A- the steerage ticket cost all of the money that most travelers had.
B- illness spread quickly through steerage because it was crowded and dirty.
C-traveling in steerage involved a journey that took weeks or even months.
D-many passengers in steerage were denied entry by inspectors at Ellis Island.
There had never before been a thorough investigation of steerage conditions by national authority, but such superficial investigations as had been made, and the many nonofficial inquiries as well, had disclosed such evil and revolting conditions on some ships that the Commission determined upon an investigation sufficiently thorough to show impartially just what conditions prevailed in the steerage.
The old-type steerage is the one whose horrors have been so often described. It is, unfortunately, still found in a majority of the vessels bringing immigrants to the United States. It is still the common steerage in which hundreds of thousands of immigrants form their first conceptions of our country and are prepared to receive their first impressions of it.
The universal human needs of space, air, food, sleep, and privacy are recognized to the degree now made compulsory by law. Beyond that, the persons carried are looked upon as so much freight, with mere transportation as their only due.
The sleeping quarters are large compartments, accommodating as many as 300, or more, persons each. For assignment to these, passengers are divided into three classes; namely, women without male escorts, men traveling alone, and families. Each class is housed in a separate compartment and the compartments are often in different parts of the vessel. It is generally possible to shut off all communication between them, though this is not always done.
The berths are in two tiers, with an interval of 2 feet and 6 inches of space above each. They consist of an iron framework containing a mattress, a pillow, or more often a life-preserver as a substitute, and a blanket. The mattress, and the pillow if there is one, is filled with straw or seaweed.
On some lines this is renewed every trip. Either colored gingham or coarse white canvas slips cover the mattress and pillow. A piece of iron piping placed at a height where it will separate the mattresses is the " partition " between berths. The blankets differ in weight, size, and material on the different lines.
A look at the innovative Studio staterooms for the solo traveller on board Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic.
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Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest and most innovative ship Norwegian Epic features more than 1,300 balcony staterooms including the Deluxe Balcony stateroom shown here (room 11260).
A look at the Spa Suites on board Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest and most innovative ship Norwegian Epic. Located just steps from the Mandara Spa on Deck 14 these Spa Suites have an in-room whirlpool and include access to the Spa’s relaxing Thermal Suite.
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