The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-28
TO SELL.
ConmodoreVa udreuil
Disposes Of
STEAMBOAT STOCK.
The Winchesters Will Soon
Command Lake Navy.

made in the Lake Quinsigamond
Steamboat Company. Joseph G. Vau-
dreuil the heaviest stockholder, who
controls directly two-thirds of the en-
tire stock of the company, will sell out
to James Winchester, who for several
years managed Quinsigamond park
With the latter Will be associated his
son, Harry M. Winchester for several
years pilot on the steamboats,. Nego-
tiations for the deal have been in prog
ress for several days, and are practic-
ally completed. The papers will be
passed in few days, and Commodore
Naudreuil will no longer be connected
with the company.
Irving +. Bigelow is the other heavy
stakeholder of the company With the
exception of an odd share in their
families, to comply with the law re-
garding the number in the corporation
Mr.. Bigelow owns one-third of the
steamboat stock. Whether the change
in the ownership of the steamboat COM
pany will bring about a change in the
management Of QuinSigamond park,
only the future will determine. The
park has been under the management
of Holt q Irwin, proprietors of the Bel
mont House, and lessees from the Con
solidated street railway of all privileges
that corporation owns at the lake.
Their lease is for three years; so it has
another year to run. On account of his
previous management of Quinsigamond
park, Mr.. Winchester may desire to
lease 1t from the hotel men, as it could
be run well in connection with the
management of the streamboat COM
pany.
Although Mr.. Vaudreuil will sell his
interest in the steamboat company, he
will not retire from lake matters.
He secured yesterday a lease of the
former Wachusett boat house, which
he will occupy as a boat house for his
steam launch Gertrude, with T. G. Orn-
| dorm, owner of another small launch.
Extensive alterations will be made in
, the house and grounds, which will be
started as soon as possible. 1t will
| be private house, and to insure pri-
Vacy, a fence will be erected from the
end of the foot bridge, which will run
straight across the island cutting off
the house from the portion used by the
public. Flower beds will be construct
ed on the grounds, and the house will
be painted and otherwise improved. A
change win be made in the entrance
from the water side. to allow the use
| of the launches. Mr. Vaudreuil ulti-
mately intends to bring into the house
other owners of small launches at the
lake and make of the house a private
club.
He is now fitting up his launch and
will have it on the water just as soon
as the Ice leaves the lake. He esti-
mates that 1t will cost him fully $1,000
to put the launch into the shape that
| he desires. An eight-horse power gas
oline engine is being built for the
launch. which Commodore Vaudreuil
says Will make II the fastest boat at
the lake. Mr., Orndorff's launch is also
being fitted with a gasoline engine.
! The reason for securing the old wa
| usett house was to save the annual
expense of putting the launches in or
Ger Tor the season. The owners have
previously engaged the small boat
house north of the causeway, belonging
TO the Worcester lunatic hospital to
store their boats in during the winter.
| Every winter the house has been bro
ken into and depredations committed.
and their launches have been serious
| ~ injured When they take possess
sion of the former Wachusett Quarters
| they look for no more trouble on that
score.
Commodore Vaudreuil has taken
measurements this winter while the
| lake was covered with ice, to settle
the question of distances on the south
course which have caused many dis
putes. The measurements were taken
by competent surveyor and are abso-
lutely correct. The measurements
We're made on lines following the chan
mel which the steamers Of the Lake
Qunsigamond Company follow i'm their
trips down the lake. No measure
ments were taken into the coves, all
being in the centre CT the lake or at
&c in laa1
From the middle Of the lake at a
point between the south wall Of the
former Wachusett boat house and the
pavilion in Lincoln Park to the dock
line at Alderman N. p. Huots wharf
Is exactly two miles minus five feet
From the starting point on a line with
the south wall of the old Wachusett
house to a point in the centre of the
lake directly opposite the south wall
of the Lake View Hotel, the distance is
2045 feet. From that point to a point
opposite the south wall of the house
on Kings point the distance is 200 feet.
From there to point opposite a tel
ephone pole on Stoddard's point, the
measurement was 1000 feet To the
south wall of the Frontenac Club from
Stoddard's point is 1850 feet. From
that point to the north side of the dock
a. the Wapiti island is 1000 feet
The next point 20 which measure
ments were taken was to the south
side of Pine island, which is 1900 feet
From there to a line out from J G.
Vaudreuils cottage is 1899 feet. From
that point to the dock line OF n. p.
Huot's wharf is $40 feet
The measurements viii give steam
boat men a chance TO test the speed at
which their boats can run. There have
been many claims in past years Of
speed. but as nobody knew the exact
distances, the claims were valueless.