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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 18, 1911 - 
Annual Motor Boat Show. 
Beaufort Cut to be Deepened. 
Canoeing. 
The annual exhibition of the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Engine and Boat Manufacturers will 
open in the Madison Square Garden next 
Tuesday. This will be the beginning of the 
.season." as many of those who contemplate do¬ 
ing some yachting during the coming summer, 
especially in motor boats, have been waiting 
to see what the manufacturers have to offer. 
According to the management of this show, 
there are" to be more than 300 exhibitors, and 
there will be boats ranging from the small open 
boat to a fair sized cabin cruiser. There will 
be boats suitable for afternoon outings, run¬ 
abouts, fast craft for racing and cabin boats of 
the hunting and raised deck types. There will 
be cheap boats for those who have not much 
money to spend and costly boats for those who 
want style and luxury. 
Since last season many improvements have 
been made in models, in engines, in sparking 
devices and in other accessories and everything 
pertaining to the motor boat will be found in 
the Garden. As usual on such occasions, motor 
boat enthusiasts will gather here from all parts 
■of the country, and during the ten days that the 
show will occupy attention, there will be meet¬ 
ings of different organizations, and that of the 
American Power Boat Association is to be 
held in the Waldorf-Astoria on Feb. 28. At 
that meeting officers will be elected and matters 
of importance discussed. 
Particular attention has been paid in de¬ 
veloping types of boats suitable as family boats 
and capable of withstanding considerable rough 
weather. There will be boats of this type which 
western concerns are turning out for from $250 
up. Of course the cheaper ones have small 
motors and the cost increases according to the 
power wanted. 
Motor boating has long passed the experi¬ 
mental stage, but each year witnesses remark¬ 
able improvements in everything pertaining to 
motor boating. Motors themselves have been 
wonderfully improved. Small motors have been 
wanted to use in small sailing craft, and so 
make them auxiliaries, and at this show there 
will be several fitted for this purpose. In con¬ 
trast to these engines there will be some 
powerful enough to equip vessels from 75 to 
100 feet in length. 
The dory type of motor boat has grown much 
in popularity because this model is a good safe 
■one, and its cost is not excessive. The Atlantic 
Company from Amesbury will show a 25-foot 
dory with 6 feet 6 inehes beam and fitted with 
an 8-horsepower motor. The Toppan Boat 
Company will show some 18-foot dories 
■equipped with 2-horsepower motors ready for 
use in salt water and fitted with reverse gears. 
In one of these dories is a two-cylinder motor 
weighing 500 pounds, which will drive the boat 
19 miles an hour, it is said. 
For more luxurious craft the Elco works at 
Bayonne, the Gas Engine & Power Company, 
the Racine Boat Company, and the Reliance 
Motor Company will have fine exhibits. The 
Elco Company will show a 48-t’oot cruising 
"boat of their well known De Luxe model fitted 
with a 6o-horsepower Standard motor. The 
cabin is finished in African mahogany and a 
•dynamo driven by the motor furnishes light and 
heat for cooking. 
The Reliance Company will show two 45-foot 
boats, one a seagoing cruiser of the raised deck 
type and the other a runabout. The Gas En¬ 
gine Company will, as usual, show all types for 
which this company is-noted and will have some 
very handsome boats. 
In addition to motor boats, engines and ac¬ 
cessories, there is to be an exhibition of aero¬ 
planes in the concert hall, and lectures are to 
be delivered each afternoon and evening. Glen 
H. Curtiss will show his latest aeroplane. The 
Thousand Islands Y. C. is to have an exhibit 
of motor boats and models and the boys of the 
public schools are to shoot for championships 
in the rifle ranges in the basement. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
sregularly. 
What is known as the Beaufort cut, which 
forms a canal from Pamlico Sound to Beau¬ 
fort, has been completed with a depth of ten 
feet but will be deepened to twelve feet. This 
waterway cannot be fully utilized, however, until 
the canals leading to the Elizabeth River at 
Norfolk have been enlarged. That is, it is not 
available for vessels that cannot pass through 
the Dismal Swamp or the Chesapeake and Al¬ 
bemarle canals. But even in its present state it 
affords a passage for small vessels, so that 
they can avoid the dangers of passing outside 
of Hatteras. 
Cruiser for N. W. Browne. 
Norman W. Browne, of this city, is having 
a 40-foot raised deck auxiliary cruiser built from 
designs by Gerald T. White. The design shows 
exceptional seaworthiness, the hull being double 
framed and reinforced with bilge and shear 
clamps of yellow pine. The cabin accommoda¬ 
tion is large. This craft will be driven by a 
25-horsepower Holliday motor. The vessel is 
being built by J. W. Ketcham, of Greenport, 
and will be ready for launching in May. Mr. 
Browne will use the yacht cruising along the 
coast during the summer season. The model is 
what is known as the Montauk fisherman de¬ 
sign and is well suited to rough water and 
easily handled under sail or power. 
Shipbuilding in Nova Scotia. 
Consul Alfred J. Fleming, of Yarmouth, re¬ 
ports that the five shipyards in his district—four 
at Shelbourne and one at Yarmouth—do prac¬ 
tically all the shipbuilding for the southern half 
of Nova Scotia. They give steady employment 
to 400 people. The last two years have been 
very busy ones for the yards and, as they have 
at least six months’ work on hand, 1911 promises 
to be even busier than either of the past two 
years. 
