The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
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Ausriea's Pleasure Yachts Alone Gould
Cripple spain's BattIe-ships.

From the chicago N 4
At an hours notice Uncle Sans war
doves could fly our coast and with wings |
pointed toward Havana reach Cuban
waters In a few hours time.
No country in the world has as many
! or half as man. private yachts as the
United States. In fact. the number and
| nagnincence of these is a subject of
| talk in Europe, Asia and Africa. Even
Germany has heard of our yachts. and
the kaiser's W private paper recently
had a description of the steam yacht
| Ellide.
When war napped its hideous wings
over the country and the fact became
known that we were weak on the high
seas, the owners of these private yachts
signified their willingness to turn their
vessels into warships.
Several OF the owners. notably How
ard Gould, c~orresponded with the war
department and informed Secretary
Long that he could count upon them as
aides. Howard Gould went so far as to
get estimates upon the armament OF
the Niagara. A celebrated firm of war
filters decided that 1t would cost $780,
600 10 put the Niagara In perfect war
trim with rapid firing guns n repeat
ing cannon.
The Niagara carries 80 In her crew
always. and when armored she would
be in the same class as the MontSom-
cry. She is the biggest yacht afoat and
could trave faster than any cruiser In
the present navy.
1t is hardly comprehensive that a
pleasure boat would be built on such
giant proportions. yet the Niagara Is a
twin to the Montgomery and could
travel with her as a sister ship.
Her dimensions are: Length over all.
go feet: on water line. PAS feet. with a
beam of 36 feet. She Is 2S feet deep
from the spar deck and 20 feet deep
from the main deck. Her lowest free
board amidships is 13 feet. Her ton
mage IL 300. She has three decks. Her
main deck Is OF steel. She has a double
bottom. also bilee keels: bulwarks of
steel divide the vessel into many COM
partments. The engines are OF the
triple expansion type. with cylinders IL.
2s and As inches. with 3o-inch stroke of
piston. Her coal capacity is 400 tons
enough to a her across the Atlantic
and back without recoaling.
Her captain is al ex-Paciic mail
commander who once commanded the
late Jay Gould's yacht Atlanta. She
will cost when in commission Il $1,000 a
month.
Another great yacht whose owner
would put her i'm commission Is the Ell
Tide. The Ellide Is the fastest boat ever
built. She can easily beat the Empire
express and would be fitted up as a tor
pedo boat and used as a de-
sNIoNN u III ts INV III tift
water: she Is a steam aunch and when
she travels she goes so swiftly that IL
would be difficult to hit her. She can
be armored to better advantage than
any other boat In the navy.
Another mighty yacht is the Column
!, bia, owned by J. Harvey Ladew. She
cost $500, 900 and carries a complement
of As men. The Columbia In masnif-
Gently fitted up and were she placed
at the governments disposal she coul
do great spy work. as she is one of the
boats whose appearance could be easily
changed.
: The Varunna. the steam yacht ownee
I by Eugene Higgins. cost $500. 600. II
carries 80 men and is the most elabo-
, rately fitted up yacht ever put on the
: seas. She Is finer han Victoria's new
T, yacht and is the speediest boat mex
: to the Ellide.
z The elegant steam yacht owned by
: w. Childs Drexel. the Alcedo. has
\ been looked upon with envious eyes by
the government. The Alcede cost 81.
900. 900. She measures 1S4 feet and has
five boats. including the 34-foot steam
launch. She was recently finished. Ir
g her sea trial she made 20 miles an hour
She has gone abroad and is thoroughly
Y seaworthy.
D Her millionaire owner lives upon hel
a great deal of the time, and were sh'
to be put into commission she woulC
prove as comfortable a sea berth a.
$ any sailor could want in war.
f. c. Benedict's yacht, the Oneida
Il which has often taken Grover Cleveland
on a cruise. Is half a warship now. Tn
ensign OF the Connecticut naval re
serve has been in Greenwich harbor in
specting her and getting her capacity
The Oneida used to be the Utowani
y and was at one time under considera
ton by the government as a gunboat. J
" gunboat was needed for service on tn
m / A--l.-. l,,n a,-l Vbn VTtnx-ana u-a
e selected as the best boat ahoat. Sh
q. afterward came into possession of ia
4 Gould and passed from his hands int
IS those OF f. c. Benedict, who change
her to the Oneida.
She is a yacht OF comfortable size. be
ing 138 feet over all. 120 feet on tn
rs water line, 20.6 feet beam. 10 feet dept
al of hull and So feet draft. She il jus
lie the size for cruising around the Cuba
he coast.
Robert Goelet's magnificent ne
lie steam Clyde-built yacht Nahma Ii no
off Newport. 1t il sad that her ownt
will keep her there through the preser
crisis. The dimensions of the vessel al
275 feet on the water line. 306 feet owe
. all, 36 feet Z inches beam. is feet
% inches deep and IL feet 5 inches draf
rs She has two triple expansion engine
as with eight cylinders. two OF 22ls inche
ne two Of SO inches and four of 40 inches
u diameter. and a stroke OF % inches. H
"a boilers are OF the Scotch type. and 81
j. has twin screws. II Is estimated thu
the Nahma's cost is In the neighbo
hood Of 81. 000, 900.
1t is almost impossible to believe thi
ed one country could support so mar
y magnificent yachts. yet the list IL m
i'll half told. The steam yacht Olceol
Sc owned by Thomas A. Waite Of Il
American Yachting club and recent
er launched. Is as fine as any OF these.
The OceoIa il l2S feet over ALL llS fe
on the water line. Is feet beam, 10 fe
deep and ! feet 3 inches draft. She
schooner rugged: n Scotch boiler su
ar piles the steam. The engines are Of q
combined inverted condensing tyI
with cylinders Is inches and 20 inch
ek in diameter and 20 inches stroke of pi
w. ton.
in Another magnificent yacht IL the 1