New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-06
on LA GRANDE DUCHESsE.
PASSENGERS ENJOY THEMSELVES IN SPITE
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PASSENGERS ENJOY THEMSELN Ed IN 0riA =
or DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE RACE.
=, common with all who went down to the sea In
sbips Yesterday to the race between the Coluh-
liza and tho Shamrock. the passengers on 10
Grande Duchesse came home disappointed at the
,,,o,o ~ the contest II Il can be called an out
o,rro hut they were we'll satisfied with their DAY
a., an outlng Nearly fifteen hundred persons
,bronged the decks and watched the drifting match
with interest and enthusiasm as long as there was
any possibility Of finish, and even atter II oeCano
onnarent that not a hurricane could drive the
Yachts home within the time limit every movement
of the rival flyers In their manpuvres 70 ou'saH '"e
wind was observed and chronicled. one passenger
an Enoshman had crossed the broad Atlantic for
no other purpose than TO witness the contest Ohiy
when the North Atlantic Squadron move INTO we"
could his attention be distracted from the racers
while he watched the majestic procession OF tho
NeW-York the Indiana the Massachus - the
rrooblvn and the Texas as they moved silently by
the fleet OF pleasure seekers their way to Hamp-
ton Roads.
Another even more interested follower OF the
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS was the blind boat builder,
John b. Horreshon who sat on the roof OF the hu'-
ricane deck cabins. he also did on Tuesday. ana
listened to reports OF every movement made by
either boat There we're also aboard hundred
members OF the National Board Of Steam Naviga-
ton headed by their president 3. d. WOOD OF
New-Orleans
a
OF the late Henry b Plant. who sought to build
a completely equipped boat that could be used for
excursions to the tropics In the winter and run on
his Maritime Province route in the summer She
was finished at an expense Of $4,000. Among her
appointments IS n telephone system OF communi-
cation between the staterooms. which afforded con-
siderable amusement yesterday to the Initiated
among the passengers. and nearly threw the onl-
GERS Of the ship into commissions Anxious TO try
the telephone and at the same time air her nauti-
cal knowledge a young lady rang up friend in
an adjoining stateroom and requested an interview
"on the roof by the chimney possibly landluo-
her's description OF the pilothouse deck near the
smokostack.
Buried from sight in the plothouse was the
wireless teegraphy apparatus which flashed bull
l.ins to the world progress OF the race, but
Of this the passengers who were not tai enough
10 peer through portfolios from the top OF camp
stools were unable to know more than the fact
that the wonderful invention was In active opera
ton and made distressing cackng as the electric
nuid passed between the poles Of the hidden
battery
For the yacht races La Grande Duchesse Is
managed for the Plant Line by Captain George L.
Norton OF THE Marine Journal" and sails from
Canal-st and North River promptly at $50 o'clock
on each day.
Among those on board yesterday were:
Charles g. Dillingham;. Marc Klaw. A. F. Dick
r B. Smith. L. g. Osborn, Charles A. Moore. W.
II BAILEY General Felix Agnus OF Baltimore. j. y.
Robbins II. Livingston. Q. /. Peterson. H. L.
Nicholas j. A. Blair II. y. Hollins. Judge Lynde
Harrison Of New-Haven: Charles Frohman. j. b.
Hartman 4 - Ferguson. George L. Coppins,
James VI Raymond. 4. l.. Weaver. G, K Brown