The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-31

buttooks, and moro nearly equal ring ths her aud
lee lines o. hctation thus allowing the vessel 70 My
less Of weather helm Those suggested Improvements
were for time suffered to sumbsr, waiting for IN
opportunity to develope their utility, when they
we're silently adopted and tho author Was employed
to accelerate tho onward momentum which they
then received. Subsequently they were universally
adopted.
Various lines at this time received acoess!ons TO
their ususl tonnage Tho Liverpool and Queen Of
the the, West we're built With three deck. ~ sroxa
to test tho effect ofthese improvements ON ship for
the Carton TRADE, contra ,ted With Smith b Dimol
for the Rainbow, Of $50 tons This ship was allowed
by common consent to be superior to Ill Others and
Il was positively asserted BY her master, Captain
hayes. that she could not be excelled. She was .
rapid saisr, and once made the voyage to Csaton,
ont and homo, in six months and IA days, including
three weeks in port disoharging and loading, and
brought home nsws Of her own arrival out She
wss then under command Of Captain Land. On .
later VOYAGE she was lost. IS is supposed, of Caps
Horn. Notwithstanding tho bold avo val Of Captain
ployed to bald . rival ship, and tho Hsuqus, Of
706 tons, was produced for Captain Nathaniel
Palmer and A. A. Law & Brothers. 4r. Aspiawall,
however. was determined not to be outdone, and
the renowned Sea Witon Of 9O7 TONS Was the result,
days Captain Palmer, however, was again soen
in the Geld, experimenting the constrHstion Of the
clipper ship Samuel Russell, bailding by Brown &
ons ofthe fastest Of the clipper feet.
The news of the wondrous feats' performed by
New York clipper ships aroused tho shipwrights Of
Now England, and builders Of repussd skill! were
found on shpbosrd, with pencil and psser ia hsad,
canvsssiag, IN dssA tho improvements which led to
such famous results Tho Of preersss still moved
onward, and tho Oriental, Of LOOT toms, and the
Marmion. Of l,084 tons, were bui!t, carrying nero
instead Of miles which thcn became tho % ton.
Tho Celestial and Challenge. BY william q. Webb
tho former go, the latter 300 sns-fslls we'd In
tne wake Of improvement; ~, also, tho N. B.
Palmer, Of ,4O6 tons, and Wisconsin, not much in
The New England builders. being determined to
croft by the innovation, surreptitiously obtained
models from tbs metropolis Of commerce, and soon
regarded themselves Of sone Importance In tbs Line
The attention Of our merchants and shipbui ldsrs
was ct this time directed to scam for ooeAn nsvi-
CATION, the feasibility Of which wss demonstrated
steamship ssvsnnsh. and - bosss On our inland
waters. The world had learned that New York
vas not behind tho age in this particular. The
Rochester and Swallow were about the 6rst
the wonder Il the travelling public Tasa
came the Kniokbocker, North America, and
South America, and after these the far
famed Oregon, hrtiipS Distance as every steamboat
fsed Atlantic wore magnificent and costly, and
Wed with any In point Of speed; while tho Isaac
Newton and the New World were isating palaces
Of their time. and the Reindeer, while in good sad
competent bands, challenged cempetition ia regard
TO either speed or safety. The Francis Ssiddy,
though last, 10 not the least in any respect She is
pretty large, and though che swifsest vessel that
now rests upon The surface Of the water, she Is not
70 feet, perhaps, according to her Dimensions, ~
was the Reindeer, and enc or two others
In ls43, Mr. X. Collins, tho Napoleon Of Aus-
ricsn ship ba,ldipg, commenced . second edition Of
investigation and experiments In ocean steamers.
A trial bad already been msde but no oontem-
plated moving on larger seals than had been wit
messed IN the Western world or indeed, In any part
Of the globe The talents Of Mr. Griffith were 90.
cured % investigate TIE stability Of tho proposed
dimensions and model Il was not known until
then that the stability Of shios vas msthsm atisA
inquiry, and upon basis thus formed, Mr. Collins
subsequently act afoat line Of ssssmships whose
perforAsnce, speak In the highest terms, and In
manner rot 10 DO misunderstood.
These ships were BUILT by Brown & Bell, and
Others, and messurts about 100 tons Be
fore these atesmers we're fairly commenced,
stocks Tor Mr. Geo Law, and when finished rs-
Hscted no discredit on her builders. Although
il vas continually hawsed by the knowing enes,
thst her bow was nc tho wrong end, time has shown
feetest Of her kind. But the climax in steamships
the clippers OF the Worid-the Pacific, the Attain
tic Baltic and Arctic, then took their place. beat
evrey thing a0ost, and sstonisbsd mankind rhsaks
tSe Capitol Of America to 4 Collins '''' :
The year 1860 also brough. its i'm prOvements.
The fam GUS yacht Amsrics, built by Mr., George
S,esrs, the wei der not only Of The spordog our
cles, but OF ell nautical meu. Her success did not
loi rene IN problem either Ia America or Europe.
Mr. Griffith Published tresifc on ship building,
il large qusrto volume, the first of any oopsidera
HE sise Eoblisbed 10 this country. Il met With
universal iayor; snd the suggested improvements
we're at Once adopted both at home and abroad.
Having fairly get snaer way by steam, re must of
necessity move AZ . more rapid pace; and oar sail
ing ships built in 1851 and 1852, continued to IN
crease 10 size The Consultation, Of 1888 tons; the
Constellation, Of 1862; tho Frspcis p. Sage,
OF lI46 che Invinoiblc, Of 2i50; aud the
TcrDaoo, Of 1850, were ene substantial,
ord fat sailing vessels. ia,sudcd for Euro
pesn and East IoaiA trading purposes Still,
wonders 30 nst cease. and Mr. Griffith, who, IL is
said. has conmenctn the pubosti Of ship build
ere manual, nsy. perhacs, suggest come other and
Sttsm Is regarded TOO expensive, II not too slo.
end teleRmphs oaicy'c engines, and rotary en-
fires for either steam or oaloric, the order Of
che day. sn6 sre DO logger spesuiations, but fixed
fbcts. AL besc thrge do but plainly shew that
lYof fetticn ts now the watch Jdtbat IL rs mind,
sno not brsie matter. that governs the enterprises
~ men ard hat that element stil predominates,
siich prsDpted erd aided those cons OF genius N
toruer dsv WAC, BY the proper direction Of their
srerpiss srd by an irdomitable perseverance, sur
mounted every difficulty, vsnquished opposition,
Ard
ns3s Gre hood and esrsh,
The vssesIs Of their vii y
Ne rov give hat IL all v, sseis built in this oitY
aud vicinity OF Az tho yards 10 operstion, ex
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