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The Motor Boat Show. 
Tue National Association of Engine and 
Boat Manufacturers has every reason to feel 
proud of the very successful motor boat show 
held recently in the Grand Central Palace. 
Many who were in doubt as to the successful 
issue of a boat and engine show without any 
sportsman accessories as heretofore are now 
convinced of the popularity of the motor boat, 
for not a night during the week the show ran 
but what saw the palace comfortably packed 
and some nights actually crowded. 
The people who came were those really in- 
terested in the sport and not mere idle sight- 
seers, the result is all exhibitors have done a 
thriving business. It has made it possible for 
purchasers to make an honest, impartial and, 
to themselves at least, satisfactory comparison 
of the best grade of goods in boats, engines 
and accessories, such as spark plugs, reverse 
gears, melon hoods, dry batteries, plumbing and 
hardware exhibited. So perfect has been the 
management of this show that one hears of 
nothing but satisfaction with it from exhibitors. 
Their every want was not only attended to, bux 
anticipated and pre-arranged for, so it relieved 
the exhibitors of all that unnecessary care and 
left them free to exploit their wares and is the 
best guarantee of an even more successful show 
next year. 
The attendance was exceptionally good every 
night of the show, even to the last night on Sat- 
urday, when the weather conditions of rain, 
slush and snow warranted any man staying 
home. The makers of boats and machinery 
were hoarse long before dark explaining the 
merits of their various exhibits. That their 
work was well done is shown by the large num- 
ber of sales reported from their various booths. 
The reason for this is easily to be seen. Never 
before in this city has such an opportunity been 
offered for seeing on all sides the many types 
of boats shown here, especially in the smaller 
classes, there being a large number of boats 
ranging all the way from $500 to $1,000 in price. 
Spectators are generally much surprised to find 
that, after all, the motor boat is not such an 
expensive proposition as they have imagined it 
to be. Those accustomed to seeing the high 
prices on automobiles, where lightness of con- 
struction in motor is one of the great features, 
do not understand that this expensive method 
of construction is not required in a boat. be- 
cause the hull is calculated to carry a certain 
amount of weight, depending upon the num- 
ber of passengers and the addition of a hun- 
dred or more pounds in the shape of machinery 
makes little difference in the flotation. The 
sport of motor boating is likely to be largely 
increased through this show, because a large 
number of people have learned that not only is 
| the boat less expensive than they had imagined, 
| but the skill required to run it is no greater 
than that needed for driving an automobile. 
The band concerts were a great feature of the 
Little Miss Rita Mario was a 
diminutive Sousa, and fully capable of handling 
a very much Jarger number of music‘ans than 
the twenty-one which compose her orchestra. 
The galleries were generally well filled during 
the evening and many of the popular airs had 
to be repeated. 
Time was when the owner of a motor boat 
was entirely satisfied if his engine would run 
and keep on running and propel: his boat, re- 
gardless of the noise it made. In this respect 
times have changed, however, and a great deal 
of attention is now being given to the improve- 
ment of the devices for suppressing unnecessary 
noises. One of the latest devices for this 
purpose is the muffler used on the Fulton 
engine, built by the Art Machine Company, oi 
New York, This muffler is of cast-iron, and is 
in appearance a vertical, cylindrical chamber of 
approximately the same size as the engine 
cylinder near which it is placed. A waterjacket 
precisely similar to the cylinder waterjacket sur- 
rounds the muffler. The exhaust gases pass 
into the top of the expansion chamber of the 
muffler and out at the bottom into the out- 
board exhaust pipe. The waterjacket of the 
muffler is supplied with water which has already 
passed around the cylinder waterjacket. A water 
pipe extending from the muffler waterjacket 
into the center of the expansion chamber carries 
water into the latter, spraying it into the hot 
gas which is rapidly and efficiently cooled in 
this way. The advantages claimed for this 
muffler are, entire practical silence of operation 
and absence of back pressure. 
The two smallest power boats at the show were 
the 12ft. two-horsepower yacht tender, shown 
by the Stamford Motor Company, of Stamford, 
Conn., and the 16ft. power canoe, exhibited by 
the Waterman Marine Motor Company, of De- 
troit, Mich. The yacht tender is powered with 
a regular single-cylinder two-cycle Stamford 
motor, with make and break ignition. The 
motor is placed well forward and occupies very 
little space that could otherwise be used for 
passengers. The Waterman power canoe is, to 
all appearances, an ordinary I6ft. canoe, fitted 
with a beautifully made single-cylinder motor, 
rated at two-horsepower and weighing only 
36 pounds. The motor is so small as to appear 
almost like a toy, but it is really capable of giv- 
ing practical service and standing up under 
hard work. It will drive the canoe at a speed 
of from to to 12 miles an hour under favorable 
conditions. 
Any man who has a_ substantial row- 
boat can convert it into a motor boat by 
the use of the Waterman outboard motor. 
