The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-19
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
Corc.pondence Of The Mtelligencer.

M Corrcsl,ondence Of me lnteH'gehcer.
There is probably not q person who
rds these lines who has never felt q
sire to go abroad and in common with
nv others We had for years longed for a
10 to foreign lands; consequently it
with the keen satisfaction which &C.
zmpapies the realization of long cher.
ed hopes, that on as bright and beau.
rul May morning as.one could wish.
rip sack" in hand,i just as the ten
iuute bell was sounding, we stepped on
magnificent steamer, City of Chicago,
the Inman line, bound for Europe.
las. the dreams of our boyhood were
a be realized. At last we were to visit
ose wondrous lands beyond tho sea,
those history was old thousand years
sfore America was thought of. AT last
we're to view those works of art which
I've been joy to the world for centu.
es. At last we were to see those grand
IA ca,hedrals, whose towers and spires
I've been pointing heavenward for hun.
eds of years, in silent praise to God.
u last we were to tread the streets OF
ondon the Mighty, Faris the Beautiful,
ome the Eternal and a thousand other
aces immortalized in history, in song
:SSSad in story. There was joy in tie
;ssought.
Promptly to the moment, the cables
ere thrown off. the massive engines
.arted and amid the waving of handker.
shiefs and the last farewells of friends on
bore to those on board, the great ship
Moves slowly out from her pier and down
DE Hudson river to the bay, where the
suny batteries of Governors Island and
ort Hamilton are soon passed, aud TAX
BE- last look at the green hills of Staten
bland, the beautiful fields of Long Islaud
Ind the low lying shore of New Jersey,
fe drop our harbor pilot to boat in
Eaiting at Sandy Hook and bid farewell
Il land for the present.
S As many of the readers of the INTEL.
tGENCER have probably never seen an
sean steamer, perhaps brief description
- the vessel in which we are embarked
Gay not prove totally uninteresting.
Die City of Chicago was built in 1888,
5 Chas. Connell & Co., on the Clyde,
bid is $50 feet, or 81 rods in length, with
s. feet breadth of beam and 81 feet depth
hold. 1t is an iron ship, with iron
asts and spars, the former rising about
40 feet above the water. Its tonnage 10
Il, 800 gross, and is registered at 1888. Its
pgines are Of the most approved type
pd are provided with three cylinders,
ne (high pressure) of sc inches and two
low pressure) of 80 inches each diameter,
Ind FIVE feet stroke. There are six boil.
ssfs and into the 80 furnaces beneath them
a5 fremen shovel nearly 100 tons of coal
VERY "a hours. The engines are Of
Ebout ESQ nominal horse power, but work
Up TO nearly 5000 horse power. The
FFhaft is 20 inches IN diameter and the
crew propeller 81 feet in diameter, with
] pitch of 80 feet; and at every revolu.
fon of its massive blades this immense
1fessel is driven through the water about
70 feet. The steering apparatus is driven
Sy steam and steam is also used for heat.
spg, the entire ship being lighted by the
Swan Edison system of electric lighting.
Fhe City of Chicago has Accommodations
or 13O lst cabin passengers, about so
3ntermediate and 1000 steerage, and her
brew numbers about 100. She is pro.
9ided with 8 boats, 3 life RATS and 900
Pfc buoys and is divided into s water.
Fight compartments, with steam pipes
leading to each for use in case of fire. In
$hort every precaution is taken to pro-
glide for the safety as well as the comfort
Sf the passengers and crew. The cap
'9gain, h. L. Leitch, is must genial and
Courteous old sailor and has had an ex-
perience of over fifty years on salt water,
S}hirty of which have been spent with the
4nman company, He lie the Oldest cap.
Jain on the Atlantic and has made more
Yoyages across it than any other living
|nan, he having accomplished over $50
Passages.
Among the novelties found on ship.
BOARD by landsman, the reckoning oi
sime deserves an Important place. Every
9Welve hours from noon midnight OF
From midnight to noon is divided into
4ah.ee watches of four ihours each, and
each watch is dividedfinto eight bells
s :. hsls Pc. Pc. tsselve o'clock
3ne bell lie struckgEat one o'clock two
IPells, and SO increasing one stroke for
pach half hour until. -four o'clock when
sight bells are struck and at half-pnst
Jour one bell again. eight bells always
peing either twelve, four or eight o'clock.
Meals are served at aoy time when
9fdered, but the regular hours are break
ast, from 500 70 $3.50 a. m., lunch, 1880
p l:SO p. N. and,dinner from $50 to7:00
z. m. The food isaof good quality aud
Tell prepared and The service excellent
$he n'env comparing favorably with first.
Sflass hotels on shore.. s,,,!l >5,: E5
q Our voyage was IN the main an unin
Eefeating though pleasant one. For thu
nfst few days the surface of the ocear
AHes alUost unhrnkan and tha GREAT shi