The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-25
DAILY LEADER.
In. Prospects Of the Great Gable.

to 1858, has written to q contemporary OF
the subject of the employment of the Great
Eastern in laying the Transatlantic sub.
marine cable, and his remarks sre deserv-
ing Of seme notice. In reference to the
accumulation OF mussels on the bottom of
the ship, as reported by the divers who
were sent down to examine her, Admiral
Patey considers that the foulness is not an
advantage. 1t hiss been stated that it will
be rather difficult 10 keep the Crest East-
ern at the low rate of steaming calculated
upon for the paying out Of the cable with
safety, and that, consequently, the retand-
siion from this cause will be beneficial
rather than otherwise. The gallant Ad-
mirAl, who commissioned the Amphioh
frigste in 1852, states that, that after lying
at her moorings in the Midway for four
months, she was docked, and though she
was q wooden vessel with copper sheath
ing, six tons of mussels were scrGped from
her bottom. From this he srgues that the
foul state ofthe Great Eastern will destroy
her storage way, ifshe meets with g west.
erly gale, drawing as she does "a feet of
water. There can be no doubt that q large
proportion Of the shell. fish on the bottom
of this large ship will drop of on her pas
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Irelsndi but q sufficient quantity may adj
here to impair her steersge, and, consider
ing how she behaved when in q Cross sea,
we must agree with the Admiral to q GER
tain extent In his views Fromthe reports
of the naval agents to the Galway steam.
ers he finds that, during the months of
June, July and August strong westerly
Winds with heavy sea-, prevailed; and his
experience of the Atlantic weather, when
in commshd of her Msjesty's ship Resist
snce, confirms those statements, since he
arrives At the eqnclqsipn thst e .b.- -
counteTing strong head winds on her pas
sage out, she should proceed direct TO New
FOundlAnd and commence operations from
that place. He strengthens his argument
by remArking that there is q prevailing
current from the westward, accompanied
by 8 wind from the same quarter, nine
months of the year, and q prevailing swell.
The superiority of starting from west to
east consists in the fact that she will have
consumed coal, stores snd water sufficient
to tighten her two feet. From this, Ad-
mirAl Patey contends that she will be more
under control, running before q westerly
gale, than battling against it deeply laden,
and that the foul state of her bottom, with
the growth of mussels attached thereto,
will be of less consequence ia the manage
ment of the ship, win q fair wind and fol-
lowing ses, than In battling against 8 gale
and sea ahead.
Whether the prevalence of westerly
winds has had due consideration or moi,
rests with the officials of the Company 70
explain; but we suspect it has never been
left to the discretion of Captain Anderson,
who now commands the Great Eastern for
this trip, to select from which side he shall
commence first 1t Is known to every one
conversant With stesming over the Allan
tic, that the voyages from America to Eng
land are made in a shorter average time
than those from Europe, and the reason is
also equally patent. The westerly winds
lengthen the time in making the outward
passages, and diminish the homeWard. 1t
is not too late to change the starting point,
if deemed advisable. LII only the question
of the delay of about 8 week or so 1T most;
for if the Crest Eastern Is put on st
steaming power, she ought TO make
the full run from Ireland to NeWfound-
land in six days in fne weather, and
from her great speed and mt
tum she should not overrun this by more
than from t~wenty-four TO fOrty-eight hours.
If the change entsiled a loss Of several
weeks, at the most favorable season of the
year, it would be unWise to defer the be.
ginning till August; for, though that
month has been noted for its Gains, II is
likewise proverbisl for "IsSeiIy
-bIoe1ss. IN selecting an othce OF nigh
sttsinments from the service Of the British
NJ -aa- RA-aN Nail fLDTu-
psnv to take charge of the Great Eastern,
it is presumed that the best advice has
been had, and that sill contingencies have
been duly calculated. Our wi expert
ence of the Great Eastern IL thNt shs is the
steadiest ship that was ever built for work
inc sgsinst q head wind. She never
pitches, and what would stop or very much
retard an ordinary vessel has no sppre-
cable effect on the leviathaD.-
Her weight and momentum, in pro-
portion TO the sess that meet her ahead
are different from that of any other vessel
aaoat. She has q sharp bow and fne run
forwsrd, and as she is not double the
breadth of 8 ship oDe-fourth Of her ton
mage, che has nothing, comparatively
| speaking, to dread from head winds and
seas. she meets and parts them, and 1t is
only in very bad weather that b water
breaks aboard. In so far, therefore, IS re-
cards head winds there is no vessel
more suitable for contending against the
| elements tnan the Great Eastern. 1t Is
/ ouite another case whether, because this
| shin is so steady when working against q
head wind aud ses, che should be driven
against them when, by sn alteration o.
plans the chances are that she might make
The Jun with the wind OF the greater Por-
ton or the whole of the voyage. Bul
there is another side to this nautical ques'
tion. 1t should be borne in mind that the
electric cable will be psyed out astern, sc
that if the seas break ahead it would b
preferable torolliDg up sstern. The ship Is L
Steam EDWARDS at the rate of six knots Pc
hour: consequently if there we're 80 be q gait
from the eastward, in proceeding from Ire
land, with q high sea, The waves WoulC
break against the cable, aud possibly dam
age the running part by friction agains
the vessels stern. If we were left to selec
a head or following wind in such q mon
ster ship as the Great Eastern, when en-
Gagged in laying q Transatlantic submarin
cable. we should most decidedly prefer tn
former. The real danger to the big ship ]
a side wind and 8 beam sea, but then tner'
must also be q strong gale or hurricane
/, The rudder of the Great Eastern must a.
ways be her weakest point, for its bresdtl
exposes it 70 damage with the wind abeam
or even on the quarter. When the steel
age wsy is lost she is u~nmansgesble, as ia
/ already been proved, and herein lies to
risk attending her employment In this veI
ture. 1t may net prove SO great IS that
dividing the cable between the two vessel
and if is one OF those speculations hat
, attended with rather more than the ord
nary sea risks.
It's stated that Home, the Scotch-Ame
. lean medium, has been requested TO lea
France and never return to that countr'
1t seems that the Emperor, one eVenm
recently, expressed to Mr.. Home a wish
see Louis Philippe, TO which Mr.: HON
having consulted "the spirits" replied tn
the latter had consented to manifest mn
self.n TO the Emperor, provided the lsts
n would 90 with Mr.. Home into an sdJolnlI
corridor, without snylight The Empei
-..-5rlz want with Mr.. Home into u