New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
SHOW NEARING END
NO LACK OF SALES.
Motor Boats Continue to Drd1c
Big Cro1Cds to Garden.


comes to an end in Madison Square Garden
tonight the attendance figures will exceed
those of any previous exhibition by over
twenty thousand Unlike that OF FORMER
wears. the attendance yesterday was eQuai
to that of any day excepting Washing
tons Birthday, while the number or puf-
chasers of boats and engines was far IN
excess of that of any previous day or the
show.
The national legislative convention OF the
National Power Boat Association was heiu
Yesterday in the concert hall of the Car
den Commodore Charles W. kotcher, or
Detroit president of the association. pre-
sided and Congressman w. E. Humphrey.
of Seattle, sponsor for the humphrey
marine inspection bill, and General George
Uhler. supervising inspector general OF the
United States steamboat Inspection SERVICE
were the chief speakers.
The questions under discussion related
to the federal regulation of power boats
and the necessity OF seriously considering
the enactment Of new statutes to overcome
the uncertainty under which power boats
are now being operated. Congressman
Humphrey stated that he had introduced
the bill bearing his name In order TO give
the subject publicity and to encourage
comment, which had been literally be-
slowed against the bill. He said that al
though some legislation was necessary he
believed the bill should not be passed. but
that q substitute measure ought to take
It's place.
General Uhler defended the attitude OF
the steamboat inspection service regarding
the enforcement of regulations looking
toward safety in the operation of all
classes of vessels He referred to the
o,,1
his department was under fire all the time
in the protection Of life and property. The
speaker, in conclusion said that safety
should be the keynote Of any power boat
law.
Other speakers were Commodore r. ii.
Combs, Of ST. Louis. who described boat
ing conditions on the Mississippi River;
Commissioner Of Navigation E. T. Cham
berlin, who emphasized the necessity for
concerted action in securing reasonable
and satisfactory conditions. George F.
Fawley of Boston, chairman Of the leg1s-
latiye committee of the National Associa-
ton of Engine and Boat Manufact
Charles D. Durkee, vice-president OF the
Marine Supplies Association Of America,
and John II. Penton, chairman of the Ma
tional Power Boat Association executive
committee, discussed the need of present
ing to Congress some simple and compre-
hensiye recommendation for the better
control of power boats. The next meeting
will be held in Chicago on April l.
Several important contracts and sales
were recorded yesterday. President Rey-
nolds of the Racine Boat Company Sc
cured contract from the United states
government for Lightship No. S This
vessel will be used off Milwaukee Harbor
I'D xxsSn "a Sf ted
of steel She is single screw and steam
and will cost $4,000. The Racine people
also have under construction Lightship
No. a. which will be stationed at Frying
Pan Shoals off the coast Of North Caro-
lima and the twin screw steam lighthouse
tender Camellia, which will be stationed at
New Orleans. The total cost Of these three
vessels will exceed quarter of million
dollars.
Albert E. Smith and j. Stewart Black
ton. of New York, placed IN order for two
S-foot motor yachts, to be ready for de-
livery on May Is, and Walter T. Wallace,
of South Orange, N. j., purchased an Elco
express. with a speed Of eighteen miles,
equipped with a 41-horsepower gasolene
motor Mr. Wallace will use his boat in
the races on Rangeley Lakes. Maine, dur
ing the summer. An order was placed with
government for several engines for use in
tenders carried on the battleships.
Maude Adams is now a yacht owner.
Her private signal will shortly be hoisted
on the Peter Pan, an 18-foot motor boat. |
which has won fourteen trophies on Lake |
Erie. Lake Ontario and Lake Michigan. |
The boat was won by Miss Adams in |
voting contest. She has been notified of |
her success and will put the Peter Pan |
in commission on the Sound, with moor |
ines in Rosyn Harbor.
The development of the sport OF motor
hoating as a means of recreation has had |
remarkable growth, according TO Presi- |
dent ]. j. Amory OF the National Asso- |
cjatjon of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. |
who said yesterday that the number OF |
motor boats In use in the United States |
was over one hundred thousand. In COM |
n,enting on this he added that II was a |
dtff1cuIt matter to find river or lake that |
affords any kind OF boating facilities with
ouf it's feet of power craft. The constant i
imnrovement which has been going on for /
the last five years IL responsible for the /
increase in this sport and Mr. Amory pre- |
d,rts that the next few years will see an |
even more astonishing growth in the use OF |