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The Corinthian Y. C, of Philadelphia, at its annual 
meeting on Ja«. ii elected the following officers: Com., 
Alexander Van Rensselaer, steam yacht May; Vice-Corn., 
Joseph de F. Junkin, schr. Columbia ; Rear-Com., Robert 
M. Riddle, yawl Spalpeen-; Sec'y, Addison F. Bancroft; 
Treas., Robert K. NelT ; Meas., G. Herbert Millett ; Race 
Committee, Addison F. Bancroft, Isaac W. Jeanes, Henry 
S. Jeanes; Committee on Admissions, Charles H. Brock, 
Alexander Van Rensselaer, G. Herbert Millett, Frank H. 
Rosengarten and Brereton Pratt; Trustees, elected to 
serve three years, William L. Elkins, Jr., Brereton Pratt, 
Alfred C. Harrison and George E. Kirkpatrick. The club 
voted to retain its station at the present location, Essing- 
ton. 
Mr. H. C. Wintringham has designed a centerboard 
schooner for a New York yachtsman, the dimensions be- 
ing: Over all, 68ft. 8in.; l.w.l., 48ft.; beam, i6ft. Sin. ; 
draft of hull, 7ft.; depth, 7ft. loin. He has also designed 
a centerboard cutter 48ft. over all, 34ft. l.w.l., 13ft. 6in. 
beam, and 5ft. loin. draft, with pole mast, which is build- 
ing by the Greenpoint Basin and Construction Co. 
The Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Co. has recently 
equipped its shops at Ogdensburg, N. Y., with electric 
lights and is now running ten hours per day. Heretofore 
the working hours in winter have been limited to day- 
light, about seven hours, but the added business has 
called for an increase, which is now possible. The firm 
is building a 30ft. gig, 26ft. lifeboat and 20ft, cutter for the 
steam yacht Corsair, Com. J. P. Morgan, New York 
Y. C. 
The cabin naphtha yacht Paul Jones left Louisville 
Ky., early in December on a long cruise down the Mis- 
sissippi and across the Gulf of Mexico to Florida. The 
party on board included Col. H. C. Yocum, of St, Louis, 
Miss Florence Yocum, Miss Marjorie Woodland, of Chi- 
cago, Miss Florence Taggart, of Indianapolis, and Mr. 
Joseph Brinkman, with a crew of three. She reached 
New Orleans in safety and started on Jan. 3 for Pensa- 
cola, but was not reported in any way until Jan. 20, when 
a party of fishermen brought word to Mobile of the find- 
ing of a wrecked yacht near Bird Island, on the Louisi- 
ana coast. The first reports were confirmed by the United 
States Lighthouse Tender Pansy, and other searching 
parties. Nothing has been heard of the passengers or 
crew, and the idea is generally accepted that the yacht 
was wrecked by an explosion, in which all were lost. 
On Jan. 20 Mr. C. H. Crane delivered the first of a 
series of four lectures on naval architecture before the 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. The second lecture is 
announced for Jan. 31. 
Mr. Theodore E. Ferris, head draftsman for Mr. A. 
Cary Smith for the past seven years, has associated him- 
self with the firm of Joseph Thomas & Co., of Winans 
Cove, Md., taking charge of the marine department. The 
firm builds yachts and commercial vessels of all kinds. 
The Greenport Basin and Construction Co. is busy 
with a number of yachts, including three keel sloops of 
25ft. l.w.l., two cutters of 30ft. and one of 34ft. The two 
30-footers are from designs by C. H. Crane, one being 
for J. R. Maxwell, Jr., and the other for H. D. Pratt, of 
Brooklyn. They are 43ft. over all, loft. 3in. beam and 7ft. 
draft. Two of the 25-footers are from designs by T. W. 
Brigham, for E. T. Nugent, of St. Louis, and H. L. Coe, 
of New York. They are 39ft. over all, loft. beam and 6ft. 
draft. The other is 37ft. over all, 9ft. 3in. beam and 6ft. 
6in. draft. 
We understand that Mr. H. C. Folkhard, author of the 
standard work on "The Sailing Boat," is now at work 
on a new edition, which will be materially extended and 
revised to include the most modern craft. Judging from 
the original work, published many years ago, the new 
edition will be a material addition to yachting literature. 
On Jan. 24 the steam yacht Nourmahal, J. J. Aster, was 
hauled out for cleaning and painting, preparatory to a Medi- 
terranean cruise, at Downing & Lawrence's Marine Rail- 
way, South Brooklyn, when the hauling chain parted and 
the cradle ran rapidly down the ways, launching the 
yacht suddenly and forcibly. She ran across the channel 
and came in collision with the working schooner Robert 
A. Snow, smashing her rail and springing her foremast, 
the total da'inage amounting to about $500. But little 
damage was done to the yacht. 
Memory, fin-keel sloop, has been sold by W. N. Mur- 
ray to J. E. Fletcher, of Providence, through Manning's 
Agency. Terrapin, auxiliary schooner, has been sold by 
E. J. Bergen to J. G. N. Whittaker, of Philadelphia, by 
the same agency. 
CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
The organization of the Western Division of the 
American Canoe Association was finally completed at 
a meeting at Milwaukee on Jan. 23, at which Com. Thorn 
and Vice-Com. Morse of the A. C. A. were present, with 
officers of the Western Canoe Association. The following 
Division officers were elected : Vice-Com., Harry B. 
Cook, Chicago; Rear-Com., W. C. Jtipp, Detroit; Purser, 
D. H. Crane, Chicago; Ex. Com., A. W. Friese, Mil- 
waukee. 
On Saturday, Feb. 11, 1899, at 6:30 P. M., a dinner will 
be given at Young's Hotel, Boston, under the auspices 
of the Eastern Division of the A. C. A. The dinner will 
be entirely informal, and the price will be $2 per plate; a 
special entertainment will be provided. The committee 
hopes that all members of the Division, particularly those 
who have not attended the annual meets will make a 
special effort to be present, and thus, while co-operating 
to insure the success of this, the first mid-winter dinner of 
the Division, may become better acquainted. Guests may 
be invited at the regular price. Kindly notify the purser 
if you intend to come, stating the number of guests, if 
any. Committee, J. W. Brown, ex-officio, Innitou Canoe 
Club; J. B. Waterbury, ex-officio, Newton Boat Club; R. 
H. Hammond, Tatassit Canoe Club; F. A. Wallace, Law- 
rence Canoe Club; A. T. S. Clay, Wawbewawa Canoe 
Association. Wm. W. Crosby, Purser, No. 8 Court street, 
Woburn, Mass. 
