The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-07
THE CALoRIC SHIP ERICSSON.

gucesSs ful Trial Trip-aensr1A EsscrspstOa,
Of the ship-Another Great Commsrcsss
Enterprise.
In The great stmr,srciA and shipping circles of
world nothing has excited interest Of late tha the
novel discovery and enterprise Of Capt Ericsson BY which
steam motive power Is to be suppanted by oosc
heated air and nothing but the successful application Of
the actual test could the skepcism With which
generally the project has been viewed This test has
however at length been furnished and al doubts
the practeabity and Importance Of the invention
dhHlled The ship Ericsson, constructed on the new
principle made her TRIAL trip Tuesday morning d,wr
the bay Of New York and from The complete triumph
which the experiment was there need now bs
hesitation in acknowledging cslorc a. great neutral
element adapted to looomoson, destined to work CON-
plste revolution in navigation, and to confer
Bile benefit on mankind.
The Ericsson was put under ealoric early on Tu,sday
morning and started from Williamsburg between nine
and ten O'Clock At h. SO m she passed the Tag
ON Governors Island and at 10 80 m and 30 seconds
she -as abreast Fort Diamond thus making distance Of
ss~n and lhree-sshhs miss in thirty four minutes asG
a.rty seconds From thence she proceeded down the
bay rounded below Spit Head buoy at III h. 81 and
there anchored In consequence Of snow squa Shs
turned Wednesday, and anchored Oft the Battery at
about two o'clock In the afternoon The distance
the stated points Governors leland and Fort Diamond
being accurately known by trianguation to DO seven
miles 600 yards the speed attained stated sbou,
fourteen miles hour. The consumption af fuel is
tassd be only sir Eagsh feafy four Loers,
saving, compared With steamships Of than eighty pes,
As the ship draws 10 feet 10 inches
this performance ut lrss trial, has sstonhhed oil
osrned in the enterprise.
The great idea which hat for thal twenty yeArs
been Hpening in tho brain Of the inventor but which
the ncredulity and opposition he encouatsred Among
Of capital In his native country, in England and
In America he had been unable to realise has thus been
substAntated real entity 1t fortunate for Cap
tain Ericsson and for the world that own On
terpriting merchants John b. Kitehng E who appre-
Cated and relied his talent and genius ut
all risks to enable him to make the experiment scale
worthy OF the magnitude Of the ssue For this purpose
the latter furnished half Of the capital necessary for the
enterprise and disposed among his acquansnces Of the
remainder of the stock By this means
expense the clipper ship whose rst performances have
recorded built 1t the y,rd Of Perrine, Patterson
Stack and fitted up with snsinsry the eaoric prnoi
pie under the Immediate direction and supervision Of
Capt Ericsson The vessel 200 feet In length
deck 40 feet in breadth OF beam her depth hold
AZ feet and her burthsn 200 tons Like the Arabs
Of the Cunard line she has but two mats and like
Wiftest clippers she is extremely sharp In the prov
She has figure head Her stern the device Of
two figures alegorical representations Of the United
States and Great Britain placing wreath around the
brow Of the inventor. She had been originally named
the CalOrc but In compliment to the genius who paDned
her, her name changed to the Ericsson. This
considered by Captain Ericsson high tribute 70 himself
but tie attsng device which placed upon the stern
without his knowledge ovsrW hemed him with emotion,
and told that when he first it. he wept like
child The Erioson very handsome and unique
appearance from the four white tunnels which rise
ten twelve feet the promenade deck and which
somewhat resemble Ionic pillars without the capital
They thirty inches in diameter and supported by
octae pedestals also white Two Of these columns
pipes carry Of tho air from the engine and the other
two chimnsys Around their tops, they
namentsd with gilt rings and noudings. These gilt
ornaments are now, after ten days firing perfectly
bright. Entering the spar deck, the absence Of any
crank Matches and clear deck for hundred fest On
each side Of the dsok house. attract tho eye The berth
deck kewhe presents unbroken line with state
along the entire ship and passages between tho fore and
aft saloons ON both sides.
Al model Of naval architecture there 10 ,st vssss
In splendid merchant marine that can compete With
the Ericsson for graceful proportions and symmetry Of
builA All who have her concur In ths expression
Of admiration Of this beautiful ship and In their opinion
sf her superior sailing qualities Independent Of any aid
from her machinery.
For sbvious rsasoas those Interested in the under
taking have observed great caution and jealousy pre-
vent any knowledge Il the construction Of h naehiusy
nc frsn getting abroad 70 guard against this por
tions Eft were made 1t various plaeesNsw York Phia
dePhiA West Psint TO-, from plans md specific at,ons
furnished by the inventor 30 perfect and tSue bis
calculations, that every piece Of the machinery thus
made nttsA 4, with the utmost sxastituds - that Is
give the language q one Il the persons engaged in it
sheet Of Tissue paper could not be put In hstwean the
joints This Circumstance, In ss speaks we'll for the
great engineering skill Of it, ssnstruetsr. The same
Jealous sautio. Observed In permitting strangers Oh
board. The exclusion Il all sutsidns has been very
rgdly enforced, that the hundreds vhsss curiosity
brought them to vst her forced to content them
selves with distant inspection Thus up to the pre-
sent time correct description Of her has appeared in
type and therefore feel confident that that which
present to readers in relation this remarkable
vessel will be read with interest prorortionAse the
importance Of the invention Of which the Ericsson the
nrst embodiment
Let the reader therefore, accompany Us o. We are
chapsrsned throughout the ship BY her gallant AMI pc
lite csnmantsr, Capt. A. D. Lowber, TO whsse ability
and experience navigator she has been vsn oop6dsd
Let nrst shsw you rays suiae the freight deck
and then Will Asoend and examine her In detail To
the freight deck Therefore descended and point
ed out ts great capacity extending does 2oc
feet. 1t entirely ss from obstruction Of every kind
excepting only space dsns tie niAds which contains
The sysdsrs enclosed within stzsng bulkhsAAs None
Of hs room ID to b devoted, In steamers, to the
carrying Of zeal, which 10 slowed away in sufficient
quantity sschhas Of The ssgiAs 1t is calculated thus
70 sarry 1,4es tsAs sf tsss ether Light msrehaa-
disc or engaged In tAs Australia or California
trade 1t IL well sAsDtsd fer oAatng sssas four o,
Ave hundred Dasssagers. vsntistor, new prinos-
PIE and connected with the machinery, extends THE
dssk. About nidsAlSs there sort Of square enco-
sure which, We learned, communicated emily With the
main deck aAA which has hssa fitted up for the female
servants Of cabin passengers. fhis great improve
nsnt 81 the present plan, which makes little pro-
vision for this class Of trsvssrs We found this room
neatly aad comfortably furnished with twelve four,
teen berths and sonvenenoes for bsndsoxss snd VA
riess st estsras Of waiting women.
Prom the freight dexk We ascAnd hx xids sairHAx To