Twentieth Index Card

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8059/tonnage.htm

• Costs:
• Cost to build Titanic:Then: $7,500,000Now: $400,000,000
• Cost for one-way tickets:
• First Class (parlor suite): £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today)First Class (berth): £30/$150 ($1724 today)
• Second Class: £12/$60 ($690 today)
• Third Class: £3 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today)
• Cost for a Turkish or Electric Bath: $1 ($5 today)
• Cost to send Marconi Wireless Telegram: 12 shillings and sixpence/$3.12 ($36 today), for the first 10 words, and 9 pence per word thereafter. Passenger telegrams sent & received during the voyage: over 250.