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14 MARINE REVIEW. [February 7, Yacht Construction During 1900. kinds in the United States is the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights, N. Y. Anyone interested in steam yachts and naphtha launches visit- ing New York would do well to inspect the plant at Morris Heights. It can be reached from the Grand Central station at Forty-second street in seventeen minutes, and trains run twenty times a day. The production of this company probably covers a wider field than Al MONG the leading builders of yachts and pleasure craft of all smoking and music room, stairs from this compartment leading to the main saloon below. ‘The officers’ staterooms. crews’ quarters, mess room, galley, chain and locker are all arranged forward of machinery. The machinery consists of two Seabury triple expansion, marine engines, and a Seabury safety water tube boiler of latest design. The yacht is equipped with electric light plant, storage batteries, search light, steam heaters, steam windlass, naphtha launch, sailing gig, and, indeed, all modern appliances. Plant of the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights, N.Y. that of any other ship building concern in the world. The company de- signs, builds, equips and furnishes steam yachts and launches, naphtha yachts and launches, electric boats, sail craft, torpedo boats, tug boats and lighters—in short, boats of any kind. Among the vessels launched during 1900 was the steel steam yacht Elfrida for Dr. W. Seward Webb of New York. Her principal dimen- The steam yacht Washita for Mr. H. W. Putnam, Jr., of New York, is also a comparatively recent product. Her dimensions are: Length over all, 103 ft.; length on water line, 88 ft.; beam, 14 ft.; depth, 8 ft. 3 in.; draught, 5 ft. She is built of white oak and has four water tight steel bulkheads, one a collision bulkhead forward, one forward and one aft of machinery compartment, and one forward of lazarette. The machinery Steam Yacht Washita. Built by the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights, N. Y. 5 sions are 141 ft. over all, 118 ft. on the water line, 18 ft. beam and 7 ft. 6 in. draught. She is a twin-screw vessel constructed entirely of steel, flush deck, schooner rigged with two pole masts, no gaffs carried. She will be used by Dr. Webb at his country home on Lake Champlain. The yacht is elegantly fitted throughout and is finished in the finest of hard woods. On the deck forward is the dining saloon with butler’s pantry and buffet. There is also an after deck or social hall, which is used as consists of a Seabury triple expansion engine, with cylinders of 7, 11% and 17% in. diameter by 10 in. stroke, and Seabury water-tube boiler. The yacht is steam-heated and lighted by electricity, supplied by direct con- nected dynamo and storage batteries. The staterooms are finished in bird’s eye maple. : The company built during the year a launch for Harvard college. The launch was 51 ft. in length, 7 ft. 9 in. beam, 4 ft. deep, and about 3