﻿July, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  271 
  

  

  "E 
  

  

  V.T. 
  

  

  U.L. 
  

  

  W.T 
  

  

  ID 
  

  

  WT 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Moorings 
  " 
  

  

  summer 
  months 
  she 
  is 
  moored 
  in 
  very 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  

   as 
  "Hostess" 
  is, 
  and 
  any 
  visitor 
  at 
  Manhasset 
  Bay 
  will 
  see 
  

   the 
  twins, 
  for 
  they 
  look 
  very 
  much 
  alike 
  in 
  the 
  offing, 
  riding 
  

   quietly 
  at 
  their 
  anchorages 
  off 
  the 
  Manhasset 
  Bay 
  Yacht 
  

   Club.' 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  "New 
  Netherlands" 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  

   expensive 
  craft. 
  She 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  D. 
  Scudder, 
  a 
  New 
  

   York 
  banker, 
  who 
  has 
  resided 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  with 
  his 
  family 
  

   for 
  several 
  seasons, 
  and 
  the 
  experience 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  delight- 
  

   ful. 
  'New 
  Netherlands" 
  first 
  made 
  her 
  headquarters 
  while 
  

   under 
  Mr. 
  Scudder's 
  ownership 
  in 
  Jamaica 
  Bay, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  but 
  

   later 
  was 
  towed 
  around 
  to 
  Gravesend 
  Bay, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  

   two 
  seasons 
  has 
  been 
  moored 
  there 
  off 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Yacht 
  

   Club. 
  "New 
  Netherlands" 
  was 
  built 
  by 
  a 
  wealthy 
  Brook- 
  

   lyn 
  gentleman, 
  and 
  was 
  put 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  extravagant 
  

   way. 
  The 
  scow 
  is 
  forty 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  twenty 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  

   the 
  boat 
  complete 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  cost 
  over 
  $3500. 
  This 
  

   price 
  is 
  high; 
  a 
  boat 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  type 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  

   built 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  from 
  $1500 
  to 
  $1800. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  Plan 
  of 
  "The 
  Moorings" 
  

  

  D. 
  R. 
  — 
  Dining-room, 
  17 
  ft. 
  

  

  by 
  21 
  ft. 
  

  

  

  L. 
  R. 
  — 
  Living-room, 
  17 
  ft. 
  

  

  8 
  in. 
  by 
  21 
  

  

  ft. 
  

  

  6 
  in. 
  

  

  

  

  B. 
  R. 
  1 
  — 
  Bedroom, 
  18 
  ft. 
  9 
  

  

  in. 
  by 
  9 
  ft. 
  6 
  

  

  in. 
  

  

  B. 
  R. 
  2 
  — 
  Bedroom, 
  13 
  ft. 
  8 
  

  

  in. 
  by 
  8 
  ft. 
  7 
  

  

  in. 
  

  

  B. 
  R. 
  3— 
  Bedroom, 
  8 
  ft. 
  7 
  

  

  n. 
  by 
  9 
  ft. 
  8 
  

  

  in. 
  

  

  B. 
  R. 
  4 
  — 
  Servants' 
  bedroorr 
  

  

  , 
  8 
  ft. 
  7 
  in. 
  

  

  by 
  

  

  10 
  ft. 
  6 
  in. 
  

  

  

  

  B. 
  1 
  — 
  Bathroom, 
  7 
  ft. 
  6 
  in 
  

  

  by 
  6 
  ft. 
  10 
  

  

  in. 
  

  

  B. 
  2 
  — 
  Bathroom, 
  8 
  ft. 
  7 
  in. 
  

  

  by 
  4 
  ft. 
  

  

  

  P. 
  — 
  Passage, 
  3 
  ft. 
  wide. 
  

  

  

  

  L. 
  C. 
  — 
  Linen 
  closet. 
  

  

  

  

  D. 
  W. 
  Dumb-waiter. 
  

  

  

  

  D. 
  — 
  Dresser. 
  

  

  

  

  B. 
  — 
  Boiler. 
  

  

  

  

  R. 
  — 
  Range. 
  

  

  

  

  C. 
  — 
  Closets. 
  

  

  

  

  T.— 
  Table. 
  

