THE NIAGARA. 



take ages for the boat builders to put 

 enough of their product afloat to overcrowd 

 all the waterways. 



It is only natural that the same eager- 

 ness for speed should have developed among 

 amphibian people as has already taken pos- 

 session of those who navigate the public 

 highways. The auto boat and the motor 

 boat of to-day are marvels of speed ; yet 

 the water lovers are not satisfied. They 

 are all looking for something still faster. 

 Marine engineers and master boat builders 

 are lying awake nights trying to devise mo- 

 tor power that will drive a boat through the 

 water at a rate of 40 or even 50 miles an 

 hour. 



This striving after great velocity seems 



to me unreasonable. If a man goes on the 

 water simply for pleasure there is no use 

 of his being in such a desperate hurry to 

 get anywhere. If he is going to Chicago, 

 or to Boston on business, it is only reason- 

 able that he should wish to get there as 

 soon as possible, get through with what he 

 has to do and get back. But if he starts 

 to Newport, New London, Albanv, or 

 Florida on a pleasure cruise, why should 

 he try to go faster than anyone else can go? 

 This unseemly striving after high speed 

 should be discouraged, for the owner or the 

 driver of the high speed boat not only en- 

 dangers the safety of his own party, but 

 gets on the nerves of other people who may 

 happen to come within his course. 



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