| Show YACHTS FOP MONEY KINGS rivalry among the bo big four in their t floating Float palaces vanderbilt AHEAD IN 14 HIS VALIANT t she ho Is peet feet Long but the standard oil bl maena agnate toIs Is lavIng If a yacht fact long built to bout boat her the coming tent rent between our E all h and american Amer ionn bull dollt t plans ure craft 1 1393 tt by R Bao lillor t syn with man ol of millions there la Is always tb iha a desire to sot got the iho pace lor for rival money kings whether it bo be in building a palace a private train bralo ol of cars or a team yacht the rivalry in bui building ldina mansions in this country has haa sent ont the iha price ol of a multi million millionaires pires homo home up to about and john D roe aock k loller leller spent that amount ot of his earnings in oil tor for lis hla residence on the hudson on As tile the record stands now dow dr W i seward beward webb son bon in law ol of tho the balts ts volis possesses esses the costliest cost liest slid and fastest private vata train while mr william yiv n at the present time owns the largest steam yacht in the world the il valiant Vallant juht launched from an english shipyard ship yard the valiant Is a steel boat 30 footling loot foot long and Is to make bake from rom eighteen to twenty knots an bour ti our it il s story of 0 interest in connee f lion with th 1 this his palatial now new craft crad tor for its iti marks a now new arm er lu in steam yacht building the rivalry in for or pleasure among tho the quartette of the richest men man in the world abay aay revolutionize the motive power of for or it 19 has caused one ot of tin the lour our gentlemen mr john jacob astor to become became an enthusiast on tho the subject if electricity and he is II spending ding thou chads ds of 0 dollars to perfect hla his expert eipers 60 amenta ta in replacing steam with wilh electricity lor for propelling water crafts ot of all elizes ies from the launch to the gigantic ocean cean greyhounds grey hounds one of the most prominent yacht designers in IB america told me that mr astor Is likely to receive the credit of solving the pro problem blent that has puzzled men ot of science tor years but as to the facts when mr fr william IL Vander bilts 1 yach yacht tAlva aiva was run lato into by a choo ncr in new york harbor a year or to bago aeo it was unfortunate tor mr vanderbilt der bIlt but very fortunate tor for the i Aull builders ders of team yachts falling failing in his attempt to raise the alva mr van derle I 1 it determined to build is new yacht that would eclipse anything of the class clas afloat the alva which w was a s 4 teet feet long and the largest private steam yacht it la the world when she he went vent down to tile the bottom was not a very fast craft it always ant annoyed oyed 1 mr vanderbilt Vandor bilt reference was made mad n to the tha tact fact that jay goulds atlanta I 1 boat the steam yacht record for boats of her size so when the infill on alre elro decided to build again one of tea provisions rt the contract w with ith his bis builders was that the valiant should make elake a at t least IS knots an hour ile wanted to 0 be able to say that ho be owned the largest costliest cost liest arid and most speedy stean yacht in tuo the u world arid and thus keep up the reputation of the family tor for being tho the loaders leaders in palatial lAi et eanor building anil and also keep fresh the memory of commodore vanderbilt iho coll commodore eodore would have a now new boat built at 1 0 cc if an astor or a rival millionaire lio Ifor alre had dared to take tho the leadership ills son t will ill have spent I 1 am aai told 0 87 0 on the valiant before she abe receives receive s her finishing touches when ho he built ta the S vallant valiant foel feet long thirty five feet more than the alva mr vanderbilt Vandor bilt believed that thai he had Z 4 I 1 X I 1 4 1 i V 01 clr Vander bim reached the limit la in the size of a private steam yach tand that rione none of t the be money mone kings who were aspiring to b be 9 commo lores dares of tho the steam yachting seas would think of building buil dinn a larger boat not so go though nis 1319 old rival in alisce bul iding mr john D rockefeller after waiting to get the teams beams of 0 yacht ordered one tar for ile he has just jug giving too the contract lor for build building inq a steam sloam yacht 30 feet long 1009 capable ot of a speed ol of twenty one knots an aa hour hoar to tile tho cramps of 0 philadelphia everything about the