THE NEBRASKA.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2634, 27 July 1871, Page 2

THE NEBRASKA.

This vessel, the second of Mr Webb’s line, arrived at i'ort Chalmers last evening. She is 270 feet long, has a breadth of 40 feet and 2C feet depth. She is brier-rigged, and is classed A 1 (Asterisk) at Lloyds, being an extra mark. She is a trifle wider and deeper than the Nevada, the pioneer vessel of the Webb line to Australia, but in tonnage and most other respects, is her twin, 'ihe engines are of 2,000 horse-power, vertical beam, with cylinder 81 inches in diameter, 12 feet stroke, filled with patent

surface , condensers. There are two large tubular boilers, just refitted with new tubes. This vessel will make 12 knots easily, at a consumption of 31 tons of coal per diem. The coal bunkers have a capacity of 750 tons, allowing ample margin for all contingencies, as she can coal at Honolulu and Auckland. The engines were built by John Roach and Son, Etna Works, New York, in 1867. The vessel draws 16 feet of water, with all her coal, (fee., on board. The Nebraska has three decks, independent of her hurricane deck. She has been very thoroughly overhauled, and is as dry and smells as sweet as any vessel can do possibly. The number of pasehgers allowed to her, after Government inspection, is 140 first - class, 220 second - class,’ and 506 third-class or steerage. 15very precaution has been taken for the safety of passengers. There are eight boats and a life raft capable of holding three hundred or more persons. The Nebraska is commanded by Captain J. Harding, of the Pacific Mail and Webb Lines; the chief engineer is] Mr Rogers; and the head steward is Mr Thomas Duff. In the Nebraska great attention has been paid to ventilation and light in all parts of the vessel, and ample room is afforded for passengers to enjoy themselves on deck in tine weather, and also in smoking and card saloons, and ladies’ drawing-room or upper deck, in rainy or hot weather, when they wish to leave their rooms or main cabin. The wash-rooms and other conveniences for passengers are on the most liberal scale. Ample arrangements are made to carry an extra quantity of fresh water for the voyage, besides condensers for making large quantities of fresh drinking water.