The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-18

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1870 Sesvipe 10 that ctsYsa tmnsuSe eon.
ssa.,.n q visilorp.. Il Il NOW ktvQety.two
49,. sincs ~ 8is1nA ~ pteaeer g. ~ pre-.
-. .rna& nAe& e. oeo1ms etoamo11S o1e1vD0 IL
NV Fora NON Uusk. SAe w1D xsMAal veus
- scarssly larger tAAA oa - ~ orAt
Essseruss yaWl. yet shs soivs1 tAs prdblem
Of ocean stsAm nasfGAtioa. and OF, cousss pro.
dassd m immsnss ssaeattoa n New York.
I've New FORK Hsssla Of ~ day wassas p.
ute in ~cumpartsoa with. LIE present dimen-
sions IS the Sirius In comparison viii the
Great Eassern. The seconA paragraph II the
subjotaed extract from IT, issue OF A prtl4A,
Isl. eivcseA lively tdsa Of IT, styis OF that
j~carnaita the days % tts juvsatissy:
AsnsAi 81 tAs Sisiss Ssessssv a. Seosstses Day.
k ks.sx c.f.1 . = 1890 ss.9 is,ss:;e B,;is ia :
observation-disclosures Spsse so s1sss.
s, asss .: sas.ss ass s. : &c . .aSssn $40 sa 81 ,S %
res. csfi: is.l.ssd, eo.s.asd {: nss.is: 10.
" ars isdess:d fas ooDi:s kes q Lcs6es ssd
L.ssss9oi sss,ss; $500. e.; To- "a i. 49, -
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ra ssfs ''s. !. 90 ~; Il X 4: :'1 s:::is::, s s:s' : :%:''s' s::c
q, ae.str en-, esheytsy ut. ~; seennets! NJ.
she cssa: .. las" .;Yss. 1S:-hss AZ Ecs1rs
Pspersot l.s Of A,ril." 'sneavsa md sasth! lst's
have them," said L. halt eseeo.8 sd a. sEt4s s&s
desatled description Of the Great Weetern-
the sec0nd ocean stsamer-wAich arrived the
following day, April ". Fron this We ex-
tract: a. 81 H. staese On sszs as9 :
r: r.tsv,s1 :, sss.sm.T1. ss,;s: s.s e. ge.ss.
TIE szosiss.o. yes.ssd.y vas, .,...ado.s.--
@sI;sis q Ss..oss s.o.dsd &c Hs...rs g AYE :
Eiimpse q the last vessel which had crossed the
pss. indssd. L . sssd That every En.iisssasn ia
the city. At ono tims or other during he das, Wa
a the ssssn. TSS sscitsseas - iSrihsr IN
i BTi:sss. y 9h ses f IN e.. q ,o r. % Sfs sss - inst isst:. =. .Isa
iss the passage IN .xfteen days.thus sclvins the
done by ssssrSTiss. sxDss1itars. coarsss and !kill
IN encounterinx the stormy weather which tSsse
n1enntsd. The sirius. however. 10 the Dienser and
to her the glory OF the argOnAnt - dine. In
The honor Of the conception Of the Great
. Eastern, belongs TO Mr.. BRU1EL, her archi.
tect and constructor, who had obtained 20
high 8 place In the confidence Of the EnglisA
public, by his great abilities and experiences
as an engineer, that as aeon - he had devel-
oped his plans for the Great Eastern, . com
pany waa formed, with ample means, to carry
them into execution. The company starred,
originally, with . capital Of six millions Of
dollars, but this amount has been cOnsid1ra-
oily increased, and Is now divided into shares
of one hundred dollars each, the Shareholders
Wondering no less than three thousand. Mr..
BRcNRL was assisted in the undertaking BY
Mr.. Scorr RussxIL, who designed the lines
and constructed the iron hnll Of the ship, and
by Capt. HowIeOH and other O1lcers Of the
company. Her whole cost was somewhat over
three millions Of dollars. She was COM
menced in 1856, and launched, after several
unsuccessful efforts. ON the 3lst Of January,
1858. se' ssr4g t1aa a.
