The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12

about $4,000 and It will take eight mon
to run her Another fast yacht " the
yelthra. which has been built for 8. Parker
Bremen Of Boston, She is modelled much
Xrehbold' and is sI iii FEET over ali. io4 feet
on the water line, IL feet beam and feet
draught. Her speed 10 to be twenty miles
| an hour. She will cost about S25 900 and 1t
will take eight men to run her.
Walter +. Duryea and r. n. Gilbert are
each having small steamers built which
will be used on the St. Lawrence, Mr.;
Duryea's boat Ii to be named Minga and
Mr.. Gilbert's Scioto. These boats are eS
feet over all, 90 feet on the water line, 10
| feet Q inches beam and feet inches
draught, They will cost about $4,000
! each and take five men in each crew An
other small craft at Morris Heights IL the
Myhshana, a 54-foot steamer, for M. Gold,
smith. This boat will cost about 5000 and
The steam yacht Levanter is being built for
Wilson Marshall. This will be another
fast boat. but not AZ fast as the Niagara
or Velthra. Her dimensions are 100 feet
over ALL 90 feet on the water line, 10 feet
beam and 0 feet 9 inches draught. She
will cost $4,000.
A steam yacht has been built at Baltimore
by the Nelson Yacht Building Company
for Richard p. Hart and Henry Burden, 3D.
from designs by Tams, Lemone a Crane.
over all, ITO feet on the water line. 20 feet
beam and feet inches draught. She is
to be used cruising about the West Indies
Her plans are novel She has the bow OF
warship and q shade deck extends the whole
length Of the yacht The bulwarks at the
bow are carried up to the shade deck, and
besides making the boat dryer. furnish
an upper forecastle for the crew. The
owners quarters consist Of one double
stateroom and five single ones and bath
linz <.,lr ha
are the captains and engineers rooms,
the owners private stateroom, dining
saloon, galley and pantry. This boat
will carry sufficient coal to enable her TO
steam 1900 miles at knots, or 800 miles
will cost $40 600, and it will take twelve
men TO run her.
J. W. Willard has designed q steamer
for T. d. Underwood, president OF the Erie
Railroad, which has been built by the Marine
Dor. Staten Island. This boat is 1855 feet
over all, lie feet on the water line, 4 feet
beam and 0 feet draught. She will he
schooner rugged and have two smoke
stacks. The owners quarters will be Tor
ward and the crew will bunk AT; The
crew of twelve men.
Two good sized steamers are being built
by Lawley OF Boston from designs by A. y.
Cheesebrough. The largest Is 1855 feet
boat will cost about 800 900 and take crew
Of fifteen men. The other il for Charles
q. Emery, and is to be named Calumet.
She is las feet over ALL III feet on the water
line. II feet Q inches beam and feet 4
inches draught. Her cost will be about
$40, 900, and she will have a crew Of fourteen
men. She il to have a speed OF nineteen
knots an hour
Evans r. lick. who recently sold his
steamer. Eliza. has had another one built
4 g. lx. t.Nrl In du,.a
4 Cox. This boat Is los feet over all. 81
feet on the water line, Is feet inches beam
and feet 8 inches draught. She will cost
about $4,000 and have crew Of eleven
men.
Shipyard. il l68 feet over all and l40 feet
on the water line. She il built for long
cruises and will be able to carry sixty tons
Of coal in her bunkers which will carry
speed will be about fifteen knots: She
was built for Charles 8. Bryan, and Is 40
strong that II she ever is wanted as a cruiser
she can mount two iS-pounders OH each
broadside, two 6-pounders and four ma
chine guns without being braced or shored
She will be handsomely finished. Her
cost will be about $50, 900. and she will have
a crew OF fourteen men The owners
quarters on the Czarina are forward. and
the crew will be aft. A deck house ex-
TENDS nearly tne WnOic ltuktH VI tic yacht
above which are a promenade and sun
deck. In the deck house will be the dining
saloon. music or social hall. large state
room for the owner. and the captain's and
engineers rooms. The boat will have
Disabling, refrigera.ing and electric light
Gen. B. NJ. Whitlock is having a steamer
built by the Marine Construction Company
from designs by Gardner Cox. which Is.
TO be 10 feet in length and to steam sixteen
II 49,. n nkA
In the last few years yachts with full
sail plan and fitted with auxiliary engines
have become very popular The beauty
Of these boats TO some yachtsmen Is that
when the winds are light or battling the
engine can lie started and the yacht will
make fair headway, of II the wind is favor
able the yacht can proceed on her journey
under sail, and some of these boats have
proved 10 be good saiers. The engines
la these vessels do not take up much room.
and the coal required is stored way down
80 hat IL acts as ballast.
The largest Of these auxiliaries fitted
with steam engines II being built this year
for Wilson Marshall Of the I.archmont
Yacht Club by the Townsend & Downey
Shipbuildng and II, repair COMPANY .s At
by Gardner 4 Cox, and the general dimen-
sions are One hundred and ninety feet over
all. 1856 feet on the waterline; beam moulded,
81 feet; draught, II feet She will have a
centreDOaru ana De Tl8geu ar q tnrte-indsteo
schooner. Her engines are 10 be Of the
vertical type, with cylinders 81, ~ and %
inches respectively In diameter, by 10 inches
stroke. The vessel is built Of steel, her
cost will be about Si25OOO and she will
have a crew Of eighteen men. She was
TO have been out early in the season, but
the strike OF the shipbuilders has delayed
the work, and Mr.. Marshall will use the
schooner Atlantic, which he still owns,
until his new yacht is ready
At the same yard In building an auxiliary
for J. NJ Masury from designs by A. Cary
Smith and Barley. This is a steel vessel
1870 feet over all, 90 feet on the waterline,
% feet beam and IA feet draught. She will
cost about $4,000 and have a crew Of ten
men. A. G. Bostwick is having an auxiliary
built from designs by A. Cary Smith and
Barley by the Harlan Il Hollingsworth
Company at Wilmington. which is fast
approaching completion. This vessel, also
OF steel, is 1853 feet inches over all. 100
feet on the waterline. 81 feet 9 inches beam
and Is feet draught. She will cost about
SIlO 900. and have a crew Of eighteen men
Her engines will be Of 2O0-horse power.
Another big auxiliary is the Intrepid,
which Is being built by Marvel at New
burgh for Lloyd Phoenix from designs by j.
Beaver Webb. This boat will he 1873 feet
on the waterline. which Is a little less than
the present Intrepid. and she will cost about
alOO 600