Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31

thirty miles above Old Point Comfort, is
inaccessible except by means OF an occa-
sional steamboat and the forty -footer
was expected to furnish reliable ferry
service between the farm and Hampton
roads. But a few trips proved that the
lower Chesapeake had little respect for
so Insignificant a craft as a forty-footer
1--WE call such boat a handsome and pa
latial yacht up here and it will be re-
placed by motor yacht seventy feet in
length.
Grey Jacket is the boat Alvin o. Port
ner will endeavor to bring to the P0to-
mac next spring. The craft is a Q class
sloop. built in 1910, and has been one of
the most successful boats of her class In
the north.
1t is hard to believe that 765 differ
ent and distinct sizes of marine en-
gfnes will be marketed in the United
States next season, but 1T is fact that
goes to show the rapid advance power
1t is said that boat building plants
are springing up out west in towns
hundreds of miles away from water
and that the remarkable increase In
activity around shipyards is due en-
tirely to the advent of the motor boat.
Along the eastern coast OF the
United States there are yards which
have remained idle for years and thou
sands Of men who have almost forgot
ten their trade, being forced into serv-
ice daily to supply the demand for gas
oline-driven craft of every description.
ton.
Rear Commodore w J. Ingram and
Fleet Captain j. E. Battenfield of the
Corinthian Yacht Club are at work on
ment the front of the clubhouse next
summer. The device is thirty inches
in diameter and in it will be placed a
powerful electric light behind heavy
glass front, ornamented with the de-
sign of the club button in colors.
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Yach clubs. representatives of mer-
chant marine and others concerned
have been mailed the following in
teresting letter:
Department of Commerce and Labor,
Steamboat Inspection Service
From various sources the attention
Of the Department of Commerce and
in some instances the application Of
the rules and regulations of the steam
boat inspection service has involved
discussion and created some dissatis-
faction, stress being laid also upon an
alleged lack Of uniformity in the ad-
ministration to take up, consider anC
discuss any proposed changes in the
rules and regulations that will insure
their better and more uniform appli-
cation while maintaining their objects
and purposes Of the service.
1.-The board of supervising inspectors
meets annually on the third Wednesday
in January in the city of Washington,
and as president of that board 1 extend
to you very cordial invitation to meet
with the board at its next annual meet
ing to discuss with it any propositions
or suggestions that you may have to
offer regarding the practicability of the
rules and regulations or the necessity of
any changes. 1t is requested that some
time previous to the meeting you give
an outline, at least OF any changes or
suggestions that you may have to offer
i'm order that the matter may be ready
for discussion when you appear before
the board. Respectfully,
GEORGE III. UHLER,
supervising Inspector General, ID. N. II. -
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Two interesting boats that will appear
on the Potomac next season are being
built by w. c. Powell Of the Corinthian
Yacht Club. They are thirty-eight by
nine feet steel hull dead-rise cruising
cycle, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS engines which
Mr.. Powell is also building himself
One craft will go to DIR. A. S. Wolfe
who is also a member of the Corinthiar
Yacht Club.
A new walkway has been laid from
the gate to the front door of the club
house. The Corinthian Club Is very for.
tunate in having yard BACK of its house
large enough to accommodate almoS
every boat in the fleet during the winter
| months, and the means of transferring
boats from water to cradles is worked
out to perfection. The boat to be stored
on shore during the cold weather II
| hauled on an up-to-dAte marine railway
to a turntable on which tracks are LAID
| to every part of the yard 1t is theI
simply a matter of rolling the craft OF
a Nat car to whatever berth the owne
may pick out.
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| The result of the elections at the Hamp
| ton Roads Yacht Club for the year 1911
| is as follows: Commodore, b. +. Mitchell
rear commodore, l.. +. Fowler; vice com
mOdore, DR.. II. Il. Webster: paymaster
L. II. Smith; secretary. j. n. WOodside
On the board of governors are Charles