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canal as originally planned was twenty-five feet, 
which is sufficient tor the passage of traffic 
vessels; but the interest that has been aroused 
in the canal since the beginning of the work 
and the talk of the deep waterways along the 
Atlantic coast may make an important change 
in the depth and may require the digging of 
five additional feet for the passing of war 
vessels. 
A party for the securing of data for a report 
to the convention of the Atlantic Deeper 
Waterways Association at Norfolk in Novem¬ 
ber recently went over the line and made an 
inspection of the works. Besides the president 
of the association and several members of Con¬ 
gressional committees the Government was 
represented by Col. J. C. Sanford, engineer of 
the Newport district. After the report of this 
body has been acted upon something more 
definite as to the full extent of changes in the 
plans will develop. 
Upon this, too, will depend to a great extent 
the date of the completion of the work. Mr. 
Parsons thinks that if the depth remains 25 
feet the canal will be finished in two years. 
The additional depth will entail the consumption 
of at least another year of work. 
“The canal is not a channel for local traffic,” 
said Mr. Parsons in discussing the company’s 
plans, “but is essentially a ship canal for ocean¬ 
going vessels in through service. The figures 
of proposed depth and width of the Cape Cod 
canal show that it will be of the same general 
character as to size as the great ship canals of 
the world, and the dimensions are amply suf¬ 
ficient to accommodate all vessels engaged in 
the coastwise traffic at any stage of tide and 
permit them to pass in opposite directions with¬ 
out hindrance.” 
New Cruising Power Boat. 
An 83-foot cruising power boat, designed by 
Messrs. Cox & Stevens, is now under construc¬ 
tion at Lawley’s yard, South Boston, Mass., for 
Hobart J. Park, of New York. 
The dimensions of this vessel are: Length 
over all, 83 feet; waterline, 76 feet 6 inches; 
beam, 14 feet; draft, 3 feet 6 inches. The power 
consists of two 50-horsepower Standard motors, 
situated amidships under the bridge, the engine 
room being well ventilated by a large skyli ght 
and the stack. With this power a speed of 
12 knots is anticipated. Gasolene tanks of 1,000 
gallons capacity are located in the engine com¬ 
partment, which is entirely separated from the 
■est of the ship by watertight, steel bulkheads. 
> The hull is substantially built and of the very 
lest possible construction. The keel and frames 
ire of the best quality white oak, and the plank- 
ng is of yellow pine, worked in two thicknesses, 
;o as to secure the maximum possible strength 
vithout undue weight. The deck is of white 
tine, laid in narrow strips; the deck house, 
cabin trunk, skylights and hatches are alb of 
eak. The boat will be fully equipped in every 
vay, having hot and cold running water and 
tathroom, the floor of which is tiled, the en¬ 
gine control being over the bridge. She will 
arry in addition to the owner’s gig, a 14-foot 
notor boat, having a speed of 10 miles an hour. 
As this vessel is designed primarily for use 
n Southern waters, but as the owner also 
yished to be able to use here in the North, the 
raft has been kept as light as possible; particu- 
ir attention has been paid to ventilation, and 
t the same time a form of hull has been se¬ 
ared hat will make her a good sea boat in any 
ind of weather that she is liable to encounter. 
1 This vessel is flush deck from the stem back 
the stack, aft of which there is a cabin trunk 
ver the owner’s and guests’ quarters. The 
wner has a stateroom the full width of the 
oat, 10 feet in length, connecting on the port 
de with a large bathroom having bathtub, 
ash basin and toilet. Aft of the bathroom, 
ad also connecting with it, is another large 
Ptible stateroom, full width of the vessel, with 
ireau and two wardrobes. These rooms have 
.cylieffits overhead, in addition to ventilation 
•ovided by the windows in the trunk. Access 
to these quarters is by means of the com¬ 
panionway on the starboard side, landing in 
the lobby opposite the bathroom, in this lobby 
being a leather upholstered sola and hanging 
space for oil skins, etc. 
The dining room is in the deck house, for¬ 
ward, and is unusually large, there being suf¬ 
ficient room to permit at least twelve persons 
dining with comfort. This dining room has a 
sofa on each side, and at the aft end a large 
sideboard. The galley and pantry are on deck 
immediately abaft the dining room, in order 
to secure cool quarters for the cook and 
steward in Southern climates. As it has been 
found from experience that the space below 
under the deck house is not actually available 
for living purposes in the South, a portion of 
this has been utilized by the designers for a 
large storeroom, so that the vessel will carry 
sufficient supplies for a long cruise. The 
steward has access to this storeroom from a 
special hatch in the pantry. 
