Show hie file great eastern LasK rii I 1 the huge steamship which might have been christened chilst ened brunel bruneis a folly la Is at last going to bo be put to the work for which she was originally intended namely the aus trade but not before she elia has haa undergone tin an important metamorphosis she la Is to have her pad dle dies removed and to trust to her screw propeller alone sho she Is moreover to have her engine power enormously increased so ni as to 10 be able to do twenty knots an hour there is ID no reason why sho she should not do this lu in spite of her enormous bulk she Is ia it vessel of beautiful lines sad and to tho lite liy daiy of his death was the pride of her designer mr bir scott russell Ilu asell only a short time be torp lure his bis death I 1 heard mr air ecott unwell russell hii lit confidence in the future of the bredt ship which had been conceived concel ved by brusel a and d executed by himself notwithstanding rn d that site atio he had inen for near nearly ly twenty 3 sears odra been st col colossal failure the great extern eastern will probably occupy a permanent place in the worlds world a history as tile the biggest ship over ever built but sono bome of the largo large AtI atlantic antle liners it riot not fall so very fur far short of her in size |