New-York tribune., 1867-04-10
THE GREAT EASTERN.

90 long expected at TINS port, arrived from lNGpooi
yesterday. There were large number Of persons who
hSd engaged passage her from Hew-York to Brtst,
In France and others who had manifested considerable
anxiety as her fate as she had completed her thli
soenth day at sea- and she expected TO make the
passage in 10 days the most She was sguaneu I"n
She Sandy Hook lookout yesterday morning a oeiooh'
and half hour later the steamer A. Fle'ohef' CON-
nanded bv Cant Hennessey proceeded down the bay TO
meet her Owing 10 early hour hut few visitors Were
en- board the FleroGeT The tug ID question caue
with the great shiIl6Okng like little yaH pQat Desl1s
94gun ship-uutl she had come up TIE Nor'n lEtt anu
sompeted her anchorage off the foot OF Thrieehthh
HISTORY or ThE GAEAI 5ASlahN l aisitod tI,is ,ort
akst t viii he Of interest 10 hricty review hcr %
aery. Mr.. Brunei. who had previously heen appomteu
Prise lad - submitted to Gm IN August, is9 the design
and proportions Of the Great Eastern ana soon aIJer
raale decision thereon The vessel was 10 ne OI iron,
ssS feet in length between perpendicnars S feet IN
tIeadth and s. N depth WIFE screw ana paddle emEnSS
Of combined power oi 2'o0 horses IEe NtSse Was 10
gary in the event Of round voyage TO India or Aus
sIa 5a az ano hs ye for too fTclass
cabin passengers, beside ample space iO t"ops Huu
tBo great length Of the snip would enable her
50 pass through TIC water AZ NeloD of from IA to 10
kbots an hour with smacrpOWer ID proportion t3 het
inoIs The bojerf lie rAips bottom was To I've doubled
aefar as sx feet above tie wateI-ne and ot cellular
4onRtrurOn order 10 insure her against any external
Ssinry affecting her safety. The upper deck was to be
on much the same lfncpie Mr.. Brunei orig
SEATED the idea OF combining the screw ana padde as
fmrniar principle totbc cousuctionof the ship sap
Jhcd to the Great Eastern tins principle involves bud,
fng two ships within The other at The distance az
about two feet 10 inches apart Longitudinal partitions
space Ic tween uto several watcreht compartments 50
ahat, il injury occurred 10 me oaSer sIl ,,e "S
Between two OF these longitudinal compartments OrWebS
below the deck the ship is divided into lwelye
shove Inc lower deck into mne such compartments
therefore, II even both shells or skins We're penetrated
only enc cOupal Jneut would fli with water. .
Tie strongly plated and bractd So - 10 poVlde
against sHch an accident as cncounerinE an iceberg
ltcl is
Of ~ feet aud additional ion stages and perpendicular
sreug ugthcune webs have been provided 50 a> 10 olSr
sufficient tEe dsOcating effects caused by
Ele vibrations oi the ScIeW-shatt The peculiar r9cpe
adopted in The construction O me Ne>Sei n's nee Iun4
so gave the maximum of strength with the MINIMUM ot
weight and material The paddle ensnes are HsriiainSi
ICON Nominal GU-SepOv'r, with j. eet oi sokc ana
arc calculated to work M 10 10 5Teyouuons per minute
There ase engines. With % pounds Of Nttm VIII
0n expansion, and making stl"kes per iLInus' tue @ M
cheated hOTs power of these engines approaches 5'
Sinore cutting off at fourth the stroke.
The engines horizontal, direct aclnS WIN y
work up o revolutions per minute WITH 10 pOuhdS on
steam, cutting off at ouehrd the stroke and making -
rtyukcs per minute, the SOCW-cnSnos MOfk u 10 sow
horse power With % pounds OF steam. wlth9ut eXpn-
sion on with the cutoff Uucf0urth tbe stroke making
10 revolutions they will work TO G5oo horse power
The boilers for these engines arc six IN nnnlher eat 10
sect long II feet wide and - feet high, weighing
E7tnus containing - tuns OF water In addition 10
tbe paddle and screN-engines, there axe two HAaty
highpressaTe engines OF 'ohose lOWei ustH lof ulbk
tbe screws and any other work about the snip Tor Nheh
sley sle fitted and ten donkcy-eDenes 10 supply rhe
Tbe psdleweels are feet N diameter with 80 floats
wheel - tccr le-tntinu ltei lh MHltb
Soas can reeieG and the paddle wheels disconnected
from The engines hy al friction straps should ~
ias sin na>tS and five Smokesacks Three of 'he former
sre made of the Others are ~ wood; thcr nights
Asriuc from $50 I1O feet from Keel 10 trucks Inc
Taineter OF the larger masts is feet inches aud ot
She smaller ones feet inches; me standard iisIDg
sf ~. eNetut the after mast, being NJ seven aud hai
fHcb ron rope. The Irst mast iS called the foreJggeI
IHe second The foremost the third, the hsiuinas the
fourth the after naimnast the ffth tbe milzennast,
and the sixth, The i@ggIuaS Ihe ole nam ana alitI
Ina,Dnast square rugged be others carry only fore
SBGaft canvas The hic ship carries our bc>i hover an
Gbos with 500 fatlo OF chain cable IN te lockers she
with mast and aIs As first built. feet of hcr length
snIdshps was devoted 10 saloons & ana Scttg IauS I%
different classes ot passengers me "S.ni l"t W. !"
