The sun., 1916-10-01
QUESTIONS AND NSwERS.

Bucn boats came into service
q. W. L.
This Is not easy to determine exactly.
for the reason that the present type Of
ferryboat Is not that first employed. In
1912. Fulton's first regular voyage OF the
Clermont having begun on August Z.
1907. a steam %ferryboat ran every half
hour in daylight across the North River
betwecn Cortlandt street and Paulus
Hook. THIS boat was Of the catnmaran
type. the two hulls ten feet apart. and
the wheels were between the hulls and
operated by steam. The trip took from
fifteen minutes to an hour. according TO
the wind and tide
Similar catamarans. but operated By
eight horses In n %treadfnill. were In use
on the Fast River as late as 1914.
Tn May. 1914. the first steam ferry
boat with outside paddle wheels was put
in commission. the nassau of the Fulton
Ferry line. Tho floating bridges. oper-
ated by the tide and balance weights
substantially as at present In use. were
the invention Of Robert Fulton. The
row OF yielding piles by which the boats
are still guided Into their slips was the
contribution to ferry navigation Of John
Stevens. As n marine architect he
stands second only to Fulton md his
first steamboat. completed but little later
than the C,ermont, was sent around by
sea to Philadelphia and was the frs. to
ply on the Delaware. rulton's monopoly
excluding It from New York waters.
Please tell me what ls known Of the
legend OF the Erlking. when Il orlgi-
mated. where, among what people, the
personality Of the mythical being. g..
J.. Il. =.
Goethc's ballad Der Erlkoenig'' Tex
listing in nan translations) has made
1t "A classic. yet tho name Is due TO the
mlscorcept'on OF n translator. Hcfdc-
In his "Volksl!eder' r71s-79) rendered
into German n Danish popular song
which no found bearing the title Filler
konge.' In its Danish origin the word
Ellerkonsc !s a dcrlvativo OF Elverkonge.
rr king OF tho elves. Not comprehend
ing this mythology. Herd"r ecems to
hav. imagined the word E~llerkongc o.
mean Kirg az Erl.
Tho elves In all northern mythology
are the spirits :ha. trick men by weird
rather than frolicsore n,lurcnents.
Goe;he's ballad Is readily accessible We
recall this parody:
vve- und KIND
Rotten 1urrh \nrl' nm wind:
T0ch,er vom Er.kdnic
Nrtkcn tae klF3 siU N~niE
Kin .rhrci'.
Water rei..
Tommcg naea r.l- I'm 40
\ friend Of mine contends that
the name Farrarut "a AN Nrcln-SdN"u
name. 7 alieg" that I; * = Ba.qu, ualur.
from tho Basque vord 'f%arraru." viii
the go added 20 Il after ADMIRAL Far
ragut's patcrnai ancestors lad lived for
somo generations IN Catalina and that
the Adnir.'s father was horn IN the
Balearic Islands. Am | right? l.. q.
Neither 10 right as TO tho I'a-racu,
name. In its present shape the mare
Is not known before George Farragut.
father OF the Admiral. who orne 10 this
country and Joined the patriot side IN
the War Of tho Revolution. Ills father
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Araron In axp.IIjnr .rc Noors rro,,
Nr,oro, T., 800, =, ,h .
f. rraguts played n prom'oau' part n
tho affairs % the Bai'trlc ~Islanis. but
nowhere do We find any morton 81 ,hofr
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DO 'ho Allies furnish t'n''"1 States
ammunition manufactures WY any
.u,r'h.ee ,Ha' iosS '' " shln laden
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