New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-13
THE sR,.lr EASTERN.

when compared to what sEe cost-at sou" - Or "
lc,s per tar than what ssllug scls Hr' npS ont
for / ltn nlD We believe II al .ha' has heen pad
for ;h sironyert and fastest ship aoai tu nug
oi her briug in addition to these quahc Ji- larger
in tho world The cn- Of finishing and flung i0r
sea il vafonsly esti1nafed al iron tijDVH -
Gi20, 600 80 that, even allowing VIDE margin Tor
Unforeseen Incidental expenses the pew company out
6 their capital Of $3.50 900, viii be the fOrtuaae pos
scs-ors of the Great Eastern when ready foF gen,
and with 5000 of their capital sll Untouched
10 start her fairly IN competition with the h1sst
sceGn steamers now atOat. The a-k oi getting
her ready for sea will commence probably about
the middle of month, and TO 6Di-h IN everJ re-
spcct vii reaire five months from he day the work
bfgns IL Ill probability, therefore, the Great E..t-
err wl be hlhrg up WITH coa!s and s"frS, ana max
il resdy foI her hG-t great trial trps hy mllsam ner
oId another month from tIst time. ~ W. believe ~il
establish '.r reputation beyond al chance oi 'mpet
iion the fastest vessel ever propelled by steam
The Only alteration which has been made 10 her or'g-
nal dee ieD II iD fitting her with pOop-de.k j. vii
be between eight and nne feet high-the same hight
the fOrtcaeUe iprward9nd this - the only change
Of note which wi be carried out. The sir masts are
already nearly pade. There 10 bA one fore, tg'
main and three Uzcn mnsts the first five Of iron, the
ast Of WOOD in order 10, To uflcuce The c'mpassss
The fUremast and three nileus will hs rgeel With
fore and oft sails, the maDWasts uuiy being peTIna-
peIty square riEged. The first mzzen IL, hO reveT,
Of the sae size the last N ainl.ast, and It is 10
tended that when the weather may maxi il necessary
that ths also shall BIZ square Ragged All the m4-ts
Of curse Of rnn wooden spars Of such size an
REQUIRED 10 DO such work could -carcey b. depended
on. Each il built of butler plate with wTIuSht-iron
discs strengthened wIth angle lron and Quilted i"s'de
the tube 10 give additional iigldy. Cocstfuciei IN
ilis nsnner, each mast costs less than half The
Price Of wOocer ones, while. Of course, the Glctsl
has the advartage Of being nearly doube tn
strer3th. BY this plan, alsO what w0nld otherwise
have been an almost insuperabe ditiicll'y-vz,
stepping wooden mas;s into ship Of such hlght-is
eItfey got lid o. T1e foremast is feet inches C
umeref, and l72 feet high from keel to truck. Tle
first naiIlnast is feet inches diameter, and 26
high; the secord Is Of the grth, but rs feet
high. TIE firs uizzeo s Of the size a. the rst
main the second Is 1873 feet high and feet inches
diameter; while the i'sd aud last is U wold, of tie
sane d.inehsions round the iron, and Gi feet high.
The lower yards Of the squarerigged nssts are Ike
wise Of irOp Each is o feet long ard feet inches
diameter in the center TIE upper tops-il aud top.
gallant ds of wood and of rroportoDatry large
Dimensions A. the fittings progress the ships boats
III in numbof-sith The two email an4iary steam.
erp, viii be built u. the same time. 81 ne latter, as oar
rcuders may recoect, are TO be OF iO tues each and
60 nominal boy power These viii be IN all respects
decle1 afd itt,d a. sc4boa,s, and will be hostco iu
M . out with the hid Of the auxiliary engines with
which each st OF engines on board the ship itself "a
Gt'sd.
