The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-27
N h.rcuI Eaatern.

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r,o,u., r.,>.~.ar If Bennett's Herald has dug
.. ,,.n,.i n, which the Great Eastern can
go, NJ W., without the slightest difficulty -
nh, vorae,ful newspaper, having industriously
s,,.a -, hampton Roads so that nothing oht oy s.
.~-...,. can hereafter navigate 1t without knock
,,~ Az, their bottoms, has engraved chart OF
Inns Island Sound and Of the East river. when ID
,,bIished on the irstpage of the Herald, and when
will hold the Great Eastern with perfect ease. by
entering this chart at Mantauk Point, she can
swim along IL like duck to the foot OF looth street
New York. at the mouth of Harlem river. No
ope ever heard before of this channel, although
,ha beavv draf. of the Great Eastern has been
long q theme of universal talk, but then the Her
aid has many things which do not appear eise-
where It's somewhat late in the day to d'ScoFo'
such deep water, but we don't pretend 10 oouo.
Il. Everything must come to New YORK anu II
the Great Eastern were twice as large Ne" ioiA
would expand with the emergency ana Tue iie' :
aid would tind a channel, or a 0.aFt' WHICH Is VI
course the same thing that would ACCOMMODATE
vessel of twenty times her depth l. might oe
well. however for the Great Eastern proprie'orS
TO exercise little foresight, and before they send
their vessel into New York waters, make sure that
they will ever get her out again
We don't mind the Herald's fables about the ca
pacit;ps and attractions of its Hell Gate navga-
ton. but it must not attempt to suck the Great
Eastern into that famous vortex at our expense
The Great Eastern can enter the Virginia waters
without the slightest difficulty, and when there's
can get return cargo of tobacco, -four, corn, tar,
tnrpentine &C. large enough to fill even her vast
capacities. That she can come, we know: whether
he ux;i "a uupstOn The Portland AID
yertiser says that the owners of the leviathan
have already made arrangements to send her to
Portland, and that the fact has been announced in
printed circulars, which tie Grand Trunk Kali
way Company, of Canada, have issued in Europe,
and in which they propose to ticket passengers oy
her, through Portland, to Canada and the Western
States. The Montreal Herald mentions the same
fact One wharf has been built in Portland to ac-
commodate the vessel, and another so tar hnished
that it can be made ready in month or SIX weeks
from this time This is said to have been Done III
consequence of an understanding Win Tue eoiii>
pany that the Great Eastern would be sent 10
Portland. These wharves are 200 feet in length
100 feet wide, and the distance between them 30O
feet. At the end of the wharf now completed
there is 80 feet of water low tide and A. at high
water. We do not doubt that Portland can ac-
commodate the Great Eastern, and, what is NOR o,
ste is getting ready 20 do il. The steamer will tie
prepared TO sail about midsummer. We trust MI.
Preston will at least be able to persuade the COM
pany to give Virgins call, and to prove tbat both
Norfolk and the York river have sufficient DEF tn
OF water for this mammoth vessel. That fact os-
tabished the central position OF the Virginia ports
he freedom from ice, the vast aud varied products
which can be concentrated by our railroads, vii!
give the Virginia waters ncontestable superiority
over their Portland rivals.