New Motor Boat Prize. 
The New England Boat and Engine Associa¬ 
tion has offered a $250 bronze trophy as a chal¬ 
lenge prize for the coming season. The prize 
will be raced for by. boats of the open Class A 
in the association races off City Point, Boston, 
on July 4. It will become the property of the 
owner winning in two successive years. This 
class is for speed boats 32 to 40 feet length with 
unlimited power. The course for this class will 
be twice around a triangle 14^ miles in length 
starting off City Point. 
Yacht Sales. 
These transfers have been made through Cox 
& Stevens office: 
Cruising motor yacht Reomar sold for R. E. 
Olds, of Lansing, Mich., to N. L. Carpenter, of 
New York. Her name has been changed to 
Natchez. 
Raised deck cruiser Talisman, sold for Mrs. 
M. M. Mills, of New York, to Clarence Sill, of 
Philadelphia, for cruising on Delaware River 
and Chesapeake Bay. 
Cup Donated by Mackay Edgar. 
Mackay Edgar, one of the most enthusiastic 
supporters of motor boat racing in the Royal 
Motor Y. C., has offered to present a cup to 
the club every year for the next ten years, the 
only condition being (and it is one which clearly 
shows the extremely generous spirit in which 
the offer is made) that the cup is to be given 
for a race in which the donor’s boat is not 
eligible to compete. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
new members proposed. 
Atlantic Division.—Spencer G. Lane, 395 
Washington avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., by F. S. 
Thorn and Payne L. Kretzner; Elmer J. Lloyd, 
818 Carteret avenue, Trenton, N. J., by Wm. C. 
Kuhn; Carl R. Lucke, 1 West 104th street, New 
York city, by Arthur Lucke. 
Eastern Division.—John C. Kendrick, 5 Rich¬ 
field avenue, Cranston, R. I., by Wm. A. Heath; 
Walter B. Gorton, 49 Ring street, Providence, 
R. I., by Horace C. Orphin; George A. Smith, 
52 Hillwood street, Olneyville, R. I., by Fred 
C. Rexford. 
Western Division.—Christian G. Ewertsen, 
1465 Carmen avenue, Chicago, Ill., by William 
Zellweger. 
new members elected. 
Atlantic Division.—6137, Geo. A. Diblin, Phila¬ 
delphia; 6138, J. H. Burwell, 2038 Grand Central 
Terminal, N. Y. city; 6140, D. Cummings, 73 S. 
Clinton street, East Orange, N. J.; 6145, George 
G. Richards, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.; Daniel J. Finn, 2174 Amsterdam 
avenue, New York, N. Y.; 6147, Henry R. Bern- 
ing, Jr., Marble Hill Kingsbridge, N. Y.; 6148, 
Alexander Wright, Jr., 3404 Barker avenue, 
Williamsbridge, N. Y.; 6149, Peter H. Morgan, 
1263 Washington avenue, New York, N. _Y.; 
6150, Wm. A. Rogers, 1317 H street, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C.; 6152, Charles M. Swart, 2026 Rus- 
comb street, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
6153, Albert E. Svenson, 2637 West Lehigh 
avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.; 6154, Edward S. Duf- 
fey, 4619 Germantown avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
6155, Victor D. Abel, 608 North Thirteenth 
street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 6156, Forrest E. Alte- 
mus, 117 Rochelle avenue, Wissahickon, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.; 6157, H. Le Roy Walker, 1704 
Tioga street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Central Division—6136, Frank J. Minkel, 503 
Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.; 6139, W. Ed¬ 
ward Davis, 5635 Rippey street, Pittsburg, Pa.; 
6151, F. H. La Baume, 922 Commerce street, 
Roanoke, Va. 
Western Division. — 6141, Bruce Rutherford, 
Peoria, Ill.; 6142, Albert W. Mackley, 1020 
Fourth avenue, Peoria, Ill.; 6143, Clair Horst- 
man, Peoria, Ill.; 6144, Chauncey A. Cole, 1211 
Perry avenue, Peoria, Ill. 
Irondequoit C. C. Meeting. 
The annual meeting of Irondequoit C. C. 
was held last week at the University Club, 
Rochester. The annual report was read by the 
Purser, D. M. Rose, showing the past year to 
have been the most successful in the club’s his¬ 
tory. Officers were elected for the ensuing 
year as follows: John H. Pierce, Commodore; 
Edgar Shantz, Vice-Commodore; Delos M. 
Rose, Purser; John S. Wright, Samuel M. 
Havens, Directors. Luncheon was provided by 
Arthur E. Kelly, the retiring commodore. 
FREE ADMISSION OF TOURISTS’ 
CAMERAS. 
Used cameras imported into France by 
tourists are to be admitted free of duty. Under 
exceptional circumstances a tourist may be 
allowed to import free of duty two cameras of 
different makes and sizes, provided there is no 
doubt as to the good faith of the importer. 
Twelve plate holders are allowed to be im¬ 
ported with each camera. Lenses attached to 
the cameras, but not extra lenses, are admitted 
free of duty. Amateur photographers bringing 
in two cameras of the same kind or more than 
two cameras of different kinds, as well as pro¬ 
fessional photographers (regardless of the num¬ 
ber of cameras), must make a deposit, which will 
be refunded on proof of re-exportation. 