TIE frs. years ,ips viii be- between the country
ard Portland, II Maine, aud it is, of course conf
IDENTIFY hniici ipated that very teg rdos Oh this ne
will convince the world that the Great Eastern is not
alone The arg, but The best and qucRest vessel yet
built. Where sbe will eventually be employed s at
present undecided, bat II tas been suggested by
some OF tie best and ablest members OF the COM
pHIyend the IDEA is 60 feasible and so fal OF prom
ise that il may hereafter be carried out-that size
should bo employed great trunk iae of commun-
cation between this country and our Eastern Empire
Tie innCnse advantage Of such plaD, II well and
eucrgcfically carried out, manifest No doubt,
Of the greatest checks TO the rapid Developments of
cur Eastern trade has been tue difficulties and delays
in the way of speedy communicated Ofdioary
steamers perform the voyage between tins country
and Calcutta in 81 days but Green Smith sailing
ships average olly 90. Yet for this 10 days dfrr-
euce double ard treble frcghts charged on nor-
charGse. This high freghtage ~onld not, we believe,
lie objected 10 ai all II egenecdo nUt peco1e goods'
For Instance merchant 81 Calcutta foresces that in
certain time there is kelyto be large demand for
priuie goods. He has them shipped from Etglatd,
and pays iIerentia reigntage for steamer coming
rcult the Cspe. Tae Ies ut is that eac1 overland
n,nl brings him ard other merchants the news that
that aid otter snilar shipments to Calcutta have
bcea made, and th,s Intelligence, Of course operates
in The Cn'cntta market in way precisely simar TO
the arrival Of the goods themselves. viz. in checking
the de- mund nd lowering the value Of the goods them
selves when finally landed The genius and enter !
prise Of the merchant re thus otenrendered nugatory,
ard il is this great drawback which often compel5
agents 10 avail themselves Of the overland route,
thoush tie rates are go high as to be in al
most lIolbitory, and by that route, Of course. no
very htayy OF bulky calgoes can be sent at all. The
overland route is nevertheless, used With costly art
cles aud then it pays well intelligence of the ship
Of the goods has time 70 fores,il the market
before the goods Themselves arrive. Recently mer.
chant senc1g large quantity of cochineal to CG-
cuits, WHERE II was III great demand, suddenly de-
tel lmil ed upon 6spatchps II overland. On the
whole slipmcrt by this route profit OF % per
cent was realized while 90 other packages that ar
tivCd by long month later there 10 "a ui 80
per cent. But though the same necessity exists for
rsud comm uniCaion IN other merchandise, ami there
is the demand ur IT, the carg"cs Themselves are
too heavy to come overland aud resort is hal -
stesmera or clippers. Tie Aberdeen clippers get fS
and sometimes fl2 per tun from China, aud st their
market may be furcstalcd while steamers though
chtIgiIy freg,aee that is equally exorbItsut Only
anticipate the sailing vessels by few days and aOme
times not by much II s such An nnsatlsiac-
tory state Of IlIpes this which the Great East.
ern Is peculiarly fitted to remove, if employed
as great trunk !ile of cQmmuI lion between this
cou.try and tie East. For such a scneme Trin-
cunnlcc, as an eastern port offers unfnahird
Advantages. The heIbor is OF the i1est III the
word. Taking The lowest possible estimate Of the
Great Easteri : speed, aud averaging Ouy fifteen
knots she could accomplish the voyage from England
10 1riccmalee III - oc, at most 80 davs. The
Cstance from lTincomalec 10 Madras is II Two days
voyage TO Calcutta between three and four days to
Pong Kong aLd Shsngh tn dnys aod Ia Australia
Great Eastern wonld be al her terIilus ready tu
uans.ship her cargo 10 steamers for laiia China,
Australia, or even "" may now say Japan while sIe
in turn would receive back freight If the proiuce 1T
those regions II hHs hcen Often asked rh,t market
wcuo loi TIE cargo Of the Great Eastern scamp and
what u,ukci will afford her return rcigat BI. ii
usec ~ lItGt trubk nue between th's country ari
tht Esst with lunComaicc as Der depot, toe mtrket
thc wuun then supply is nothing lcss than the
cun wsuts oi some 100 600 600 or 500 00 600 of per
pic. As 20 b, return height, IL Il once b. that
sie car accomplish the voyage b,tSeen Trincpntlee
emo England IN ~, or perhaps - dav~, aAd ret she
can sifo TO take cargo at very tr u.ore than the
heisiis BOW charged by sailing vessels apd not ler
vb6e avsils be ;bAce. ever to her coal honk5rs, or
water iks, viii suffice to cont ala the h-t Of What
h b. seit L. her Depot The cargo tOsagc OF the