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Cleveland Morning Leader
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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The Great Eastern steamship's directors refuse to charter it to Mr. Lever for a US trip, showing confidence in its upcoming experiment. High demand for passages and visitor tickets noted. Trial trip to Cherbourg set for the 8th, with first voyage from Holyhead on September 15th. Builder Mr. Russell to join; New Yorkers expect a visit to Port Morris.
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The refusal of the Board of Directors to charter the Great Eastern to Mr. Lever for a trip to America at £20,000, shows the confidence felt in the success of the experiment. The London News states that there is a rush of applications for passage, and that the monster ship is so densely crowded with visitors from day to day that the price of admission had been raised to 5s. Her trial trip to Cherbourg was to take place on the 8th for which an immense number of tickets had been sold. If that proves successful as anticipated, a crowd will take passage on her for Portland. Mr Russell, the builder, is to come out on the first trip of the Great Eastern. She would sail from Holyhead on the 15th of September, and the New Yorkers still expect that the Eastern will come round from Portland to Port Morris, near the Harlem Bridge, for the purpose of enabling New Yorkers to pay her a visit.
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Holyhead
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Trial Trip On The 8th; Sail From Holyhead On The 15th Of September
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refusal of charter to mr. lever; high demand for passages and tickets; successful trial anticipated
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Directors refuse to charter the Great Eastern to Mr. Lever for an America trip at £20,000, indicating confidence in the experiment. Rush of applications for passage reported by London News; ship crowded with visitors, admission raised to 5s. Trial trip to Cherbourg on the 8th with many tickets sold. If successful, passages to Portland expected. Builder Mr. Russell to join first trip. Ship to sail from Holyhead on September 15th, with plans to visit Port Morris near Harlem Bridge for New Yorkers.