Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-18

Expects to Build Machine That VIII
Eclipse best Time Made By the EN-
pire state Express-Will Settle In
United states and Manufacture Au-
tom0biles.
Henri Fourier, who has just broken
all automobile records by going mile
in 81 4-5 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 it's power and declares next year
he will make a mile In 80 seconds. or
at the speed Of 1914 miles an hour.
Fournier said that he will in the fu-
ture make his home in this country
and that he will be at the head Of
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 it's 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 machine that
will even eclipse the best time for n
mile made by the Empire State ex.
press.
"As matter of fact" said Fourier,
''the time made by me the other day is
not the best have made. On Friday.
Nov. Is. while preparing for the trials
Of Saturday. Nov. 16. sent my ma
chine over mile on the road near
Foxhall Keene's place in Roslyn in
80 Is seconds. Mr.. Keene held the
watch. He also made mile, timed
by me. in SO 2-5 seconds. The condi-
tons We're just trife better.
"NeXt year | will have machine
that will do mile in 80 seconds. OF
this am sure. but the type will be
considerably changed. l have figured
1t all out to certainty and am as sure
Of it as was five years ago. when
made the first record of 2:05, that
would get below the minute mark in
half decade.
1.-THE principal improvement will be
in the length of the machine. 1t will
have to be considerably longer to en-
able it 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.
''In increasing the length the weight
will also be increased. but all this will
be more than made up by improved
driving machinery.
1.-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.
err.
Il expect to turn out next year a
first class high speed gasoline automo
bile for $4,000. 1t will ia all probabil.
ity be ready next spring, and that by
no means represents the low level in
price that will be made in succeeding
years.
1.-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 it's possibilities than
any other thing could. ! hope in the
future, however, that we will have an
opportunity to go greater distances un'
der the same fine conditions. A mile
hardly allows the machine to show
what it can do"