Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-09
THE MAMMOTH STEAMER WANDER
BILT,

The following descrip tion of the largest steam
or nov under steam in the world, we copy from
the New York Times. The Vanderbilt is expected
to make the quickest time on record from New
York to Liverpool. She is now laying in the Po-
tomac, intending to give an excursion to the Con
gress members.
On Saturday afternoon the new steamer Iandc'-
bill, now nearly completed, was taken on n short
trip down the Bay for the purpose of the dust
mcnt of her machinery.
As to the performance of the Vanderbilt, she
was stopped twice or thrice, on her brief trip, for
the purpose of "kecing up a occasional lhrase
among engineers sufficiently iutelligiblc. When
fairly at work she made Is royo'utions per minutc,
ii knots per hour being the equivalent Of only T.
such revolutions. 1t i said she will very easily
make Is revolutions, and. knowing that IL miles
per hour will carry a steamer to Liverpool in 10
days, we may predict something of a success for
the JapdciJM. She draws Is feet Of water
when light, and will put down 2 feet additional
when loaded, her estimated tonnage being not less
than 5000 tons. This magnificent steamer Will
carry | 900 tons Of freight, 500 tons OF coal, and
eight hundred tons Of water. Her complement OF
crew, engineers and tremen, all told, will be about
one hundred and fly men. Captain Peter h.
Lefcvre, formerly Of the A1iel, has been selected
as her commander; Mr.. W. G. Doran formerly of
the NORTH Stdr( oficiates as Steward; the Chief
engineer is Mr.. William Lightall. Mr.. Andrew J.
IIeunion superintendent the ipiners' work, and
Mr.. Jeremiah Simmons (by days work, not BY
contract and under the immediate and daily SUI
perintendance OF Mr.. Vanderbilt, constructed THIS
noble vessel.
The thing that struck US most strongly was tie
complete absence Of all vibratory jdITtag. So well
and securely is she bolted, SO massive are her tim
bcrs, that not the slightest strain is perccptbie
and We presume that in the moro agitatcd waters
Of the Atlantic she will ride with the same coul-
~pactncss and buoyaney, y magnificent specimen Of
our skill in steamship building.
We briefly recapitulato her proportions. Length
over all, 1875 feet; breadth of beam, 40 feet; depth
Of hold 50 feet 6 inches. She is bolted, fore and
aft, with l. inch bolts, from 5 to s feet long, max.
ing solid floor from stem to stern. Her floors
are fastened through her keel with strong copper
bolts, two in each timber, the aggregate weight Of
these bolts being not less than 80 tons. The frame
and fastenings in this vessel are the strongest and
heaviest ever built for the merchant service. She
is iron strapped throughout, having $50 diagonal
straps, each strap 40 feet long, 5 inches wide, and
an zach thick, the whole weighing 80 tons. These
straps arc strongly bolted in every timber. She
has s rows Of nelson's extending her whole length,
hcr oater pianking being thoroughly fastened with
copper bolts and locust wood tree nail The Van
der6Rt has flee decks, and lG compartments, all
perfectly water tight, and capable of resisting any
amount OF pressure5 so much 80 that one Of her
decks will Goat her.
The engines of the VanderJ5s are two ordinary
'Oihcat Cob cbehOS hc pHAd pSnNi
$500 horses each engine. The boilers aie tubular,
30 feet long, the Ere passing through the tubes,
four Of them to each boiler, and each boiler weigh
ing 90 tons. Cylinders 80 inches diameter and
II feet stroke; wheels Al feet diameter; load
draught 10 feet inches; boiler surface, 90, 900
superficial feet. There are 80 furnaces. We de-
scended, and found the beat not 20 Intensely
intolerabie. When the dre-doors are closed
and the vessel ia under way, a keen current Of
cold air desecnds through appropriate tales to
the relief Of the ErenAen and to support the ooen-
bustion OF the fuel, OF which sue will consume
about 100 tons in the "a hours. "a Gremen, Is
coalheavern, 4 engineers, and3 water tenders min.
lister to her capacity for the production Of steam !;
while g cooks, "a walters, } porters, ard an efficient
steward, attend to the supply of matter requisite
fog ~oxysenation and production of animal heat in
the st0naehs Of he- living cargo. We are told
her entire COST wiA act be much short Of a ~RsiIiion
of dollars. and size appears weld su7paied with
boats and every appiiaGeeU in ease Of aecident.-
The wsr& OF painting aud decoration is yet in,oan
pleee-
70 give sorae idea Of tho size CT the VeldalaH,
she Us jast three tiuRes the size Of the QUcon ofMe
West or Ceses1 CSty, which are 100 tons burthen
tie HGsda1a1 beng 5iuG-