Ocean Steamers. None of our new steamers nor the British either have made so quick a trip (not pas sage now) from Liverpool to this city as the Great Western once did viz. 12 days and 18 hours. The Great Britain made the next fast est 13 days and 3 hours. The United States the next 13 days and 6 hours. All these trips Acadia to Boston. We believe that the first trip ot the Niagara to Boston was one of the best ever made. It will require time how ever to test the merits of all our new steam ers bath those built here and in Scotland dent that occurred to the Great Britain. That vessel with her
Ocean Steamers. None of our new steamers nor the British either have made so quick a trip (not pas sage now) from Liverpool to this city as the Great Western once did viz. 12 days and 18 hours. The Great Britain made the next fast est 13 days and 3 hours. The United States the next 13 days and 6 hours. All these trips Acadia to Boston. We believe that the first trip ot the Niagara to Boston was one of the best ever made. It will require time how ever to test the merits of all our new steam ers bath those built here and in Scotland dent that occurred to the Great Britain. That vessel with her screw propeller never receiv ed a fair trial. The true test of superiority in ocean steamers or any other is the quick est trip the fewest repairs and the least con sumption of fuel. All these things must he taken into consideration in judging of steam ships. The last trip of the United States was a good one but we expect far better yet from her. A correspondent suggests the adoption of rotary engines to steam navigation as be ing superior to the reciprocating and suggests Schnebley's. We have never seen that rota ry which could be applied for this purpose In 1846 Lord Cochrane's rotary engine (per haps one of the best in the world) was appli ed to a sloop ot war at Portsmouth England and was a failure. We have no feeling in join ing uproariously regarding the merits of the American and British built steamers. The fact is that we may expect both lines to be equal in point of every comfort and improvement. When one gets something new the other dare not be long behind and the mechanics of both countries are perfectly qualified to build the first class of vessels—the price is the main object to get good work done. In the course of five years more we think that 10 days will be the average passage out and 12 back—we have no hope of any less. The Alpine Horn. The Alpine Horn is an instrument made of the bark of a cherry tree and like a speak ing trumpet is used to convey sounds t
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