The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-05
THE ENGLISH ACCOUNTS.
Correspondence OF the London Tlmes.l

BERRHAvrN HARBoR, July 90 1895.
the 18th. At that hour the last link Of the apparently
ntermnable length Of chain which held her came crawl
ing slowly up the sde covered with mud and in q
ute after the single eight Trotman anchor which had
held her with such certainty during the most severe
sSs was a. the bows y and the word was
work. and, amid continued cheers from the crews OF all
the boats and yachts around the Great Eastern began
move slowly on At first, as against strong tide and
dead smooth water, the motion was mperccptibc to
those board, but with slow laborious strokes tho
huge piston rods Of the paddle wheels began rsc and
fall the vessel won't ahead with greater ceerity though
certainly not with the rapidty that was expcctcdsSen
usrIxAsAsr D,scovEnr
Once In the open waor the order given TO go ahead
execute this order an unpieasant discovery was made
which has been and still Is source OF some anxiety
underaEns in which the Great Eastern is engaged She
has not much more than half sufficient steam power
either for the weight she carries the work she has got
to do supposng her TO meet with hcadwnds and rough
weather The Great Eastern has now board rather
twenty i've thousand tons greater burden than
the combined weights Of all the submarine cables that
have been made since the first worked between
Dover and Cape Grisnez The great Of this weight
ca6eis nee necessity % placed an thus bringing her Down
too much by the sternso much in fact from this
alone to reduce s her her. speed @ at least two knots
the worst To make room for these tanks i has
been found necessary TO cut OF two out Of the
venting the generation Of than fifteen pounds OF
steam in the boilers and thus at reducing W at
cient motive power. Looking this formidable dinnu-
tion, the weight TO be driven and the deep immersion by
the stern Is mot very surprising G ,h1; T. no than
ing from the screw engines. With the paddles II
almost worse So deep were they that though reesd to
entirely removed, they SILL half drowned and
starting barely four revolutions could bc got them
PALS 10 nAKs hoRr rHAH FIVE, KNOTS AN Docp.
Under these circumstances II win not much surprise
any one y learn that when the open watcr was ined,
more rnos ss Ss
In spite Of the most careful management by the chief
engineer Mr. Bcckwith, this was almost the average
speed or rather sowncss during Saturday. and itwas
well on TO dusk before Deal passed. distance ofess
than forty miles from the starting place eight hours
worked well and easily on Margate the forward boilers
Of the paddles began to prime tle has always been
their wont, but II only lasted short tmc and did not
again recur any serious There were rgrsof
heated bearings or other mechanical difficulties sn
the engines had only had better proportion Of stsam
power 70 the supendous work they had TO do, there
would have been nothing 70 desire No doubt sons OF
the want OF speed due TO the foul state Of the
Great Easterns bottom, but the main causes al
have ead deficient steam power deep immersioL Of
the hull and irregular stowage.
wBAr would HAPPEN IN A STORM
There was no wind Saturday evening" and the sea
was a. calm as mill pond, condition In which every
one earnestly wished II might remain, for the area
Easterns hness 10 meet bad weather could be Judged
by any one on the old rule OF given two quantticst
find third. supposing ship can steam six knots, re-
done when she meets with a wind and head sea thai
reduce her speed TO two knotsS The is uppha
sanity obvious
WILL IMPROVE AZ sur GOES on
IL must not however, be supposed for moment tla
these observations as to steam power and stowage Sl
apply 10 the vessel when she begins paying out be
Atlantic cable For that important work she will o1ly
start when the barometer is high and with every prrs
then. she will got rid of at least three hundred ionso
cable and two hundred and fifty Of Goals or In rouhd
numbers including expenditure of stores all kndss
reduction Of amount Of water In cable tanks &C. sh,
will tighten by i've hundred and fifty tons every
twenty -four hours and tighten too. exactly where she
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