The evening times., 1899-03-23
YAcHT-BUILDHMG COMPANY.
Leonard j. Nilsson Gets Contracts fo
Pleasure Craft

Leonard j. Nilsson Gets Contracts for
Pleasure Craft.
Baltimore, March 23.-The Nilsson Yacht
Building Company is'ithe name of new
enterprise that has recently been started
in South Baltimore, With Mr. l.. ]. Nilsson
as designer and manager The new COM
| pany's plant is located just east of Ferry
Bar and has been fitted up to build yachts
of every description.
The first boats to be built are two large
yachts already under construction, for
Messrs. j. Frederick and George F.
Wiessner. Six smaller yachts for other
parties will be soon started The plant is
100 feet square, is equipped with all mod
ern machinery, and capable of construct
ing complete yacht ON the premises.
The yacht now being built for Mr. j.
Frederick Wiessner is to be one of the
finest most expensive and best equipped
yachts owned in Baltimore, and will be
used for extensive cruising for pleasure
1t will be 76 feet over all, 6S feet water
line, 12-foot beam, and will draw, when
! ready for sailing, feet inches. She will
be known as trunk cabin, power yacht
and with a schooner rig will make quite a
handsome appearance. The hull is con-
structed of the best materials procurable
The pilot house and cabin will be butt of
solid mahogany inside and out. She viii
have forward deck of about twelve feet
with gangways on each side of the cabin
and an after deck of about twelve feet.
There will be large stairway from the
pilot house down to the main saloon. This
room will be very handsomely furnished
and will have sleeping accommodations for
four persons. Next to this room is the
engine room, which will look more like a
parlor than an engine room. The motive
power will be furnished by 60-horse
power gasoline engine of the very latest
and most improved pattern, which will
give the yacht power enough to attain a
speed of 13 miles an hour. She will also
have one independent 10-horse power en-
gine for an electric plant of 100 lights. and
VIII have In connection with this stor-
age battery of sufficient capacity to run
twenty-five lights for ten hours.
In the engine-room will also be the gal
ley, which will have all the modern i'm
provements. Between the forward saloon
and the engine-room will be toilet room
OF good size. Aft of the engine-room is
the dining-room, which will be fitted up
with sideboard, buffet. and refrigerator
This room will be 10 by II feet and will
nave arrangements at the sides for Sleep
ing accommodations.
The yacht will swing in her starboard
daVlts lI-foot 1-horse power gasoline
launch of the best make-the launch and
engine complete will not weigh over 500
pounds. On the port side she will swing
l4-foot dingy.
The second yacht, which is also under
way, will be the property OF Mr. George
F. Wiessner 1t will be fifty-six feet over
all. forty-eight feet water line, ten feet
beam and will draw three feet six inches
of water. She will be finished in the same
expensive and handsome manner as the
larger one and will have one 30-horse
power gasoline engine and will also have
storage batteries of sufficient capacity 10
run fifty lights for FIVE hours. Both yachts
will be completed and launched early in the
season.