Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-19
TO SEAIN HOUSE BOAT
Wealthy Mans Trip From New
York to Florida.
HONEYMOONs CONTINUATION.

No Danger Says Edward Beckett,
When costlisst Craft Of tie Kind In
United States Rides on the Atlantic.
Luxurious Quarters on Boat For
HsrIy Owned BY Long islander.
Yachtsmen who have sailed the
world over in quest Of recreation and
health are deeply interested in the
house boat trip from New York city to
Florida Of Edward Beckett, treasurer
Of the Equitable Engineering company
Of New York. Mr.. Beckets house boat
Maine Is the most splendidly equipped
and costllest craft Of it's kind In Amer
lea, II not in the world.
Although the boat draws little more
than three feet OF water, Mr. Beckett
says there win be no danger when 1t
leaves the inland route in 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 viii
be a 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 g. Taylor, the eccentric mil
iionaire Of Islip, 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 Wed with the own
er's mansion in magnihcence.
Yachtsmen who have seen the Maine
have expressed themselves as amazed
by its Iuxuriant fittings. Her grace
full lines, trim masts and Furnished
brasses suggest at first glance that the
craft Is a yacht. Closer inspection,
however, reveals her to be a house
boat without power She Ia ninety
eight feet on the water line and has
thirty foot beam. The Cigarette,
owned by an English millionaire. and
the Everglades. owned by Colonel
Thompson Of New York city, are the
only house beats In the world which
exceed the Maine I'm length, but mel
Their has more than half her beam.
The Maine Is far more spacious than
many summer villa. The interior
woodwork. even to the galley, is Of
mahogany. Below the main deck are
four large staterooms with two baths,
commodious dining room, salon
and a reading room. The latter three
apartments. combined with a wide
hall. can be turned into ballroom by
removing portieres which otherwise
separate them.
Forward on the boat are the kitchen
or galley. two staterooms, one for the
chef and the other for the maids, and
quarters for the crew, which consists
Of four men and a cabin boy. On the
upper deck-the second story Of this
palatlal house boats the ''sun prone
nade," along which are boxes filed
with towering plants. They are in
view Of the owners suit, which was
designed by n. Cockburn tombstone, a
Scotch shlpbuildlng expert. and to
whose ingenuity the yachtllke appear
ance Of the Maine Is due.
The owners suit consists Of a salon,
spacious bedroom and a tiled bath
room equipped with hot and cold salt
water or fresh water. A spacious fire.
place, 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 a tender. The launch
will tow the house boat down the Rari,
tan canal. through the Delaware river
and into Chesapeake bay, where a tug
win take up the journey around Cape
Hatteras to Miami. Fla. Among the
modern appliances with which the
Maine Is fitted is a sulphurlc ether