Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-22
Monsters Of the DeeD,

| Siace the Gfea; E.atero kf tho ways at
| Gravesehd, 10 1857, lnere has baeu 20 more
considerable evtut 10 the b S: of merchant
| s9lp.uildug thso the Iaurc, Of tho Ser.
| via, for the Cuoard lice, On the Cyd.
Oh the fret inst. Thou.h oCy a littie more
| than third of the size of MIR. Scott Russeii's
| gigantic failure. this nc1 Steamship is, nezt to
1t, the largest meIc claut steamship ever built,
having gross tonnage Of S 800 tons, or 900
tous. The St. James G. tie dcaEs up
comparison between tbs 6if-rent leviathats of
toe ocesn. 1t says that ssI power Was entirely
| relied upon for loog voyages urll the scar
1919. Wh.n tue Savannah crussed the Atlantic
10 ibis cOuutry, sul, therefore, must bo Set
down US the pl1ucer OF transatlantic steamers,
She dlQ not, boWaver, NIX. exceedingly good
weather Of it. aud Giueteeu years Clapse6 b fore
the example Was followed, TIC SIRIUS, bu!it on
the CIy1e. and the Great Western, built at
Bristol, being toe FIRST boats ~ cross the Al
| lanlic from this country, iu 1898. boh arriving
in NsW Yolk Lbout The s,u.e tine. Much
dependence was not even then placed un
steam, the vessels Icing quits lulf &C the
stem aid square r'Egcd, With clipper bows,
like our pfessat sailing v,sie,s. Canvas
was then chl,hy relied %, as steam is
Chi a1 relied ga now il modern Allan.
&c STEAMSHIP S; Bs in the Case OF The Batsvis.
they ouly carry ss much sail es will euab!e them
10 keep Of lee shore 10 cases of brelk lown or
to get wlIhiu hail OF an outlying lug. Al;hlu.h
paddle boats were clDsiderh oily ipcre essed in ze
1t was not until alter The iutroduc ion IF the
screw propeller that any great suvssoe vas
made 10 the longitudinal section. As far back
as 1921 iror WAS us!d fer shlpbuilding, tho
Aaron Mauby bai0R built at II arsely and put
together at Loadou; tut il was not till 1856
thss the first irou paddle boat Of the Cuus,
llne the Persia, was lsuached. Shs pas fol-
lowed two y,ars stterward by the we'll known
Scotia, the last OF the Atlantic paddle steamers,
Ibis vessel was $50 Ions, bui der's measures
ment, and had noUinal horse poRer OF ], 900,
der paddles, which raised q tremendous spray
and III qusoty cs1s.d her Passengers TO take
shelter under b,r lorg deck awung we're 40
feet in diameter and had fJ,s ii feet lucte,
by feet.
DO luiroduc:ion of the scr " propeller effect.
ed so great saving 10 iuc uast builders at onos
discarded the paddle s. stem. except 10 the cas-.
Of boats built tur chanDeI or liver traffic Ard
so IN 1859 the Ci y of Gl,sgow, of the Ipuau
line Was ,he ttst boat to mako the .ssaee from
sgow 10 New York. But this vas not the
urst VGsssl OF lm mpt rtaGcc lU which the new foIm
OF propulsion was lriet. 1t was used su .csas-
fully 10 Her NJ sty's s'esmtr Dsa:t, in lS43,
and $50 10 The Great B;i;sic. me largest vus-
sel OF her time, lau .,hed thu same year.
Ibe gradual development Of ocaan traffic
between England end A merics has since then
greatly increased the s'Zs OF our ships, while
high speed has been obtL ned By the introduc.
tlon of Improved shd more powerful engines
The Cunsrd liner, Gstlis a 900 tons); the City
OF Berlin, Ct the Ihman llue a. 42O tons) and lhe
AIlzo1a. OF the Guion line % 5UO tons), are oil
noted tor Their speed the latter having msde
the voyage from New York 70 Oueenstywn il
seven days nine hours, the quickest on record.
That this performances will bs surpassed by the
SerVls the builders and owners OF the now yes
! sci are very col leut, their calculations having
oeen made to otLaln speed Of eighteen knots
SD hour. 1t is antci ppted that her three COM
pound enalRes will yield bGrse powar of
~ oyO. This power, it is thought by many
skHled naval architects, is as nucp power as
c'ulo Do appllec to sny single pros peler. and if
ooats larger than the Servs are to be built they
Will have 10 be furnished vita twa screws
But the Ser7is, though Lhe largest boat sHoat,
VII! not be without rival for thsre will shyrtiy
on launched fr, m the Bsrroy shiptui ding yard
Vesset for The Iumun line TO be c,lIod tae Civ
OF Rome, which, thouE h 500 tons smaller 10 bulk.
is ssVenty feet longer. her length being exactly
~ Jard. her englre3 are calculated tu give
her apeed OF eighteen knots also being 20 go
morse power; and ns tha chip from her extra
length, has longer sid Caster lines Than the
other soma nrsort for ner the highest spuei- -
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