Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
YACHTS COST
MUCH MONEY
SPENT IN FLOATING
PALACES
PLEASURE VESSELS RIVAL BIG
OCEAN LINERS

Men of Wealth Built Here, but
Several Are English
In Design
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The placing of
orders for huge steam yachts by Morton
E. Plant and Roy A. Rainey has set
yachtsmen wondering what size the pri-
vate fleet of American multi-millionaires
will soon reach. 1t is larger already than
that of any other country and is still
steadily growing. Today there are thirty
nine pleasure leviathans of the deep OF
500 tons, or 200 feet or more. flying the
Stars and Stripes at their stern. With
those ordered the list according to
size, is:
| Yacht and owner CIR. tong. ov. all
| Lysistrata James Gordon Bennett t.1. 1.9i2.75 BIAS
Valiant, W. X. Vanderbilt. 23 3S20
-, Morton f. Plant. t............... SVoo
Margarita, A. J. Drexel ...........l,lS0.S5 S2So
| Nahma, Mrs. Robert Goelet. s3 Soo'o
varuna, Eugene Higgins ...........lbIs.66 % Sou.o
| Niagara, Howard Gould ............1, ,443.S7 N2.O
Atalanta, George Gould ...........l,303ll IL 3oV.0
Lphrodite, Oliver H. Payne. .........1 sS 3026
Corsair 7 Pierpont Morgan. .......L 1868 3o4.0
- Pov "A Painev ev.. 2S1.0
warrior. r w vanderbilt. .......1, ,oS7 80 2S2.o
| zanadis G K G. BilIngs.......... 27S.0
'JsepISli q Widener ......... s74oo 251o
| America, Miss G. watts............. s5to0 254o
North Star, Cornelius Vanderbilt. SlS64 1850
wacouta I 7 hin ,....... S03g 240.0
Diana, C. Ledyard Blair......-...... 1900 zo3.
| No,,rrnabal John Jacob Astor .. 76S.97 247.0
| Noma William B. Leeds. ............ 76S00 25z.o
| Agawa, c. w. Harkness. ........... zlq.o
| Columbia, J. Harvey Ladew....... $500 1868
| Waturui, Randall Morgan ......... 67lO0 Zlu.o
| vsnetia Morton r plant 664 90 1865
| May, A. Van Rensselaer,. ........... 65200 a26.V
/ Tusoarora walter Jennings . 54O9 204.0
1 Rheclair, Daniel G.. Reid. $500 2l5.o
| Yacona- Henry c Pierce ...... 52735 211.0
| Alvina, Alex s. Cochran. ............ b260O 2l4.o
| Narada, Henry Walters. ........... f90S0 224.V
| e. 10 Is1 PAIR r. n Ielaud 4S7 40 221.6
| Txanawha. H. Rogers .......... 1880 227.0
| Fri King A. Edward Tower........ 1882 1000
| Apache, Edmund Randolph 45l.70 220.O
| Riviera F. Gallatin ................. 4077o 2OO.o
| Surf c. h G. Billings. s.............. S9O15 200O
Gunlida, w. L. Hardness. ........... 3S5.71 2oo.0
| Isis Wv & and 7 IT. Spaulding 377.00 1000
Conuueror, F. w. Vanderbilt....... 37lOl 203.O
| TJauoIj r. M smjth.............. 2p900 211.3
| Anita G. B. Wilson. ................. 23269 2O2.0
| This does not include such well known
vessels as George w. G. Drexels Alcedo,
Walton Ferguson's- Christabel, Elbridge
i II. Gerry's Electra, Winslow s. Pierce's
Gundreda, Frederick G. Borne's Colonia
/ (now under charter to Alfred G. Wander
bilt), Frank G.. Gould's Helenita, julius
Fleischmann's Hiawatha, e. G. Bene-
diets Oneida, e. H. Harrimans Sultana,
or r. A. C. Smiths Privateer. They are
now dimmed in size by the two-score
others.
How Boats Have Increased
Twenty years ago 1t was a novelty to
see an American yacht abroad, ten years
ago they became a customary sight in
the waters of the Mediterranean, at Kiel
and at Southampton, and now their num-
bers make them notable there. All along
/ this coast from Halifax to Havana, and
/ even on the other side of the Atlantic,
from Norway down around the Spanish
coast, east to the Suez canal, it Is rarely
one cruises without seeing Old Glory fly
ing DER polish and spickness. And while
| the vessels are growing in numbers they
| also are reaching out in size. In this
| they are rivaling in proportion the huge
| transatlantic liners
| Roth the new yachts for the head of
the Plant steamship and railway system
and that for the young coke dealer OF
| Cleveland are examples of this. The
plant Yacht is to be the third largest
afioat, being smaller only than James
Gordon Bennells Lysistrata. and w. *.
| Vanderbilt's Valiant. King Edwards
new Princess Louise, now building at
Glasgow by A. & ]. Inglis, will rank only
fourth on the list. She will be 300 feet
long. five feet shorter than the Plant
Yacht and fourteen feet less than the
Lysistrata.
| Mr. Plant now owns tine black Venetia,
which is of 664 tons and 1865 feet over
all, but he sought a larger craft. He
| placed an order with Cox & King OF
London to carry out his wishes, ana
they have designed vessel 3O5 over all,
| 260 feet on the water line and thirty
| seven feet six inches beam. She is to
he built by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith,
! Scotland.
Mr.. Rainey also sought Englishmen to
make his craft. 1t is not that they build
better boats abroad, but they build them
there cheaper, and the millionaire
| by going to England can save many OF
his dollars. Mr.. Raipey's vessel will be
| built on the Clyde at Greenock. Her
plans have been drawn and approved and
work is about to be begun on her. 1t
| is figured that she will be ready to leave
| the ways by December and VIII be
brought to this country as early in the
spring as possible. She will be twenty
| four feet shorter than the Plant yacht
but in completeness of equipment and in
speed she will be surpassed by none OF
those larger
That former factor, which means COM
fort has also grown, together with the
other features of rich living afioat, until
today the modern deep sea rover OF the
individual or WeaAsl prOVlueS everything
that can be had in a. shouse on shore and
often more First, the vessels are stanch-
ly built and in model are beautiful Gre
ations. They will withstand any storm
that may cross their track and any seas
they may encounter. Their crews include
a complement of servants at the beck
and call of the owner and his guests
who may roam the wide decks, lounge
in the libraries or gather in the dining
saloons and drawing rooms, and If young
America is part Of the family there is
nursery. Several of the large vessels
have fifteen state rooms. with third as
many baths anu the fittings throughout
are the most elaborate.
Floating Palaces of Luxury
The Margarita is notable example
OF luxury. This stanch boat, intended
for worldwide cruising, was formerly
called the Semiramis and was CONSTRUCTED
ed in France at a cost of s25O,0O0. That
amount seems insignificant when it Is
considered that w. X Vanderbilt ex-
pended more than S1,OOO.OOO in construct
ing and fitting the bark-rigged Valiant, |