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Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe BuildeMS, etc 
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THE ROBEtTS StFETV LUIIGH UD TIGHT BOILER, 
Nearly 1600 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. 
WORKS: PPO B*NK. N. .1. 
Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt. 
THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO.. 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street. New York. 
NftTal Afdiitects and Brokers. 
ARTHUR BINNEY. 
( Formerly Stewart & Binney. ) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
M Mon BnUdlng, KUby Street, BOSTOB, MASS. 
Cable Address, "Design er," Boston. 
BURGESS & PACKARD, 
NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, 
Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. 
Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON. MASS. 
R. R. Taft, Brokeragre and Insurance Department. 
LORILLARD & WALKhR, 
YACHT BROKERS, 
Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. 
" M. H. CLARK, 
Naval Architect and Engineer, 
Yacht Broker 
45 Broa>.dwa.y, 
High Speed Work 
a Specialty. 
New York. 
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WE BUY and SELL YACHTS 
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 
Write or call. 
CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM, 
YACHT BROKERS, 
ISO Nassau Street, - New Yorlc. 
Room 637. 
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1 Yachts, Canoes For Sale, 
FLORENCE. 
This fine cruising launch to be sold. 
Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length 
water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., 
and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. 
Has just been rebuilt at a cost of 
$5,600, and is now in perfect condition. 
Sixty horsepower compound Her- 
reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil 
Boiler. Very economical boat. Will 
steam 500 miles on ij4 tons of coal, 
Maximum speed 18 miles. 
Completely equipped in every re- 
spect. For full particulars, address 
H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and 
Stream, 346 Broadway, New York. 
WANTED 
to purchase new or second-hand, or lease 
for the , season, a staunch, seaworthy gasolene 
motor launch. or, r 
General specifications: Length, 22 to 28 ft.; 
beam, 41/2 to 5% ft. ; freeboard, 18 in. ; draft, not 
to exceed 21 in. ; 9 to 10 horsepower. Canopy 
top and fittings complete, delivered at Syracuse, 
N. Y. Proposals should state selling price, also a 
monthly rental price, with the privilege of pur- 
chase at the end of six months, and the moneys 
paid for rental to be applied on the purchase 
price. All proposals must be addressed to the 
undersigned and received by him on or before 
12 o'clock noon, April 29, 1905. HENRY C. 
ALLEN, Top Floor De Graaf Bldg., Albany,N. Y. 
Manual of the Canvas Canoe. 
By F. R. Webb ("Commodore"). Many 
illustrations of designs and plans of can- 
vas canoes and their parts. Two large, 
full-sized working (24x38) drawings in 
a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. 
Price, $1.25. 
This interesting manual of how to build, 
cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ- 
ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the 
older generation of canoeists, who has had 
a long experience of cruising on the 
Shenandoah River, and of building the 
boats best adapted to such river cruising 
With the help of this volume, aided by its 
abundant plans and illustrations, any boy 
or man who has a little mechanical skill 
can turn out for himself at trifling ex- 
pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. 
fl^REST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 
I Yachting GooJs* | 
LOOK 
THROUGH 
THE 
A History of Yachting 
1600=1815 
By ARTHUR H. CLARK 
Octavo. About one hundred illustrations in photogravure. Net, $5 .00. By mail, $5.30. 
Captain Clark's work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is 
published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- 
tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra's barge. Fol- 
lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down 
to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic 
and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in 
book form. ' 
For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York 
Three Splendid Books for Boys. 
Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. 
JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN. JACK AMONG THE INDIANS. 
YACHTi 
REGISTER] 
and we think thafl 
you will agree witli 
us in saying the 
ALMY 
BOILEI 
is the 
FAVORITE 
BOILER 
with yachtsmen 
ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO 
Providence, R- I- 
JACK IN THE ROCKIES. 
THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy's adventures on the 
plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By 
George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, 
on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. 
How To Build a Launch From Plans. 
3Vith gen«<iral instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. 
G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. 
Price, postpaid, $1.50 « 
This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor 
launches. It is written simply, clearly and understandingly by one who is _a 
practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this 
manual on hand the amateur may successfully build his own craft. 
The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, 
and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied 
by every user of sucft an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which shoul4 
hare a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches,. 
eOREST AND STREAll PUBLISHINO COMPAHHf 
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Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats,} 
Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boat3.,| 
Send for Catalogue. 
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AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE COi 
. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes I 
and Pleasure Boats. . . ii 
Our Specialty; 
Knock Down 
Crafts 
. of any des-? 
scription, KJ 
- - — D.RowBoatsj 
Clinkei tiunt, $x.uu per running foot net cash. Sent 
or catalogue. 
3517 South Second ' treet. ST. LOUIS. nO, 
"OUR. BABY." 
INSTALL an Eclipse motor in your canoe O! 
rowboat. You can buy a cheaper engine- thai 
the Eclipse, but you cannot buy a better one 
Strictly high grade and high power; simple am 
reliable. Over 1200 Baby Eclipse motors wen 
sold last year. Engines from $G5 up, according t< 
size. A 16-ft. boat with power installed for $li!B 
Send for descriptive circular. 
THE ECLIPSE MOTOR CO. 
Box 536. MANCELONA. MICH GAI 
CANOES AND ROWBOATS. 
Built of Maine Cedar, covered with best canvas. Mad 
by workmen who know how. Models and sizes. for a! 
kinds of service. From $28 up. Satisfaction guaranteed 
aend NOW for Fr,.e Illustrated i,otalouue 
OLD TOWH CANOE CO., 9 Middle St., Old Towa, Me 
INSIST ON HAVING 
Bali-Bearing Oarlocks 
on your new boat or send. for 
pair for your old one 
Noiseless, Casv R.owing, ' 
Durxhle 
For next 30 days I will seni 
a sample pair of galvanize: 
tight or loose pin locks, prepaid 
up m receipt of $2.25. Send fd 
descriptive circulars. „ 
T.H. Uarrett, Jr.. Auburn, N.Y 
When writing say you saw the 
ad. in "Forest and Stream." 
TRADEMARK. 
SPAR COATING I 
A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars an 
ironwork exposed to excessive changes i 
weather and temperature. 
Manufactured by 
EDWAILD SMITH & COMPANY. 
Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 
45 Broadway. 59 Market Stre« 
