The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-11
PROF. BELLS
AERIAL SHIP
He Is About to Assemble the
Results of His Long
Study.
The Man Who Invented the
Telephone Expects to
Fly Soon.

From 1hs Jo"rnal B"reo"' Eoo'' A"' foss
Building, Washington
Washington, Aug. 11.-Among the more
serious students OF aerial navigation, and
there are a number Of such in the sci
entif1c and engineering force of the gov
ernment, much interest Is felt in the ex-
periments being conducted by Professor
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor Of the
telephone. Professor Bell has sum-
mer home in Canada, and while there he
spends most Of his time experimenting
with aerial apparatus. Private advices to
friends in Washington are to the effect
that Professor Bell is about to assemble
the results Of his extensive studies in a
machine which will be on a scale to
demonstrate the practicability Of aerial
flight for man. Professor Bells high
,standing in the scientific world, and his
puccess in giving to the world one OF
the most valuable inventions Of this CEN
bury, insures his experiment a serious
consideration. His very great wealth,
moreover, enables him to take advantage
Of every aid that modern engineering can
give.
In matters of aerial dynamics Profess
sor Bell is a student Of Professor S. P.
Langley, secretary Of the Smithsonian
institute. Professor Bell was one of the
half dozen persons privileged to witness
the flight of the Langley aerodrome In
May, 1895, on the Potomac, few miles
below Washington. He was profoundly
impressed by what he saw, and believes
with Professor Langley that the possi-
bility Of mechanical flight has already
nCfr ra tp6 nd
mains now to bring to perfection the ma
chine which Langley invented.
It is understood that Professor Bell has
devoted himself to certain notifications
Of the supporting aeroplanes or wings,
which were the feature of Professor
suggested by the box kite as distin-
guished from the old style Of fiat kite.
One Of the most serious difficulties en-
countered In the Langley machine was
balancing 1t in the shifting currents of
air. AS the box kite arrangement of
aeroplanes Is more stable than the old
single plane kite with it's elaborate bal
ancing tall and its quadruple "belly-
band" so Professor Bell figured that he
could secure a greater relative degree of
stability for his flying machine by an
adaptation Of that arrangement in place
Of the wings. A rough idea Of the Bell
machine may be had by conceiving a typi-
cal box kite, placed as in flight, the motor
supported under the center Of the paral
lelogram while the motive propellers
work fore and aft, 1t is not known what
motive power Professor Bell proposes to
use.
Poyvderly's Coal Mine.
Terrence V. Powderly, in his new char
acter as president Of coal mining cor
poration, is sometimes seen still in the
streets Of Washington.
"YOllr cOmnanV is managed on the CO.
operative principle, l hear remarked an
old acquaintance to him the other day.
1T Is not, perhaps. in the strict sense
co-operative,' he answered. but it has
one feature which carries out lifelong
theory Of mine. Every man who works
In our mines must be stockholder. Ho
either takes stock or he gets no job. He
can buy his shares absolutely on the
ground floor basis; but, mark you, it is
rot given to limits plain case Of pur-
chase and sale. Then he becomes a
shares In the responsibilities as we'll as
the profits Of the enterprise. l have al
ways heard that when man is shovel
ing earth out of a hole, if he does'n Mt
care any more about his work than, his
shovel does, the chances are only even
Of his doing 1t well. But give him once
the feeling that part of every shovelful
belongs to him personally, and he'll not
only dig out many more shovelfuls a
day, but he'll take mighty good care that
it's thrown where it's most needed
Beware of the Trust Company.
I'm the next financial trouble in this
country beware Of the trust company.
That's where the storm will strike first"
This Is the warning Of William Barrett
Ridgely, controller Of the currency. Mr
Ridgely believes there are too many trust
companies forming. For example, the last
report OF the New Jersey supervising Off
Ger shows that thirteen new trust COM
panies were incorporated since January.
The records Of nearly all states show that
these concerns have been multiplied at a
marvellous rate.
THE trouble with a trust company is
that it does banking business without
the safeguards of a bank" said Mr..
RidgeIy. 'The trust company is supposed
60 be under state supervision and in
spection, but in many states the super
vision is far from adequate, and there is
little If any regulation The companies
are permitted to do business without
maintaining any reserve to speak Of
Their charters Of incorporation permit
them to hold real estate and to transact
almost any kind OF business, and there
are undoubtedly many instances where
funds are embarked on speculative enter
prises which are far from legitimate. The
law holds trustee to a high account
ability in the use Of other peoples funds
A trustee Is supposed to be more conser-
vative and careful than he would be will
his own money. This standard of care
should not be lowered in case of a cor
poration. What the corporation may lacl
in the sense of personal responsibilit,
should be applied in a rigid supervision.
The controller does not believe that an
other panic would swamp as many nation
al banks as we're carried down in 1893
Some lessons were learned in that ex
perience There are only about half
dozen receiverships left of all the score
which came into the department during
the hard times. Most Of them are dor
mant and practically cleaned up.
w. W. Jermane.