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MARINE REVIEW. VoL. XV. CLEVELAND, O., FEBRUARY 4, 1897. No. 6. | An American Millionaire's Yacht. The steel steam yacht Margarita II, which is illustrated herewith, is said to be the most costly vessel of her class afloat. She is owned by Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, and was built by the Ailsa Ship Building Co. of Troon, Scotland, from designs by Geo. L. Watson, who is famous as the designer of the Valkyries and the Britannia. This vessel may certainly be called an American millionaire's home afloat, as it is estimated that $500,000 was expended in her construction and that it will cost $10,000 a month to run her. She left Philadelphia a few weeks ago on a voyage that will occupy the best part of a year,dur- ing which time ali of the principal seaports in the Orient, India and China will be visited. According to arrangements for the voyage the first port visited was Bermuda. From there the yacht was to go to the Azores, thence to Gibraltar. After visiting Gibraltar, Nice, Genoa, Naples and other points in the Mediterranean, she is to pass through the Suez canal into the Red sea, and later up the bay of Ben- gal to Madras and Calcutta. On her way south from there she will steam, and besides her main engines she has at least a dozen other other engines for various purposes, including a refrigerating machine, - air and fire pumps,-and two dynamos of the most improved pattern. Everything that modern ingenuity can devise for the comfort of the ocean traveler has been supplied in this vessel. The main dining saloon is 31 feet wide and 20 feet long and will seat some fifty persons. A feature of the yachts construction is what is known as the sun deck. It is really a promenade deck 198 feet long, extending out to the R rail on each side, and without any obstruction other than the funnel, the chart house under the bridge and the engine room sky-light. In the tropics double awnings will be spread over this deck. An idea of the size of apartments in the yacht, as well as the great expanse of | open deck just referred to, may be gained from the fact that ata farewell | ball given aboard the vessel before her departure from Philadelphia there were several hundred guests preseut. The finish of dining room and other principal apartments is mainly dark mahogany. For some of the decorations a force of skilled Venetian workmen was employed. One device in the owner's stateroom indicates the completeness, or MARGARITA II, OWNED BY A. J. DREXEL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. call at Singapore, going thence to Hong Kong, several other ports in China and some in Japan. She will return by much the same route to the Mediterranean and the Riviera, where the British yachts will race next spring, and itis expected she will be able to reach New- port next August in time to join the fleet of the New York Yacht Club on their cruise. The principal dimensions of this yacht are 278 feet over all, 239 feet water line and 35 feet beam. She draws 16 feet of water with all stores and coal on board. Of the latter, she carries 880 tons in her bunkers, sufficient to run her at a speed of twelve knots for fifteen days. Two quadruple expansion engines, built by David Rowan & Co., of Glasgow, drive the twin screws with which she is fitted. The cylinders are 154, 22, 31 and 44 inches in diameter respectively, with 27-inch piston stroke. To guard against the inva- sion of pirates the yacht is equipped with two rapid-firing guns of modern make, two dozen muskets fitted with sword bayonets, and the same number of revolvers of 44 calibre and English army pattern. Her steering gear, windlass, capstans and winches are all run by probably the extreme, of arrangements that have been made with a view to comfort on the vessel. On one side of the bed, close to the pillow, is set a cylindrical shaped apparatus, called a homacoustie. It consists of a series of rubber tubes, the ends of which contain a telephonic receiver and sender, which may be placed in position at the owner's ear and mouth without his leaving the pillow, much less the bed. By this system he *can communicate with the captain on the bridge, the engineer in his room, the steward or the pilot. At the anual meeting of the Hopkins Steamship Co., held Tuesday at St. Clair, Mich., the following board of directors was elected: F, W. Wheeler, Mark Hopkins, E. C. Recor, H. E. Schmuck, John Green and Richard P. Joy. The directors organized as follows: F. W. Wheeler, president; H. E. Schmuck, vice-president; E. C. Rec or, secretary, and Mark Hopkins, manager. ship Co. on the same day elected the following directors: Wm. G. Mather, Samuel Mather, E. C. Recor, J. H. Wade, E. R. Perkins, | The St. Clair Steam--- be