have accommodations iQT s0QfIscass leo secOdcidss,
The C;reat Eastern made her first uip across the
Atlantic la ls,o being mUorod at the foot oi Christopher
sast deal ~ iei Tor months before th- But months
of delay could NOT danntn me American 'uI">.N a1"
s"33is iygSc2 un o tbc ,yharyes ana piers oi New
York aud BrOOky hat also the hOuseOps. as she steamed
n ,frusd.tian across Tie Nsrrows. and Then watched
her proceed slowly M the bay and North River
casting INTO her shadow the great steamships
1Eaus, much huge man-oi-WSr W9uld q Ii'Ie
yacht at It's side. she came 10 n0gnngS ana Wac visited
ty many tbousahos' LNcIEDody hao an oP"I ,.IF ot
reeng the great ship Al first the charge 0i admission
was one dollar; afterwaId 50 cents. Then The great snip
made an excursion to Cape Iy ana p"'N lI' l'" W'' %
s1celeBf and u season. but the price Nd> tNorui, r
ses"nI'S"l D" Isc,e g Ire lnr.n character
viewed from an English standpoint, Inc Great
tIessiI@ Two wears erai shr rctnrncd 10 TINS port
and account Of her WAS made than OF mo
LumbIeet pacLet-~hIp Since tiat time, che
ISs changed Lauds. aud upon several
sccas0ns she las seemed 10 he an expensive elephant on
ibe hands of her poe-sors The scheme Of the Atlantic
cable brought her into positive utility Inc hts atlrhp
had failed, ami he sccond cable. ~ the mold {" me Great
Eastern also snapped In uidsea. But last SIMMER after
She most elaborate arrangements the bg ship united The
Two hemispheIes b! electric cord ana "lso picked mp
snd resumed the one which had been lost the previous
%1ast bistory Size has during her life been IecoI-
IneBded a. meithai lhti mdii N.'I, anu anu a i
n1sed as packet between his poIt aud Faucc during
Tbe grand Paris Exposition.
the AEEivAL YESTERDAY.
For three DAYS past the Great Eastern has been
sn.ionsiy expected.iron Liverpool People the
Hook out from widely different motives Reporters were
% fbc alert for news ana gent eIuJn had engaged state
sooms 0n her from Nev-Y0rk 20 Brc,t paving their
money i'm advance She was expected on saturday mt
She dd not make her on sunday her agents
Sere SO etain that she would come that their tug. the
Fletcher went down the Bay trOm Pier No. l. at day
f,ph and stood OF the bar all day with numerous
So, md other peOOle aboard u Wa ruuOcd that
She Great Eastern had hcen slgnaled OF ine p nut he
S1mors were of noueht. several kilograms were
hut She wasn't The Great Eastern ought
80 nave heen in the operors were qNi crC. aud
cVerv foc b.IE OF more than ordinary density sig
1aIed a. the Eastern. After waiting ON board the
Tag Fletcher all day, w0uldhavebeen visitors re-
turned in the afternoon, cold aud hungry aud retired 10
fbeir homes. The alarm was AGAIN >oundfd on MondN'
snt st the big ship did not make her appearance But
xesterday morning az & O'Clock she siCnaed OF the
bar, and, half an hour later tne tuG A9icN lcIcner
started from her mOOug. and proceeded down The Bay
40 meet the Great Eastern she met her beyond The Mar
rows in the outer Bay ANA accompanied her 10 her ali
Rhorsge. But few people accompanied thG FieicheI on
Nised 20 leave Pier Nuf North River ~ noon, ana
1nmber gathered 10 the eud 0i me pier ne early as
~ O'Clock.
Der present in"o'h-e, at ihe iooi "i llui'ttHlh>'
ct about / O'Clock p. ~. She WAS not viewed 10y any
eager crowds The end o each pier revealed few per
g0us on the out, bsi beyond ths ttle WaS 10 en-
thnsiasDi mantle sted. The steamer which was 10 nave
conYeyed members Of the press ana other, 10 me bHa
Eastern not Ou hand long "Ilsi me PROMISED hou
he obstacle Of now TO get on board was nj lcng over