This is a complete outfit, consisting of 
a two-horsepower gasolene motor, gasolene 
tank, propellor shaft, bevel gears, and propellor, 
mounted on a column which takes the place of 
the rudder post. The engine drives through the 
bevel gears to a vertical shaft which in turn 
drives the propellor through another pair of 
bevel gears. The tiller projecting forward 
carries the one gallon gasolene tank and the 
electric ignition apparatus and is placed in any 
convenient part of the boat, such as the space 
under the stern seat, and wired to the engine. 
For steering the whole outfit—engine, propellor 
and all—swings on a pivot, making the steering 
very quick and positive. This outfit can be ap- 
plied to any substantial rowboat, without the 
use of tools. 
The Cushman Motor Company, of Lincoln, 
Neb., with an Eastern branch at 84 Chambers 
street, New York city, had on exhibition at 
the Motor Boat Show their full line of motors, 
viz., 2, 4, 7, 8 and 14 horsepower. The 8 and 14 
horsepower motors are two-cylinder motors. 
This company has devoted its energies for the 
past six years entirely to these five sizes, and to- 
day have them so perfected in material and 
workmanship that the fit and adjustment are 
perfect. The motors are two cycle, two port, 
and jump spark. The weight of these engines 
is as light as any on the market, the 2-horse- 
power weighing but 75 pounds, and the 14-horse- 
power but 325. The various parts were also on 
exhibition, and the display demonstrated the 
perfect fit of piston and cylinder, a cut cylinder 
with piston entered showing a fit to .oor of an 
inch. A noteworthy letter displayed was one 
from far away Russia, from the State Architect, 
telling of having run an 8-horsepower Cushman 
15,000 kilometers without repairs being neces- 
sary. The Cushman Motor Company claims 
that no other engine made of the same size and 
weight will give the same efficiency or last as 
long. 
Users of motor boats have been quick to take 
advantage of the comfort obtained from folding 
tops of the automobile type which have been 
very ingeniously adapted for use afloat. Quite 
a number of different styles of tops were shown 
at the Motor Boat Show at the Grand Central 
Palace, beginning, of course, with the old 
familiar standing top supported on stationary 
stanchions. The most interesting type. how- 
ever, is that in which the top folds as does an 
automobile top, so as to be out of the way when 
not needed. The spray hood as shown by Jones 
& Robinson, sail makers, City Island, N. Y., 
covers the forward part of the cockpit, shelter 
ing it completely from flying spray, and when 
not in use can be folded up sideways, swinging 
over and resting on the deck just outside of tne 
coaming. A brass arch at the after end and a 
series of curved braces of light wood support 
the top when up. 
On a high speed runabout, in the exhibit of the 
Electric Launch Company, was an excellent ex- 
ample of the automobile type of cape cart 
hood, with extension and straps at the 
forward end. This is becoming a very popular 
[ the runabout type. 
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type of top for auto boats of 
Though the naphtha engine manufactured by 
the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. 
Seabury & Co., Consolidated, has been on the 
market for a great many years, it is still popular 
for many purposes, and though to a great ex- 
tent displaced by the more modern gasolene 
launch, is still built and sold by the makers. A 
very handsome yacht tender of this type formed 
part of the exhibit of this company at the Motor 
Boat Show, and the beautiful mahogany finish 
of the hull and the natty appearance and the 
finish of the brass work of the motor attracted 
general admiration. Boats of this type have 
been running for many years and seem equal 
to many years’ active service. 

An interesting exhibit of the Truscott Boat 
Manufacturing Company was that of two electric 
light outfits, consisting of an engine and dyna- 
mo mounted on the same bed plate, with a view 
to each being used with the other. The engines 
are Truscott single-cylinder gasolene engines, 
with spun copper wire jackets. 
The dynamos are of the type in which the 
fields rotate while the armatures remain sta- 
tionary. In this way the revolving field acts as 
a fly-wheel, and no other fly-wheel is required 
or is provided. One of the outfits shown has 
a capacity of 15 lamps of 16 candle power each, 
and the other larger machine will supply 50 
lamps of 16 candle power each A very im 
portant detail is the manner in which constant 


speed is maintained. Any speed variation will 
at once show itself in the fluctuation of the 
light, and should therefore be avoided. These 
little engines have~ very sensitive governors, 
acting dirctly on the throttles, each individual 
charge of gas being regulated as it passes to the 
cylinder. As a consequence of this arrange- 
ment, the motor runs with perfect steadiness 
and the lights are clear and bright and do not 
flicker. 
The Alcohol Utilities Company of New York 
exhibited a particularly interesting line of cook 
ing, heating and lighting apparatus, using alco 
hol for fuel. The general appearance of the 
alcohol stoves is similar to that of the well 
known kerosene and gasolene stoves that have 
been before the public for many years. A great 
advantage, however, is that the alcohol flame 
does not blacken or soot up the utensils used 
It is perfectly clean and odorless, even when 
starting, and the heat given out is intense. A 

