CARGO STOWAGE 40?
13. How would you stow barrels of tar, pitch, etc.?
The sides of these barrels being straight I would not use beds, but
stow them fore and aft flat on the dunnage, bung up.
14. How many hoops are fitted on a good cask?
Bight: bilge, quarter, and two chime hoops at each end. The
rivets of the hoops are in hne with the bung.
15 How many heights of barrels, hogsheads, puncheons and pipes
are you allowed to stow?
Eight of barrels, six of hogsheads, four of puncheons, and three
of pipes.
16 Why should the number be limited!
Because the lower tier, having to bear the weight of all above it,
m ight be damaged if too many heights were stowed
17 Where and how would you stow wines and spirits?
Where they are least likely to be pilfered by crew or cargo workers.
Should see that cases were all well blocked up, and that casks Yere
carefully stowed bung up and bilge 'free, and well quoined and secured.
15. How would you stow bale goods of manufactured materials, etc.?
On their flats, with mark and number uppermost. Wing bales on
their edges, mark and number inboard.
19. How would you stow cases of glass, slabs of marble or grindstones?
On their edges; as they would then be less likely to get broken.
Large cases of plate glass are best stowed athwartships.
20. Suppose you were loading grain, and a compartment in the lower
hold was to be stowed partly in bulk and partly in bags, how
would you stow it?
No more than three-fourths is allowed to be in bulk. I would take
that in first and level it off, then cover it over with mats and boards
and stow the bags on top. Fore-and-aft boards must be not more
than 4 feet apart. Athwartship ones not more than 9 inches apart.
The athwartship ones must be on top of the fore-and-aft ones.
21. How would you separate different shipments of bar or rod iron?
If only two lots I would stow in different sides if possible, or otherwise
by laying a piece of spunyarn across each lot before placing the next