The sun., 1916-02-03
AGENTS OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES AT SHOW
Naval Officers Make Close
Study Of Oil Engines and
Modern GasOlcne Ones
BIG WAR ORDER RUMORED

Naval officers, repre- esentat.ves OF for
eisn Governments, manager " steam
ship lines. captains and many Interested
in large vessels visited the Motor boa'
Show in the Grand Central Palace yes
teriay and kept the exhibitors busy from
morning until night, The naval men
we're Interested mostly in the heavy oil
engines and they studied carefully the
200 horsepower engine built by James
Craig. craig some time ago went W
Europe and made a careful STUDY ot 'he
Diesel engines aud then came back anu
built engines which are improvements
on IN. Eurpsau engine, have been put
in several la,ge yachts and have done
well
The craig engine exhibited at the
show is 2DO horsepower. small 'ohe
as these engines go. but 1t SHOWS III ue-
tail al, the -ehnements that James craig
has worked out. The naval officers also
paid attention to other heavy on en-
gines and 10 the more inodetn OF 'he
gasolene engines. particularly the ne"
sterling. The. Mason engines, which have
lust been put on the market the i'oe~
Victor and the Speedway.
The foreign contingent was busy Win
tn. many engine representatives. II was
rumored that some big orders mad oeen
plpred but they are ~ecfetNe aDout
these war orders and those who are ssiu
TO have received them declined 10 ta'k
about them nj present, hu'nor hso ~
that on. order called for engines worth
100000, which are TO b. delivered Al
once. .
The steamship men were interested
in the new device exhibited by the
Monarch Valve company to launcn llie-
boats from the decks OF steamers ms
new device will LIT the loaded boat on
til. deck and then. when operated u!
one man at each arm, move IL outooArn
and lower Il into the water. IL Is snch
! a simple con.rivance that II almost
work. itself after the boat has been
I lifted from the deck. Then by means OF
A clutch both ends Of the boat are nd
Grated from the falls instantaneously.
I In many OF the marine disasters oiteh
only one fall .s dropped. with the result
that all I'm the boat are spilled Into the
ocean and drowned.
This new davit has resolved the in
dorsement OF many OF the big steamship
/ lines and already has been Installed. IL
! T. on the battleship New York ana
letter has been received from the Cap
tain of mat vessel telling how well II
works Secretary OF Commerce w. 4.
( Eed,ield and Secretary OF tn" Treasury
W q. McAdoo are much Interested III
tn. invention and have written saying
that they will inspect II as soon IA they
| come TO New York Not only big steam
ship men. but yachtsmen are stud! !hs
, this new ddlit and II IL probapic una.
many yachts will be equipped win II
shortly.
Elmer II Sperry of gyrascope fame
was a visitor A. the show Yesterday
,tt,ruooI lie talked 10 many of the
yacht builders about his s'ahilizNr niid
with some tiny models Of spinning tops
and other instruments that looked IKE
TOYS showed how he worked out MS big
invention which !s revolutionizine many
things and upsettirg many theories
som. think that the >tabilizer will check
"A vessels rolling suddenly aud con
seuuoritly that there IL danger OF STRAIN
ing It never lets the vessel start 10 roll
bu, always Keeps IT on an even keel ana
thus no, only does away win the un-
plcasautness of rolling but enables the
engines to do their best BY keeping the
vessel on her designed lines.
Tn. annual meeting Of the National
Association Of Engine and Boat Manu-
fac,urers will he held i'll the Engineer
ing Societies Ruildlng, % West Thirty
! ninth street, AZ noon. The oihcers VIII
make their reports and then much busi-
ness of importance will be discussed
after which the members will have
luncheon together in the Engineers CUP,
The big twin six % the lotw-Nictor
COMPANY will he unveiled In the show
this morning. II was retarded III rahs-
por,a,,on from Chicago and the delay
has caused much disappointment. II will
he the central feature among the engine
men to-day
The Gas Engine and Power Company
Sedan r,inahout IA one Of the popular
boats in the show. n has all the feat-
ures Of a runahout and In ADDITION can
he made comfortable for all on board
on account Of the sedan features. IN
which i, much resembles the automobile,
This boat is finished and furnished hanh-
somely and is very speedy
carl c. Fisher, who n the moving
spirit a' Miami. was at the SNOW Ees'er-
day. lie reported that there were more
,hnn 40 motor yachts In Miami harbor
when he EFT and the outlook for the
races is very promising. There will ne
races for speed boats and cruisers over
the regular course. which is an ideal
one for such sport, and long distance
ocean races have been arranged for
cruisers which already have attracted
four entries One is from Miami 10
havana. another from Miami 20 Key
Wes, and third from Miami 10 Nassau.
After the SHOW II over theTe Will DC
AN exodus ~ motor boat men from this
city to Miami.
Among those noticed at the show yes
tcrday were Vincen, Astor, William
Gardner. designer ~ III" Nnni'ie F, NJ
Uoyt. a I.orinE Swasey, Scott J. Mat
th.ws. e. A. Criqui, Charles SAKE Mac
donald. Frant Bowne Jones, DR. Louis
Ncumnrn. John J. Amory. 7, u, Tay
A y. F,ldredge. Wilbur n, Young. II,
r. Sutpheu. y. &. Rost, George r. Law
LEY. =. = Mower, g. :. King and Fred