The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-18
BzssEmER CHANNEL. STEAMER

Gl.-- BrS>emer saloon steamer may b.
expected 10 be ready for service before
rlsr -:Il oI the autumn. and if the dOub-
l.-hu!i-i Ca>ralia will a>tOniSh the good
T.crl,. &C. Calais when she comes along
~',:. E....ir pier What will they say to a
..5..fis5c vessel .iSu feet long driven
rv.-t.-v luI',-~ al huur by two paddles !.
Apart from the cOutrivance of the
swinging saloon. her natural size and
accommodations are enough of them
selves II reduce 10 a minimum the dis
comforts of such u sea passage a. that
between puver and Calais Her speed.
which ALWAYS must be the first consider
ariun il the solution of the channel
problem. cannot fail 10 be great. driven
through the waters aS she will be by
two pairs of engines, eXerting the power
of !. $500 horses ON four paddle-wheels of
large diameter The width of her deck
i forty feet. and her estimated draught
seven feet six inches. Ii will not be
necessary to turn her. since she can car
ry steam either way. being shaped alike
at each end. and fitted with locking
ruaderS For forty-eight feet from each
stem she has very little free board, and
each end of the centre portion, which is
twenty-five feet long, il so shaped as to
act as "A second or inner bow, throwing
of the water. which will wash freely
over the forward deck. In the centre of
the vessel j., swung the famous ''BeSse-
mer saloon, a SuuptuOuS chamber sew
enty feet long. thigty-iive feet long and
twenty wide. and twenty feet high. The
ventilation and comfort OF this saloon
will be such as nave never before been
I-yg,r--, ~. TIL. -,,.r-..I Il
appliance will absolutely cCunteract all
rolling. for they will be completely un-
der the command Of one man, who, by
moving a handle, will keep the floor of
the saloon IN line with the spirit level.
The swinging saloon i intended to cOun-
teract rolling motion only. but the other
freaks of channel sea will. IL is hoped.
be pretty elIectually annihilated by the
general steadiness of the vessel. The
support Of Jhe axis on which the saloon
i hung rest upon massive beds of India
rubber. which ill prevent the transmits
sion of that di~a-Teable vibratory mo-
ton known 50 we'll TO landsmen. Every
ptiu~ will DE- taken to make this magnifi-
cent cabin Il secure refuge from the ills
OF q sea voyage. 1t will be treated like
"a ladies drawing room, and If nOtwith-
standing everything, some squeamiSh
stomach should be still affected, such
luckIess persons will be expected to re
tire tu private cabins, out of sight and
out of sound, before the affair comes to
a crisis. The deck over the swinging
saloon will be a promenade, so that
when above or below, the passengers
need never quit terra iirma afforded by
the axis and controlling hydraulic pow
pr. iu the Be>semer ship remedy has
been directed against every one of the
evils complained of: for instance, port
manteauS and hat boxes will not be
banged and battered about as now, but
the transit of luggage will be effected
under Il system. the wonder of which is
that il was never thought of before. At
the point of departure the luggage will
be- loaded into the railway vans in crates
numbered plIabeTically. and the crates
will DE swung into the hold of the steam
er by a crane in a very few minutes,
much time rs well as much property
thus being saved. The passage itself is
not expected to take over seventy min
utys, bat there i a good deal of time to
spare beyond this, before the margin of
the present rate il reached Ii must be
remembered that the swinging saloon,
magnificent is i Is, is only a small part
Of the accommodation which will be of
fercd There is n fixed cabin at one
end between decks fifty-twO feet long,
and line of small cabins at each side of
the ship. between the paddle-bOxes.
These cabins will occupy a total length
of one hundred and fifty feet, and in
clude refreshment cabin. smoking cab
in, small deck cabins, and labratOries.
Over and above all this, there is a noble
deck two hundred and fifty feet long,
which, in such steady ship as the Bes-
Semer saloon steamer is likely TO be, will
probably suffice for most people in most
wrathrrs -E EDHiiH1Hf0i HeT0Id