The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-10-21

Scott Russell's Great Eastern Steamer
The new number of the Quarterly Re
view has an article entitled Triton and
the Mnnosos," devoted to Wholesale
laudation Of this leviathan, whose di-
mensions are illustrated by some curious
examples. is said that tan water
tight bulkheads, sixty feet apart divide
the ship transversely; while two longi-
tudinal iron walls, thirty-six feet apart.
traverse three hundred and fifty feet Of
her length. II we could take Mivart's
Hotel and drop it into one of these; take
Farrance's and drop it into the second:
take Morley's. at Charing Cross, and FL
it into third; and adjust the Great Wes-
tern Hotel, at Paddington, and tho Great
Northern, at Kings Cross, into com.
partments four and five, we should get
some faint idea Of the accommodation
to be afforded. Each compartment will
be distinct hotel, with its splendid ga
looms, upper and lower, Of sixty fee.
in length, its bedrooms, its kitchen and
its bar. The "big ship" is destined, be
it remembered, to carry eight hundred
first class two thousand second class and
twelve hundred third class passengers.
making total of four thousand guests.
independent of the crew. The total
length of the vessel will be six hundred
and ninety two feet. To make the Ca
pacity of these figures better under.
stood, itmay be stated that neither Gros-
venor nor Belgrave square could taks
the Great Eastern in; Berkeley square
would barely admit her, and when rig-
ged, her mzzen boom would project
some distance up Davis street, while
her rSsxsP5is taa i she had one would hang
a mile in length, and consequently four
turns up and down her deck, will afford
the passengers a walk Of mile. Mr.
BruncPs object in giving her this enor-
nous length, is said to be, among other
things, that she may be able to ride a.
once upon three of tho mountains
waves" Of the ocean; besides carrying
her own Goals for the whole voyage to
India and Australia. Her width is
eighty three feet, the width Of Pail mall:
across her paddle boxes her breadth is
one hundred and fourteen feet; and il
she had to steam up through Portland
place, she would scrape the houses on
each side. This floating town will bs
propelled by three powers-paddle.
screw, and sail. Her paddle wheels.
fifty-six feet in diameter, or considera-
bly, larger than the circus ct Aslley's.
will be propelled by four engines. The
screw is twenty-four feet in diameter.
and the four fans remind the spectator
of the bladebones Of some huge antedi-
luvian monster. It's shaft is one hund-
red and sixty feet in length, and weighs
sixty tons. Thus the ship will be pull.
ed aud pushed in its course, like an in
valid in bathchair, and the sails will
only be used with strong wind in the
direction of her course-say a breeze
going twenty. five miles per hour, for
which she is prepared with seven masts.
and six thousand FIVE hundred square
yards of canvas. AS speakingtrum-
pets would be useless on board ves-
sci of the dimensions Of the Great Eas-
tern, semaphore will be used to signal
to the helmsman by day, and system
Of colored lights by night. The engi-
nser will be Communicated with by the
electric telegraph. A standard COM
pass will be placed upon stage forty
feet in height, and the helmsman will
either read off the points through a
transparent card illuminated like clock
front, or the shadow of the needle will
h dsya sS Is u lens gs the sy spbe upon
ty of the helsman looking up. and to
obviate the difficulty which would be
felt in fogs. Her ten anchors will weigh
fifly-fise tons; her eight hundred IA
thoms of chain cable, ninety. eight tuns;
and capstans and warps, one hundred
tuns; total two hundred and fifty three
tuns of appliances to make her fast
Gas will be manufactured on board, and
laid on to all parts of the ship; and the
electric light will be fixed at the mast
head. The operation of launching will
be as great a novelty as the vessel her.
self. Notwithstanding that her weight
when that moment arrives will be no
less than twelve thousand tons, she is
to enter the water broadside on, by
means of an inclined plane, which is the
reason why she is building parallel to
the river.