New-York tribune., 1909-02-16
MOTOR BOATS ON SHOW
BIG CROWD At OPENING.
Novel Graft suith Propeller IN
Front ArouSes Interest.

The best and most comprehensive motor boat
show held in this city was opened last night
In Madison Square Garden. Not only is 1t the best
show OF it's kind In this CITY, but II IS the
biggest and most diversified in everything that per
tains to motor boating held In this country
1t is both national and practical in scope, present
ing IN the striking manner an object lesson In
the tremendous progress in the motor boat Industry
during the last few years
In all, there displayed the floor fifty boats
OF every conceivable type, from high speed racing
craft pleasure boats and cabin cruisers for
rough weather and ocean going The entire
main floor is thickly studded with boats Of all sizes
and kinds 4 big crowd IN attendance, at
testing the popularity of the auto OF the water
The sensation Of the show. from the boating
standpoint. is a hydroplans craft. which. with Its
brilliant deck and hood covering the motor and
q double blade propeller perohed high 10 the air
above the bow, is easily the greatest novelty In
power boat craft exhibited in this country.
The boat occupies space by itself at the Fourth
avenue end of the Garden and was surrounded by
dense crowd Of curious spectators throughout the
evening.
1t is exact duplicate Of n new hydroplane re-
Gently built in France to compete in the Monaco
races In April and in its trial trips the Detroit
River two weeks ago attained the remarkable
speed of forty-six miles hour The owners Of
this nevel craft are ambitious 70 establish a new
speed record. both IN the East and West this sea
In tests II has developed hfty-nine Horsepower
The boat is q feet long and fest inches beam
hydroeane type. but the propeller IN 'front.' is some
thing entirely new, the idea being taken from tho
propelers used in drigibe arships, and It actually
pulls the boat through the water This front pro
pelier revolves st six hundred revolutions minute
while the three blade propeller IN the water at the
stern makes twelve hundred revolutions minuts-
The fetal weight of the boat is 1.1so pounds
For genuine comfort In long distance cruising.
combined with good speed capabilities the big $5-
foot rsised-deck cruiser occupying a commanding
go he a. the floor Il
attractive exhibits She IS equipped with 2-horse-
rourer four-cy1inder Speedway engine that will
drivs her twelve miles ar hour, The boat contains
two stateroorns. a galley with stove and tcebox.
comrncdious cockpit and all other conveniences-
The tall pole mast for signalling IS q distinctive
featurs The interior is white mahogany. and the
balance Of the boat is red mahogany. By its side
Is q hgh-speed 45-foot seagoug launch, with six
cylinder 6O-horsepoWer engine, capable ~ doing
twenty miles an hour
The Elco boats made by the Electric Launch
COMPANY Of Bayonne. were surrounded by keen
motor lovers The most pretentous is a 47-foot
cabin launch Of which several IN use IN differ
ent parts of the country Two types of the express
boats are shown. twenty -three-mile- AMI hour
craft s5 feet In length The 30foot boat attain
a sreed OF twenty miles an hour. There Is also
25-foot electric launch easy to run that woman
ran operate II without the slightest trouble II is
capable Of covering ninety miles without recharS1nG
The exhibit OF motors is the largest and most
coulpete in sli marines types that has ever been
seem IN any show in this country. Every conceiva-
bIa z+v1a oY medium horsepowered light motors OF
one 70 four cylinders displayed. and several are
shown in operation, so that all the working parts
may be studied These motors include all the popu-
lar types now In general use as auxniaries FOR
Measure as we'll as commercial boats and the man
who Is looking for engine costing from 500 to
5000 that can he attached to his sailboat OF ser
yiceable dory for instant in any emergency viii
be able 90 find what he wants.