The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
COMMODORE BAKER
REAPPOINTS AIDS
Grcnvillc Kane and DR.. Brown
Will Keep Positions They
Held Last Year.

Commodore George +. Baker. Jr.. Of
the New York Yacht Club. gave two
New Year gifts to members of the club
yesterday In the way of appointments.
In General Order No. I. dated January
/, 1916. from the flagship Viking. the
commodore announced that the follow
ing appointments are to lake
effect from this date-Grenvllic Kane,
fleet captain Samuel A. Brown, VI. D.,
fleet surgeon"
These yachtsmcn wcrc Commodore
Bakers personal aid last year. and a.
the commodore has been reelected and
begins his second term of Office with the
New Year he has made the appoint
ments date from that time also. This
is somewhat Of an innovation. as in the
past II has been customary TO wait until
later In the year before such appoint
ments are made. The commodore takes
office on January I each year and 1t IL
proper that his aids should be appointed
to assist him 1T once.
For some time there have been rumors
of a reorganization of the IIerreshoff
Manufacturing Company. TIL late John
II. Herreshor was the president of the
company. and since his death the man
agement of the business. the designing
and the building has fallen on the Shout
z VI ,hIA# .Not u wv wv ~ -
by no means in good hea til. 1t has
heen said that members Of IN" New
York Yacht club are active In this re-
organization and that fifieen acres II
land AT Bristol Ferry. with "a waterfront
of 1000 feet, nave been bought and one
this "a new modern plant for yacht and
shipbuilding Will t- erected. The man
~agelnent Of the new company viii, DC
' vested in Nat iIerreshoff and Paul J.
- Aa.- TlArA - AAAV..
water at Bristol Ferry han there is al
Bristol.
Jus, what will he done with the pres
rnt plant Is not known and nothing will
be decided until the courts have settled
the contest over the will OF the late
John h. Herreshoff.
James Elverson. formerly commodore
OF the Larchmont Yacht Club, u meTbe
OF the New York Yac!s Club and owne
OF the motor yacht Allegro, Is haVini
built at the Mathis Yard at lander y
j., a new express cruser of the TORPEDO
boat type, This yacht will be siNty-t"'
!, feet long and eleven feet six incA.e
beam and IL to he driven by two of tn
new eight cylinder 400 horse power Hir
beck engines Of the new Duesenberg de
! sign which the Loew-Nictor Enrin
:. Company now is building The yach
was designed by SHayseI. Raymond
Page Of Boston. one of these engine
: viii u. exhibited At the Motor BOA
! Show In the Grand Central Palace mex
, month.
: The Chamber OF Commerce OF Mai
> has Offered "A silver cup for an outsid
race from New York to Miami. Thi
|. race was suggested by Capt. Thorna
> Fleming Day and he has entered III
: Lady Baltimore. which was built to TAX
!, part In the race from New York TO St
Francisco which was called of by tn
!, Panama Fair committee after the yacf
!, had been built. IL Is proposed that tn
start shall he about February 20 30 tina
the participants Will arrive at Miami /
time for the motor hoat races on Biz
a cayne Bay. The distance from Ne,
/ York to Miami IL about 1900 rifles an
, II will take FIVE or siN days for the win
:. ner to make the voyage. Several yacht
g eligible for this race viii he going sout
: during the winter, and IA contest woul
e one.
Representative Foster. a member q
A the Massachusetts Legislature froi
: Gloucester. has introduced "A bill, vhiC
= provides that one or ~ public landing
= for yachtsmen be maintained in ever
= city or town situated ON tidewater /
: the State, Mr.. Foster contends that "A
n the state provides good roads for IN
!, automobillsts IT should In all fairncs
e provide conveuiences for those VIII
Q travel on the water.