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THERE ARE MORE AlRShIPS.
BUILT TO TAKE PART IN THE CON.
TEST EOR THE PRIZE OF 100000
AT ST. LOUIS.

Three more airships have been
invented and will be entered in the
Worlds Fair aerial tournament to
compete for the grand prize Of
500, 900.
W. NJ Morris, a Monte Vista,
(Colo. mining engineer, is very
Sauguine that he has solved the
problem of aercal navigation. His
machine will be 30 feet in diameter
aud $50 feet long when fully rig
ged Aluminium will he the ma
terial used in its construction but
no gas bag will be used as in other
flying machines. Mr.. Morris says
his machine will travel 100 miles
an hour without lunging, tilting or
tipping. lie is carefully guarding
the details of his plans.
E. A. Kinder, Denver, Colo
RADIO man, has completed model
for an airship and conducted q
satisfactory test He will enter it
in the contest for the $4,000
prize at the Fair. Mr.. Kinder
claims his machine will average
speed of eighty miles an hour.
Safety appliances are feature Of
the airship. Canvas flaps three
feet wide extend entirely around
the balloon. These are limp except
in case of sudden descent, when
they open out like umbrellas or
l,arachutes and are Large enough to
check descent to geutleness devoid
of danger should the gas bags fail
completely Motive power is fur
hished by a storage battery. The
framework which is made of alnmi-
tum and li.h; steel tnbing, with |
he motor. battery and propeller,
.l,ie!: Is siN t.ri from tip t" TIP
aud has four BLADES, will weigh |
'.bont three hundred pounds. A
,t>T made recently Of the model
was entirely satisfactory. The
machine described n circle fifty
feet III diameter, rising aud tiually |
/" lis mnuriugs without
- hitch in lis mechanism. The
machine will lie truly a formidable
one in the coming contest.
Slreator, Illinois, will be repre-
sented in the aerial tournament by
an airship planned bv Mr.. Refer
scheid Of that town. 'Reiferscheid's
machine consists of balloon
pointed at both ends and lying in
horizontal position. Around this
balloon are strips Of aluminium
strong enough to make substantial
framework. At each end are the
propellers, six in all, to be used in
raising and lowering the machine
aud to assist in guiding it. A six
horsepower gasoline motor will
provide the motive power and the
balloon will be filled with hydrogen
gas and hermetically sealed. Large
fans will provide a safety device
which willpermit the ship to slowly
descend in case the balloon col
lapsed.
News a,so comes by cable from
Paris, France, that Santos Dnmont
has made very successful experi-
ment with his latest model, leaving
his balloon shed, going considera-
BILE distance and returning with the
under perfect control dur.
ing tho entire trip.
The largest hotel ever erected fol
an exposition will be within the
Worlds Fair grounds at st. Louis.
A contract has been signed for the
of this mam moth
building, the rates, in which will
be controlled by the Exposition.
Room will be divided into four
classes according to size, not less
then 500 rooms of each class The
rates will be, on the European plan,
for each person, 81, $500, $500
aud $500 per day. The latter
prices will command very large
rooms with baths. Meals will be
served to such Of the guests as de-
sire them at the following prices:
breakfast and noon luncheon, so
cents each; evening dinner, Is
cents. The hotel management will
collect from each guest so cents
extra each day to cover the prices
OF admission to the Exposition
grounds. The hotel will be made
larger than now contemplated If
the advance bookings Of guests
warrant.