boat will bo be of 0 american inako aud and I 1 aw ain informed on good authority dhority the will cost when cc completed in plated la in ten leu months about in point 0 of palatial fittings she ho will excel any craft of 0 royalty or american money prince afloat tell boat will wh it Is expected be ioro than a match for the english yacht I 1 vallant 11 now kow the cable tells us its that mr william waldorf astor who took up his residence in england alter after the now navy york papers published hla his obituary recently to in also to build a mammoth moth itcan yacht boino tonly feet or more length than the tho vallant but bu it Is the plans of mr john jacob astor ailor interest american Yacht yachtsmen the most tor that gentlemen remains on ibis tide side ot of the big pond As boo books arid and Itte were eMr mr william waldorf Walt lorl astora lobby hobby electricity la ill mr john jacob actors sir nir astor han hall been an devotee of tile ilia goddess ot of electricity for or a number ot of years but ft la Is only recently that ho he a 0 pres pressied lied ft a bedre to lo own a yacht pro polled by electricity ile ho la is now havling Ilav ilg designed a yacht about 10 foot feet it in length to be propelled by electricity so 80 great Is 1 his la in tho the advance finont ol of the that wizard edgison has ha dono done so 90 muel much to chain at mr astori private dock on the bludson jest north rd it RhIne rhinecliff cliff N Y thore is ii now to lo ho be seen eon a 0 toot foot boat chist fu call twenty livo persons tont without crowding this boat la is propelled by electricity and it to la because became mr T J altoes electrio Coro yra ga al ns kew valiant r I 1 V I 1 t I 1 L I 1 WA vai 10 A 11 cian ji 19 r r 14 V 1 J A glimpse of the new interior r A SIN tt C C thit tv mile an nour racer mr astor to II said to bo be so BO well satisfied bilth v alb her bor that he be has decided to also experiment peri ment with a yacht more than four times her length which bo be expects will ill attain a speed quite as croat as the steam propelled valiant 1 11 ills his now new electric boat owned by mr astor Is of snore more then than pasting passing interest to a all interested in marine matters it foreshadows fore shadows the development of this application ot of electricity under the patronage of a progressive gentleman of wealth although the ho use 1190 of electric lan cannellos Is well established abroad where they can be found on the thames they are a novelty in this country owing chiefly to the protracted litigation on the subject of storage this has extended over several years but has recently terminate and mr astor was the first eret to take advantage of that fact the Coro yra tho the ancient making tho the fastest time the alva was launched in 1886 and her length 85 feet considered gigantic for or a pleasure craft the atlanta claims to hold bold the record I 1 twenty enty ono brillos an hour ina la a race ou oil tile the hudson with tho the mary powell a pa slonger steamer I 1 mr was very proud of his boat beat norman korman L steam yacht covered a mile on november 6 1891 in two minutes 1225 seconds second and now it ft rona remains illas for our moneyed men ision to establish a new record for steam yachts which I 1 believe of course cours they will shortly do watch out tor for that astor electric yacht lvery yachts yachtsman man in fit tho the country has his eye cy on her I 1 mr CW Cogge swoll a millionaire of buffalo li is going to compolo compete in the loo speedy steam I 1 acht competition and ho he recently launched a boat that can steam thirty miles an hour that Is about as aa last fast na as an ordinary passenger train bor narno name la Is fisenn Fi seen it Is japanese and moans flying arrow this Is sit 11 american Ame built boat and she carrion quadruple expansion origines neg she I 1 ISO foet feet lorg I 1 doubt it she bho keeps up that thirty miles nn an hour pace whon when her rivals slow now building challenge her thero tharo li is at least one ona very striking feature in all this ahli pl cooking of tho the men of 0 millions it is costly N cry costly and it tho the musses masses by taking from the iho very wealthy man ol of the country some solon of these days with the aba lavish expenditure ol of money a valuable discovery Is likely to como come out tit bf tho the competition to own abo abdi speediest ediest private yachts and as mr olsen says bays watch that A s I 1 lor or clec electric boat boa L therein may llo ile the see at CURTIS J M itji |
