324 THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN 



Table III 



Cost of a Typical Whaling Vessel, Exclusive of Outfit, as Shown by Figures 



Arising From the Construction of a Live Oak Ship of 351 Tons at 



New Bedford in 1 841 



Yellow pine plank 39,520 feet $1,691.09 



Yellow pine timber 18,915 feet 431-50 



Live oak timber 3,557 feet 3,521.60 



White oak plank 2,561 feet 399-64 



Knees 249 feet 436.22 



White oak timber 2,921 feet 756.32 



Locust timber 151 feet 213.80 



Mahogany timber 255 feet 37-25 



Sundry pieces timber bought by the stick 36.25 



Cordage 21,577 pounds 2,524.59 



Duck 135 pieces 2,167.75 

 Sheathing copper 8,796 pounds 

 Copper bolts 4,800 pounds 



13*596 pounds 3>3"-i6 

 Spikes 4>409 pounds 

 Forelocks 150 pounds 

 Rudder joints 654 pounds 

 Sheathing nails 350 pounds 

 Coppering nails 565 pounds 



6,128 pounds 1,409.44 

 Sundry articles — augers, plates, bobstay 



work, etc 3 50. 00 



Copper cooler and other copper work 1 66.00 



Chain cables 15,840 pounds I,l88.00 



Chain sheets and ties 950 pounds 1 04. 50 



Fluke chains, etc. 1)663 pounds 133.04 



Anchors 3,800 pounds 342.00 



Blacksmith's bill 1,970.56 



Painter's bill 697.00 



Rigger's bill 390.OO 



Sailmaker's bill 561. 50 



Blockmaker's bill 5 50.00 



Amount paid for labor, carpentering 7,008.41 



Amount paid for labor, caulking 528.69 



Amount paid for labor, joiner work 298.41 



Total Outlay $3 1,224.72 



