The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17
OFF ON The VALIANT
,xDERBILT SAILED For HIS MED
ITERRANEAN CRUISE
CLEARED FOR MADEIRA.
sovE OF THE PARTY RETURNED
nv PRIVATE CAR TO NEW YORK.

rsIisnt sailed at $3.50 Yesterday Az
.crnuon-POrtuSuese Consul Was
visited for Papers-Capt. Morrison
settled All Accounts Against the
U.IIant-Yacht's Stay of Six Days
A. part Cost w. X. About $1,000.
captain Gave the Check without
examining Vouchers-Valiant May
winter Here.
The Valiant, w. x. vanderbilt's s1,ooO,-
aoo Yacht. sailed for the Mediterranean
,.os,erday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. with
Mr. vanderbilt and his private secretary
Mr. W. T. Hoyt, on board. Mr.. aud
Mrs Oliver Hartman, Jr., and Mrs. A.
p stewart, the other members Of the
Vanderbilt party. did not leave with MIR.
vanderbilt for the yachting trip, but, in
s+e7d returned TO New York, where they
reside. They left shortly after noon over
the Plant System in the private car Of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad, by which they came to Savan-
nah on Friday with Mr.. Vanderbilt from
Palm Beach.
The Valiant cleared for Madeira. The
Portuguese consul was called upon by
Mr.. Hoyt for papers, and the Valiant will
have no trouble in any Portuguese pos
sessions, because of the fear of infection.
as the consuls certificate shows that she
has been in no infected port.
Capt. Morrison closed up all business
affairs before the departure of the Va
liant. One firm had managed all the de-
tails of coaling and other necessary items,
while the Valiant was in port, and had
assumed responsibility. Capt. Morrison,
therefore. was to settle with the firm for
everything that had been supplied the
Valiant, including the item of 500 tons of
coal When he offered TO settle the ac-
count he asked one of the members of
the firm to make out a check for the
amount But" said the other, don't
YOU want to see the vouchers? We have
them all here" Capt Morrison declined,
SAYING that he guessed they were all
right. He then signed a check on the
New York bank in which Mr.. Vanderbilt
runs special yachting account. The ex-
penses of the Valiant during the six days
she was in port amounted to about 5000,
and a check for that amount was drawn
by Capt Morrison.
Mr. Vanderbilt had not decided definite
ly that he would touch at the Madeira
Islands, but it was thought probable that
ne would do so. Nice, however, is one of
the places he will visit. 1t is expected,
too, that he will take in a number of
the points of interest along the Mediter-
ranean
Mr. Vanderbilt went aboard the yacht
at ABOUT noon, after having taken a drive
with others of the party in street hack.
Those of the party who were to return
to New York, left for the private car at
The same time that Mr.. Vanderbilt and
Mr.. Hoyt left for the yacht.
Interested spectators saw the departure
Of the Valiant. The rear balconies and
windows of the business offices fronting
on Bay street were filled, and many pairs
Of glasses were trained upon the yacht.
salutes were given her by other craft in
harbor as she passed. and the flag of
the Valiant was dipped in return. Mr..
Vanderbilt himself, it was noted through
the glasses, saw to it that the sail rs
managing the halyards acknowledged the
Slutes
The Valiant may return to Savannah
uext fall. Capt. Morrison was greatly
Impressed with the port facilities and
vas greatly pleased with the perfect con-
Tenience of all arrangements and the
romptitude with which all the demands
Of his vessel could be supplied. He likes
The port, the. business men with whom
be had to deal and everything about Sa-
vannah with which a yacht and her Of
icers and crew come in contact.
Capt. Morrison inquired If it could be
4 SO arranged as to admit of room at the
| docks of the Seaboard Air Line, where
. she was tied up during her stay, being
| furnished the Valiant for several months
He was told that there would be no diff
Guilty about such an arrangement, where
upon he intimated that he would have
the yacht back In October or November
when her use is given over by Mr.. Van
derbilt until the following late winter OF
early spring. No definite promise to re-
turn the Valiant to this port was given
but the opinion is strong that this viii
be her wintering pace. No more at
tractive, comfortable or convenient a city
could be found, and Capt Morrison seem
ed satisfied that such Is the case.