New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-16


Exclusive Of the station bills usually kept on board
Of ocean steamers, regulating and .scrib Dg the daily
routine Of duties Of the officers and crew as also their
stations for special services Their. should De- in sdd-
ton, three separate skeletons OF bills in which 20 en-
ter at the commencement Of the passage or voyage
the names or numbers corresponding thereto Of pes
seDgen. These bills, though nomiraly separa,e,
should be appended TO the otbers, ard entitled a. fcl
lows:
Ist-Passeuger.bll in case Of alarm Of fire.
2d-Passenger.bill in case OF dangerous leak.
3d-Passenger-bill in case of taking 70 the bos,s.
These when filed up should " placed on Ioards,
aud hung in some conspicuous par; OF the vessel, that
all may see them.
bills suitable for every class Of steamers 80 varied in
construction. dimensions and equipments as hey are.
They can therefore, only recommend moalhca'ions
and enlargement OF those now in use N the European
lines which can easily be- done by the n'eilgen. COM
manders of those vessels IL they agree with he Com
mittee in the necessity Of change in the reSera organ
izson OF ocean steamers.
Many might suppose that IN carrying on: the sng-
gestions strongly urged 10y the Committee, that
great additional expense anu trouble "ou.d DC ~
VOWED, but such would not be the ease the cost OF
these preliminary arrangements would be THING ara
the specific organization recommended by the Com
mtee would tend rather 10 sare than 20 make ,roablc
In truth, the Committee Of opinion tina, view OF
the melancholy events which still fresh in the
membrane OF the community, il has become the posi-
tive duty of owners and commanders of s,eam-
ers TO adopt more systematic and certain mears
of insuring the safety Of those who embark in their
vessels And in accomplishing this most desirable
change the sesatsiaction and interest of the owners,
a. well as the comfort and security OF passengers,
would be mutually subserved. ..I
The Committee close their report with o s.pcerc
hope that il may have some influence IN attracting tho
attention of those who in any way connected with
navigation, whether as directors Of tue commerce Oh
the country parties engaged in the actual business
of the sea, those who embark upon the ocean ior
convenience or pleasure.
The suggestions of the Committee are earnestly
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the legislators OF the land, whose intervention can
legalze and enforce the improv which here
recommended in all good faith.
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York, January 1853
NEW sLoop-or-wAR.
The central frame of a sloop-of.war for The
United States raised at Westervelts shipyard on
Wednesday, and was the occasion of little gathering
of official and ex-ofcia gentlemen, drinking OF ,oasts
and making OF speeches. Sheons band furnished
music. The Hon. John McKeon, Capt. Root, Mr..
Bogart Mr.. Deano, Mr.. Young and others participate
ed, The dimensions of this new vessel are a. follows:
She is TO be 2i7 feet deck 23S feet length OF keel,
~ feet breadth of BEAM and 81 feet depth 20 gun
deck She is about 1000 uns register. !ler frame Is
to be entirely of the best Sea Island white oak her
keel and inner and outer covering of the best Ohio
white oak, and her decks and deck frames of yellow
pine. She is to be diagonally braced by 4lxil-inch
iron united at the top by iron plate extending
| entirely around-the ship. She is to he thoroughly
fastened with Long Island locust treenais and copper
bolts. Beside being fully rugged as sailing strip, tha
Fulton Iron Works, Messrs Pease Maphy, are con-
stiuctng for herwO condensing crosshead engines OK
G5nch cylinder and 36inch stroke, attached to pro-
peer of brass l feet in diameter and 80 feet pch as
auxiliary power. Arrangements are made Tor hosting
the propeller out of water She will be fully furnished
with steam and fire pumps. There Will be Joo ieet OK
fire surace her boiler tubes, and 300 square feet OF
CRATE surface. Her smokeppe will he OF the telescope
or sliding pattern. Her fresh.water condensers VIII
make about 200 gallons of fresh water per day. TIE
total weight Of her engines aud boilers will be about
| go 600 pounds including brass works.
TIE NEW DAY BOAT FoR ALBANY.
| Some months ago we noticed the launch Of new
| steamboat, at Keyport, for the Hudson River and
gave brief description of her peculiar construction.
Since then she has received her schnery az jersey
City, and is nearly ready for her al trip Her owners
| have christened her the Charlotte Vanderbilt, and
design to employ her day boat between this city
and Albany. She is 200 feet long and very broad The
hold is divided fore aud aft from keeson TO deck, with
a wrought-iron bulkhead into two water.tight COM
partments, while other bulkheads have been con-
stcted across the hold at every 70 feet from stem
to stern so that ii would be very difficult to sink her.
The hold is not used for passengers nor freight. The
novelty of the boat lies in the in which il is 20
be propelled. pair Of oscillating engines on each
side drive four bladed propeller Ia feet in diameter,
located little abaft the middle Of the boat. The
power is applied at right angles with the huh, directly
TO the craDks OF the shaft the propeller being in the
Center. The nominal power Of each engine is 30
horse. The boilers built upright lS feet high and
feet in diameter with inside round shell about five
feet in diameter, filed with 200 vertical tubes. Be-
tween the outer ard inner shell I6 coils Of steam
pipes TO contain water for the generation OF steam.
The space between rhe shells, which IL about two feet
wide, comprises the furnace ROOM and contains less
CRATE surface $50 says the engineer, in proportion TO
the fire surface of the boiler, than any other that
ever built. Captain ii. Whitaker Of Buffalo, who
has been long connected with steamers the lakes is
the inventor of this new Improvement, and the boat
has been built under his direction for ID. j. Townsend,
OF Buffalo. He says that this Improvement has been
tested the lakes and resulted IN great increase Of
power and speed and, at the same time, q great
saving of fuel and labor. The weight Of the engines
and boilers is only fraction Of the od-fashioned
EMIGEaYT SHIPS DIE AT THIS PORT.
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