New-York tribune., 1920-06-13
GOVERNOR BEECKMAN
~ of Rhode Island frequent
ly comes to NeW York IN his
con1muter, The Shark

in keeping appointments may be ex-
pected when one travels by water.
Few persons realize how large a
part of the population of the cities
Of the East, particularly of New
York and the cities and villages ad-
joining, is accessible by floating
craft. Most any city or town with
in a reasonable distance from the
Sound or the rivers or the ocean it
self may be reached in much less
time by water than by automobile.
Those who own these committing
boats have figured the situation
down to a point where they learn
that they save time, expense, trou-
BILE and disappointment by motor
boating theiE way along. Governor
Beeckman is one of these. Besides
being an experienced boatman, he is
lover of tHe out-of-doors, and will
use his new ncraft, which, it should
be said, is ah excellent specimen of
the modern ynotor boat. for short
fishing trips'and trips up and down
the coast this summer.
But most of all l need such
craft for committing" he says. 81
believe there are hundreds of men
and women ~ho, if they knew the
comfort and the ease with which
such machinEs are operated, would
discard thei4 automobiles, especial
ly in the s MINER time, and ride
back and fort th as 1 hope to do"
The Sharl is a low-lying, dark,
glass and w od vessel, with canvas
tops over the drivers seat and over
the passengers compartment,
striking design, constructed to give
speed and to withstand much hard
work. AS it races through the wa
ter it resembles somewhat the slen-
der little jack rabbits of the water,
the racing motor boats. that stand
almost on the very rim of the rear,
nose pointed into the air, with
white spray flying high from each
side, engines buzzing and the whole
delicate little affair bouncing from
side to side like paper boat.
Gives Up His Cars
Mr. Philip Corbin, Of New Lon
don, Conn, is going to do his COM
muting in the Sakura, a vessel so
elegantly appointed and so artist
cally equipped and decorated as to
make her an exhibit Mahogany and
rosewood and plate glass and brass
and electrical appliances are includ-
ed in her makeup, and she presents
spectacle we'll worth seeing to any
one interested in the development
of water craft.
The Sakura is going to do the
work that one or two automobiles
have done in the past Mr. Corbin
is one Of the converts and has placed
his car in the garage for the sum-
mer. New York to him from now
throughout the summer will mean a
boat trip.
ut doesn't seem unusual to me-"
he said when asked if he expected
to do all of his committing away
from the asphalt and the gravel.
"Tou get the cool air when you're
over the water Besides. you get
speed. Why, an automobile isn't
thing of speed any more. Try to
go up Fifth Avenue any afternoon
ir a bus and see. 1t doesn't make
any difference whether you're in a
Rolls-Royce or Ford, you get about
two blocks to the half hour. The
average busy man now doesn't like
all this delay. / have a lot of friends
who are coming to New York from
towns all up and down the coast
by motor boat. Of course, not all
Of them have expensively built ma
chimes, but they get here each day,
and that is the result they want
81 think women will like to drive
motor boats more than they have
taken to automobiles. Either is
good exercise, but | believe COM
muting on water will be particularly
attractive to girls because, in the
first place, it isn't so difficult to
operate the wheel of small craft
on the Sound, and second, it is
more uncommon. Girls like to do
things that aren't being done by
everybody else. They all like the
water, too. They like white clothes
and big straw hats and white shoe:
and a cool breeze. Watch them a