The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-25

By the arrangement OF the coils IN circular form II 10
said that will be less liable 10 hnk in the paying Out Oh
the cable To assist in taking up, In case OF the BACKING
OF the ship from cebergs other DISTRACTIONS steam
engine considered Indispensable, and one OF twenty
deck in or near the position where placed In the draw
ing 1t Is only, however, in such cases that u VIII DC
needed; bot will be always ready and in working order
for any emergency in which it may be required Inc
cable win be paid out first from coil E. then from cos Z,
and A The number Of mics In the coils =, ana Is
eight hundred and thirty three, and in the coils and
bred and fy Each coil will be made round e naop ol
the deck on which IL is to be formed, tue cenue
OF strong planks b,und rly together and about WHICH
the cable win laid. feared that by placing 60
large portion Of Il in tho iorepart OF tne resset Tue
much 10 atcriere with The working OF tue snip;
but may DO observed viii not be far enough from the
centre Of gravity to place her on an roeyen keel
In addition TO as the weight be equally distributed
by storing the provope Goals and storage Of the vessel
Other parts as sen o. e wi ni
the shaft of the propeller nereres here, sad they VIII De
obliged In consequence 10 put on the orep deck Tue
next or main deck 10 DO laid the coil II, and TO make
way for IL about six Of the olcers state rooms must be
taken down. Those who have always been accustomedto
the comforts Of home can hardly reahze the inoonve-
nience and ANNOYANCE which win be caused by the intro
ducton OF such customer into the wardroom, but every
officer and every sailor Ia willing TO sacrifice his own
ease N order 70 carry cut his underakng successfully:
three four miles hour while they are at dinner aud
within three four yards OF them passing up the
the bottom Of the at deph Of from two miles to
two and O half. ..-t-..
The cable which Is 10 be placed board the Agamem
will be laid In col instead OF fve and IS to be put
in the forepat Of the ship perhaps hazardng too
much 10 say advance OF tho experiment which plan will
prove the best but believe the general opinion is IN IA
vor ours which has been adopted from necessity on ac
count Of the peculiar construction OF the Niagara 10
make for portion Of half Of the cable some oil
the Goals viii be slowed in another part OF the snip,
and the water tanks will be secured on the spar
deck. In fact the Introduction OF the cable viii
produce O complete revolution in the order OF
things on the Niagara; some OF the officers win be
turned of their staerooms, several Of which win be
taken down The Captains cabin win be invaded and
about Two afbs of the win be Obliged to abandon
their hammocks for beds the deck, wherever else
they may be fortunate enough TO find place to stretch
them elves laying the cable across the Gull OF 81 Law
chiis play to this work, not only In the
length OF time required, but in the magnitude OF tho I'M
derakng and the arduous and onerous duties connected
with IT,
The coil rs have said In to be formed round cone
made OF strong pankng msy be seen by reference
the suboned epgravngs representing the 'front.' view and
lateral sections
FRONT VIEW OF THE COIL.