SECTION TWO
New Ocean Highway
Folder Just Off Press
Feature Is Speed Laws
And Map Brought
Up-to-date
Containing a new section which con
tains the automobile speed laws of the
nine states through which the route!
travels, between New York and Flori-1
da, the 1955 edition of the 24 Panel |
Ocean Hiway map folder is off the!
press and now available for free dis
tribution from association headquar-j
ters.
William T. Schwartz, Secretary-
Treasurer of the non-profit Ocean Hi- j
way Association, announces that one;
million copies of the 1955 Ocean Hi-j
way map folder have been received
from the printers. The new edition,
he says, contains many improvements,
in addition to the state speed law fea
ture, and its detailed maps have been
brought right up to date. The folder
contains not only a complete map and
mileage table of the entire Ocean Hi
way route but also a map showing
New England routes that connect with
the Ocean Hiway route, and a com
plete highway map of Florida. In ad
dition there is descriptive text about j
the member cities and important
places to see enroute; also listing of
inspected and approved member places
to stop, to dine and to have automo-}
biles services.
“The Ocean Hiway route is'adver
tised. and so acknowledged by motor
ists. she safest and fastest route be
tween New York and I’iorida." com
mented. Mr. Schwartz, “and this . is I
made possible bv the fact the route
traverses the level coast, away from
hills, sharp curves and dangerous ice
and snow, and it avoids; the delaying
congested traffic of big cities.”
Copies of the 1955 Ocean Hiway
map folder can be obtained free, by
postpaid return mail, by writing
Ocean Hiway Association. I*. O. Box
-1552, Wilmington, Delaware. In ad- 1
dition to the map folder, a copy of
the round the clock ferry schedule ofj
automobile and transport ships on the j
Chesapeake Bay crossing will he mail-j:
ed. The Chesapeake Bay crossing
provides the featured water link of,!
the Ocean Hiway route and gives mo- ■
torists an enjoyable and restful hour ;
and twenty-five minute voyage. i
The official route of the popular i
Ocean Hiway. from New York City to i
Jacksonville, Florida, is 1,015 miles in i
length. It follows the New Jersey ji
Turnpike, or U. 8. 1.10, across the :
Delaware Memorial Bridge near Wil- <
mington, then E. S. 13 down the Del- ;
Ma-r-Va peninsula to Kiptopeke Beach. !
Va„ where the Chesapeake Bay cross
ing is made to Little Creek, Va. The i
route continues on L T . S. 13 to the in- 1
tersection with L T . S. IT just south of
Norfolk. There the Ocean Hiway :
takes a left turn and follows the main :
route of U. S. 17 for 673 miles along i
the historic and picturesque coast of 1
Virginia. North Carolina, South Caro- 1
lina and Georgia, to Jacksonville, i
Florida.
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TEXT: “Conceit is God’s gift to
little men.”—Brace Barton.
A small town politician was ap
| pointed to a minor job in Washing
jton. His head became much larger
j than his job. Then he returned to his
home state fora political rally. In a
crowded room he rudely jostled a local
'citizen who expressed his annoyance,
i The appointee drew himself up haugh
tily and demanded,
“Do you know.who I am? lam the
•senator’s appointee in Washington!”
The local citizen looked at him for
a moment and replied,
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By 808 TABLER
Manufacturer of Jolly Roger Ships
J
Editor’s Note: “Looking Back,"
writlen by Bob Tablor, now manu
facturing Jolly Roger Ships in
' Edenton, appears in the Septem
ber issue of “The Rudder,” a mag
azine for yachtsmen, and is pre
sented herewith by permission of
M. R. Tabier:
Hurricane warnings and a stiff
northeast wind had me holed up at
Olson’s Yacht Yard, St. Simons Island.
Georgia. I took advantage of the en
forced layover to visit with the Olsons.
Jr., and Sr., and our conversation, as
whose doesn’t, led to cruising and]
cruise equipment. “I’ve been keeping
up to date for the past fifty years,”
said 0. H.. Sr. “Do you know how”
i I’ve bought and saved every issue of
The Rudder in that time.
“I was born in 1904 and became cur
| ious as to what boating activities had
been in that year. The wind continued i
to blow and I read The Rudder, all the'
issues from 1904 through 1906. Beau
tifully bound, these old copies were as
good as if they had just been print-)
ed. I was surprised t" find paper,)
composition, story material and adver
tisements as excellent as they are to-'
day. Surprising too was the fact that|
some of the advertisers of tha’ time'
are still much in evidence in the same
capacity today. Space does not permit:
me to mention more than a few of the
highlights of the things I discovered
in those early copies. How many read
ers in the New York area will remem
ber this?”
New York, spring 1904: “If the
signs of the times are right, or mean
anything, interest in the power boat
regattas for the coming season is
bound to be strong. All sorts of speed
has been promised from the new au- i
to boats, a family type rig. Some',
show promise of better than 15 miles
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1954.
“That fact is, perhaps, an apology
Most certainly it is a complete ex
planation.”
Rudeness is a badge of conceit.
When we encounter rudeness, the
feeling of self-importance always
shows through. And when we are
rude, a moment of self-examination
will show us that we have been feel
ing our own imp'ortance. Truly great
people are humble people. And a
humble person is never rude. “Con
■ ceit is God’s gift to little men” and
rudeness is conceit’s advertisement.
ian hour.
