Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-10
9craw Staamera.


The Liverpool Times of the goth ult., has the
f flowing description Of the steamer Aude.,-the
first of the Cunard Compnnys line of screw steam
ers intended for the trade between Liverpool and
New York, Boston and Portland. The Andes
reached Liverpoolin short nun from the Clyde
and vas TO he follow ed in few weeks by the
APPS, the second of the line.
The Andes is the FIRST of the new auxiliary heeI
o. steamers by which tie Cuna1 Company llllG'.u
vastly TO extend the sphere of their operations.
They will now have regular weekly departure
from Liverpool TO Now York; instead OF tortnIg!-
Iy, as at present, when the departure one MeeH 10
| for Boston and the other FOR New YORK. ne ~
inp on of these screws also inters the steam trans
noIt If goods between Great Briinin and America,
on terms which have not yet been-wlt the reach
of merchants excepting by means oil Salnns ScS
sells There will also Immediately pc eslaou !
| in G. injection with the Cunard line between ne"
York and Liverpool new anu Ea ~, thence
with the Pacific. 1t promises 10 lie the opening
of an immense line OF steam communication, lne
vast advantages resulting IRON winch WIZ nv, no
doubt gradually develOre themselves. me IhlIaeS
has been built by '.esSrs. William Denny q bt0th5
ers. of Dumbarion, and her engines are snPpheu
by Messrs. Tullock " Denny OF the same liace
Her dimensions are:-
Tonnage t' 60
Length over all 6oc r.
Length of keel ana lOrc Iuhe NoH 49,
Breadth of beam Oh iee.
Depth of hold 40 20 t G-
Power of engines Sov r rUiSe
Diameter of screw - ieS'
The engines are Of the geared beam class; tht
cylinders are of ct inches diameter, and length oil
stroke 81 inches. The Andes mas acconncuatlohS
for 1874 messengers, v.z:-62 first and 1872 second
class. She has storage for 1000 tons OF goods,
and in the event of the cabins not being filled,
their fittings up can easily be removed TO extend
the storage Space. Her cabins are lifted up IN the
style of the Cunard steamers. she mas saloon
IS Eeet.iu length, beautifully decorated On each
side are d beautiful marble Corinthinn columns,
with electro plated capitals and bases, and numer-
ouS beautifully gold gilt figures of tritons, &c
The cabins are heated by steam, and fully venti-
lated.
II is worth while to mention that the Andes has
been fitted UP with an engine Tnd boiler, which
are entirely separate from the propelling engines;
aud the duties of winch are oil the most muluiurI-
Gus kind. 1t is ready TO e%unguish fire, warm the
cabin, draw the bilge water, and fill the conden-
sing or diSIillng tanks, which are very spacious,
and will always secure for the ship an abundant
Supply of fresh water so long as there is fuel on
board In fact, this engine IS SERVANT OF all
work." and every sea going steamer Should Lc
provided with similar one.
This company has an immense steam fleet IN
prOGreSs of construction, which we may brief!
notice. viz: the Arabian, timber ship of 24O2 tons
and 900 horse power, which rs almost completed,
and will take out the mails 10 New fork ON Tue Isl
of January next: then there is the PerSa OF 3lGD
tons and 1000 horse power, which will be Ready
next Summer She is OF iron, and will b. the lar
gest steamer in the world. These are both pad
die steamers. Then there are The Alps, the Tau
ris the TenerilTe. the Balbec, the Mcitn, the Et-
ma and the Jura, all iron SCREWS, and varying
from 1000 to 1000 tons. These all building on
tina Clyde and soon will fOlloweuch other in rapid
succession, so as to keep up the regular communi-
cation between Great Britain, New York, and the
Pacific.
compass fitted upon the top OF the mizzen mast,
entirely isolated from the attraction of the iron
ship. It's new application, by which those va
riations v fich occasionally take place III iron ships
may be at nj times corrected.