The New York herald., 1851-08-20
Marine Affairs.

| TRIAL IRiP OF The STEAMSHIP ILLINOIS.
| The new steamship Illinois, belonging to Howiand
Afpinws Of this city, and intended for the Transports
tion Of psssengers and light freight between this por
and Chsgres went trial trip sterdsy for the pur
pore Of testing her engines and machinery. Numerou
engineers and fcien.inc men looked forward with
great deal Of to the result Of this trip well
to the working Of the engines Of the steamship Gsdss
Gate, which Of the same description inasmuoh Il
was expected they would decide whether oscuating en-
gnes could, with advantage, be applied to going
steame Of the largest cia and perhaps supsroede the
side levers On this account srefore, the trial trip
the Illinois Of mere than ordinary Importance.
The Illinois left her dock at about nine o'clock under
the charge Of Mr.taguire the well known New York
pilot, and to having board
some twenty twentyav persons In addition 10 her
tcers and crew. During the down the bay and In
fact during the whole trip, her engines worked mort
beautifully. The ponderous cylinders swang TO and fro
viihou, causing the least jar; and so web did the
of stssm, half cut Oh, they made eighteen revolu-
tons rer mir ute. Tits working the admiration
Of every one on board. especially the builders,
Messrs. sscor, d the Allsire Works. These are the
tny oschstng engines that the hesrs secor have
and ss they have been sucoesfu In their
fret attempt h very likely that they ell have many
orders fer others es they possibly zt.Hd to- TIE
since Of the four quickest steamships in the world viz
the OHIO spd Georgia q the Chasres line and the Pa
cfo Baltic q the Collins line were built by the
Gsrs secor and now they have constructed the largest
otcltatng engine IN the world 1he Alaire works
The Coest steam engine establishment In the United
States and is worthy Of the machinery of
The ssvstrsh TIE trs vesc shich crossed the
sbue ~ steam, or partly BY steam. built at the
zane wciks The original cylinder of the savannah may
NV bs there The nessrs. secor Intended TO ex
hhit u at the WOSlds fair In London but their en-
ggsmen have H., such that they had not Zine 70 At
rnJ to tenoiBg II to the British Metropolis rhev
bsJ YET do 30 The oscinatpg engine has several advun
Weighs tse- ty hupored than a eide lever Of
the ,ame power sou and IL occupies thre. less
sTsce-t~o very important cunsid.rations FROM the
result Of he experimental trip Of y,ssIday there god
fsason to believe that tn. fnoB s the faste-t vessel
belonging to the port Of rev YOrk
The IIinoie vac built by hessrs Smith and Dimou
enc l. 20 fssi loLg with 40 ftei breadth Of bean and
her tohbaee is about two thousand She " Of a
besutiiu model end goes through the water without
csusrg much oEs thsn ripple Th. fooviug Ar, the
dincusiUus q her mschin.Iy:-
Dianettr 81 cJhBeu.... IS inches
Ltheth h tioN sss.....s.............. g feet.
psntt.r ~ Wheels. % feet.
WIEN ~ hosts.ss.s..... ................ Il inches
she viii b. oonlnsns.d by Captain Iisrstela Mr
fsrchhd ho Ses i0T long time the geDt.Iaanly and
ottgfg puiser 81 the 1eorsIa will take the sua-
ton board of the Hn0ois IL L. expected tost this
bnotul vetf,i will Accommodate cdnforAbty ny- hun
d,a ni,, etd sevna eisi, rassengers Her csbio an
lettfn ttd tesUtiUlJ ttteu up aud the
tof tscoLd class Iasseng.r all that could be- desd
ste rih l. ave here for Chsgr,s early In september
1EsL o. Inr Ro1aRY kirssiNEsr.-- Yesterday the
first tnptrlnehtsl tTp was msoe with the tL- rotary
stssuNoat GALE the Rotary Experiment winch proved
gsiie sccessui ard sntT,ly satisfactory TO the pro-
Irtof ab0 prfjertsf 81 the tVat Mr. EbUnEr Btrroys
Ioaa1d te later pert of her cru iurs sad
fcith rrei Ltwsyer Sigh d,fhcUty Occ urrsd from
obt q he JuHTs flsue 10 work property which c4usei
tsI 20 Wstts c0AIoai abie quaDty ~ from her
istlcar1 sde tut nDt nucn ~ 20 The sue,s
o. even thatls hsI peict4utly che l. 10, IS % long
ret N ftst oIspght 90 water. aud oarfy ~ or
~ tcff'rt. giteTttte l. ~ na and cnmptos ors1.
iylG hce "a tLt ~ ~ ~ s,cLus The ttes chest. or
,ttn tf g. but ircbe over A s,ns II IN ,ncr a. 20
idai 90 e. ~ cubC melee 10. VII els = fett
lu rieuttr viih 30 nat or bueNls tsn driven At
lAe l'ie ~ 90 - D ie re''intioN per m'ntc toe
tNFr ia tffiHe nrlllEtour1 ~ o. an4 frJm
ct4te4 aip slttlJ S. co. I-iovtIy un.f. n1tga
J. INutttp- tnt Viissls muIf-f..b gflt " add,
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~ tnH uUs a. }, stf. iiS capsci y of tn. ensu~ "
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