The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
BRISK TRADE IN MOTOR BOATS
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tohn q. Eaton ,of Toronto. Canada. yra
tcfdny bought q duplicate NJ Tho Heut v
which 10 probably The hHndsbuesi boat NJ
Ne hind NJ tho Motor Boat md Hpuftsmrr's
shut Nv Madison siunre uafdon, VIZ Eaton
hHa wfnird r. boat that IL Tor tho water chat
fhr automobile I, m land Tor some tme and
whom hUt brother rnme down ~ visit Tho ah0w
lest weot he astod him 10 louh around and
gather 4 littiH information Tho brother 20.
turned ~ Toronto armed with MI sorts ~
literature an Tho subject n power boats,
which he had carefully tod In q bundle and
marked on the outside Laugh q lot Mf.
Eaton looked Tho papers over and started
for this city, lIa was soon very much I'm
pressed with tho Beat. II, a "a foot launch,
but did not want a. decide until hls wife had
seen tho boat, She visited the show yester.
day morning and ~ once made ~ her mind
that the Heat n was the boat and q contract
was placed with Mr., Sutphen NJ tho Electric
Launch Company. The boat IL TO br du.
plicnic In every way NJ Tho Beat II and Will
bo used by Mr.. Eaton on Muekoka Lakes.
Hc has decided 10 uaiuo the boat Laugh a
Lot.
The Heat n has been sold 10 william Flelt.
man ~ this city and viii he used At bar Har-
Dor next summer. These boats are getting
very popular and At least seven will loo out
this year. They arc % feet long. 8 feet 0
inches beam and 30 inches drauGht. and In
building them the idea has been to furnish
a high speed pleasure boat. The guaranteed
speed IL twenty miles an hour and those
already In use have made twenty-five miles.
The hull Ia built Of mahogany and tho upper
works and interior fitting are also OF ma
hogany. The planksheer IL Of GA X and the
contrast between he two woods gives a very
artistic effect. In the cockpit are four In
dividual automobile seats and one rear seat
which extends across the boat, thus giving
room for seven In the cockpit. A glass wind
shield ia provided TO give protection from
bead winds and flying spray and the entire
Seating space IN covered with a Cape Cart
folding automobile hood equipped with side
curtains. Forward of the seating space a
cross seat is built TO accommodate two per-
sons and Ia for the helmsman and a mech
anician. The engines are forward, The
motto r Is Of four cylinders. auto marine type
and 90 horsepower. The cylinders are
0 inch bore by o inch stroke. This motor
Is protected by a metal hood and there is
plenty Of room to work around the motor.
The boats arc equipped with a powerful
acetylene searchlight and are very attractive
looking In every way.
Another boat similar to the one purchased
by Commodore Boardman was sold yester-
eeSSyyMSyyor F. " Wooster OF brooklyn! This
boat IS 90 feet long and has fine nccommoda-
tions under a bridge deck, The motor power
will be two Is horsepower Standard engines.
MIR. Wooster, will have the interior, arrange
ments SLIGHTLY different from the Boardman
boat and tho changes in the plans are made
TO suit his own personal requirements. The
work on thf boat VIII " started RE- a. once
NHarry S. Hardness visited the show yes
terday and carefully looked oyer The many
is now under suspension by the Automobile
Club because he ran his big, car from Boston
Io ,h's He G.'y Is IN an six s09 t6 s Sf'y IN so nt s spoTt
that will give him excitement and thinks
Of having a fast auto boat and racing when
The mile a minute boat has made it's ap-
pearance at the show II occupies space
and was looked at with considerable won
deTmont REy these at the sh Gi,y TIRE his boat moto Is
f PROM a s iShn to but ste ifs P ISSTs IS a two Us 'r iSoh hG pipe
open at both ends. and this. pipe is below
H., he o T9ter ob lipe and 4 cS SylindteTd is Sit RRla Se ei Ps%T
this cylinder and The force Of the explosion
rushes through the forward end. Mr., Ryder,
tinuoIs cable and that The, boat Is being
pulled and pushed through the water at me
s9ms time, There thhst cd is p no III Iim sde to Sp ths So nY larSer
boats several cylinders would be used, 4
mile a minute is what the designer expects
ioooEintE" for 100 miles an hour. The boat
was not placed In the tank because i was
into some of the other boats, 4 chance viii.
however, be given Mr.. Ryder to demonstrate
what his boat can do some time during the
W. Butler Duncan. Jr., was q visitor at the
show YESTERDAY. He looked the boats over
and paid particular attention toe Standard
motor, as one OF that type is being Installed
IN a 40 foot launch that he is having built BY
one for Nj, DUNCAN is to be put in a launch
building. for J. Rogers Maxwell at HERES
hoffs. The Standard motor is to be installed
in the 100 foot boat building for Jacob HcIn-
rich by the Electric Launch Company. This
m9 WaIts %"i f. of D IHT ea'f6r has Purchased a 25 foot
Speedway launch of the Gas Engine Company
which is to haye a l9h horse-p.ower motor
W. j. Flanagan has ordered a 40 foot cabin
cruiser to be fitted with a $3.50 horsepower
foot cabin cruiser to be fitted with a 90 horse
power motor. These boats are to be built at
The Milton Point shipyard has. sold a T
foot launch to W. F.. Haddook and a 10 foot
tender to F, NJ. Smith for the steamer Hcuolt:
Forty horsepower engine to Judge Glennan
Of Chicago, two, 40 horsepower motors to
i hrsg ya al a,0 a 20 he orseIpoWe motor to Milford
Martin Of Rye for a ~ foot cruising boat. and
a SIS horsepower motor to Arthur. Duvic for
a 85 foot boat TO be used on the lower Mis-
sissippi.
the Volunteer Life Saving Corps yesterday
Fitting con,cs!-seml nnal Of round robin
and i. I cndrlll.
by ?, J, Fl9nt and +. ISouse;; inweod C3Hos s. club
race won BY +. Whitney and c. Morton. New York
j. Standard and G. Henry. New York, second.
co Yard Swimming Match-Won by +, Spiel
berger, ,Rockaway' a.. Moore Fort Hamilton
Tub Race -Juniors-Won by e. Hamilton, staten
Island: Il. Royd, Staten Island, second; j. keteltas'
New York, third.
Canoe Race-Tandcm slngles-Won by II. !Smo-
lensky and Miss Mabel Wilson, New YORK l: Petu'
Man Fishing C~ontest-Edward Lane; City Island
man fish, and George Price, Tamplco, Mexico,
fisherman. First and second trials Lane succeeded
in breaking the lire, Third trial Price landed his
man-hsh.
OYaId Swimming Match-Won by j. Swim,
burne, Jersey City; r. Hirsch, New York, second;
l.. En- anuCl, Rockaway, third.
Canoe Gunwalealace-Won by II. Kopf, Rocka-
way; L. PetIgrcw. City Island, second.
AMHERST'S NEW TANK.
Swimming Pool About Ready-Squash
Courts Near Completion. ,