She touched it with her toe.
"What do they mean ?" she asked.
"We are overloaded," he explained.

"Alaskan steam-ships have no steerage passengers as we generally know them.

It isn't poverty that rides steerage when you go north.

You can always find a millionaire or two on the lower deck.

When they get sleepy, most of the men you see in there will unroll blankets and sleep on the floor.