New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-11

closed 50 as TO 'T pioi, ard tho ladies' drawing
room and the library abound In selteos louk"s Se.
ar chairs Tho library Is ,eG r. Nicnsns smoEng
room IS aft and IS pancllcd with sia1cl o md js
COLO: ed It IS furnished VIII arm he cIactrscy'
lleh ted as the vessel IS hronghou'' " crV'''''
AZ INTERESTING STORY OF THE VOYAGE
.n,,r.ptr FEATURES or THE sHIr-AN ENctilN'
,.nrsoDr-ME. PLANE PEEsIDEs AT AN
oRrnANAGr BENEFIT. ~,
Tho Pow d. n. Beach. Of Cambridge Mass
nassoncor ON the City Of Ncw-for.;, has "rigee"
tbc following account of the voyage ZOE in'
Tribune: .,o c,+, Of NcwYork
o sted to be at the landing stage at L'Gp1ot
,t = nrn Wednesday, August l. ~ 20 sering
was Off and in fifteen min n,cs dcck as She lay in
her passengers 10 the soal'I T T' indra ed that
The stream. The marks on hcI n"n hot me
the steamer was then draWhs t%o" and naciculary
h 1rca5 heigh OF the promcna"e deer, Vim an
strikingy evident from the toaucr' mn and began
moving down the Morscy Tho day, We The last
ship quickly got under Ispa DUoIvbSad was wcn
Ugbtshp was soon passed, ana hpS me- n%. morntaX
3nnsd before dusk. At 80 the, the mex oY Queens
tho ship was at anchor IN Oor, ,bn passengers in
wv" 49, rirts II was necessary 10 wal unti ham.
or Queenstown passengers, ain nl@i io't that town
soiyes of tic opportunity 10 cfVe 800 gcr O'Clock
and rs suburbs Al were aboard soon at1t 80 D. IN.
and the tender left the ship u[ no. 70 temporary
did the steamer get away, OWING 10 Ty noon the
next day 271 miles had been l'" hc DacLinrry and
rcmancd Holoness for somo ten hour n M to the
tmo on there was no delay y;om lS Saturday noon
n E nUo M further difficulty with the ntG Noon
and the fnliday runs from then on WERE u''''' Ak
sunday, 3S7 THURSDAY, 44d
T TSf day, ali .on,,or,o
on sunday southwest storm was tbo sbip rode it
so steadily that racks were not or ,wo later by
q n.
S%e from south to north In which d NE S for
somewhat and FcH only adventure of the VOYAGE &C
Igc cn Tuesday night In Tic fog on the SeWlCon
land Banks The fog b %as moi %lc s The ty of chi
cago Of tho Same Inc sieamnS arE ha the latter
anu sIsn n Tho right This signal was nisunder,
Stood and the Chicago turned IN the same ,So from
,hoy rho Ncw-York was taking When "hlsnc ~
emnber steamer was heard, attentive paSsens.lS me-,
fer the deck Just IN tmo to see tG for lie Now
Yor Just a6eam Of her the port SIDE SeS 9aeH
Y9tcrcd on seeing tho mistake, and tne meT s 90
steamed TaP pirheTs 7o fec and ne2ly
rch angles Voices from either ship werG aS, al
Danger passed an both hs PLUNGED into ac REM sn
SIR Elaine and his family WIN ,ne G Go mem
. hers 81 The slips company. on Wednesday nlght III
. Elaine presided at entertainment IN tLc S1io'"
ao wbat Shan be- sad OF The shPl Very much
praise And first fer he sense OF su Fastcn thopg
distantlv I'm dimensions the largest snip aoal VI
the execution OF aad f nsaa Wien one
r. calls all the ado over the Great Eastern no" ST. va
nstcnmSI what thron-s visited her but how uselc'
r. She was except cahlelaynE ship-hs Iue 1 0o
- petion of this vessel. her dcparurc Without ucItpi
straion from her port on schedule Just as any 1 IL
steamer and her prompt and sac complsn0n oi he
= made In shp-bu!ding. and into what an inst'tttlo
p the Transatlantic passenger traffic has emerged,
r. I'm .he matter OF size after the great height OF acc
ID what most mprcsses The pas5engcr the greet 3,
TO- unbrokcn stretch Of deck From bow TO stern, Si
t,pir n
Stretches ard may be enjoyed by the 1nS Sc5
stead of hlgh d9ch over part OF The snip aha a r
I'd Ha in o. PARTS of the Ship ono gets delightful Gro
" promcnado Then the happy list Of the great saloo
. soIf ono deck higher than the usual saloon deck al
S@ yeu Sd yG arb sf s SeG so s'' TTSa Hs
a. too with main and alcovc tables. cannot be TOO high
or The ship must also be praised for several late
oda improvements Noteworthy among these arc I
cv hydraulic cranes, windasses etc, by which the mol
- donkey engine subsidies, and anchor. luggage a
Ter freight 60 up and down IN comparative slen
The steering apparatus IS also hydraulic, and
., novel sight Is presented OF sailor near the brld
H. with his hand on Hfr the gentle turning
re- silently as the tiller Immediately touched the hel
he and II only smoothly bent In the wafer
~ compartments entirely separate far above the wal
eli line give also great assurance of safety he cpist
IN on an altogether different aspcr, in tbs light OF
49,, unsinhablenoss Of the newer ship undcr this
y" rangement. With this 60 tho two screws, eacA W
I'M VARYING commonly from IS TO - revolutions
,cd minute Tho ample smoklngroom, tho largo
~" surptuous library with rs nearly 800 nicely bot
Inc Volumes and tho general excellence and taste OF
al furnishings and ornamcntaii0n throughout the 81
Inc are TO he greatly commended.
,ss Only two criticisms suggest themselves. One
wa them VIII naturally improve with successive voyal
It viz the service. which met with an embarrassment
VAS the newncSs OF the ship, as OF a new and unu
= house The other IS moro fundamental. and rcqu
U" fine immediate attention OF tho constructing engine
ain I retcr 10 the ventilation of the compartments.
they arc crosswse, the passage-wayS no, rum
,ro onrihwlse Of the ship. they are deadvantagcd
The absence Of the long corridor draught which s.
OF &c neualIy constructed afford. By the help OF
the Jraurht in an ordinary ship. tho passage,w avs
.ual not thn rooms. kept tolcraby freSh. But
he hoxlEe almost wellke compartments
Hed General dranght cannot, IN the nature OF the c
446 | occur In consequence. except I'm tho deck roc
This Tho air Is exccrabla Ono feels II he I'm
49,. on either of tho two floors assigned 10 rooms. T
0"' Is no comfort In a nap In ones room In the mi
lent Of the day One goes down late as possible
ans bod and IN 20 the deck social aeali
INNS early In the morning as may b.. This is the
intrinsic defec, OF the shin. strenuous mechal
unp ventilation alone remedy II. II 4 is spe,
ii6; spplcd the shin Will become popular II
the iidlcious will hardly take a second tine. III
requires no acknowledgment that this subject
not overlooked by the bulldcrT; but their device
e Of meet tho difficulty are Inadequate