The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-08-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FIRST TRIP OF THE
GREAT EASTERN

n the Se~ York Tribune % JIlv ?. appears a long
h-t very spirited description O. the voyage e the
great ~tesmship. from Euziand 90 New YORK, By
George wilkes Inc st-anerl EFF Southampton on the
18th ofJIr=. and arrived 50 NeE York On the 2yth q
Jzns- Her passage was longer than Il would have
zen. hzd not tie company limited he- boilers 70 %
-ounds -tesn. tber capacity being 40 lbs L; IS
fought che will cro-s the ocean in eight days. on 4
nir trial. We make only a hs extracts f,on Nr.
Taks.' account:
A sCGLE ISsTEsD or a BILL
Wy rcyerie sas broken ~ the sogrd q the huge.
Ehicb, notwithstanding Il va sunday morning,
5.urtei forth, " Wait for he Wagon 80 - = cheerful
55rtiug note This was the first hint I received q
ne various duties which that bugl= WIS required 20
5srs5ru, but I ausrzaTd learned that IL was to do
d1cy "a place ~ . bell 70 summon u 70 0ar meals.
End It's Inspiring tones we're likewise 20 cs made
auxiliary 10 the i4bors Of the semen. whenever the
aois-ing Of sail, the shifting % anchors, or other
-sasy tssk, required some regulated cadence 10 s'iE-
1.ate ;hsr motions. The bugIe Eas moreover, only
lue % a nG1ber = Instruments On b0ar3, al q
Ehjch together were 10 minister, II tC.cet siFaIa., 10
Toe enjoyable leisure Of the passengers.
HEz POWER sol AscERTAIsED.
Taxing note with nv watch % the machinery be-
fore l IeI, I Muni that the psiiIe engines we're max
inz Q revolatiOn-. aaI the propeller 81 1t noon, the
revolutions had been 81 ani - She mad thus grad
aglly increased from . knots 70 II, and IN that
smooth, silent sea. though she Ess moving Eith a
stately. unpsrrurbei push. 10 was expected that her
rlte would Oe still mere increased ! had been told,
however, that her engineer would drive her very
carefully for the fret two Or three dag, ana then, Il
ne found everything working well, would press her 10
Eer utmost power. But her utmost power did nt
premise much beyond what we already had, for an
over prudence had, - 1 have already uCticel, shorn
hsr permanently Of OEe-dfrh Of her steam generating
capacity. Her boiler had been tested ~ Erty-6ve
rounds TO the square inca. aui under this proof her
working limit had been excl At twenty-five pounds;
bot for this voyage, the valves Of the boilers bad been
. gagged IS 10 spontaneously open at the mark Of
twenty pounds, and discharged AL the excess. Tween
~ pounds pressure, therefore, was all that We could
get until the gauge could BE re-Irriugel, and with
this limited prosPec; in the way Of sieaming, the bg
saip vas obliged to be content for ner hrst voyage.
HOTIoSLEss.
Before I got up. he sever, I lay for a few minutes
to observe the silence and quiet Of the vessel In
fact, there seeme1 10 De Nc motion 20 her NJ all, and
had it not been for the barely perceptole buzz Of her
Dow, 70 which 1 was very near. as It split the water
and passed IL. hamning along the vessels beautiful
raTe Iine. I should have not been able 20 decide with
certainty whether she vas going on or standing still.
Vibration there Was none, and ~ for the usual clatter
Of machinery which i the distinguishing feature OF
steamship, il could Tot be heard az all Moreover.
there ~as not any e the saueaking AMI squealing Of
timbers and tortured wood work, which makes I'D a
hideous serenade on all other vessels, for our party
TIll5, our state-room dOors and ceilings are Of iron,
aud 80 ribbed snd uOrticei and pinned s,if1y with the
1all that the ship, while passing through still water,
sssBs 10 Dc one slid tube or beam Indeed, | could
~ la - rEL-A ~ my 1-h7-o tHA- -"- - LO-
stopped, until looking ont Of my port hOie | cav the
ocean CASING by. and our vast mass moving gradu-
SLY through . like q floating castle
Her DECK.
nov took my first promenade around TIE deck.
ani, though well instructed il its vast proportions, I
could not help wondering. as / went on, 10 see the
space unroll before ae AS j; did. Standing at the
s-ern and looking forward the vessel seems almost 20
terminate amiiships. bat when yon reach that point
there seems 70 open up another ship before you. This
Illusion procsets from the fast that t~O large life
olat-. which ns1 hung outside towards the bow, had
Oeen brought in NJ the request q the Board OF Trade,
and set o. blocks IN the centre Of the snip TO divide
tie view. These, however, will BE- removed as son
~ the vessel gets in port, and then there vail be re-
s-5-ed n clean. unObstructei double avenue, through
which cur freni Hiram Woodruff might drive a
team, and % only four times round 70 make n mile.
The deck - dash from stem TO stern, and its only 90
vtrUctiOns are the SIX masss. the Two smoke fuuHelS
n between, the raised ~skylishts for cabin ventilation,
and seven low structures, all OF which run IN line
sith the uazts and smoke stacks. The two outer
no-t OF these. stem auG stern, are sheds for the donkey
81. auxilary engine two are ereciIons for the main
cabin entrances one spacious one in the center Of
tbe quarterback IS allotted TO the Captain another
u ise character is rhe double residence Of the first
and seconI officers, aud another still, OF tolerable
= re. Is given to the passengers a u mOking room.
These are the only distractions which are found on
deck, while around them runs = clean twelve-ioOr
promenade, one side If which has been named Broad
gay and the other the Fifth avenue
Inc nssts are all iron, except the last, which j. Of
~cCd. sufficiently isolated from the great mass Of
iron below, TO be independent Of its perturbing in
fuence- The last object 90 be noticed on the deck Is
the steering apparatus NJ the stern, aud this consists
Of .Cur huge wheels instead Of one. separated from
ssca other about three feet apart, but all attached 70
the same axle Two men are usually placed at each
u the wheels. 80 that eight are enabled to steer her.
snd four auxiliary wheels can he added, by which q
free Of t~hirty-twO men can be brought TO bear.
Only four, however, are now guiding her throU "A
the calm mill weather Of tais morning The course
is given BY the hrst officer, the man next the compass
guides the motions Of the rest, and IT the direction Of
the snip requires any sudden change an auxiliary
compass, or Indicator, vhi:I receives It's impulse
from the central bridge, directs them Immediately
what TO do. But for this device IL would be difficult
20 guide the ship without great los Of time but now
0riers are communicated from end 70 end With the
spee,i Of light, AMI the leviIihsn answers 70 ruiier
aai points i've nose a. readily a. if" u drawn with a
or led "by is tongue with = cord"
AMUsEAESIs.
We, instead of being crampef. had more space
really than Ee could conveniently empty. 20 BY the way
Of concentrating amusementst 10 the qu1rter-deck. one
&C the passengers unpteked n set % niIe pins. Or