The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
NOTABLES WATCH BRIDGEPORT-MADE
 CRAFT CHRISTENED First Daughter of Inventor Breaks Champagne Bottle Over Bow of Submarine CAPTAIN LAKE IS
 HIGHLY PLEASED Launching Is Accomplished Without Mishap-Craft
 Soon Safely Moored

 porters cheered and shfvered ss the Lake Submarine torpedo boat, the e 3, also known as the Turbot, took to the water for the first time at the shipyards of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. at the foot of seaview avenue this forenoon
 It was just 1O:49 when workmen saving away the underpinning that held the 200 foot steel huIled diver in place, shouted up to Naval Con structor Henry that the vessel was in motion. It seemed almost a minute before the movement was DerceptibIe. Then, with gathering speed the sub marine slid gentle towards the chan neI, and Miss Miriam Lake, first daughter of MT. and Mrs. Simon Lake. broke a bottle of wine on the bow. A gust of wind caught up the fra grant spray and sent it flying over the throng. The cheers of the gay gath e-ing grew as the craft neared it's element, and continued until with a. graceful plunge the submarine quit the ways and rode the waves
 There was a large gathering of i'm vited guests, including manufactures and merchants, many professional men, and their wives and families By trolley and automobile came the spec tators. The Iuck1ess trolley patrons were jamrned into cars that ran so i'm
 
 transportation facilities, that scores were left standing on the curbs all along the trolley line from the center nf the city to the shipyards.
 Simon Lake, the inventor of the Lake type of submarine, was active in receiving the notables. He and his father, Christopher J. Lake, were busy as beavers with the naval officials, in receiving the honOred guests and safe guarding the spectators who were held in places of safety by squad of po- lice under Captain Anderson.
 At the bow of the vessel was erected a platform on which the guests took their position as the time of launch ing approached. A bright sunshine relieved the icy blasts that swept the crowd, and gaiety and good nature took possession of the gathering as it pressed about the vessel. A prOfusiou of flags of all nations f1uttered from the Turbot.
 There she goes yelled one Of the shipbuilders to whom had been as- signed the delicate task of saving away the last piece of timber that held the craft. The crowd watched for a minute it seemed, before there was any perceptible movement. Then, there was a visible motion, and the guests stood back as Miss Lake poised a, quart bottle of champagne.
 All right, daughter said Simon Lake, and Miss Lake, smiling radiant 1y, deftIy whipped the bottle against the bow. The shattering of the bottle was the signal for an outburst of cheers and handclapping.
 Without a single hitch the TurbOt slid into the basin, gently took to the water and pIoughed into mid-chaunel- A hawser, knotted into loops by light CT ropes, acted as a retarder and brought the submarine to a stop, as, riding high in the water, she reached a considerable distance from shore
 To the north the Tug Robert Mo AIlister with Captain Sam Lockwood and to the south the John Glenn, with Captain Henry Schulteis, steamed about, ready to throw lines It took but a short time for the tugs to get lines on the new born vessel, and as soon as the underpinning was got ten clear, she was brought to moor ings at the dock of the shipyards.
 The Turbot, or, as she is officially known, the G 3, will remain at the shipyards until it is ordered to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There the en- zines will be installed and the vessel will be made ready for her trial trips.
 All the veteran seamen who wit messed the launching were delighted with it's success. 'fThe best ever,' was the unanimous expression. Captain Lake himself was delighted. Could not have been better" said he. Miss Miriam bIushed becomingly as she was congratulated for her success as a. christener.
 On the guest stand with Miss Lake were her parents and grandparents Captain and Mrs. Simon Lake. and MT. and Mrs. Christopher J. Lake, respectively; Mayor Wilson, Lewis B. Curtis, president of the ManUfactur- CTS Association; MT. and Mrs Frank Miller; Former Congressman F. J. Hill; Naval Constructor $. M- Henry and his assistant, MT. Mills; Captain Higgins and Lieut. Calhoun, IT, S. N; Fred Enos, president of the Bridgeport Board of Trade, and Chas- D. Davis, president of the Business Mems Association, were on the guest list but did not arrive. Mir. EnOs had arranged to fling a banner from the vessel as she was launched, but Ow- ing to his inability to be present it was not made a feature of the launch ing. The banner bore the words Local Pride. Made in Bridgeport Conn"