  

  

  

  Rf. 
  — 
  Fireplace. 
  

  

  

  

  Y. 
  — 
  Servants' 
  toilet. 
  

  

  

  

  V. 
  — 
  After 
  deck. 
  

  

  

  

  E. 
  — 
  Forward 
  deck. 
  

  

  

  

  F. 
  — 
  Gallery 
  along 
  sides. 
  

  

  

  

  U. 
  D. 
  — 
  Upper 
  deck. 
  

  

  

  

  G. 
  — 
  China 
  closet. 
  

  

  

  

  J. 
  — 
  Serving 
  table. 
  

  

  

  

  W. 
  T. 
  — 
  Water 
  tanks. 
  

  

  

  

  L. 
  — 
  Gangway. 
  

  

  

  

  The 
  hull 
  is 
  planked 
  with 
  3 
  

   inch 
  yellow 
  pine, 
  and 
  is 
  

   strengthened 
  by 
  longitudinal 
  

   stringers. 
  The 
  house 
  is 
  

   sheathed 
  inside 
  and 
  out. 
  The 
  

   outside 
  is 
  painted 
  white 
  and 
  

   the 
  inside 
  is 
  hard 
  pine 
  var- 
  

   nished. 
  The 
  interior 
  ar- 
  

   rangement 
  was 
  laid 
  out 
  by 
  her 
  

   original 
  owner 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Scud- 
  

   der 
  has 
  found 
  it 
  satisfactory 
  

   in 
  every 
  respect. 
  There 
  are 
  

   four 
  persons 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Scudder's 
  family, 
  and 
  one 
  servant 
  is 
  

   always 
  carried. 
  We 
  would 
  criticise 
  one 
  thing 
  in 
  the 
  plan, 
  

   and 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  toilet-room 
  opening 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  

   saloon 
  or 
  living-room. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  distinctly 
  bad 
  feature. 
  It 
  

   is 
  well, 
  in 
  working 
  out 
  plans 
  of 
  house-boats, 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  bath 
  

   and 
  toilet-rooms 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  out-of-the-way 
  place 
  possible 
  

   and 
  still 
  have 
  them 
  accessible, 
  a 
  task 
  easily 
  within 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bilities 
  of 
  good 
  planning 
  and 
  wise 
  forethought. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  pretentious 
  house-boats 
  

   built 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  is 
  "The 
  Moorings." 
  She 
  was 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  at 
  City 
  Island 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Jacob's 
  shipyard 
  from 
  

   his 
  own 
  design. 
  "The 
  Moorings" 
  was 
  built 
  during 
  the 
  slack 
  

   season, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  men 
  in 
  his 
  employ 
  did 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  her. 
  

   She 
  is 
  very 
  substantially 
  built 
  throughout. 
  The 
  hull 
  is 
  

   planked 
  with 
  2 
  }4-inch 
  yellow 
  pine, 
  diagonally 
  braced 
  athwart 
  

   ship, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  fore 
  and 
  aft. 
  There 
  are 
  five 
  kelsons 
  and 
  six 
  

   athwartships, 
  8 
  x 
  8-inch 
  yellow 
  pine 
  timbers, 
  spiked, 
  kneed 
  

   and 
  braced 
  to 
  the 
  keelsons. 
  The 
  deck 
  beams 
  are 
  6 
  x 
  6-inch 
  

   yellow 
  pine, 
  running 
  the 
  full 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  boat, 
  extending 
  

  

  

  ITT 
  

  

  Side 
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  of 
  " 
  The 
  Moorings 
  " 
  

  

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  Wa-Ta-Wah 
  " 
  

  

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  View 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Moorings 
  ' 
  

  

  