This immense iron structure 10 ESQ feet long
between uprights. and about zoo over all. Her
breadth is eighty-thUe feet from bulwark 70
bulwark, and from the outer edge OF one pad.
dle-box to the other 40 feet. The height Of
the hull 10 sixty feet. Her capacity = 1895
tons. She has ten water tight comparsments
Of sixty feet each, besides two longitudinal
walls OF iron, each Of which Is thirty.six feet
apart, and which traverse nearly $50 feet of
her length. The cellular system upon which
che is constructed gives her enormous strength
and buoyancy. She has what may be called
five distinct hotels for the reception or pas
sengers. Of which she can accommodate Loo.
besides engineers and crew-EO in number
If an emergency should demand, she can
transfer ten thousand soldiers. Her engines.
from paddle to screw, arc larger than any
hitherto made for marine purposes. She has
ten boilers placed iongitudinally along the
centre of the ship. entirely Independent Of
each other. and a hundred and twelve fur
naces. Her engines can work, il necessary, to
n force of upwards Of ten thousand horses.-
Besides her steam power. she can spread, upon
her six masts, six thousand five hundred
square yards Of canvas. She carries twenty
large boats on deck, and in addition to them,
suspended aft Of the paddle-boxss, and swung
ON davits, two screw steamers one hundred
feet long and between sixty and seventy tons
burthen, which are at all times ready for sea,
and fitted for embarking and landing passen-
gers and baggage on the wharton pier. On the
7th September, 1855, she made her frst trial trir,
and in spitsof an accident which would have
annihilased any other vessel, proved herself
an admirable sea boat. If she proves as great
n financial az a mechanical success, she will
produce y revelation in thecommercial world.
INC N1I00S w. VWbbb WIN IOhS1GuC0
to the Australian trade, and she can carry i've
thousand tons Of cargo. besides coal enough for
the voyage to Australia, making about as
many tons more. Her entire weight, with
coal and cargo. 10 about thirty thousand tons.
which il greater BY eighteen thousand tons
than that Of any vessel now aaoat. Ths nrst
English steamboat, the Comet, built in 1912.
wal VI twenty-five tons burthen. ~
MI. BRUHRL, the lamented architect,w as the
son Of another famous engineer Of that naue.
the constructor Of the Thames Tunnel. tn
Great Western, built In 1885, was the work
maaship Of the same hand which has pro-
duced the Great Eastern. The Great Western
was thought ia her time = monster, aud there
were plenty Of prophets who predicted that q
steamship Of that size could not be navieated
in safety. She was 2s6 feet long and 3Sk
broad. Some idea Of the progress made In the
sizs Of steam vessels for the last thirty five
years may be derived from the Eeserpyise
which was built in 1875 to 90 70 India, coalipe
at intermediate stations, which was 1xs Ieetin
length aud q In breadth, but little larger than
one u the steamer which the Great Eastern
carries swung ON her davits. Next came the
Tagus 5, for tbs Meditsrransan, built In 1875
and ie2 feet long, - broad. 1898, Sirius. LIZ,
feet length, 30 breadth. 1885, Great western.
iirst ship built expressly for Atlanti 4 passage,
236 feet length. aSx breadth. lsae, 0rsat Br:.
tain. ~ feet length, 81 breadth. 1859. Himelaya.
asv fset length, %Sx breadth. 1855, Persia, 3po
length. IS breadth. 1856, Aartatic, asa length |
50 breadth. 1859, Great Eastern, oee length. 81
breadth. : t@s, - \
Now Is the tine for people who propose to !
nate = snmmar sxeprsion 70 NEWER. TO-
Walt ina city. TAs crowd itsslf thas VIM = !
onswn enhhss ~ he Great Eas>erS v,il -
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