The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-28
INVENTOR
OF new BOAT
IN DAYl()NA
CAPT. BARTLETT BELIEVES
NORTH POLE CAN Be REACHED
MAN WHO SAILED SEAS FOR
OVER HALF A CENTURY HAS
CRAFT WHICH WILL GO ON
LAND AND WATER.

@FNtN0 eNtNg WAtGh.
One OF the most interesting and
well-inf0med persons now visa ing
in Daytona is Captain George Bart
lett Of Pleasantville. N. J.,who ar
rived here recently and is stopping
at the Rosedaae. Capt. Bartlett has
made a tour of the state of Florida |
this season and is SO well pleased |
with Daytoma he has made up his
mind to make this city his winber
home in future.
For So years the captain followed
the seas. during which he made nu-
merous long voyages, Including % to
Greenland and the icy mountains for
the Pennsylvania SAT- Manufacturing
company. carrying a mineral called
Kryolite." Capt, Bartlett has
been married 45 years and SAYS he
is nine days older than he really is,
by reason of his making nine trips
around the world. gaming one day on
C<~NA wy GtSC. A1S Af<1S OklG epI
buried in China and one son buried
in Manila. He still has two sons
living. Prof. George BARTLETT, gen
eras secretary of the Y. NJ c. A. OF
the Pennsylvania road, and Edward
Bartlett of Camden, n. ].
Capt. Bartlett recently invented
an automobile boat that speeds
through the water and over the
snow and ice. which he hopes will
enable explorers to reach the north
pose.
In a Pleasantvilse, N. j., paper
telling of his SIND birthday anniver-
sary found the following description
of this new invention, together with
other interesting facts concerning
the captain.
His amphibious craft is S5 feet
in length, with six feet beam and
seven feet deep in the hold. 1t has
one mast forward, of Aength suffi-
cbent for a big spread of canvas. and
gasoline engine of 20 horsepower
/ The after wheels are made of solid
I iron with extra broad rims and pad
dies of sharp mon.
This boat, Captain Bartlett says,
easily surmounts snow, ice or sand
at am angie of IS degrees, and over
land or snow mountains the speed %
four or five miles an hour w1thou'
I - 81 81
spread and gasoline power, it ap
proxmates eight miles AN hour. Tht
forward wheels can be worked tx
steer the boat by lard or on tbs
water
For SO years the captain fol.owe(
the sea, during which time he tool
numerous long voyages, including 2.
to Greenland and the icy mountains
for the Pennsylvania Salt Manuaac
turing company carrying a minera
called "kryolbte = He holds an Eng
hsh masters certificate and hai
rounded the world several times a
master of some fine vessels.
The experience gained from. hi
many voyages TO the icy north ans
south caused him TO take a lively in
terest in the Peary-Cook north pod
controversy. Out of this interest
he explains, was born the desire t
draft some mechanical contrivanc
that would posses the strength I
cope successfully with all of the OF
J stacaes of Artic travel and at tn
same time be speedy enough I
travel to the north pole within re;
sonable time.
such boat as I have deSigne
could start from the north OF Greer
land IN latitude 81 and easily reac
the north pole in ten days, wfthoa
constant outside exposure to tn
weather. The necessary naNigatio
and observation instruments woul
surely be better potected in the el
! closed cabin, rendering them les
liable to any variations caused by e
} posure. Return could be made by wa
) OF Alaska.
"A boat of this design and to
: mage could carry all the scientif
! paraphernalia, together with prov
I sions and gasoline to last two
three months, which would be MOI
than enough time for the accoT
plishment of this great project. Tn
: boat, from its construction and fro
n the fact that it works equally We
ON land or water, would be an J
valuable aid IN the hfeSaymg servic
"A two-masted schooner OF
tons, constructed for Attic navig
ton. could easily carry the sailir
automobile boat on deck. A schoon
OF that dimension could find mario
passages through open foes al
could take advantage of them WI
mora safety than q larCe steam