The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-22
Marine Affairs


Daniel webster at meeting on beard passed re-ou
ton expressing their thanks TO Capt Gradn the pEser
and other officers Of the vessel for their kind otg;pr
end gentemanly depoUment towards thea dugin. the
late trip from San Juan TO this port
STEAMSHIP rHlluLLrH. We the undersgnei. ras
seng,rs on board the steamship Philadelphia. on hcf
present trip from Aspinwal to New York deem i. oar
duty before parting to return TO Captain John Mcos
and lis able and efficient officers sincere and heart
felt thanks Tor Their uniformly kind attentions and
emaDIy department TO all Of us who have been placed
under their charge During trip made under crc;m-
stances the most trying and painful, with malignant
disease raging to alarming extent. and with all
the prjudices Of unfeeing to contend with both
in of our well "a foreign port, cannot
but commend the skill Judgment and GOODNESS exh-
bted by the worthy commander in his every movement
and sincerely hope and trust that be may again
be placed in situation trying to him. in every respect
Wishing, as We do, Captain McGogan and his officers
every success in life prosperous voyages and safe ana
secure harbor in the end we bid them adieu and sub
scribe ourselves. tSigDed by the passengers
on board the steamship Philadelphia of SANDY Hook
july Il, 1852
MONSTER Srr.MsHrr-Therc is now building on the
Clyde in the yard of Messrs Card Co. Carts Dyke
an immense iron steamship to be called the Atrato of
much greater capacity, and considerably larger than
that eyathan steamer. the Great Britain; indeed
large is the Atrato to be- that the fine pship Arabia
Of 24o0 tons whose launch in the Clyde the other day
We last week noticed might be put inside the
er with good deal Of room to spare The origin of the
Atrato Is somewhat romantic. Her builders, Mcssrs.
Card Co. having constructed the engines horse
power for the Demerara which got jammed the
Severn and had to be broken up in consequence Of the
straiDng she received got order from the West India
1ai Steamship Company to whom the DemeraIa belong
ed TO build vessel of iron instead of wood to which the
new engines might be adapted They permitted to
modify the design Of the hull far the
length was concerned, although the retention of the
original paddle shafts compelled an adherence TO the
same breadth of beam at that line the original
vessel. The result has been that the engineers
submitted plans which approved Of and
now being carried out in the building of the largest
vessel aoa The entire length of the keel Is laid
resting on blocks The enormous bar in nine pieces
joined by scarf joints and firmly riveted together 1t
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stern post is in piece aud the stem which
for about ten feet into the hor zontaI keel The stem
alone Weighs 20 cwt Only half Of the ribs frames
are yet in place and with the long length OF bare
keel terminated by the stem standing up forty feet
or more the enormous dimensions Of the vessel hard
y be appreciated but they will lie understood from the
principal measurements of the Atrao. and those of the
largest ahip ofwa in the British service the Windsor
Castle now on the stocks at Pembroke Dockyard, which
is stated TO be the lascest vessel in the world Their
principal measurements
Tie .4tyoio. Fof Hiaa.or Ca,te. tee,.
Length of keel ...... SO Length extreme. 49,. rs
Do. fkeel and iorcrakc go Do. Of ,cel and fore
Breadth q bs'm.'.'' ~ rake ......,.. 80
~ ''''' DEPTH eTGh' Of hold 81.
II would thus appear that the Atrato will be about
sixty feet longer than the largest vessel in the word aud
about ten feet deeper in the holds the only dimension in
which she i exceeded by the Windsor Castle being in the
breadth ofbtam and In that particular the builders
bound down by the existing machinery, which. above
stated was made for the DcmeIpra much shorter
eel The floor Of the new steamer will have rise II
four feet NJ the utiest part that The easy
fcrded by such sweep Of midshp section combined
with the enormous length only BE- appreciated by
thoe conycrfnnt with ship building But the result viii
b. facility Of propulsion which fine model alone
giye tor. after all hne model Is the cheapest power
which can be applied 10 a steamer. and will much
team Goals. and weight Of machinery. There TO I've
four decks the upper ,pardeok being flush from stem
10 stern and presenting promenade Of about $50 feet
n length by about thirty eight in breadth The bull i'
~ be divided into compai by Fix iron water
tight bulkhcads. extending nom the keel to the main
deck THIS will gyea rigidy 20 the hull aud afford
oulty against sinking The Arao Is expected to be ready
To ~ this yeara wonderfully brief period considering
the work that there il sim 10 10 before this cyathan Il
the deep viii be III for launching Iilao oad SINUS
Times Jdv3.