The Saint Paul Globe

YACHT DESIGNED LIKE A SALMON.

Unique Vessel Being Built at Baltimore for Jacob Lorillard.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.--There is a yacht rapidly nearing completion in Baltimore which is expected to perform wonders in the way of speed. Jacob Lorillard and his son Ernest, who live on Throgg's Neck, are building the yacht, and it is understood that she is to be fitted with a rotary gas motor, the invention of E. W. Prall, of Washington.

The striking feature of the boat is that she is built on the lines of a salmon. To get this peculiar construction it is said that several sections were taken from a big salmon and the lines followed in building the hull of the yacht. She will be 50 feet over all and 8 feet beam. Her sides are to be covered with a red cedar planking three-fourths of an inch thick, fastened to clear-grained white oak. She will be divided by several watertight bulkheads, which will reach a foot above the water line.

The yacht, it is said, will be propelled by a single screw. The weight of the motor and all its appliances is not to exceed 1,500 pounds. Mr. Prall says he can produce a motor within the specifications which will develop between 700 and 1,000-horse power.

The designers of the yacht expect her to be the fastest boat of her class ever put into the water.

From all that can be learned about Mr. Lorillard's new yacht, it would appear that she is built upon similar lines to those of the steamship Howard Cassard, which was over 200 feet long. The Cassard was a total failure. The lack of beam made it necessary to place all her machinery below water line, and the cramped space made it impossible to design engines which would give the necessary amount of power. Mr. Lorillard's yacht may prove a success, and if she does, she will be a great credit to her designers, as she is built upon ideas at total variance with all methods of modern yacht designers.