The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-02
MOTOR CRAFT SHOW
SUBSTANTIAL STYLES
Fashions as Exhibited at Show
Range From Big Cruisers to
Fast RunabOuts.
TWO LIFEBOATS SHOWN
One Can Garry Sixty-five Men,
Has Wireless Outfit and
Won't Capsize.
TWO LIFEBOATS SHOWN

Motor boat men and yachtsmen gen
orally who made casual glance over the
exhibits at the motor boat show In Madi-
son Square Garden on saturday afternoon
expressed much delight at the solid. sub
stantiai style displayed not only IN boats
but in engines
The fashion this year seems TO be
cruising boat with about eleven or twelve
miles speed. or runabout which will make
up to twenty miles an hour. There are
few still who want higher speed. but they
are realizing that high speed IN cruising
craft means the sacrifice OF much room
in the boat and a big increase In the cost
of running il. With runabout It's dir
ferent The runabout is what its name
signifies. boat for day outings
The three most attractive cruisers in
the Garden are those shown by the Mat
thews Company. tho flco Company and
the Luders Company. The Matthews boat
is the largest of this trio being fifty feet
In length and its accommodations are very
complete. This boat costs $500. 1t Will
accommodate "A party OF eight com
fortably and cruise almost anywhere
along the coast and inland waters.
The Elco boat is twenty-five feet IN
length and sells for $4,000. This boat can
make eleven miles AN hour and will sleep
eight persons 1t has been very popular
boat for several seasons. Each year the
Elco Company finds some way to improve
H. The Luders boat liz really day
cruiser. II is painted black, handsomely
furnished and fitted and has cabin in
which two berths can lie made. IL neces-
sary several could sleep in the cockpit.
which by an ingenious arrangement can
be covered and screened in. making II
almost as good as another apartment.
Two lifcboats are shown in the exhibit
ton. one of these Is shown by the Holmes
company. IL IL somewhat similar to the
Government model. but the sheers are
made almost straight and the centre part
Of the boat decked In. go that below deck
~ very commodious apartment. This
boat is practically non capsizable and non
sinkable. II is driven by Holmes motor
and has shown that It can live in almost
any kind OF a sea- The other lifeboat Is
shown by the STANDARD Motor Construc-
tion Company II is IA queer looking craft
painted slate color and has been de-
signed specially for passenger steamers
because 1t can be launched easily and
when In the water Is non-sinkable and
non -capsizable. II can carry sixty-fvs
persons and IL driven by STANDARD
motor. II has two tall spars on which is
rugged wireless outfit. The designer Of
this boat. having in mind the recent dis
asters OF the ocean. set to work TO de
yelop craft that could be used for life
saving purposes.
OF the engines the Winton attracted
most attention on saturday. Alexander
Winton turned his attention to the marine
engine "A little more than year ago anc
At this show ~ exhibiting four motors
one is "A six cylinder OF l1j horsepower
and the smallest a four cylinder 10 HI
used In VA, ht tenders that could almos
be carried on ones watch chain. Thu
ar m tnd white a white
elled. and all the metal parts are nickel
Engines OF this type are TO he used II
SIX out OF nine big cruising craft that are
building now on the Atlantic coast ONT
feature of these Wnton motors IL thei
absolute silence.
The Standard company has made al
announcement that IL IL going to place
on the market an engine that will burr
Kerosene without odor, work with III
same wonderful nexibility and control o
the modern easolene engine and with M
increase In first cost for the engine.