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as have been seen in former motor boat shows. 
There were boats for those who want costly 
vessels, and there were others for those who 
want sane craft at moderate prices, and the 
prices ranged from about $200 for a small open 
dory to $15,000 for a high speed boat just use¬ 
ful for afternoon fun. In style and finish, too, 
the boats showed much improvement over 
former exhibits, and even in the small craft 
made to sell for little money there was a style 
and finish that could not have been approached 
two years ago. At the same time the luxurious 
craft were even more luxurious in finish and in 
fittings. 
The most attractive exhibits, because of the 
costliness of the boats, were those of the 
Electric Launch Company and the Gas Engine 
& Power Company. The Electric Launch Com¬ 
pany showed as its chief attraction an Elco de 
Luxe. 45 feet long which cost $12,500, and the 
Gas Engine & Power Company displayed the 
speed boat able to make 34 miles an hour, to 
cost $15,000. These two exhibits were described 
in the last issue of Forest and Stream. 
At the Standard Motor Company’s exhibit 
was a very handsome raised deck cruiser well 
arranged and simply equipped. This boat was 
built by the Electric Launch Company and fitted 
with a 20-horsepower Standard motor, which 
will give her a speed of 11 miles. In the cabin 
forward are berths for seven, the galley is large 
and well ventilated, and aft there is a very 
roomy deck space. This boat attracted much 
attention and its cost was $5,000. 
A boat of similar type was shown by the 
Gas Engine & Power Company, but this cratt 
was fitted and finished in a more costly way, so 
that its cost was $8,000. It had its quarters aft 
which consisted of a large stateroom with 
double bed, a cabin fitted with transoms, a 
large engine space with berths for crew and a 
galley forward. This boat is 45 feet long and 
10 feet beam. The Reliance Company displayed 
another boat of the same type which cost $4,000, 
and the Racine Company had still another, so 
that lovers of this type had opportunities to 
study how the different designers had worked 
out the plans, and each had its good features. 
The Reliance Motor Company showed two 
little racers 23 feet long by 4 feet beam fitted 
with 24 and 28-horsepower motors. One very 
much resembled Peter Pan II., which is well 
known for the records it made. The whole 
exhibit of the Reliance Company was most at¬ 
tractive, as the boats were well modeled, sub¬ 
stantially built and offered at moderate prices. 
The W. H. Mullins Company displayed sev¬ 
eral of its steel boats, varying in size from 16 
to 26 feet long. These boats made a very pleas¬ 
ing appearance and embodied many novel 
features in their make up. The largest was 
equipped with a 30-horsepower motor, was built 
of non-corrosive metal and the deck fittings 
were of oak. 
For the lover of the small boat there were 
many attractive features. The Atlantic Com¬ 
pany showed several power dories ranging in 
size from 18 feet equipped with a 4-horsepower 
motor to a 30-foot raised deck cabin cruiser, 
which was one of the attractive features of the 
show. This little cruiser was offered at $1,400. 
Forward there was a cabin large enough and 
fitted to sleep four. There is a toilet at the 
forward end, and aft, just forward of the bulk¬ 
head, is the motor. The controls are ell placed 
near the steering wheel. The cockpit is large. 
The model shows a big bodied craft with plenty 
of freeboard. This company is planning to turn 
out a 35-foot cruiser, and as the Atlantic dories 
have made a name for themselves, the new boat 
is sure to be a good one. 
The Toppan company showed a 19-foot dory 
equipped with a 3-horsepower motor, as well as 
models of other boats turned out by this com¬ 
pany. Other dories were shown by the Cape 
Cod Company, which are also well known along 
the coast. The dory has grown to be a very 
popular boat, and these three companies have 
done much to make their boats as attractive 
as they are safe and serviceable. 
The Detroit Boat Company showed boats, of 
all sorts and sizes, some suitable for speeding 
over smooth water and others safe and sane 
cruisers for use anywhere. They ranged in 
size from a 14-foot runabout to a 27-foot auto 
boat. They also had canoes, some of which 
were equipped with small motors. 
The Rice Company, of Bordentown, showed 
a 40-foot racer built of mahogany and fitted with 
a 250-horsepower motor which was intended to 
compete in the International cup trials last 
year. Fay & Bowen showed a 25-foot runabout 
well proportioned and free from freakish ideas. 
The Truscott Boat Company had two run¬ 
abouts fitted with 35 and 18 horsepower motors 
respectively. The Racine Company showed a 
36-foot cruiser yawl rigged as well as some at¬ 
tractive small boats. 
Another attractive small boat was shown by 
the Luders Company. It was 20 feet long, 5 
feet 6 inches beam and fitted with a 6-horse¬ 
power motor. This boat is built of oak frames, 
cedar planking and oak sheer strake. The trim¬ 
mings are of mahogany. It has two cockpits— 
one for the motor, in which, too, there was 
plenty of locker space, and one fitted for the 
helmsman and his guests. It was fully equipped 
and offered for $900. Rice Brothers showed a 
trim 20-footer built of mahogany. The arrange¬ 
ment of the boat was good, and she would be 
well adapted for use on small lakes or rivers. . 
