Show RIVER STEAMER HAS NEW RIVAL IN SEA SLED colombia plans to use motorboat in commerce washington the first extensive commercial adoption of the sea bled type of motorboat la Is announced by the ill pan n american union as about to be bc made in the republic of colombia where bouts boats of till this type nill all be used med to carry malls and passengers from the sea coast to near bo ISo suta ota the former method of communication between the capital and barran quila the alie seaport was nag by slow river steamers which v alch took about twelve days tao make the mlle mile journey up the magdalena aher to tho the end of the railroad leading into bogota Ilo sota all rall rail communication Is impracticable on account of the high mountains between the capital and tile the coast the sea sleds will make the trip in two days the first to be tested the luz matle made SO 30 miles nn an hour xyth with CA CO passengers the craft Is 50 feet act long 12 feet beam and draws only IS 18 inches of water making it possible to favl gate the shallows of the river at nil all stages iov cr la furnished by four als cylinder 2 ia horse power engl engines nes using ing about 80 gallons pillions pil lions of gasoline tin nn hour our the bout boat has ahna cabins fore and lift and d Is electrically lighted the alie new experiment in navigation Is attracting much attention in south america because of the importance of the rivers there for that purpose an and the formerly encountered because of shoal water the west coast leader of lima peru says in a recent bissu issue this new development in commercial motorboat construction shows tile hie possibilities of opening up a wide fiel field been along alon lines that have nei beier er before loen attempted attempt eLI |