I “Commodore Harrison B. Moore, of)
the Atlantic Yacht Club, is having a
boat built which is expected to be I
among the flyer class. The hull is J
being constructed by the Electric
Launch Company of Bayonne, Now 1
Jersey, and his motor is builf by
Craig. The dimensions of the Moore
craft are 60 feet overall. 58 feet wa
terline, beam 7 feet, draft three feet 1
'Of double skin construction, it has 1
cedar on the inside, mahogany on the
outside. The 170 horsepower motor
is lightly constructed and while the
engineers and designers are not say
ing what speed they expect, they seem
to believe it will he among the sea
son’s top craft.”
New York, 1904: “There will be
racing galore this season. The Ameri
can Power Boat Association’s sched
ule has not yet been announced, but
, there will he at least three regattas
With classes for auto boats, cabin
launches and the small low- powered
OTiqn beets.”
T mVon. England. 1904: “English
and Ereneh auto boat enthusiasts are
arranging for a race across the chan
nel from Dover to Calais. The rac
ing craft are to he convoyed hv tor
pedo boats of both countries. If the
sen calm the torpedo boats will be
hard pressed to keep up.”
Plymouth. Mass., 1904: “The nnrp
[her of power boats in the Plymouth
| Yacht Club is greatly on the increase
There are now ten power boats in tbi-
Iclub and an auxiliary 36 foot knock
about. The types vary from dories t<>
(cabin launches and each is fitted with
a different make of engine.”
New Orleans. Ea. ,1904: “The
Southern Yacht Club is by no mean."
behind in its interest in power (mat
in", there being seventy-five boats in
the club. This organization, wbi-b
maintains a city office at 612 Gravier
i Street, flies its flag bn Lake Poev
chartrain. Besides the seventy-five
already listed in the club many new
ones have been ordered and there will
jbe a power boat regatta during the
coming season. Ts the S.Y.C. does not
hold a regatta of this sort, then the
Power Boat Division suggests they
will organize a power club independ
ently and hold a series of events dur
ing the coming year. A new- boat
soon to be seen at S.Y.C. is being built
by the Gas Engine and Seaburv Com
pany. A forty-five footer, she is
guaranteed to make twenty miles an
hour and should be the pride of the
fleet.”
New York, 1904: “Standing on the
Central Bridge over the Harlem Riv
er at 155th Street, the Spectator can!
look with one eye down a long aqua-
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tic avenue alivg with boats and with i
the other eye down a long avenue on 1
terra firma filled with quick moving :
land vehicles. It is a stirring and at- 1
tractive spectacle all around, this ;
view from Central Bridge.”
A famous designer had this to say
about power boating in 1904. “It has!'
been estimated that there are from
twelve to 15,000 boats in this coun
try.” (Today there are over 5,000.-
000.) “These boats are driven by
gas. naphtha or electric motors. There
is hardly a piece of water in the
country hut what will have one or
more power boats used for pleasure.
Motors are also now being used for
commercial purposes and motor boats
can be purchased for from SIOO up.
The evolution of the gas motor may
he largely credited to the yachtsmen. |
Ts yachtsmen had not used the motor
in its infancy it would never have beoa
developed for profitable, commercial
use. Just what the limit of Sneed is
with these gas motors is hard to say.
It would seem there will be no limit
to power, as motors are now being
built from 20 to 500 horsepower.”
So went the latest new-s in 1904
The following advertisements appear
ed the same year. Some of the pro
■ ducts may be remembered.
“New- acetylene gas yacht head
| lights, Throw a powerful light 1.100
. feet ahead. May be controlled from
above or below decks. Easy to op
-1 prate. Prices SSO to $75. See the
sample display at Twentieth Century
Manufacturing Co., 19 Warren St-
New York, N. Y.”
! The Eagle Bicycle of Torrington,
Conn., advertised: “Write for free
catalog on Eagle and Union gas ma
rine engines. Two to tw-enty horse
'power. You may buy them with con
fidence.”
Advertisement by the A. H. Funke
Co., of 83 Chambers St.. New- York, i
read: “Imported high speed motors
in stock. 9 horsepower, double cylin
der, $350. 11 horsepower, double cyl
f inder, $400.”
The St. Joseph Boat Manufacturing
Co., of St. Joseph, Mich., had a spe
cial: “Our 18 foot launch, complete
with Spaulding 3 horsepower engine,
only S3BO. Can’t be beat.”
The E. J. Willis Co., then at 8 Park
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Place, New York; the Chelsea Clock
Co., of 16 State St., Boston; and Pal
mer Brothers of 10 River Road, Cos
Cob, Conn., were flourishing concerns
advertising in 1904 as today.
The following advertisement, which
Appeared fifty years ago might have
come from the current issue: “Build
I Your Own Boat, in your leisure time.
It’s easy when we show you how.
Over 6,000 amateurs successfully built
boats last year. Fifty per cent of
them have built their second boat.
Many have become professional boat
builders (this I can believe, I see their
hulls every day). We furnish every
thing in our full line of knocked down
boats. With our system you can’t
fail. Brooks Boat Manufacturing Co.,
2300 Ship St., Bay City, Mich., U.S.A.”
j Looking thragh these back issues, I
find the things that interest boatmen
have changed little in the past fifty
vears. The next time a reader of
this magazine cruises south, if he will
stop at Olson’s Yacht Yard, St. Sim
ons, Georgia, he may be allowed to
look at these early issues of The Rud
der.
He Asked For It
One night a “sob speaker,” with
tears streaming down his cheeks and
his face distorted with anguish, was
telling an audience how his little
Sarah Ann went home to the angels
, with her doggie clasped tightly in her
arms. I
“Oh, Lord,” he sobbed, arms raised
to heaven in agonizing supplication,
“Oh, Lord, why couldn’t you have j
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eager cry, “It ain’t too late, Lord, do
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