The finish in the dining room will be very 
rich, all the wood being carefully selected ma¬ 
hogany, while in the rooms below aft the furn¬ 
iture, doors, and also the trim are to be ma¬ 
hogany; while the balance of the work will be 
white enamel finish with handsome panels, the 
general style being Colonial in effect. The 
quarters for the captain and engineer are be¬ 
low, forward of the deck house. These officers 
will have a separate room, with berth, ward¬ 
robe and desk. The crew’s space is just for¬ 
ward, and access to this part of the vessel is 
had by means of a companion way on the for¬ 
ward deck. The officers and crew have their 
own separate toilet arrangements. This craft 
can be run with a crew of four or, at the out¬ 
side, five men; will be able to go wherever 
her owner desires; will be very attractive in 
appearance, easy to handle and most econom¬ 
ical to run. 
Yacht Transfers. 
The following sales and charters have been 
effected through the office of Henry J. Gielow: 
200-foot steam yacht Erl King sold for A. 
Edward Tower to the government of Haiti, 
who are now having her converted into a gun 
boat for the Haitian navy. She will leave for 
her new home waters in the early part of 
December. The battery will consist of four 
rapid-fire 37-miHimeter guns, two of 47 milli¬ 
meters. ana two automatic guns. 
102-foot steel auxiliary schooner yacht Iris, 
ex-Oonas II., sold for Vernon C. Brown to F. 
M. Whitehouse. 
65-foot motor yacht Bon Temps sold for S. 
H. Brown to B. Haldeman for service on the 
west coast of Florida. 
45-foot motor yacht Ida Bell sold for Thomas 
J. Cleary to A. B. Curtiss for shipment to 
Ecuador. She is now having her gasolene 
motor replaced with a kerosene engine, as 
gasolene cannot be procured where ,she will 
be used. 
45-foot hunting cabin cruiser Surf sold for 
R. W. Brockway to L. P. Bradley for extensive 
cruising on the Sound. 
37-foot gasolene cruiser Northerner sold for 
C. D. Randall to U. S. Life Saving Service. 
Has been re-named Elizabeth. 
33-foot raised-deck cruiser Irene sold for Al¬ 
fred Mestre to Bayard L. Foulke. • 
Catboat Teal sold for C. T. Peirce to Fred¬ 
erick Richards. 
45-foot motor boat Chick III. chartered for 
Whitney Lyon to G. Von Utassey. 
6o-foot auxiliary sloop yacht Milicete 
chartered for T. D. Poucher to W. H. White. 
50-foot auxiliary yawl Flanneur chartered for 
Clifford E. Dunn to Stephen P. Sturgis. 
These transfers are reported through the 
agency of Stanley M. Seaman: 
8o-foot gasolene cruiser Tringa, W. M. 
Lovering. Taunton, Mass., to Bernhard Zahn, 
New York. 
AO-foot sea-going gasolene cruiser Picaroon 
sold by T. B. Bayliss, New Bedford, Mass., to 
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Cigars and 
Bird Dogs 
Men who travel to the far 
West on shooting trips and take 
a brace of well broken setters 
with them are men who can 
afford to and generally do smoke 
what they please. 
An eastern customer of mine 
informs me that when he went 
into the baggage car in the 
evening to feed and water his 
dogs for. the night while his 
train was passing through 
western Nebraska, he was sur¬ 
prised to see a number of my 
packages of cigars in charge of 
the express messenger. 
He says they looked like a 
friend from home, and he in¬ 
quired of the messenger if they 
carried many of them, and was 
informed that “we never make 
a trip without a lot of them.” 
I mention this incident to in¬ 
dicate the kind of men who are 
my customers and the wide ram¬ 
ification of my business. 
There is no State in the Union 
to which I do not ship thou¬ 
sands of cigars practically on 
trial. I always say: “Send 
back the remainder if they don’t 
suit, and no charge for those 
smoked.” 
It is also significant of the 
quality of my customers that 
nearly all my bills are paid by 
check or bank draft. 
My Panatela has- a filler of 
clear, clean, long Havana leaf, 
grozm in Cuba —and nothing 
else. The wrapper is genuine 
Sumatra, and the cigars are 
hand-made _ throughout by ex¬ 
pert men cigar-makers. 
If you are at all skeptical, it 
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EXACT SIZE 
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nfty Shivers Panatela Cigars on approval to 
a reader of Forest and Stream, express pre- 
paid. He may smoke ten cigars and return 
the remaining forty at my expense if he is 
not pleased with them; if he is pleased, and 
xeeps them, he agrees to remit the price $2 so 
within ten days. ’ 
In ordering please inclose business card or 
give personal references and state whether 
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913 Filbert Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. 
