Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1918 — Concrete Motor Boat Is Speedy [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Concrete Motor Boat Is Speedy

Prototype of the Newest of the FreightCanying Vessels Built to Defeat the U-Boat*'<

• . The stonfe age—in boats, at least—has returned to Washington. Floating easily on the waters of the Potomae there Is today the first real stone boat the capital has ever seen. It Is the Concrete, a prototype, as its name Implies, of the newest of the freight-carrying vessels built to defeat the U-boats. This little motor boat, In ltd first trials there, more - than proved the boasts of its builders as to Its seaworthiness., The hull Is only three-quarters of an Inch thick, but, driven by a ten-horse-power engine, the Concrete developed good speed In several trips and drew favorable comment from several officials who rode in It.

A Close-Up of a Concrete Motor Boat, Which May Be the Coming Type of Pleasure Craft.