New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-11
BEATING THE MARY POWELL.
EXCITING RACE ON THE HUDSON RIVER.

THE BLIND BoAT-DUILDER's sTILETro AN EASY
| wINNER-CHAGRIN on THE MARY POWELL
Some time ago the steamboat Mary Powell
beat Jay Gouds steam yacht the Ataanta and won the
distinction OF being the fastest boat on the Hudson River
Her ownes have printed little pamphlet descriptive
OF her virtues in which they claim that she the fast
est river boat in the world" and have chrsened hsr the
"Queen OF the Hudson" She makes an average OF
twenty miles hour, and according to this pamphlet,
In the year 1892 she at the very fast rate Of
twenty-six miles an hour between Milton and Pough-
keepsie, making the four miles in nine minutes"
look OF seonful ndierencewas cast by the Goddess
Of Liberty the forward deck Of the Mary Powell at
little mite Of yacht that steamed mpertnently up
alongside OF her yesterday afternoon as she started
from her pier at the foot of Twenty second-st. The
little yacht was only nneyve feet long ALL with
water-ne length Of but ninety feet and beam width
Of eleven. Her stern declined into almost
line as her bow She built by Herresho1, the blind
boat-buder Of Bristol and he brought her up the Hud
son few days to show her to Franklin Brandreth,
Of Sing Sing. He calls her the Stieto, He asserted
that she could beat the Mary Powell In straght-away
Of thirty miles That this question might be fairly
tested he sent word to captain Anderson Of the Powell
that he might expect be defeated by the StleO yes
crday afternoon and warned him to be ready to protect
the honor OF speed that the Powell had easily aud
long carried
Rumors of the contest got abroad among the Hudson
villages and nearly hundred ladies and gentlemen in
terested I'M yachting matters among the boats
passengers. When she came up the river the Stlleto
was In waiting. The Powell left her pier at precisely
2:3s o'clock. The steto was some distance ur tho
stream AMI the two boats abreast OF each other
the elevators OF the New.York Central Railroad
The contrast between them extraordinary. The
big wheels Of smoie the waters deaanty clouds Of
black smoke roed out of her smokestacks. and her
~aiking beam plunged mp and down with force that
made her decks tremble Tho other, tho and slim.
looked ike needle ON the waves through winch she
sd with an esy' graceful notion hnsihg tie spray
behind her.
Mr. Herrcshon sat on a camp-stool the stetto's
deck Win him were Franklin 'fandfeth kaIph
Erauireh. Colonel L. \. McApin and Frank d. Robin
The WO boats cut the nose to uO-e. and the
Powe7 Mot eyed Iis -au'y neighpor true anNlousy
tie rcmen began 20 shovel on the coal the steam
gauge showed pressure of thrtysix pounds and the
rycr boat bounded ahead. But the yachts snokesiaek
hcchcd out an angry cloud aud sho whsked up 10 her
effort to WIN the ndEaniage ana crowded tle nten 70 a
of thirty pounds lllui the yacht was again
equal To the occasion and refused h. Yield an inch The
l--eu-crs began TO get excited ana shouted biavoa 20
Tie biud hoAi-bmder. lie answered the salute oy
lie va. GOOD ns his work. The queer little craft
shook with the 81 her el0rt she sWaycd 10
| and frO Ike IA s!OpP beating to windward. Her bow
parted the waves VITA 10 clean cut, but her screw
Whipped the water into foam and threw II out behind.
n.V9hsg an.nI ~ va m pe eps 9sr San1,''L or pi
ManhafanSile thc stetto had cleared the steamboat
H. ,,ce "'s ,sc ttrlntn WHEN saintrd with "A
gun shot when she drew up oil sing sing, she mad
completed twenty miles IN honr and entcen
minuie, she was then Just two miles ahead oi the
Powell.
THO officers the steamboat much surprised, and
said that was the time the Powell had taken an
other bo,i's swell Mr. Herrcshon may sell the setto
t. Mr.. Br,nlrrth. who wants fast boat bur lie Is
strongly inclined offer her for naval service os u
torpedo boat She shoots along without any other noise
than Il made hy clca,ing the water. Her boiler Is a
beehive coil With the FIRE directly under IT, lie claims
that II cannot explode. but even n u could the danger
would not he great, as u mover contains more IMAM
qal on OF water 40 ume. She carry 200 pounds OF
steam.
.Ii.f before the Powell up to her pier, A. j..
Uatenaus steam yacht the Skylnrk stopped there, ana
took her owner aud party Of ladies' aud gentlemen
aboard. ~ she moved away tughOat with two scnws
IN tow bore down her AMI struck ner bowsprtt.
tearing ~ completely nnd crushing her bow badly
The tux went uncOncerncdly on IT. course.