The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-16
M0TOR-BOAT SHOW
IN FULL SWING
AT THE GARDEN
Engines and Aquatic Fur
bellows Of a Year Ago Re.
l. vealed as Archaic.
NEW MARINE IDEAS.
New York OutclasseS the
l. Western Builders in the
Cruiser Line.
NEW MARINE IDEAS.
YROBERT EDGREN.

night The great arena Is In blaze Q
electric lights and on the floor spac
nifty different varieties OF motor boats
the latest des!gns-fght for room wit
a hundred different new and novel type
OF internal combustion motors. All alon
the gallery are booths filled with up-to
date marine fittings and novelties.
Already the motor boats and engine
and aquatic fr!lls and furbelows OF
year ago have become archaic. To I'm
yourself In the swim at all you'll hav
to visit the Garden and see what is u,
to date.
The motor boat show was In full bias
shortly after the opening OF the door
at s o'clock. Crowds packed the aises
CAPPED at the engines and clamberet
over the cruisers until each one locke,
like old Mother Hubbard's shoe durin;
. school holiday.
The th!ckest OF the crowd was arounC
Q queer machine called THE Bat" Thi
IL Western product. Il takes th'
West TO turn out something absolutel!
new In the freak line.
Made Forty.slx Miles an Hour.
THE Bat" Is fiat. shallow boa
shaped something like an elongated plat
ter. It Is 81 feet long and 8 feet
inches beam, and they do say that wher
travelling at full speed It draws noih!n.
1t all but the depth Of the propellel
below the hull. II has small COCKPIT!
Jus. large enough for two. It's engine
II OF ffty horsepower. Up forward Il
. "puller"-a windmill arrangement con
sist'ng Of a two .bladed a!rship propelle!
chain.geared to the engine shaft. Thi;
propeller revolves at 600 revolutions O
minute. while a. the stern the ordinary
propeller turns at LOO.
Tho Detroit Boat Company states that
this whole outfit weighs only l.l9l
pounds, and that on Its trial trip, on
the Detroit River a few weeks ago II
averaged the phenomenal speed OF forty
six miles an hour, about ten miles faster
than the famous Dixie II. The motor
was designed by Charles Herreshoh. It's
q record breaker.
For the first time in the history Of
the Motor Boat Show New York out
classes the Western builders in the
cruiser line. The star OF the show Is
the Speedway, a torty-lve-foot cruiser.
beautiful OF line and finished inside like
q Pullman car. The Speedway. as an
example OF ship building art, makes the
best big boats Of last year seem as
clumsy as Noah's Ark. Every line Is
Q dream.
The Electric Boat Company, o.
Bayonne. had It's usual line OF Eco
products, but moro refined than ever
before. These are the flyers. Inside
and out they are finished with the same
care put on a hiSh-priced watch. They
range In speed from twen;y-three miles
an hour down. One Is an electric which
can be driven without soilIng white
gloves.
Biggest Engine In the Show.
The biggest engine In the show Is
the m-horse Standard built to go In the
STANDARD" a fifteen metre boat that
has been entered with the Dixie TO
compete at Monaco next April. From
that they range down to the lIt;le one
horse power affairs that run lighting
dynamo or canoe. All OF the engines
have been greatly refined this season.
and many have novel additions.
The Ferro has a chain-drive starting
device that does away with the old style
OF cranking. One Of the best OF the
New York motors is the Twentieth Cen
fury. equipped with low tension mag
netos, gear-drlven, and make and break
lighters. The Sterling Engine Company,
OF Buffalo, shows side by side one OF
Its 1905 models and 1909. The differ
ence between the clumsy, heavy, com
plcated engine o: four years ago and
the compact, simple motor OF to-day is
q good Illustration OF the immense in.
provement in construction and design.
In the marine novelties the advance IA
as marked as In boats and engines. Tho
Apple Electric Company has an exhIb,t
In which they make the electric current
do everything but talk There Is a new
dynamo OF twice the ordinary producing
power. yet only half as heavy as last
years..
, Charges Storag, Batteries
This is used to charge storage batter
les for ignition and electric lighting. An
automatic cut out controls the charging
and the pressing OF button tells in.
stantly Just how much current Is being
generated and how much is used by the
engine or by each light. A few hours
running with This outfit added to ,he
motor gives electric current enough for
ignition and Tor electric light for cabins
running lights and search lights for days
In advance.
Tse most useful novelty In the whole
SHOW. from the mariners viewpoint. Is
an anchor OF an absolutely novel design.
20 simple that one cannot help wonder.
Inc why no one thought OF IL before
This Ia the Hall combination fiuke and
anchor. 1t Is made In ali
sizes, and Its great advantage over tie
ordinary types Is that 1t VIII hold on
any kind OF bottom. and hold til the
COWS come home. a good anchor is
often the price OF boat and human lie,
There's everything at the Motor Boat
Show this year from a deep sea cruiser
10 Caco whistle. which is about the |
size OF cucumber and makes louder !
noise than a tug whistle ns big as |
mans leg. There's everything from a |
liquid soap to n Koven or Janney. |
stelnmetz seamless steel tank, pressed
out OF solid block. Only a visit 10 the |
ii IL and that Val. oass. 10 ' cover FIN; ;wo
y three dayh