April 15, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
585 
54-FOOT ELCO I)E LUXE POPULAR ON THE LAKES. 
Work at Bayonne. 
I he many vessels contracted for early in the 
winter are rapidly nearing completion at the 
yards of the Electric Launch Company at Bay¬ 
onne. Some have already been launched and 
some will go in the water shortly. One of the 
most attractive pieces of work being done there 
is the building of an Elco plane, as Mr. Sutphen 
calls it, for A. E. Smith, which is to be a de¬ 
fender of the British International trophy. The 
construction of this boat is a very fine piece of 
work, and great things are expected of the craft. 
There is also a boat for J. Stuart Blackton 
building for the same races. 
File U. S. Navy department has ordered from 
this company two 40-foot motor boats for use 
at Newport. R. I.. Torpedo Station. These 
boats are of very substantial construction and 
will be equipped with 4-cylinder, 25-horsepower 
Standard motors. The boats are intended for 
use in towing torpedoes after they have been 
tried out on the proving grounds off the Gov¬ 
ernment station. After the torpedoes are fired 
from the gun, they usually carry for a distance 
of about 5 miles, when they stop running and 
float on the surface. The motor boat is then 
sent to find them and tow them back to the sta¬ 
tion. As each torpedo costs more than $5,000, 
it is readily seen that the Government cannot 
afford to lose any in tests they make. These 
two boats are to be delivered at Newport by 
May 11. 
D. Lome McGibbon. of Montreal, who is 
prominent in the rubber industry, has ordered 
from the Elco people a 50-foot electric launch 
for use at St. Agathe. Quebec. This boat, which 
is to be delivered May 1, and which will be 
named Ethelwyn, is the latest type of electfic 
launch and will be equipped with the most ap¬ 
proved electrical apparatus, including the new 
light weight batteries which have a capacity of 
60 miles on one charge. 
C. H. Osgood, of Norwich, Conn., owner of 
the steam yacht Narwhal, will have a 40-horse¬ 
power Elco motor installed in the 25-t'oot yacht 
tender which is carried on the davits of the 
yacht. The installation will be made at New 
London where the Narwhal is now stored. 
W. T. Samson, a wealthy resident of Gan- 
anoque, Canada, is to have a new 34-t'oot Elco 
Express delivered on May 15. This boat is 
fitted with a 4-cylinder 40-horsepower Elco 
motor. The boat has been specially designed 
for Mr. Samson and has 7 feet beam. A 
novelty in her construction will be a light glass 
cabin which entirely covers the after part of the 
seating cockpit. This is designed as a protec¬ 
tion against rain and foggy weather. There will 
be an open cockpit forward of the cabin and 
the engine will be forward and be protected by 
a metal cover similar to the usual Elco design. 
The control levers and steering wheel are to be 
placed in the forward cockpit. 
Cruiser for F. G. C. Lyon. 
F. G. C Lyon, of the N. Y. Y. C.. has placed 
through Henry R. Sutphen. vice-president of 
the Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, an 
order for an 84-foot single screw motor yacht. 
Mr. Lyon intends to use the yacht on Long 
Island Sound and waters adjacent to New York. 
The new boat will be called Bettina III., and 
will be the second boat built by the Electric 
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