The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-05

ductions. which 1 give for the h,n.et 40 x,,,
rGaSefs. AZ the S5e 2, 10 years he built a scow,
lest George should be drowned. WI S Up, SH;I,
q %seilboat, sixteen feet long, which beat the
causing unbounded astonishment rhS ycas
ettsr he built the new boat John @. stevens,
thirty feet long, weighing lao pounds, and,
inches Of water, At 10 he built the MnnSn teup
s snO1s of twenty.seven tons, forty-four feet in
no built tho pilotboat VIM. q. HaestnS' for u
she SSssSS Rp iIl9S,s sos n9 nn speed &c Inv w@s 80 great that
S%sSs SsTt SHiIt forth giSi New t Yors sS Yseht a Gus SYN III
200 tons; she could beat any schooner which
went outside Of Sandy Hook. In ak weeks notice
which gave entire satisfaction to the owners. In,
1s44 he built two steamers for Lake Ontario. Tho
Genesee Chief; built in sixty days, OF 45o tons.
He built the yacht Una for J. NJ. Waterbury,
which was never beaten, until he accomplished
club, was very fast, and gave universal s%etisfaoS.
tion. IhS Queen OF the West, built q Buffalo,
boat in the world. Six boats Of the same aile
and f2r the same line werc built at the same
time BY other he parties, but none Of them evor APP
fort. We now come to the America, which he com
menced in December, 1850. He also built the
also qsyery fast. As only Wish to d, demonstr ate
his ability prior to the America. I shall there
fore not mention his later achievements.
As DO not wish TO take up too much of your
valuable space, will close with a copy Of a letter
to the Neb York Herald from Commodore John
Q. stevens. which / think will be sufficient TO
establish the identity of the designer and build.
or Of tho yacht America.
To THE EprroR OF THE NEW YORK HERALp-Str: In
Yacht Club you say II Is stated that when a compii.
m h,nsr,rs dinner dime vas given to the proprietor Of the
was made OF Mr.. George steers, the builder. The rea.
son given Is that the club desired that all the credit
or the yachts victory should belong to ono Of their set
How much OF Justice or OF truth there ia in the reason
given you vii be enabled to Judge by turning 70 your
publish the following note. which I wrote to you upon
that subject. and which appeared in the Herald Of
the 9th OF October OF that year:
THE BUILDER OF THE AMERICA.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAIp-Sfr: In your paper
Builder Of the America" The writer complains
that there has been a remarkable silence in regard to
who built the yacht America. and that he cannot re.
main silent when he sees his well.earned leurels
1 mi.tnt Sy an Sn,' E,m TSnr cfGr5 rnp% ;n,.I +, ! think hin
am positive did state. that the contractor was Mr.. w.
II. Brown; and that the builder was Mr.. George
other FOR his unrraiicd xii in '"f modellins
and constructing her. In the hurried statement
nished to the gentlemen who reported them. or he
could remember or procure. some were. no doubt.
omitted or mislaid; smong which must have been the
cerely as IF. p" can do. that the omission was made;
and. as I have no wish TO appropriate to myself the
peat, what I have over and over again stated both in
England and this country. that the model and con-
struction of the yacht America wore due. and due
NEW YORK. May 90, 1854. JOHN c. srEvENs.
You must excuse the length OF my m
cation. but I deemed that the question should
be settled now and forever; hence my full. and
JAMES W. STEERS.
LYNBRooK. L. l., June "a.