Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-10-15
10 SEA IN HOUSE BOAT.
Wealthy Mans Trip From New
York to Florida.
-HCNEYMOON'S CONTINUATION.

tWnen CoStIleSt NTaIt OF Its N'Io ]"
United States Rides on the Atlantic.
Luxurious Quarters on Boat For
n,erly Owned by Long Islander.
Yachtsmen who have sailed the
world over In quest of recreation and
house boat trip from New York city to
Elorida of Edward naeclet. treasurer
of the Equitable Engineering company
Of New York. Mr.. Bccket's house boat
Najmc is the most splendidly equipped
and coStlicst craft of its kind in Amer
lea, if not in the world
Although the boat draws little more
than three leet of water. Mr.. Beckett
says there will he no danger when it
1leovrs the inland route i'll Virginia and
rides on the Atlantic around Cape Hat
teras and thence along the coast to
Florida in tow of an ocean going tug.
Mr.. Beckett intends to spend the win
Ter on the Miami river. The trip will
1be Il continuation of the honeymoon
from which Mr.. and Mrs. Beckett re-
turned recently after an extended Eu-
rOpean tour.
Up to the time of the recent pur-
chase of the Maine from the heirs of
George c. Taylor, the eccentric mil
2ionaire of Isip, n. Y. considerable
mystery surrounded the boat, says the
New York World. 1t was built for
Betsy Head, hOusekeeper for the aged
millionaire and whose home on the
Long Island estate We'd with the own
ner's mansion in magnificence.
Yachtsmen who have seen the Maine
have expressed themselves as amazed
by Its luxuriant fittings. Her grace
.ful lines, trim maSts and FURNISHED
orasses suggest at first glance that the
craft is a yacht. Closer inspection.
however, reveals her to be house
boat without power. She is ninety
eight feet on the water line and has a
thirty foot beam. The Cigarette,
4 ,wncd by an English millionaire, and
7--@Tte Everglades, owned by Colonel
Thompson of New York city. are the
III .-oUse uo4.s in The world which
-asxcccd the Maine in length, but nei-
-hcr has more than half her beam.
'J'be Maine is far more spacious than
anany a summcr villa. The interior
woodwork, even to the galley. is of
mahogany. Below the main deck are
tsSllr large gtatcrO0ms with two baths.
! go 9modinus dining room, Il salon
I'M y reading room. The latter three
apartments. combined with Il wide
Nal can be turned into ballroom by
removing port.eres which otherwise
separate them.
Forward On the boat are the Kitchen
II galley, two stateroonS, one for the
',.hCf end the other for the maids, and
.luartCrs for the crew. which consists
ot four men and cabin boz. On the
sipI+r decN-the second story Of this
rlal tial house boat-is the "sun prone
gpalc.' along which are boxes filled
a~3th Towering plants. They are in
NeiCw of the owners suit. which was
Resigned by f. Cock burn tombstone. a
Scotch shipbuldins expert. and to
whose ingenuity the yachtlike appear
An " the Ne inc is due.
The owners suit consists of a salon.
"A spacious bedroom and tiled bath
room equipped with hot and cold salt
water or fresh water. A spacious fire
.,lace. which is fed with logs, Is in
stalled in the salon.
Mr.: Beckett purchased the thirty-fve
foot mahogany launch, the SYRIA. with
The Maine as tender. The launch
will tow the house boat down the Rari.
tan canal through the Delaware river
and into Chesapeake bay. where tug
will take up the journey around Cape
Hatteras to Miami. Fla. Among the
modern appliances with which the
Maine is fitted IS n sulphuric ether
hydrogen searchlight. the first Of its
= 4!nd operated by storage battery. Of
$4,000 candle power.
George c. Taylor built the Maine
'-sseveral years ago from plans drawn by
! Aimsef. The Najme's lines were first
stahed off with ropes on the lawn Of the
milionaires Long Island estate. He
employed expert craftsmen engaged
from abroad to carry out his ideas
They were Instructed to defer from
even driving nail unless it was with
the sanction of Mr.. Taylor or Betsy
Of the Maine at more than 100000
When the boat was finished Mr.. Tay-
2Or found he could not get 1t to the bay
IN launch. He had Il canal dug from
rhc lawn to the inlet. a distance of half
A mile. and In this manner floated the
boat 1t was moorcd to dock at the
en-. Oh me canal after one trial trip and
thorN@ft" was nc''2r used. Betsy Head
Il was said in the neighborhood, had
1red Of the costly within in which she
had been INDUCED by the eccentric mil
I}onaire. The house boat was kept ready
For occupancy. nevertheless. but only
few personal friends of Mr.. Taylor
were permitted to go on board.
Mr.. Beckett has refitted the boat in
= lhe most luxurious manner compatible
with good taste. He plans later to in
stall an engine which will drive the
boat al speed Of from six to seven
miles an hour
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