Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
RICHMOND MOTOR BOATS .
GUARD HARBOR AND RIVER.
Government Negotiates for Purchase
OF Handsome Local Craft in Case
OF International EvcntualiticS.
READY FOR SERVICE AT ONCE
Local Owners Have Splendid Mos
quito Fleet OF Large Sizc-Would
Equip All With Rapid Fire and
Machine Guns-list of Boats.


Tn" United states government, nc
Eotiatng through Now England hrin.
has asked for prices ON several motor
boats owned 10y Richmond people. and,
in the event OF cvcituaiitics. wiil arm
them for patrol ANA guard duty along
James river. : T. t,wardiu. ro1
Moth ThiriS-SiNth Street. j. ono Of
;he men who has admitted that ia" has
given the New England hrrn q price
on his handsom" cruiser in case the
government needs IT.
should President Wilson decide that il
is necessary I" arm the nation against
Der Kaiser and his under water craft
and TO take measures iusurir.S the
projections Of national Interests her"
ngains' posslni. nutragcs man, al tho
hundreds az moro speedy little yes
sels Of the Richmond mosquito ucet
VIII TAX" up. their task Of guarding.
tbs Rchm"nd. harbor. Tia" water front
NJ CITY Point and the river channel far
below tina, location. The mouth II tho
river and tho waters Adjacent to
HAMPTON H"ads PROBABLY viii hc pa
trnllcd hv m"tor Graf, owned around
N"rolf newport News suffolk anI
liam, ton.
revr unrle samuel may seem to BE- :
hi, rlow ia starting bis preparations
for ia..;nE uu arms. hu; vheu he sets
about II matter lac generally does 80 i'm
thorough and business like manner.
In a number ~ other citics the motor
boat clubs orxanlzcd and offered their
services to the nation y bodies. In
tho more inland towns whore the dan
ger apparently Vas not 80 great. tho
clubs failed !" grass The Importance
of the assiStanc" they could render.
However Uncle Samuel cast his ALL
seeing eye over tn" ccuntry aud inn
mcliac"iy spotted tho towns that couid
serve him
one Of the nrs, Of these ci,ics TO
catch his cyc Was Richmond, recently
persistent contender FOR the 2oycru-
uent arnor plate plant. Tnr Sew
England hr'n knew that several OF their
craft had h"ou purchased hy local un"u.
and At once got into touch with them.
No stir was made about tho matter
1T al, simp.! was par, Of tho
general preparedness scheme. Deals
have hccn arranged wh"roby local
mctor-host owners viii turn their craft
OYER 10 III" national dcfcnS" directors
upon demand and II l. probable that
III" owners IN many ra>sS viii have
clIarrc Of thei: vessels under govern
mont orders.
There j. not member OF tho Rich
rond Yacht club bu, Who Is willing
would give his Graf, 10 defensive par
pcses IN time OF need. ac, or.liu.; 10
Commodore K T. hrchlcr G. l..
cooke. secretary aud treasurer OF III"
cluh, IS Of tho same urinion and b"
ii"ves that goat service could ." per
formed ~ the sturdy li'il" vessels. MI
arc ready for imm"dint" use.
Man. Good Boat- Hero.
AZ east MY wcll-cqu!prsd and
st"edy vessels would he sarncrsd from
the Richmond harhor, Tha; would lie
q su1lcien; number with which 20 pa
troll 81 of the upper river adcVgatcl"
and without serious hardship upon
any one boat a. owner. They prob
ably would work in thrc" daily SHIFTS
"a {, "a, Al = = ,,I ,,t or
aftcen miles apart along the river.
Few pcrsons In This citv realize how
supcrhly equipped for ,nis kind Of
work arc tho Eichmond owner motor
craft There are ten o., fifteen motor +
boats here moro than forty foot in
length. v;i,h speeds ranging from ton
20 seventeen miles an hour and draw
ing from three 10 four foe, OF water
This latter fact is ono az the most inn
nortant for il pcrU<,S then, cruising
In waters in which ti.c larger govern
mcnt vessels would ind il jmpossihlc to /
navigate
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