The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-05
TRIAL TRIP or THE STEAMSHIP CHINA

Tho new steamship China the sister ship OF the steam.
ships Great Republic and Celestial Empire, owned by
the Pacific Mail steamship Company land designed TO ply
between san Francisco and China and Japan, went
trial trip yesterday The steamer left pier No ~ North
River at ton O'Clock A. NJ sharp. and immediately pro.
coded scaward.
10 about ifteon minutes the hawscrs wcre hauled
in Tho big ship then gidcd slowly along until she
came alongside OF Staten Island, when little more steam
put and she went out 10 In good style, the
ship making, according to General McCullom, who was
timing the revolutions OF the engine about eleven knots
hour. The ship went out to about thirty miles,
expecting anxiousy to the wreck OF the San
tago dc Cuba the Jersey Shore in this point OF
their curiosity they disappointed BY that patr
famias OF trial trips, Captain Jack Mctilnn.
THE GUESTS on
composed Of every conceivable nationality. Cali
iornia was largely represented Captain Allen McLane,
President Pacific Mail Steamship Company; Horatio
Allen President Novelty Iron Works; Mr.. w. p. Trow
bridge J. Wilson sratten. Isaac " Holmes, Chanccy
United States Navy; J. r. Morris, Philadelphia; Q.
Mc,zgar, Erastus W. Smith, Captain y r. Baby and Mr..
Fry.
The trip what Ia known engineers trial, and
merely for tho purpose Of kcying up and observing
tue bearing OF the engines Tho ship however, gave
unmistakablc indications OF great speed, and will
doub, create some CONSERVATION among the Chnamen
and "Japs."
DESCRIPTION oF rHR CHINA
Her length between pcrpendcuars rs 100 feet, 80
on moulded Dreadtu
OF beam, including outer planking ~ feet 10 inches
length Of hold, u feet inches She has three
pieie decks and orlop deck has four waertvht bulk
heads forward and AFT; floors OF white oak,
Is by Is Inches, and at head IL inches
being foorcd soildiy and coagcd: she IL iron
stripped the inside OF and outside OF inner
course OF piankng, being double pankcd from her keel
TO the wales, and Is cdgewise bottled In tho most
thorough manner Her deck plank Is four inches thick
she bark rugged, having fore and main and top
sails and topgailant masts; she has beam engine
los inch cylinder and IL feet stroke has Aliens or
and surface condenser has four tubular boilers and
| horizontal tubes "a furnaces, with independ dent
circulating pump driven by two inverted engines, Is
inch cylinder by Il inch stroke he's centrifugal pump
aud two Is inch diameter suction valves to take water
Of the ship when leaking besides inch bilgc
| pumps driven by main engine She has IL inch
bgc injection, three No donkey pumps with two In
dependent boilers The pumps be used for pumping
| out the ship or frc purposes she has "a streams
| Of water, which can all DO used ut once II
| necessary has steam pipes 10 put out fire In
| every part OF the lower hold. The boilers
and an through pipes has accommodation for 500 nrst
and second cabin passengers and 500 scrage she has
1900 life preservers aud " metallic life boats and two
life RATS she u o SIS TONS government measurement
5000 carpenters measurement Her hull h unlike the
Great Republic. She vas built bv W. w. Webb, Of New
York. Her engine wS built by the Novelty Iron Works.
/ All the work on the ship performed uader the
supervision OF W. w. Vanderbilt general snperinten-
dent Of huls and machinery In the Pacific Mail Staan-
] she C0mpsny.