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By June 1, 1862, 495 wells had been put down near Titusville, and the daily output of oil was nearly 6,000 barrels, selling at the wells at from $4.00 to $6.00 per barrel.
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A first-class hand-engine company is allowed to number, all told, fifty men, and the members of the company are paid as follows: FIRST-CLASS HAND-ENGINE COMPANY. 1 foreman.......................................... $35 00 1 assistant foreman............................... 28 00 1 clerk........................................... 28 00 1 steward........................................ 68 00 46 men, at $18 each................................ 828 00 50 men.
The position of York Factory by our observations is in latitude 57 degrees 00 minutes 03 seconds North, longitude 92 degrees 26 minutes West. The variation of the compass 6 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East. September 1819. On the 9th of September, our boat being completed, arrangements were made for our departure as soon as the tide should serve.
: 8 33 50 : : 71 30 0 : 14 43 0 : 23 38 0 : : : . : 8 35 39 : : 31 0 : 14 25 0 : 23 42 0 : : : . : 8 37 46 : : 30 30 : 14 10 0 : 23 32 0 : : : . : 8 107 15 : : 91 30 : 43 18 0 : 23 112 0 : : : . 2nd set : 8 35 45 : 6 18 41 : 71 30 30 : 14 26 0 : 23 37 20 : 14 34 00 : 23 14 0 : 66 19 45.
The father, who was a consumptive, had lost his position of travelling postman; the mother was ill; and the only source of income was a monthly pension of $8.00 and about $8.00 a week earned by the three eldest girls, who were saleswomen. The rent was $15.00 a month, and the family heavily in debt.
Wind South-West; course North 25 West; distance 100 miles; latitude 31 degrees 14 minutes South, longitude 159 degrees 6 minutes West. Monday, 18th. Moderate Gales and Cloudy, with a Swell from the Southward. Wind Westerly; course North by West 1/2 West; distance 78 miles; latitude 29 degrees 00 minutes South, longitude 159 degrees 32 minutes West. Tuesday, 19th. Variable; light Airs and Calm.
It was exactly 12:00 o'clock, and I was in the middle of the sentence, "How beautiful these bells chime," when a boy motioned me to come quickly to a certain place where I could see the cylinder revolve which communicates with the peal of bells. Two points of lightning-rods crown this tower.
"At least," I asked, "the fishermen are well paid, aren't they?" "Hardly, professor. In Panama they make just $1.00 per week. In most places they earn only a penny for each oyster that has a pearl, and they bring up so many that have none!" "Only one penny to those poor people who make their employers rich! That's atrocious!"
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