The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-01-27
lHE CALORfC SHIP.

Our dispatches oi yesterday morning in
larnod Us ol gfeat event. The .Gr&l
C'aloric Ship was Ioosoaed from her moor.
ngs al New York on the 18th day Of Jan
uar}, 1853. and driven over The bosom oI
tho waters by an agent hitherto unknown,
except in some very dissimilsr capacity
experiment is worth anything TO sustain
Ipfediction, The reign Of steam must date
is decline, il not its downfall, from that
Iday.
! II was %! Anticipated by Mr.. ERIcssoN
or his friends that the new motive power
would rival steam in mere raptdity Of pro-
lpnlsion--at Ieas, until after many points
9f Improvement should have been sagges-
tied BY experiment. Il was enough for
lhim and ths most saugulne of his supper
ters. thai Il should compete with the aver
age rate olsaIliug vessels upon Ioag voya
ges Skoptjcs required still less. II cal
nric could reach The point Of speed which
steam had at;4ined twenty-five year ago.
they we're wiling to admit that its extraor.
dlnary advantages ii other particulars
wooia epabIoit 10 effect a quick aud won
Iderlul revolution III navigation. Skepti-
csm is noW siiebced hy a result far more
satisfactory lhan il demanded. Fortune
and fame are ly'ag The ieet oi lhe hapPy
Inventor
The ane great feature "htch VIII ehabje
the Ga.re engtne 10 rapidly saPeFsede
atber ma'fa machinery, u tue "9ndeflnt
IcheapneaS ol lts operation. T. this als
tnsE he aaa'3i's a8se,aie safety g fes fGs
ltte and pFe}fHs. ne htst mention &
l4asillN has double eAe@rIlIsa'i2n ~ ny
| 'PPieaii41 10 saa-goios vessels. Ns' eH
ly wall the c2ast be mercy fractional con.
pared %''a 't5.' el'tn S.s'5' ,., 'ssss.s' w.
He sl2i5''h' fo..''' - \ sa'' ~ -
Pled VIM t''Sa S.PP''Ss : - - ~
ntsBa grea4g increased r IL 'PeI ta'
va aee. u ms hsst s,tte' ea'' s'1'.'' ''''
ms '.@lef'f agtao wa es.tis''Hfe o''1 "1e
l55h t"e 93@hAtA ~ t'e' ts'i'''sI ~, .
-s# W t"35''A5 = s''i'.t2' P''''2'
" 2 ~ :" 7"'
IeF5i'"''f 15'7 t'et " We - ut 81
~ lfoe'a't 1.' W ~ 'es'e " Ai'.e '1t'-''.
.1f taa gtfH' e' et'i'''si'>ti1 h'i''''P'{5. 7
ff5esIgai business '"ao os@f2'' ''''
-te4'hst5R eHset .tN i4"57 '"' ~ y
oa iahH g ca'i ,"f '"a ass 1efo's 'ti'
Atisatie, maF MAKE iie Up "i'h co''ft'
teHgiae upon htasfy ssa''e'iith ~ "s'i
known II 5he t'tt|5 eS ~ 60 1to"'s IN d's
9s that he a"l '"e4 SINCE slppleg steam
ship win c2h f"f ''s@ 'f,p f'ta iti4 una y,
| oHn L ir#@@A*G9 I. ". eaSi,' 4, ~ 'APthSe "
IJu53 MpH$"*e @1t,0'S, To- S'is SSf.i ~
/ Ericsson engine, hef saving ""1A nave
Aeen, bS tle ii'S' es'i'hate '"f'S 'uoua,. 40
| na bN zoe 2ee.i" "Fer Jo't5 .Se'eA 'fo".
2daa o0hdr@' D."s J. t2o" eNta' 12"ht ="
say taat Fe'@s3t'"u 's 1@N ul"9 ~ oCeah
nay 5gasau!
a seieatllla h1g'ishmao >aia, 2 le" Seafs
| ago, ihat i steamships ever crossed the a.
llntlc, he would 'eat the h"i}er o. Inc hFs'
| Ih1at." The lmPrActieabtity mistakenly
Itm1pinod by lhm, has been almost inilH re-
la'1zed in aholher line oi steamship .faVel:
/ that oI rounding lA9 great caRSs 81 me ~"
! aAmlspheres N2 steam sessei can carr
one-t"Hrta ot the coal requisite Tor voyage
RON New York To San Francisco, or one
4 from Liverpool to Calcutta. Inc lnconPe
4 nienca and loss ot limo in pnitin9 ih'o IN
u ternaiiaie ports, ioge'her wlh 'he unctf
4 faint, ot obtaining soPplles q 'aei aha ne
great cost ol thelh, "heh ontaihed' nave
utterly eXcIaded the steam marine ot pom
lcontlnentS tFoh any sort oi competition
with sa'ling vessels. 'e" sF'Ps nave
been made aronha no'h eapes; nh' tte1 on
IN esta6llshea tA9 hi'eF ine2paonY q s'eam
IaS sa agent IA ne operations "' o'al'nefc'
4 by way % 'o'se tastiN i'hpnf'tht routes
In thIs feid H'ncipaHN' "ift the eres'es'
,trlamphs o' the oa'or'c engine ne aeo'eVeo'
10 illustrate the estimation ~ "hi"o
y ERIcsoNs undef'ahlHg ~as held hi'l sh"f'
while SINCE we may mention 40 lnftdeh'
that occurred white me co'or'e snip was
vet 10 Tie docks. ana alter aer "heels naa
Nepn pGt in motion. ihe c'lzehs OF -
f.ois. to whom "e IlaF@ a'rendE referred.
together with Mr il"WLAND .t 'he "eH
r kna"h bfm ~ ii,"hANp ~ AsftNWNhi'
sncN, oi2o' e" o''''a = 'F', '','''',' -
~atlsis themselves "s - 'o' a,totelf'p'fs
working o. ine H''en'"eFF' hei'te ''''
Went On n'f#fo' "'f"r"'h2 '' '"'. '''i'f'' ~
they wou'd on' nave t'see" " F''','t "''e ~
nn the aVailA"'''N g we 'h'eh''on' W
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