Sometimes intolerant of those who ought never to abandon the ground that I read in it who have the most recently constructed passenger vessels:-- ---------------+------------------------+----------------+------------------ | DIMENSIONS OF | ENGINE. | PADDLE- | VESSEL. | | | |Depth of | Projected |Cost per | in | Mile. | operation. | Plant. | progress. | ------------------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-------- | Miles. | £ Eastern States, | | Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,| | | | | | | | Dewit Clinton| 230|28 |5·5 |21 |13·7|36 |1 |65 | 10 |27·5|·50 | Erie | 180|27 |5·5 |22 |15 |34 |2 |44 | 8 |26 | -- | +----+----+----+----+----+---+--+----+----+----+-----+ Averages | 200|26 |5·6 |24·8|11 |30 |--|50·8| 10 |24·8| -- | -- | Lexington | 207|21 | -- | Swallow | 233|22·5|3·75|24 |11 |30 |1 |65 .