The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-22

Trial Trip OF the new Steamship Saint Louis.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company having added
another splendid vessel-the fourteenth-to their al
ready magnificent Hcs and have consented to her.
her FIRST trip from New York to Havre in place Of the
Inflated Franklin The ship is named the Saint Louis
and she made trial trip yesterday very favor
able auspices Before speaking Of her performance
shall attempt to give sketch Of the build Of the vessel
with her Accommodations for passengers.
The Saint Louis has been built within the past twelve
months, under the superintendence Of Captain SAddy
by westervelt Sons, Of this city. She originally
intended for the Pacific trade and Is therefore of sharp
make, and furnished at present with weather guards
rendering her in every respect worthy consort for the
Sonora, which has enjoyed good repu.
tation under the management of the same
company. The length Of the Saint Louis is two
hundred and ninety feet (carpenter) and hundred
and seventy feet government measurement She is of
two thousand tons (carpenter) and eighteen hundred
tons government measurement in burthen and is built
Of double floor timber with solid bottom, and furnished
with double and diagonal braces
Her fitting mp Is in excellent taste. The ample and
weventsted dining saloon is Deck in the vessels
Of the Collins line having rs partitions OF polished
oak, relieved with series OF pauelliny painted
pure white, ard ornamented with gold. The
state for first class passengers the apartments
for second cabin passengers and all the berhs both for
male and female travellers ia the steerage painted
white in the inside, and of . light oak color on
the outside. Tese large and ventilated in peculiar
manner, from the upper deck, that in warm lati.
tudes the inmates enjoy supply Of fresh air
ducge at to health and comfort In the fitting up
of the rooms for the captain, purser doctor, bsr5er
baker and Others to be employed the st. louis the
has been paid to the comfort OF ia. occu-
pants with the insur Of proper discharge of their
duties, by the arrangements Of their Offices aud cabins
here also oilery, kitchen, vegetable rom
bakery, ice room, &C. all entirely and alste,y dis
tinct. The establishment board of large nursery
in which children and their attendants be rar
new feature much to be recommended. In TIL, apart
uent there lie ample supply Of water with
dous clothing store in the vicinity. The accommodations
for fem,cs in the steeragc is like the nursery entirely
distinct from that intene ed for males arrangement
much TO be commended. Here they eat ana enjoy
the society Of each other undsturbed ny my Of the
rude interruptions frequently reported occorring
in ships where such classification Is observed Com
Portable accommodations can be afforded In the 81.
Louis to one hundred and sixty cabin passengers and
between six and seven hundred In the oihor div
SONS of the ship when ON her European trip.
The machinery Of the saint Louis has beer furnished
BY the proprietors Of the Morgan Iron Works OF New
York. She has two Walking beam engines with cylinders
nfty feet in diameter by ten feet stroke the piston
sand Eve hundred square Of fire surface in the
gate. The engines furnished with Pisssons patent
double vacuum condcnsers for supplying ilo boilers With
fresh water The average pressure OF steam is twsnsy
dve pounds to the square inch aud the average
twenty six inches OF mercury in sypaon gauge. The
average temperature Of fresh feed water delivered
by the condensers is 140 degrees OF Fabrs ahe After
PASSING the Battery yesterday the Saint Loas male
eighteen revolutions per minute, cutting of Al hall
stroke This performance may DO eouscsred remarkable
in tome respects and is peculiarly sNenfins the use
Of the PRISON condenser In the high Temperature OF the
feed water and the perfection Of the vacuum This to-
se'her with the Furnishing Of ch water 70 the boilers
is the Of the large saving OF fuel which occnrs
when that instrument il employed The Sonora alluded
TO above is s,esmcr built from the same mouds, and
having the same Mind Of engines She Is now engaged
in the Pacific trade and is considered the most esopo
ricsl vessel afoa' having made the qnickes IN from
lapsnp~ 10 rAn ifsnclseo.
The ssint Louis will he the frH steamer thai rs,