The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-26


The subject Of regular steam communication with
England had created considerable attention.
Kate Hayes gaining host Of admirers, as usual in
Sydney.
SHIPBUILDING FOR 1854.
Account OF Vessels Launched In New York
during Is54-Numbcr Remaining the
Stocks-Thcir Class and Tonnage-FallIng
on In the Buslness, &C., Sc.
We publish to-day an exhibit Of the work done In
the ship yards on the North and East Rivers during
the past gear.
The appearance Of the yards is now very different
from what they exhibited few months back. Then
every inch Of ground was crowded with vesseis in
various stages of tor <ardness and the yards teemsd
with busy worh men. But now the seems Ia changed,
several being completely unoccupied, and not
single workman to be Eean, where, but few short
months hack, echoed the blows Of hundred ham
men. The twenty.four firms enumers&sd below,
nine have nothing ON hand, and only four of the
remainder have moro than one vessel underway
Owing to the general depression in trade it is i'm
probable that any new contracts will be mads for
some time, which will tend to farther deolete the
yards.
The measurement used below is-Custom Houss
calculation.
I'm New York City.
BY Mr.. W. II. WEBB.
Lauxchsd.
March A. Ship Caltivasor, Of ], 400 tons, for Mr..
Jas. o. Ward.
May l0.-Ship Harvest Queen, Of l,4OO tons, for
G. Il. Marshall & Co.
June 7.--Ship Thornton Of 400 tons, for Messrs.
Williams 4 Gpion.
Sept. 2s-ship Aurora, OF 900 TOMS for Mr.. Cor
nelius Grinnell.
Dec. Ship Jas. Foster. Jr., Of l,4oO tons, for
Mesms C. Fl. Marshall h Co.
juno 5.-Brig Houston, of GOO tons, for Messrs.
Wakeman, Dimon & Co.
July l0.--Sseamship Pelsyo, Of $50 tons, for
Nesms. Pelayo, Pardo h Co., Cuba.
July ia schooner, for Mr.. W. H. Webb, Of $50
tons, fer sale.
Mr.. Webb also launched at Greenpoint this fall
mammoth floating dry dock, cspabls Of taking up
the largest class men-ofwar with all her armament
on board. It cost $175 000 and viii be in operation
the coming spring.
ship, of about l,4O0 tons, for N,ssrs. G. 81.
Marshalvs Liverpool line.
ship, Of 1000 tors, for Messrs. Stanton l.
1hOmpsons New Orleans line. Sac win be launched
this month.
brig of COO tons, for Messrr. wakeman, Dimon
& Co.'s Galveston line.
propeller, Of 500 tons, for Messrs. Beverley &
Sanders, Of San Francisco.
BY JACOB A. wEsTERyELT co.
Launched.
Jan. A.-Steamship Orizaba, 1900 tons, for Har-
ris 4 Morgsn's New Orleans and Vera Cruz NAL
lne..
Feb. 1.-Steamship st. Louis, 2,l00 tons, built
for the Pacific Mail Ssssmship Company, and lately
chartered by the Havre Navigation Company. She
is now laid up.
Feb. 4.-Pilot boat Jacob A. Westervelt, 100 tons,
for New York pilots.
April 26- Ship Robert Carnley, 900 tons, for
I. p stantcn's New York and New Orleans line
May 6.-Steamsiip Nautilus, 900 tons, for Harris
& Morgan's New Orleans and Texas mail lire.
June A-War steamer Santa Anna, GOO tons, for
the Mexican government.
July 22.-War steamer Iturbide, also for the Mex.
lean government Oh the SEINE tonnage and mould
AZ the Santa Anna.
Aug Ship Palestine, 1000 tons, for Grswold,
Morgan & Wiley's London packet line.
Nov. 7-ship Cornelius Lawrence, 1900 tons, for
A. N. Lawrence & SoDs
NOV 8-Ship AMAZON, 1000 tons, for Griswold,
Morgan l. Wiey's London line.
On the Stocks.
Steamship Arago, 200 tons, for the Havre line,
before noticed. She is expected to be launched
about the 25tn January.
A brig, not yet named, Of $50 tons, for Mr.. Jo-
seph Richards, for the coastirg trade. She is ITO
feetloDg, 20 beam, II deep.
pilot boat, Of 100 tons, for company Of sandy
Hook pilots.
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the concern, it il now under the name Of Jacob A.
Westervelt's Sons & Co., and composed OF Aaron
]. Westervelt, Daniel D. Westervelt, and Stephen J.
Bogert. The business is about being confined to
their Houston street y&rd, and the upper yard
given up.
BY Mn. ABRAHAM @. BELL.
Launched.
Jan. 2S.-ship Robert L. Lane, Of about 1,lO0
tons, for Messrs. Lane Il West
July 22.--ship Confederation, 1000 tons, for the
same parties.
In Aug.-Scaooner Loyal Scranton Of 400 tons
for AssGA Scranton Tallman.
In Sept-Schooner Louise, Of 400 tons, FOR sssrs.
Lane h West.
Nov 22.-Clpper ship Adelaide. Of $500 tons,
now loading in Thos wardles line Of San Ffanciss.
packets, under command Of Capt. Joseph Hamilton,
late Of the clipper ship Eclipse.
Dec, E.-Schooner John Boston, Of $50 tons, for
Scranton Tsllman's Savannah line.
On the Stocks
Ship Switzerland, Of 1900 tons register, l65 feet
long, SO wide and % deep, for Messs. Lane West.
To be employed in the Hsvre trade.
Schooner Maria, Of 200 tons, for H. X. Corning.
She is 80 feet long, 20 wide and Oh deep. Destined
for the Brazil trade.
BY Mr.. ]. sIN0Ne0N.
Launched.
May 28-Steamahip Plymouth Rock, Of about
1900 tons, for the Etonington line.
Aug. 22.-Steamship Magnolia, 400 tons, owned
by Com. Vanderbilt, and intended, when 'aunch.d,
for his independent line Of California seamers She
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