Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-26
FOURNIER'S NEXT AIM.
Chauffeur Wants to Make a
Mile In Thirty-two Seconds.
SAYS AUTO Is YETIN ITS INFANCY
Expects to Build Machine That VIII
Eclipse Best Time Made by the En-
pire state ExpresS-Win settle In
United states and Nanufaeture Au-
tOmobiles.

Henri Fourier. who has just broken
all automobile records by going a ulile
in 81 10 seconds on the Ocean park
way In Brooklyn. is far from being
satisfied that the limit of automobile
speed has been made. says the New
York World. In fact. he says the gaso
line machine has just begun to demon
strate its power and declares next year
he will make a mile in 30 seconds, or
at the speed OF l04 miles an hour.
Fournier said that he will in the flu
ture make his home in this country
and that he will be at the head of a
manufacturing concern which will
manufacture type of the Mors ma
chine. with American improvements.
These improvements will be on the
lines suggested by Fourier from his
experience. and he has allied with him
one of the best automobile engineers
in the world. The company has chosen
a site for its factory and will be CAPT
talized at $1.OOO.oOO. Some of the
stockholders will be the young mil
lionaires who have been under Four
nier's tutelage for some time.
1t Is from this plant that Fournier
expects to turn out a machine that
will even eclipse the best time for
mile made by the Empire State ex-
press.
LAS a matter of fact" said Fournier.
1.-The time made by me the other day is
not the best | have made. On Friday.
Nov. 10. while preparing for the trials
of Saturday. Nov. 16. sent my ma
chine over a mile on the road near
FoxhalI Keene's place in Roslyn in
80 Is seconds. Mr.. Keene held the
watch. He also made a mile. timed
by me. in 90 % seconds. The condi-
tons were just a trifle better.
Next year | will have a machine
that will do a mile in 30 seconds OF
this l am sure. but the type will be
considerably changed | have figured
it all out TO certainty and am as sure
of it as | was five years ago. when |
made the first record of 2:O5. that |
would get below the minute mark in
half a decade.
The principal improvement will be
in the length of the machine. 1t will
have to be considerably longer to en-
able ii to remain on the ground at
such a speed. Even at the speed we
attained on Saturday the automobile
was in the air part of the time. and if
it had been driven ten seconds faster
it would have practically flown.
I'm increasing the length the weight
will also be increased, but all this will
be more than made up by improved
driving machinery.
THE automobile is practically in its
swaddling clothes as yet. Its develop
ment will be just the same as the bicy-
Gle, and as improvements pile up and
competition increases the machines
will become better and the prices low
er.
Il expect to turn out next year a
first class high speed gasoline automo.
bile for $500. 1t will in all probable
ity be ready next spring. and that by
no means represents the low level in
price that will be made in succeeding
years.
The meet on the parkway on Sat
urday was a splendid one in every
way, and its success will do more to
call the attention of the public to the
automobile and its possibilities than
any other thing could. l hope in the
future. however. that we will have an
opportunity to go greater distances I'M
der the same fine conditions. A mile
hardly allows the machine to show
what it can do"