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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 22, 1911. 
Detroit Motor Boat Club. 
The Detroit Motor Boat Club, one of the 
largest and most successful on the Lakes, has 
recently purchased the Klenk Lighthouse Inn, 
which gives it the finest home of any of the 
Western clubs. The price paid for this was 
§90,000, and the inn stands within 300 feet of 
Windmill Point Lighthouse, which stands on 
the extreme outer end of the point, just below 
where Lake St. Clair empties into the Detroit 
River, with the big government lighthouse and 
keeper’s residence to the left and a collection of 
picturesque summer cottages to the right, it 
commands one of the finest land and water views 
in America. 
The club property begins at the south line of 
the proposed new Riverside boulevard, the route 
of which was laid out by the city engineers some 
time ago, 700 feet back from the river line. All 
the grounds, which a few years ago were under 
water part of every year, have been drained and 
graded until to-day they are high and dry. 
A lawn which was started two years ago is in 
excellent condition this spring, and with proper 
care will present a broad sloping stretch of 
green before midsummer. Several hundred dol¬ 
lars’ worth of shade trees and shrubbery, such 
as rosebushes of various kinds and other flow¬ 
ers are now two years old and this year should 
present a beautiful appearance. Several large 
willow trees, native to the grounds, are scat¬ 
tered about, offering tempting shady nooks 
when the sun shines warm. 
The main building, or club house, is a big 
frame structure facing on the river. Either from 
the water or land side it is an imposing struc¬ 
ture. It was built five years ago and is in ex¬ 
cellent condition. 
The main body of the building is 46x75 feet, 
two stories and basement. It is built in the 
colonial style of architecture, with four massive 
columns and four smaller ones supporting the 
verandas. The verandas, on each of the two 
stories above ground, extend all along the front 
of the building. Each is 15 feet wide and 76 
feet long. They furnish the coolest spot for a 
meal or lounging place to be found in or near 
the city. Enclosed with screens to keep out 
mosquitoes, one may sit on the veranda in mid¬ 
summer and watch an average of 85,000 tons of 
the shipping of the Great Lakes pass almost 
within a stone’s throw, every 24 hours. 
The entrance door of the building gives on a 
reception hall, a 16-foot square. The main 
staircase leads to the second story out of this 
reception hall. Easy chairs and lounges, with 
rugs and draperies comprise the furnishings of 
the hall. At the left is a ladies’ retiring room. 
To the right of the reception lobby is a grill 
or lounging room, 40x30 feet. Two big French 
windows in front and three smaller windows 
along the east side make this a bright, cheerful 
room. This room, like all the house, is finished 
in antique mission style, with beamed ceiling. 
In the center of the east wall is an immense 
fire-place, which adds a quaint, cheerful air to 
the room. 
This main dining hall is of the same propor¬ 
tions and finish as the east room. The fire¬ 
place here is even larger than the other. Small 
tables, seating four or six people, with snowy 
linen and fine glass and silverware, fnake an 
ideal setting for a dining hall. 
Both the main dining hall and the east loung¬ 
ing room give on what is known as the service 
room, finished in white enamel. 
The second floor of the building, as now 
arranged, contains six private dining rooms and 
the living apartments of the formed proprietor. 
This latter may be divided into six more private 
dining rooms, making a total of twelve, with a 
capacity of from 50 to 75. All the rooms are 
richly furnished and will need practically no re¬ 
arrangement when the motor boat club takes 
possession of the building. 
The attic consists of four big wings, each 
about 20x30 feet, with io-foot ceilings. The 
attic is unfinished, but it is the intention of the 
club officials to fit it up with sleeping rooms for 
twenty to twenty-five members. 
The basement, which is 8 feet high, is half 
above ground. The foundation walls are of 
concrete blocks. The rooms are light and airy. 
At the southwest corner of the basement is 
located the Rathskeller 35x30 feet in dimensions. 
An outside entrance and a stairway from the 
main reception hall furnish easy access. The 
buffet fixtures and chairs and tables are of the 
best quality, and the room is an attractive one. 
To the east of the Rathskeller are the boiler 
room, men’s wash room, coal bin and storage 
rooms. The Ideal boiler furnishes an abundance 
of heat and hot water for the whole house. An 
electrically-driven pump in this room gives city 
pressure on the water works system of the 
house. 
The basement also contains a large storeroom 
for wines and liquors, house supplies, such as 
glassware and dishes; large meat, poultry and 
fish refrigerating room, with an ice capacity of 
300 tons; vegetable storage rooms; laundry; 
kitchen supply room, in which a large stock of 
groceries and canned goods can be kept; and 
the gas lighting plant. The latter apparatus was 
installed only two years ago at a cost of ap¬ 
proximately $2,000. The fuel furnished is an 
85 per cent pure gasolene gas, which gives a 
clear, white light such as the gas in use in the 
city. A big gasolene tank is buried in the 
ground, 50 feet from the building making fire 
danger very small, and the fluid is brought into 
the basement through pipes. There it is washed 
and mixed with air and a huge weight tank 
keeps the pressure even throughout the build¬ 
ing. 
Northeast of the main building a large cot¬ 
tage is provided for living quarters for the help 
employed about the place. 
