55 75.85 35.20

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.