The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-22

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iscy equipped for sea- and ready for the onerous service
cf embaiking and landing the passengers with all their
luggage, &c, alongside tho wharf or PIER whichever
may happen to be.
stocks weigh fifty five tons ana require 800 fathoms Of
chain CABLE weighing ninety eight TONS her capstan and
warp weighing hundred tons; total 26S tons of app
ances for making her fast.
SALOONS AND CABINS.
She has ten saloons in ALL five upper and five lower.
When stranger first walks into st. Peters church, at
Rome, he feels momentary disappointment because is
not large he anticipated Much Of this is occasoned
no doubt, by the admirable proportion OF everything
the statues partcuarlythesc being generally thirty or
forty feet in height and just about large in proportion
t. the size Of the ordinary statues living
persons ordinary churches The spectator ogets
to compare the living people on the floor with the vast
expansc of four hundred feet overhead, and the
immense space and every sde But the Great
Eastern ship is very different and ones ideas of magni
tude are than realized The and cabins be-
tween decks look like town halls tho passages like
Streets and the whole like large town city. There is
no single saloon cabin large in proportion TO the size
of the vessel you ordinary steamer 1t
would be bad policy and waste Of space and
finished and furnished in style Of great elegance,
the decorations being both rich and chaste; the
coors principally white and gold enivened with red,
pink and salmon The height Is fifteen feet giving one
the idea of lofty in palace public hall. II is
eighty feet in length by forty in width and will
accommodate about one hundred and fifty persons at
dinner but must bear in mind that there several
other cabins and saloons nearly large When We come
to consider that vessel must be built with great strength
and that choce convenience or accident often renders
the occupation of some particular room or part OF ship
nconvenicnt impossible shall at once see the policy
dividing and sub dividing the and resources OF
vessel like this into numerous compartments. Put as
large proportion of this ship into one long saloon as
you in other vessels and twoud not be 80 agreeabe
would be noisy not easily kept at good temporal
ure, and in Of accident to this one apartment pas
sengers would be without adequate protection or comfort
The Great Eastern about fifteen feet between decks,
holiness Of ceiling that many would consider useless
IT, however, serves this purpose. The distance is in
many places divided into two stories by an intermediate
floor giving two tiers Of state between the two
decks.
The total length of the main saloon is sixty two feet by
thirty feet wde end is the ladies' saloon which
is twenty feet long, Through the saloon protrude two of
the tunnels; they have been sklfuy surrounded
by mirrors that they appear positively ornamental
The furniture OF the saloon Is very rcn ana beautiful
The carpet is simple pattern, in which maroon color
predomnacs. The sofas covered with Utrecht vel
ve the Bullets Of walnut richly carved, with green
marble tops. The sides of the saloon covered with
mirrors and arabasques personfying the arts and sci
ences employed in the construction Of the ship The state
room doors provided with curtains of rich crimson
silk.
OFFICERS AND CREW.
The Great Eastern will be commanded by Captain W.
Harrison formerly of the Cunard line, who superintendent
her rigging and fitting out The other officers are chief
officer chief engineer twelve sailing officers, sixteen sub
ordinate engineers sailing master purscr and two or
three surgeons The total number Of the crew will be
four hundred Of which third will belong to the eng
necrng department, one third for vicuaing and ser
wants and third the sailing department The Great
Eastern chiefly intended for passenger traffic. and to
ted accommodate eight hundred Of the first GLASS;
two thousand second class thousand two hundred
niro oil four thousand passengers and il used
as troop ship is said she take nearly
men, baggage and provisions included.
DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY IN TABULAR FORM.
The principal dimensions, cabre Of the machinery, and
general accommodation of this truly colossal specimen
genius enterprise and industry are as follows