The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-24
TRIAL OF THE STEAM rAcHr sADA
Hugh j. BaIter's SPEEDY Little Graf. Makes
Fine Showing.

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! business men having country seats on tn.
| water from: within twenty or thirty miles o
| New York have discovered that the auiekes
| and p!easantest way to travel TO and from
their Offices in the city is By water. on Q fas,
steam yacht. So. TO n Get the rapidly growing
demand FOR this tyre OF boat. large and nota.
! be feet OF email bat speedy steam yachts
! have beer built within the pas; few years
One OF tie latest and in some respects the
fines: example Of this class al beat yet bull,
was seen OF the East River Yesterday. The
new craft is tie NADIA and MAS designed BIZ
Gardner i Moshe- Of this city for Hugh J
Baxter. the well-known clubmaa and athlete.
She = built Q! n Ahogany and hiss triple expan.
sion engines which are expected to drive he,
through the water q; a twenty mile an hour
cat
In appearance she greatly resembles the
Fiseen. the new hich-speed yacht which the
same firm designed FOR Mr.. CaGsrel of Syra-
case: that Is TO say. she has 60 ID sired pilot
Tfe SaGa w HE s eS o5 sgns Ss s; Ar
Ions and tett INCHES team. hiss splendid
Al of the res, OF. the boa, being given NJ TO
the accom- odation a her owner and crew
Starting forward. there j. mahogany hatth-
way leading to the crews quarter IL the bow
!isiOn tpk6eSa 81 s,ee ron Is sS sd
sized spsrtnsn, fitted with folding terths for
Eve men. AZ Of th:s come; good. sized gal
RAINING T tSfr. AZ Of mi: cor. a. caE
Then comes the boiler and engine nom.
which is cut n inn. the forward par. 81 the
ling in the forward Part Of the hos. is Of rni-
ished pine, while the rest Of the boat both cut
side and inside in Guiding the deck. Is Q. pa!ish<d
clah1EaaT the Only sxeep;ioa being her frames
VIII N Hre a. oak.
ha;chTay on the ror, side. about anid-
Here every inch Of SPACE is utilized. and.
while her ctal hankers have a earaeiiy OF ak
tons. the men stu! seem to have plenty Of room
the engine room; extends AZ, and encloses the
hoSany eomI anionway from the stern on Tie
ss: g side II is a rnomy .anartment.
Ndts q the ssa The ssn and he n,n shSis
are hung With SILK tapes;Ey. Forward 4 Ire
two double berths. a biz mahogany hvretI
and a folding washs'and which extends aT.y
four inches from the wall.
The deck or pilot house forward Is a rsnrnr
aanar;ment. with long se:tees on either side
a M, IN mahosany and leather. Here on. SsS
Ard Ard; boiler were designed By c, 4: &nshet the
The engines are o; the triple expAas9an t twn.
m ps,,, the e nn boiler is one q MosheEs
Iec,uI,lst 'Gpu!ar slnd. Her cyl ndeys aleS -I2
ana rs inches ~ lo-insh stroke Fer boiler
sSsn make, about twenty miles an hnwr ",rdmg
100 pounds pressure: It i doubtful 10 this Vii
De eScseded, Her hull. which Ia IN. m All
ssttriking Iart, OF the boat. was ds.tcnoS Sy
William Gardner. the builder OF the iirit.
known sailing craft. %h iie her s Stem w and
stern do not diner very much .rSm
the ordinary high; reed craft. the stern
a fat wnman's double chin more than anything
else This mases the sinking or souatiiaS
when at high speed an impossIbility.
Yesterday under loo pounds % steam sb.
ran from CITY Island TO East Twenty.sixth
street and hack at the rate OF fifteen miles AN
hour which was certainty remarEAki~ ner
'orman'e, considering ihatit Was the frstt.ms
her machinerr had been turned over.