Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-27

when their magnificent floating club house
was launched. About the latter part of
January number of amateur fishermen
and huntsmen at meeting among them
selves decided to form a club. This was
Immediately taken up, and the future club
started out with membership of ten AS
a necessary adjunct house boat was
oeemed necessity in taking trips in the
surrounding neighborhood in quest of sport
The matter was elaborated upon, and II
was decided to make the house boat a reg
ular club house, and fit II up in becoming
style This was done and has been fully
carried out The plan was drawn up and
adopted by the club. after every detail for
convenience and comfort that was prac-
ucable was introduced. The contract for
constructing the boat was given to Mr..
FRANK Passeno well-known boat builder
in Georgetown, and he but recently finished
his work on the floating club house when
The members took hold and completed the
interior arrangements.
The boat has a length Of 60 feet and
breadth of IA feet. The hull is shaped some
thing like canal boat, but built very
strongly and out of seasoned lumber. The
greater portion of the hull is boarded over
with one-story structure. The exterior ifs
nicely painted, and gives the house boat an
attractive appearance. The interior decora-
items are quite elaborate. The length of the
entire house boat is over o. feet. leaving a
space 1t the bow and the stern for lancing
purposes.
The main room of the house boat is not
quite ~ feet long. 1t is nicely finished up
in hard wood and finished in oil III has a
breadth equal to the beam of the boat and
is we'll lighted by eight large windows-four
on either side. The windows, by arrange
ment. slide downward, so as to ventilate
the room and permit the breezes TO cool
the interior. As preventive for cold there
is reinforcement in the board work below
the windows, extending clear to the floor
The entrance to the room fs by vestibule
doors, the interior doors having beveIed
plate glass mirrors as a top panel. The
furnishing of the room is I'm keeping with
the interior finish. There are two large
tables and number OF comfortable chairs
all In oak. In one corner there Is an.oak
desk. and directly opposite a magnificent
sideboard of oak, with trimmings There
are several sofas and other upholstered
furniture in the forward end of the room
giving 1t a homelike appearance 'rhe large
room can be divided in two by portieres,
which are kept in place, nicely folded I'D
The Kitchen is at one end of the large
room. This has a table and range all
ready for work. The culinary utensils are
in place all ready for trip. At the other
END OF the large room, with separate en-
trance, is the cold storage room, where a
large refrigerator is kept and where 1t is
designed to keep the bait and other perish
able food that may be taken while on a
trip. Across the vestibule from the cold
storage room, and with a separate en-
trance, is toilet room with a large boiler
held FIRMLY in place, automatically filled,
and used for flush tank. The arrange
ments of this room are most complete.
In the bow and the stern there is an
abundance of room which will be used for
storage purposes and which is securely
water tight, the deck Of the boat furnish
ing the roof
There are stairs at either end of the boat
leading to the roof This will be the great
place after trip has been started. The
place is protected from the sun by avn
ings. There will be benches arranged on
the roof for the accommodation of MEM
bers and their friends. There are also
awning arrangements for the bow and
stern end OF the boat making as complete
equipment for comfort and pleasure as is
possible to devise. The kitchen is lighted
the forward end of the boat are lighted
with equally as large windows.
The boat is primarily designed for use
in the canal, and the motive power on the
trips will be three mules. When a trip
is to be taken down the river the boat will
be towed by tug. During the week the
house boat was towed from its landing
place at the foot Of SD street through the
lock and into the canal to 31st street
which will be the mooring place of the
club and from which point all trips will
be made. Last Sunday the club held a
reception on the boat and welcomed its
friends, all Of whom pronounced 1t the
handsomest boat of It's kind in the city.
The initial trip of the boat will be made
tomorrow. The start will be made at
o'clock in the morning. The boat will be
tcwed to a point near Great Falls and the
members will spend the day in fishing for
the Gamey bass, returning home the latter
part of the evening. Every member of the
club is permitted to invite a friend. this
being done to prevent too large a crowd
from going up. Other trips vii be taken at
frequent intervals, and already there is a
plan afoot to take three weeks trip the
latter part of September, going as far as
Cumberland. Hunting will be the principal
object of the trip. although there will be
plenty Of fishing on hand. There being no
sleeping accommodations on the boat, spe-
cial arrangements will be made when trips
are taken extending over a day. Cots will
be fixed in the main room of the boat
house, and In the day time, when not in
USE will be folded up and slowed away.
A meeting OF the club was held last Sum-
day. at which it was decided to adopt the
name of the West End Rod and Gun Club.
Mr.. John Mckenna was elected president.
with Mr.. John Coleman, treasurer, and
Henry Weaver, secretary. 1t was decided
to limit the clubs membership to twelve.
The following comprise the membership at
present: Messrs. Henry Haneke, Fred Ock-
ershausen. E. w. Brown, Frank Ash. WAL
ter Magruder. Harry Albright, Charles
Hughes and John FRANKIE.
For Other SnOrts See Pare m