Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-27
HiGH SPEED COSTING MONEY
BENEFICIAL
DEyIIo2-E-
IN the Cans+ructioa Of speed Boats
War.ze Architects Are GaininE
Conrf 1crnbte valuabIe In
form atfon.

consi IcrrbI vaIuabIe In
formation.
NEW YORK. Aus. l9-seversl weeks age
the largest vessel fl the world and the
LARGEST ore ever baEt entered New York
hsrbor Il vas the Olympic Of the White
star Inca ship SIS feet long. with dis
placement Of ss.0o tons. driven BY engines
~ SION horsepower. The cost OF building
tHls vessel was something enormous. run
ming 70 several millions Of dollars just
What u cost is probably not known 70
any one excepting builders and owners. Il
came across the ocean al q speed approx
mating twenty-five nautical miles per
hour. II came on the ordinary mission Of
commerce bringing passengers and freight
ana when II left New York a few days
later II went on q similar mission.
There arrived a few DAYS since another
vessel British built. a. was the Olympic
which presents something Of a contrast %
that queen o. the ocean. IL is known as
Maple Leaf III Il Is forty feet long from
ZIP 70 DIP. The term displacement seems
almost out OF place In respect TO 80 small
vessel. but 9 naval architects calculs-
ton shows that figure is probably not less
than five or six tons The motive power
consists OF two internal combustion en-
ginss. or gasoline engines, as they are
usually known. Of 80 horsepower each,
making a total Of 90 Horsepower. The cost
OF building this boat is not known. but il
was probably considerably in excess OF
S50,O0O II has run a ssngls mile at the
rate Of as nautical miles or 81 land miles
per hour. It came. trgether with two
other boats-P1oneer and Zigarella-to try
20 recapture from America the British in
ternAuonal trophy for high speed motor
boats, commonly known as the Harms
worth cup.
II the Olympic, the largest ship afloat.
were equipped With engines as large in
proportion 20 its size as are those Of Maple
Leaf ~. it would have nearly &c, 10000 Of
Horsepower and II its cost were in proper
ton to that of the little boat the figures
would run close 70 Ss0o, 90. O0o. This com
paE4son simply illustrates the fact that in
q effort 20 attain the highest possible
speed on the water there IL no limit 20
the amount OF money racing men wiz
: Npene. But there 10 justification in the
enormous expense Of building high speed
-ReinS eoats, in that By means OF il q
,ast deal of information OF real value 20
he commercial field becomes available.
Fast Tims 10 BE Made
Those who follow the development Of rae
ing motor boats closely. are Of the opinion
that IN ten races for the British Interna-
uonal Trophy 70 be held At Huntington,
L l.. on August a. 3 and %. the winning
beat viii have 70 make considerably taore
than forty nautical miles an hour, and
perhaps a. much as nfry nautical miles
II any such speed 10 attained Il will be the
result Of the closest kind Of study and e<-
haustive experiment on the part Of me-
ehanieal engineers and naval architects
reinforced by an almost unlimited expend-
iture Of money. and when It has been at
ta1ned At such cost the boat making II
viii be Of practically no value for any pur-
pose other than the making OF speed But
the knowledge gained as 10 the form Of
boat best suited to easy driving. OF the
weight Of motor per horse power; OF the
relations Of power OF motor TO size and
form Of boat. will be Of immense value to
navel architect and boat builder IN the
designing and building Of boats to be usec
for everyday purposes. Those who are old
enough TO remember Puritan, Mayflower,
RAd volunteer-the three defenders OF the
Americas cup, designed by Burgess IN
1856 IS and 81. also recall that many boats
Of the Gloucester fishing fleet planned BY
the same naval architect in the years i'm
rlediately following. showed a vast i'm
provement IN earning power, and ease and
- comfort Of operation over the older boats
Z Is also known that fishing vessels re-
entity built by crowinshisld and othsEs.
n which are embodied IDEAS developed in
he building OF racing yachts, are better
poats than those OF the day OF Burgess
Il 10 q fact. too. that the r7lnAbout motor
soats Of to-day. twenty 20 thirty feet long
capable Of carrying from three 20 eight O.
en- people and OF making from fifteen tc
twenty-five miles an hour: beats that are
equipped with motors that are almost a.
reliable - steam engines, and almost a,
flexible in control: boats that may be had
~ moderate cost. embody in construction
: nd equipment IDEAS that have been Dc
,eloped and tried out in the building Of
Nigh speed racing boats. IN which there
has been absolutely no consideration Of
sost
A StrAkdnE Example.
A striking example is the runAbout Pete
san Il, built this year in New Yorl
Eaters She Is twency-six feet long. nv
'eet wide and Is equipped -%gith q forty
Aorse power motor Of the medium duty
sort. She viii carry SIX or seven people
In q race she has made more than twenty
seven miles an hour. and has defsateC
boats with more than double her power
Her hun IL a modified hydroplAne. al
sAApeAtSoa Of that OF a high-speed racing
beat. And the cost OF this boat was mod
crate
Ten or twelve years ago one who con
templated acquiring a motor boat Of an
sort was compelled 20 allow about 800 pc
horse power a. the cost Of motor. TO
day there are gasoline motors OF man
kinds and sizes that are 20 be had a. a
low figure a. 80 to So per horse power
Such engines are not OF the highest type
nor Of the greatest efficiency. nor Of IN
most perfect condition OF design and finish
but thsy are servfceAble motors. dong III
work that 10 required % them fairly well
and there are thousands Of them. almos
hundreds Of thousands OF them. in use, IS
peeiaIly On interior waters In this country
Likewise ten or twelve years ago IN
weight Of ordinary motors is from nftesl
20 twenty pounds per horse power. Will
racing motors OF ten pounds per Eors
power are considered rather heavy. an
engines weighing no more than five pound
-