The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-15

NEW York TURNED RoUND-SINGULAR REvo-
aUEIoG TO BE EFFECTED BY MONSTER SaIPs-
Wien, some twenty-five or thirty years ago,
tie first line of packet ships WAS started to run
between New York and Liverpool, vessel OF
three or four hundred tons burthen was consid.
cred a very respectable craft for that trade.
and it was then common to speak of the MAJ
nifcent packet ship Splendid, of $50 tons. By
degrees, however, vessels came to be built a
little larger, and each one whose dimensions
Increased the last by few tons was in turn
looked upon as monster ship. The monsters
continued to grow in size year after year, until
we had ships of thousand tons, then two
thousand and three thousand, until at length
we behold the Great Eastern, and we cease to
talk about tons at all, but measure her by the
portion OF mile she runs from stem to stern.
And this has come to pass within quarter
of century. When Collins first established
his dramatic Line" of comparatively large
packets TO Liverpool consisting OF the Shaks
peare, Gairick, Sheridan and oiddons, ii was
looked upon as an Improbable innovation, and
people We're not found wanting to predict tina;
the enterprise would not only ruin his own
fortunes, but that the big Hat bottomcd poop
dccked ships would not sail at all.
AS the marine commerce of New York ex-
tended, the entrance for ships being by way Of
Sandy Hook, business naturally centred down
town, all round the vicinity Of the Battery,
and spread gradually from that up both rivers
rs far " it now goes. But should vessels Of
such proportions as the Great Eastern be run
extensively in the transatlantic trade, as this
certainly will be if the pioneer mon
ster proves success, the present en-
trance by Sandy Hook may give way to
the Sound, the effect OF which would be in ali
probability TO make the anchorage for large
vessels as far up as lU6th street and there
abouts; and what revolution such an even
would create in the whole city. The shipping
trade, which is now confined to the south end OF
the island. would soon be transplanted towards
Harlem and while the vicinity of Central Park
would remain what it is already becoming, the
favored spot for elegant residences, the whole
eastern portion of the island from that to the
water side would be devoted to trade and COM
mcrce. In short, the city would be turned
completely upside down, and New York har-
Dor would be found at the wrong end. Strange
a. this revolution may seem, if We look back
upon the extraordinary increase in the size Of
ships, and the employment of steam, which the
last thirty years have Witnessed and calculate
what we may see accomplished in thirty gears
to come, il does not appear so improbable.
Ii is true that Portland, and Newport, and
Norfolk, with their splendid harbors,
deavoring TO divert the trade of monster ships
10 heir own ports; but they never can sue
cesssully rival New YORK, because, though their
iaibors are as fine and deeper than ours, they
have not the hack country which New York
has TO SUSTAIN an imm.ns- commerce. Ii is the
favorable location 81 This metropolis. with i;s
two fine rivers and noble bay, which mainly
contributed to make il what il is. the great
commercial ard shippn. emporium of the con
tnent: and though he first monster ship may
no. make her destination here. eventually YES
sells o. ,iat class viii run regularly IL this
port. and lie supremacy Of New York will re-
main uninipaired despite oi every rival.
AUTUMN wHTI..G 4 SgrrEvnEn R,c.; AID
~ Oc4olAa OK, l-h-1 BE- subloined circular
gives promise If some exciting sport ithin a..
coming month.
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an corr /. f,n Al. ea.y 6. ON + Had l. L. around
III. lighisbip and bark.
Two i, ndred nis doi,,s appropratec FOR prizes
be- awarded ,tc vaa,f- u tie comp ting cases
gsrr. - IA. ftt t4. 81 NJ .Ia
OF ,s # the Secretary, NJ ~. street. at 10 A.
Thursday, the BIB oc.abrt, il,ef. wii b. r'ndez
y"s NJ yachts at c,s isisid, at = NJ icr the purposes
OF cruising an coinpe'tio uSaers Of yachts parpds
i:g n tbs squadron ara requested % signify their
NORTON, Secretary
Tire course assigned for the race IS the same
a. that selected last ye,r, when there was such
? splendid run. from sandy Hook to the light
snip. round the ligblship and back. One
could hardly hope 20 enjoy another sensa
ton equal to that but, IN any event, the au-
4urnn regatta has tic advantages over the
June contest of little open sea way
for the lirs, class yachts, and the greater
chances of stiff breeze, whereby the
sailing qualities OF the vessels may be fully
displayed. The prizes viii be awardsl, we
presume, to the victors in the four Glasses, I'M
der the new system Of measurement Of
.sloops and two of schooners. IF two Of the
third class soops enter then there will be live
prizes. 1t is purely matter of sport, the
pr ycs being mere baca'elles compared to the
trouble and expense Of fitting = acht in racing
TIM. The fact that the yachts compete only for
prizes the value Of which is almost nosaiaal Is