In the motor department there were exhibits 
by all the leading motor builders in the coun¬ 
try, and their power varied from. 2 horsepower 
to 300 horsepower. These exhibits were in¬ 
structive, too, because in many cases the in¬ 
terior workings were shown and every part of 
the mechanism was fully explained. The Gray 
Motor Company made a .fine display. These 
motors are made in all sizes and a complete 
line of the new model T design were on the 
floor. The most characteristic feature of this 
new model is a double inlet system combining 
the advantages of both the two port and three 
port systems. The carburetor is attached to a 
chamber which is divided into an upper and 
lower half by a cross web. The upper half 
communicates with the crank case through, a 
third port in the cylinder wall, and is fitted with 
a check valve which has a vertical lift. This 
year’s model is a big improvement over models 
of last year and is a most attractive looking 
motor, too. 
The Ferro, Stamford. Holmes, Relaco, Sterl¬ 
ing, Palmer,’ Mianus, Buffalo, Jencick, Doman 
and Speedway motors all attracted well, and the 
new models were closely examined. 
The exhibit of accessories was a remarkably 
good one. Carburetors, batteries, spark plugs, 
sparkers, propellers, reverse gears, clutches, 
grease guns, whistles, horns, lamps, lights, 
dynamos, magnetos, bathroom fittings, and in 
fact everything connected with a motor boat 
was to be found at the Garden. 
One of the most interesting features was a 
motor life boat similar to those used at present 
in the United States Life-Saving Service on the 
Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Great Lakes. 
When motor lifeboats were first installed by the 
Government in 1899* the best motor obtainable 
for the purpose was a 12-horsepower engine 
weighing 1.800 pounds. To show to what an 
extent improvements have been made along this 
line it is only necessary to say that the motor 
in the boat weighs but 950 pounds, and has a 
30 to 35 horsepower capacity. The boat is 36 
feet long. 8 feet beam, built entirely of ma¬ 
hogany and fastened with Tobin bronze and gun 
metal It has six watertight compartments 
under the deck, filled, with 112 copper cases. 
The boat is self-righting and. self-bailing; that 
is, if capsized, it rights itself instantly, and will 
empty itself in nine seconds. One peculiarity 
about the boat is that it is diagonally planked 
with two thicknesses of mahogany, having 
canvas between. Each plank commences at the 
gunwale at one side, running under the bot¬ 
tom to the gunwale on the other side, and 
riveted through. The motor is installed in the 
after compartment with the starting, crank and 
all controllers on the bulkhead of this compart¬ 
ment. It carries fuel sufficient, for a 250-mile 
run. Its sailing equipment consists of a foresail 
and mainsail with hollow spars, which are easily 
put in place when required. There are fifty- 
eight of this type of this motor boat in use in 
the Life-Saving Service, and are built by the 
Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, N. J., 
which has done practically all of the life boat 
work for the Government. 
Canoeing. 
Tippy C. C.’s New Home. 
The Tippy Canoe Club is to have a new 
house at Glenover. This club was organized 
three years ago by Pittsburg canoeists. The 
club has been using a remodeled hotel at Glen¬ 
over. The new club house will be of brick and 
will cost about $6,000. There will be 18 spacious 
rooms in addition to the boat room. The build¬ 
ing is to be completed by Sept. 1. 
The officers of the club, which was recently 
granted a State charter, are: Commodore, W. 
W Sanderson; Vice-Commodore, A. T. Brock- 
way; Secretary, Board of Directors, Carl Feich; 
Secretary, Board of Governors, W. W. Noble; 
Purser, John E. McHugh. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division —6158, Spencer G. Lane, 395 
Washington avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 6164, 
Elmer J Lloyd, 818 Carteret avenue, Trenton, 
N. j.; 6165, Carl R. Lucke, 1 West 104th street, 
New York, N. Y. 
Eastern Division.—6160, John C. Kendrick, 5 
Richfield avenue, Cranston, R. I.; 6162, Walter 
B Gorton 49 Ring street, Providence, R. I.; 
6161, George A. Smith, 52 Hillwood street, 
Olneyville, R. I. 
Western Division.—6159, Christian G. Ewert- 
sen, 1465 Carmen avenue, Chicago, Ill. 
Book Exchange. 
Among the readers of Forest and Stream 
there are many who are interested in old out-of- 
print and rare books on sport, travel, explora¬ 
tion and kindred subjects, and frequent letters 
are received at the office ordering such books. 
In the very nature of the case, however, these 
cannot be supplied on order, and it often takes 
months of search to secure copies, by which 
time the person who ordered them may have 
forgotten all about the matter. Within a few 
weeks we have received from readers and from 
dealers a dozen orders for a supposed book 
called “A Boy in Indian Camps,” which orders 
were called forth by an article printed not long 
ago in Forest and Stream, describing a book 
published in 1850 and long out of print. Such 
books as Dodge’s “Plains of the Great West,” 
“Hunting Grounds of the West,” Elliott’s “Caro¬ 
lina Sports,” Palliser’s little book on Western 
hunting and others are often sought for. 
These volumes and others like them contain 
a world of vivid interesting description of life 
in the open, as it was from forty to sixty years 
ago, and furnish the most delightful reading. 
On the other hand, because they are scarce, they 
are costly by comparison with the ordinary out¬ 
door book, which has just been published and 
stands in numbers on the shelves of the book 
seller. 
No doubt there are many of our readers who 
possess these old books, and others who would 
be glad to possess them, and we are, therefore, 
making a special place in our advertising 
columns, which may be called a book exchange, 
where those who wish to purchase, sell or ex¬ 
change second hand books may ask for what 
they need, or offer what they have. 
