Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-27

GaEAr WESTERN STEAM SHIP COMPANY The
adjourned general annual meeting OF the proprie.
tors of this company was held on Thursday, at
the Great Western Steamship Office, in Princes
street. Bristol
MIR C. Claxton read the resolution for the a.
journment, and also the report OF the committee.
THE report commences with detail of the ope-
rations OF the Great Western. L he average oil her
passages during the past season has been-to new
York, seventeen days and two hours; from New
York thirteen days and sixteen hours; her shortest
passage outwards has been thirteen and hall, ner
shortest homeward, twelve days and half She has
conveyed 1895 passengers, anu has carried tons
Of goods, 90 567 letters, and 1851 aewspapers be
side parcels The average from the commencement
Of the Great Westerns passages from new OK 10
this country has been thirteen days and hall only
while that Of the sailing liners during the sane pc
ried has been twenty-thr days. The report then
de ribes the that have Recently been
effected in inc ship, and the new arrangements con
sequent thereon. IL also states that cohslderaoie
has been made in the construction oil the Sc
cend vessel large proportion of her frame is up,
and considerable part Of her bottom is rivetted IN
place and several Of the most difficult pieces OF
forged work are completed. Tbs dimensions and
form determined on will, the directors confidently
anticipate give, in combination with the greatest
safety sea-loat, considerable average increase
Of speed in her favor when compared with the Great
Western under similar circumstances The report
then proceeds thus" The greater security from
risk by floating off so large construction IN prefer
ence to launching her. which also obvates the neces
sity Of insurance, and the economy and expedition
ton and in placing board her boilers and ma
chinery led your directors to the determination OF
excava,ing dock your premises on the bank OF the
float. The possession OF this for the purposes OF
docking and repairing your vessels, will, with the
additions which will be made, render your CON-
pany per ectly indepen5 dent, whatever increase may
take place in steam navigation from the port The
subject Of the zines for your steam ship has occu-
pied your Director most anxious consideration.
They carefully Investigated the results arrived At in
their expe and in that Of otkers they OBJ
tanned estimates and opinions from the most eminent
manufacturers and aided by accurate registers OF OBJ
servaton conducted during the voyages u the Great
Western they found themselves possessed Of such
of data they believe had never before been
collected. They ascertained, also, the capabilities
OF the several manufacturing establishments in Brs
tol and, after the closest investigation, they were
gradually brought TO conviction that the company
must be ITS manufacturers, as many Of the most
successful steam navigation companies already are;
and that the description of engine known by the name
of the trunk engine preferable TO every other for
your purposes Your engines have been some time
in hand; the preparations for their completion In
state of forwardness, and the boilers are nearly f.
nished These will be placed In parts in the ship
whilst in the dock and there completed. They ere
haopy 90 express their confidence, that in addition
to the other objects attained by the engines beint
constructed by yourselves, they will be completed