The big barn, 60x60 feet, located on the 
grounds, serves as an ice house and automobile 
garage. One-half the building is given over 
to ice storage with a capacity of 700 tons. A 
shed roof on two sides of the building furnishes 
ample protection for autos whose owners are 
enjoying the boating. 
Along the west side of the property, and in¬ 
cluded in the tract, Fox Creek furnishes a stor¬ 
age canal for boats the like of which, for safety 
and convenience cannot be found at any other 
boat club in the United States. The entire 
course of the creek is of an ample depth for 
motor boats but a little dredging of the sand 
bar will open the mouth to a depth of several 
feet. 
The United States Government has already 
arranged for the building of a pier from its light¬ 
house landing, that will prove of immense value 
to the Detroit Motor Boat Club. The new pier 
will extend about 200 feet out into the river, 
straight south. With comparatively little ex¬ 
pense, in a year or two, the club could construct 
an ‘L” wall, east from the end of this big con¬ 
crete pier, which would give one of the best 
and safest harbors for large pleasure craft in 
the country. 
This question of a safe harbor for their craft 
is one which has been annoying Detroit sports¬ 
men for several years. Because of the danger 
of night collisions in the stream or tying up to 
the few docks, unprotected as they are, that are 
now and have been in the past, available. 
With a big, always calm basin, protected by a 
solid concrete sea wall such as the Detroit 
Motor Boat Club will have with the building of 
the government pier and its own “L” wall an 
excellent harbor from which a handsome yearly 
revenue would be forthcoming, will be available. 
And already nearly a score of boat owners have 
declared that they will contract for storage room 
for their craft when the basin is ready. 
Two Boats By Paterson. 
Irving C. Wood, of Englewood, N. J., has 
ordered a 25-foot runabout, which is being built 
by Julius Paterson, the well-known builder, at 
Nyack. This boat will be 24 feet 6 inches on 
the waterline and 5 feet 6 inches beam. It is to 
be driven by a 17-horsepower 3-cylinder motor 
which will drive it about 15 miles an hour. The 
hull will be of fairly light construction and be 
finished entirely of mahogany. 
John Atherton, of this city, is having a 38- 
foot raised deck cruiser built by Paterson. This 
boat will be quite heavily constructed and will 
measure 35 feet 2^ inches on the waterline and 
9 feet beam. The equipment will consist of a 
25-horsepower 3-cylinder motor which will give 
a speed of 10 miles an hour. The trim of this 
boat will be mahogany and when finished she 
will make a very seaworthy cruising craft. 
Sparks. 
Despite rumors to the contrary, Madison 
Square Garden has not been sold. The New 
York Motor Boat Show of 1912 will be held in 
the famous old structure as in former years. 
The Madison Square Garden Company, in a re¬ 
cent statement, declared that even should title 
to the property change hands in the near future, 
it would be stipulated that the purchaser or 
purchasers could not assume control until the 
middle of March, 1912. This would preclude 
the possibility of any interference with the 
Motor Boat Show or any of the other immense 
trade shows which have had their inception, and 
have grown to their present magnitude in 
Madison Square Garden. 
The Columbia Y. C. will hold races for motor 
boats off the club house at 86th street and Hud¬ 
son River on June 10. The contests will be for 
speed boats, semi-speed boats, cruisers and 
open boats. The speed boats will go to Ardsley 
and back, 30 nautical miles. 
R. K. Eaton’s 25-foot motor boat, building at 
at Graves’ yard from designs by A. P. Homer, 
is planked. 
The ocean race of the Yachtsmen’s Club, of 
Philadelphia, will be started on July 8. The 
course is to Scotland Lightship, then to Fire 
Island Lightship and then to Atlantic City. 
Dr. Chris. S. Street, of Philadelphia, is having 
a 56-foot cruiser built from designs by Morris 
M. Whitaker. 
Ursula and Maple Leaf III. were beaten in a 
handicap race at Monaco by the German boat 
Lursen Daimler. Ursula was leading by ten 
minutes when the helmsman fainted. Maple 
Leaf III. retired early in the contest. 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Central Division.—Lona D. Holmes, 126 
Beacon street, Syracuse, N. Y., by C. H. Matti- 
son; Henry Damon Shute, 424 Emerson street, 
E. E., Pittsburg, Pa., by H. D. James. 
Eastern Division.—Arthur L. McCrudden, 27 
Common street, Providence, R. I., by D. R. 
James; Walter A. Mathewson, 117 Wallace 
street, Providence, R. I., by C. Strawson 
Barningham. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Central Division.—6206, C. R. Kemp, 424 
Center street, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 6207, J. F. 
Ambrose, 7040 Frankstown avenue, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 
Eastern Division.—6203, Edward A. Scigliano, 
33 Broad street, Boston, Mass.; 6204, John J. 
Martin, 175 Gardner street, West Roxbury, 
Mass.; 6205, Charles A. MacDonald, 196 
Whipple street, Fall River, Mass. 
MEMBER TRANSFERRED. 
4426, Clark W. Wilson, 502 N. Main street, 
Canastota, N. Y., from Northern Division to 
Western Division. 
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