The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-04
Marine Affairs.

LAUscHEs YfsrEnpAY.-M half past O'Clock Jester.
day morning Mr jeremiah smonson iauahei from his
yard at the foot Of Nineteenth street the steamship
Artt for Commodore &. Vanderbilt She was Afterwards
taken to the Alaire Work, to have her m,chnery
rhttd Sic is 80 tons burthen. simultaneously with
the shove, the shIp Neptune aid from her ssys Mr.
Vim H. Webs yard, foot Of sith street She Is
fifteen hundred ton ship and was built for Mr. C. II
Marsla all 10 run in his line OF Liverpool packets.
TuE STEAMSHIP HEaHASs.-This vessel, which arrived
at Southampton the 18th uit, from New York II was
decided should not proceed TO Bremen consequence
Il the river weser being obstructed by ics she would
rtman at southampton until the 2sth February when
fhe would sail direct for New York
Tu GEEAr IRoS STrAMsllr.--At the snuuai meeting or
Lpncob hr. Brunei gave account OF the monster
shp In course OF construction This ship .diviied
ttnsyrsey into separate and perfectly watertght
Tatimehh Ihe hactufe and even the entire hIlng OF
or two OF these compartments would not endsnger
tie buoyhncy Of he ship damage the Witch the
rest contained There openings ia the bulkheads
bet thee compartments below the despwaer linz.
except one pls for steam water, which be easily
closed 10 moment and II IL important that there
no openings whatever, by pipe, and cocks below
the load water line. As Tor the construction Of the bot
tom The whole Of the vessel formed OF double skin
Of ron with an intervening space Of three feet the
teral il disposed 0Egtudinaliy by which the entire
fabric rendered stronger and the outer "skn' might
he rent or torn against rock without causing the ship
70 lfek the inner one remained uubroken. Not only
II the hip divided tram yersely in,o ten comp
buttwo longitudinal bulkhesds OF Iron fore and att
about forty feet vide apart. BY these iron party
walls the whole hhip ia portionsd out into are
proof apartments, that the current OF Air being
easily cut of. any danger from ars 10 be
perverted and Nr Bfunsl moreover, expresses hope
that tie potess OF Lieutenant Jackson may be success.
fully applied 10 render wood unnaammabls so that Il
msy be impossible for any FIRE 10 spread from the
eifg0or tie furniture seyeral alteration. have bsen
made 20 economise the gbt Of the ship, enIargng
thereby her capacity Of carrying Goals and freight Mr.
Brunei stated, ao, that he deyong his best aten
ttn 10 the engines the rge-t that ever yet been
made vel as the best fon Of the propeller and
the paddles ard the position OF the mast and sail tn.
ship designed equally 20 attain ether good average
speed with variable draught ~ water or very high
speed AZ aht draugh Of water according 10 the port.
70 which she might be bound In comparatively short
voyages, such that 10 New York her foil capacity
carrying very large store Of Goals, would not much
be tesd but in the longest voyages IL would give
Der superiority which might practically confer Bpon
the Of such . weasel monopoly Of that tranie
Mr. Brunei stated that he bad been Professor
Airy about the insrunent that gh be used In ship
Ae this and Sir w. sEow Harris had also promised 70
give his advice about tho Lightning conductors and he
hoped the compass might be corrected b be much
certain and safe Mr. Brunei observed that the
progress OF the work satiafaetory although oDuh
not te finished BY the tins that contemplated IN
the original contract.