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FOREST AND STREAM 
The New York Motor Boat Show 
By Hollis Burgess. 
T HE 1914 Motor Boat Show, held under the 
auspices of the National Association of 
Engine and Boat Manufacturers, opened 
in Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Janu¬ 
ary 31st. Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
Franklin D. Roosevelt, formally opened the 
show at three o’clock in the afternoon, speaking 
of the great value of such an exhibition of boats 
and marine motors to the merchant marine as 
well as naval interests. Mr. Roosevelt said that 
he had personally attended all but one of the ten 
shows which have been held and that he was 
much interested to note the steady improvement 
year after year in both the style of the boats 
and the simplifying of the motors. He also re¬ 
ported that the Navy Department is considering 
the establishment of an auxiliary squadron of 
motor boats to be called on in time of war, in a 
manner similar to the present Naval Reserves. The 
yacht clubs of the United States are gradually 
getting together and forming power squadrons, 
and it would appear from what the speaker said 
that it is only a question of a few months before 
a National Power Boat Squadron is an estab¬ 
lished fact. Another point to which Mr. Roose¬ 
velt called attention was that all the beautiful 
motor boats which were on exhibition represent¬ 
ed a large amount of employment given to many 
men, and that the motor boat industry formed a 
livelihood for thousands of persons. 
The exhibit which seemed to attract the great¬ 
est interest was that of the Standard Motor Con¬ 
struction Co. of Jersey City. This company had 
on exhibition a Lundin power life boat built by 
the Welin Marine Equipment Co. This novel 
craft is built of steel, is thirty feet long and ten 
feet wide, and is said to be unbreakable, non- 
capsizable and self bailing. A Marconi wireless 
system on two masts has a radius of seventy-five 
miles. The twenty to twenty-four horse-power 
Standard motor has a speed of eight miles an 
hour while carrying sixty-five people. The boat 
is blunt at both ends to give her greater carry¬ 
ing capacity, and to make her the staunchest pos¬ 
sible seaboat. Her general type is that of a 
Norwegian prow, famous for its seagoing ability 
in all kinds of weather. Besides this life boat 
the Standard Company showed a complete line 
of heavy duty and Auto-Marine motors, includ¬ 
ing a 125 horse-power air-starting and reversing 
•engine. 
The Holmes Motor Co. showed a thirty-six 
foot double-ended power life boat cruiser, with 
“S. O. S.” in brass letters on her bow. This 
craft was built from the same lines and specifi¬ 
cations as the Government life boats. The stand¬ 
ing room is self-bailing and the gasoline tanks 
are under the seats. A cabin is forward and a 
Holmes motor of thirty-five to forty horse-power 
is located aft in a watertight compartment. This 
craft, known as the McLellan Lifeboat Cruiser, 
i s expected to be popular, especially in water 
where heavy seas are encountered. 
The largest boat was shown by the Matthews 
Boat Co., of Port Clinton, Ohio. She is a power¬ 
ful cabin cruiser, fifty feet long, with a twenty- 
five to thirty-five horse-power Sterling four- 
cylinder motor. Her cabin accommodates four 
persons, and there is a stateroom for two more, 
besides a berth in the engine room. She has a 
beam of ten feet eight inches, and a draft of 
three feet six inches. 
The Elso Company exhibited three handsome 
runabouts, several marine motors and a fine forty- 
five foot cruiser, equipped with a thirty-five 
horse-power four-cylinder motor, with a speed 
of eleven miles an hour. The boat was priced at 
$6,500. 
The Luders Marine Construction Co. showed a 
fifty-one foot cabin cruiser, painted and polished 
black with teak fittings, and equipped with a 
seventy J five horse-power Sterling motor. The 
price was $10,000. 
A newcomer to the show was the Winton Gas 
Engine and Manufacturing Co., exhibiting a 
125 horse-power six-cylinder Winton motor, 
painted white. Special claim is made for its 
cleanliness and silent running. 
The Sterling Engine Co. showed an eight- 
cylinder 300 horse-power motor that proved of 
particular interest. The S. M. Jones Co. exhibit¬ 
ed a large line of Ralaco motors, featuring a new 
size six-cylinder five-by-seven fortyTive horse¬ 
power electric starting engine. The Loew-Victor 
Engine Co. displayed motors and a Hand “V” 
Bottom runabout, a duplicate of the famous Old 
Glory II., powered with a four-cylinder thirty 
horse-power Loew-Victor. 
The George Lawley and Son Corporation 
showed a thirty-five foot mahogany runabout 
equipped with a sixty horse-power self-starting 
Loew-Victor motor. Another Lawley built boat 
was a highly polished mahogany yacht power 
tender shown by the Winton Company. 
The largest motor in the show was a Craig 
six-cylinder four-cycle 9% by 11 inch, powered at 
200 horse-power; a Diesel type direct reversible 
marine oil engine, weighing 15,000 pounds. This 
motor has an auxiliary unit for compressing air 
to run on alcohol. Two of these huge motors 
are now being installed in the no foot power- 
cruiser “Aeldgytha,” owned by F. A. Hardy, of 
Chicago. 
The New London Ship and Engine Co. showed 
a six-cylinder 180 horse-power Diesel type four¬ 
cycle engine. The chief feature of the new style 
of engine is its economical fuel consumption, re¬ 
sulting from burning heavy oil. Other marine 
motors on exhibition were the Frisbie, Fulton, 
Wolverine, Van Blerck, Eagle, Lamb, Kermath, 
Lathrop, Mercury, Stanley, Erd, Ferro, Gray, 
Buffalo, Palmer, Niagara, Murray and Tregnitha, 
Dorman, Peerless. Bridgeport and Fairbanks- 
Morse. The Evinrude Motor Co. had an exhibit 
of detachable motors, including their two horse¬ 
power motor, which weighs about fifty pounds 
and is carried in a strong canvas case. It can be 
attached to a rowboat, it was claimed, in less than 
a minute. The Toppan Boat Co. showed two 
power dories, one lapstreak and the other smooth 
seam. The Niagara Motor Boat Co. displayed a 
thirty-seven foot runabout and a twenty-eight 
footer. An object of interest was a “Riftclimber” 
tunnel-stern, flat-bottom motor-boat, several of 
which Col. Roosevelt took with him on his recent 
South American expedition. 
Madison Square Garden nfever looked more 
beautiful than during the 1914 Motor Boat show. 
Splendid paintings of scenes in Venice lined the 
walls, and the ceiling was adorned with strings 
of yacht club flags. Scores of Japanese lanterns 
dotted the balcony and roof and presented a 
scene of gorgeous beauty. “A dream of Venice” 
would indeed be an apt title for the exhibition. 
Maurice Levi and his band entertained the crowds 
every afternoon and evening, 
Everything considered, this year’s Motor Boat 
Show was the best yet held, and Mr. John J. 
Amory, president of the National Association of 
Engine and Boat Manufacturers, and the other 
officers of the organization, may well feel proud 
of their work. 
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