Show A in boats the new york engineer En gincer tells of a novelty in marine architecture recently launched nt at bath sic INIC it is lot flat bottomed tomed drawing but eighteen inches when loaded and is designed for use in the florida rivers the idea being to give eive passengers all the change of scene the aber y desire daire the steamer has seventeen furnished with all the fittings of a hotel chamber A dozen brood broad canoes to be used for fishing and exploring streams too small for tho the hotel itself are furnished famished tile the boat is feet on the keel thirty feet beam and six feet deep all cabins cabin above deck so that site lie has as two tiers ot of rooms room and larger accommodations thin than would be found in ordinary borts bolts of much larger size she kabe is a stern wheeler capable ot of maling making six eix knots as an a regular ruto rate of speed |