The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-21
LOG OF THE PADDTN YACHT
OFTEN REPAIRED, mr. NBLE TO
VOYAGE 10 COLLEGE POINT.
tar Foster. Cot Pudden's Successor.
submits 60 MAYER t3ayROr q ChFoas-
IoEiraI RcDSrt aG the DoiREs ur the
Antiriam Nav n Natrliinan's care

lmEtenl Nfunrl OF Nue huNAah " wv
Antictam Nav m Watrhinan's care.
when Michael C. Padden waa Water
Register h. had for the seeking u water
thieves a Yacht namcd Antietam. Uol.
Padden went ont II Office on January
last. but the Mayor fancied he'd like a
history ul the Autietam, and he asked
Clair Foster the new Water Register 10
prVparr one for hiu.
Mr. Poster submitted that history yes
tsrday be asked the Mayor 20 pardon
tho humorous vein In which Il was writ
ten She was comic opera Yacht, her
whole history burlrsqUe SAYS Register
Poster 10 M. MAYOR Her whole cost, in
Cluding the purchas" price, was 81 ,26i q.
and u hasn't been demonstrated that she
ever accomplished anything worthy Of
note
For two years before Admiral Padden
raised his flag on the Anlietam the Water
Department Used a small boat borrowed
from the Dock Department.. n little vessel
which used 10 sneak in and out. making
quick landings and catching persons
engaged in the larceny u water In An
gust, 1877, the AntietSm was purchased
from Rudolph Fhnsch. an especial appro-
priation II sl5.0Oo having been obtained
and then began her career oi deferred
activity
prom such records As exist Register
Poster reports 1t appears that she was
delivered 10 the department at Fast
Twenty fourth street on August -. 1877
She was marked Out 81 commission mp
b. and including August - This out q
commission business seems 10 have been
habit right from the start. and a rubber
stamp was used 20 signify the condition .
Her cruising in 1877 appears 10 have
been confined 20 two days. and then she
Was out of commission until June ~
1903 But never was there a boat with such
~ luck. as Mr. Foster finds lack % u
pilot lack Of coal. lack Of a crew. orders
from the department. lark % pack nE
rings for the cylinder stutiin z boxes
something or other went on the records
b. show that she couldn't work
According 20 law continues Mr. Pos
YER. "A log must H. kept u the movements
Of ship ct this kind, and up 10 this time
nOsuch record had been kept Beginning
with September I. I0S log has been kept
II reminds one Of Gilbert aud sullivan
play. man with a sense Of humOT
could hardly Law II down until he read II
through from beginning 90 end
Throughout September the Yacht lay
CT Reillys repair yard in Jersey City.
the crew reporting Ithe log saysI every
day. the monotony broken only by the
visits Of inspectors, who sometimes stayed
tWo hour. On October y a new pilot
named Leonard reported and with ln-
spector Boyle took an invoice OF the
ships belongings.
Prom this time on. the history c5n-
tnues. the log was kept uy Leonard.
The gentleman il nov dad 80 W. will
say nothing 90 a. h,m. Sufics 10 ~
record that he was almost or wholly un-
reliable anda gensrll gll around '-ouse %
The inventory continued for dlvs. a
telephone g being received now
and then 10 reIisys the boredom or au
engineer reporting 10 stprlant some other
engineer. October -. isis was a lively
day. The ship moved 20 Ninety seventh
street and took on AZ tons ~ coal aud
tank full Of water
IL l. presumed Mr Foster comments
that the coal went into the bunker and
the water in the tanks but after reading
the log through ! would not swear 10 il. :
The next day somebody built a FIRE and
% geo they again raised anchor and went
81 Ninety--eycnth street for water. This /
" what makes m, think they NAV have
yut the water Iu the coal LuuEar the dlv
before. They finished taking water a.
1880 sud then went on patrol duty They
vent down the North River 20 Bay RIDGE (
and mp the Fast River ~ last twenty /
fourth street where they mad. fast for 1
the night az gP NJ the crew leaving az /
8 O'Clock
Followed several days when he Autie- .
tam made safe LITTLE runs. having her /
dock ne early a. 90 N and getting back .
- late "a, y 81 somehow she failed .
e. report having seen shils Dr TUG u any ,
kiId, either with ct without permit
ON November .. saws tiu history
1shg made quiCi, getaway a'sts How .
ever she made up for i' uu 'he OH All
haEGs were aboard 10 \ and always re-
memboruK bat these are the ii statements
of PHO Leonard lrft a. In3u. When she
Roi down ~ Ear a. India Wharf they found
boiler connection leaking. 81 they went
baCS to Iv"u,y fourth street a. 1850 ]
On the l2fh there wa siIll another hap.
pening u note new IN zineer APPEARED
IN the person IT 4. - Burns. who arrived
liist a. time go TAX" "a nice sail. lut tu,i,s f.
otherwise aud Tor some time usalss- FL b,
crpi as q means tD keep the city from
p.lIrg up too much money
Repairs 20 the boiler we're finished an
November A. boat they found . new I.ak
On the 18Th. Full crew vas aboard thai
day. SAYS Mr. Foster. '"Ncrpt the stoker.
and IN the hight II later records do moi
fee how they eyer dared ru ct up steam
without the prezsuoy- u thar stokrr for
BE- wa absent frequently aft-rvard. aud
this = gwen ~ 90" excuse Tor the boa'
not hoinE ln U-".
On the ran tu" Anii-ian needed sIv
tom more ~ egg coal and q required from
~ ~ 4 VI 80 : = VI 20 take On the siy
tons Occasionally she did q little o..
trolling, hui leaks were always develop
ing In the boiler or steam pires ~ some
Whenp.
-On November % she arrived az Fast
Twenty fourth street and tied no for
the lay az ~ SAYS Nlr Poster -fyery i
body had 10 - home early becau-. the
next day was ThaHk-g wing. On Noveu-
Der - all were aboard again az So clock.
o. 10 the pilot left Tor the Dfiice IN hii-i-
ness pertaining 10 taking fhe boat g.
New burgh Tor the winter lie returned
81 ? Inspector Boyd arrived a. ? ala,
and stayed until ~. bit the zhtp id not
g. out What was the us,. anyhow 2"
The yacht lay all winter a. Nevburgh
Capt. Leonard reported for duty Du