Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-02

3d. Louis June 3O--A new era IN
rapid transit. with the beginning OF /,
an evolution In travel. 10 likely to /
have ts inception lu the great air.
ship contests at the Worlds Fair /
which begin the latter part 0i June /
The liberal purses offered uB awards I
nErrogatng 100000 bring entries /
from an parts OF the world and thore /
is sure 10 be something doing. Every /
ambitious inventor of a flying ma. !
chime has entered the competition /
and many kinds Of airships viii De In !
evidence.
Many cash prizes are io be- award
90. Tho largest Is a prize of $780,
200 tu the aor1naut whose average
speed shall bo greatest iu three
upa Undor the rules OF the contest
every craft may pass over Che course
In continuous Hight as many times
as desired. and the timo as recorded
hy the Judges will ho the average
time in which o. covers the FUN
course Nu trial viii be- considered
unless tho ull course is covered, and
the aerouaut must make three com.
pIatc trips around tho course at an
average speed OF az least twenty
miles an hour The trials will con
tInuc during the months of July,
August aud september
Twelve acres included In a fence
thirty feet high near the Admins.
irauon building OF Oh" fair
constitute wind break and starting
point Tor the races The competitors
include aII the great airship Inventors
OF tho world. Santos Dumoni Sir
Hiram Maxim. Prof Langley Leo
stevens. Octave Chanuto and othob
already we'll known boiug among the
number Besides these distinguished
aerial uawFntous there are scores Of
unknown inventors who have been
awaiting this opportunity 90 bring
their machines into prominence and
compete for the big cash prizes of
rprod by the Louisiana Purchase cx
position company
AirshIps of various KINDS are pio
uar.ng f1r the races over the aorou
auto course. One Inventor from
Memphis NO.. M McGary, has ar
egr-shapsd bag forty-olght feet Ions
by twoniy-one feet wide, attache,
to which o. ear twonty-ono feo
long Eve fy,t wide and four fee
deep This machine is propelled bl
four immense wings patterned afto
tho WINGS of a common house fly an'
is atecrod by a udder shaped lik
the tail 90 fish. Tho inventO
claims that the wings OF ny have
pulling power with both the upwar
and downward stroke and that hi
machine therefore has twice th
power Of those with propelors fast
ioncd after tho wings of a bird
W. M Morris. Monte Vistl
Colorado. mining man, has construct
ot a machine which he thinks wi
solve the problem OF aerial uayig'
ton. Il is 100 feet long and thlrt
feet in diameter. made of alum
mum without any gas bag attachment
Its inventor claims for d a speed ,
100 miles an hour Ia a steady Aigl
without lunginE fitting or tipplnl
aud hc feels confident of cBrTyin
on some nf the bonors in the grol
aerial races.
Another Colorado man. r. A. Kil
dlor. of Denver. will enter the col
test with an airship which ne claim
Will cover eighty miles an hour. "a
machine consists OF a balloon wit
canvas flaps three feet wide eXten0
ing entirely around g. for prolectic
against sudden descent. Thel
naps are limp except In case OF q
sudden a descent, when they open OF
like a parachute. This is the ON
one OF tho several appliances whiC
belong t0 the Kinder alrBhip. Tn
ships framework Is made OF alum
mum and light steel tubing The m
tive power is strong battery 90
stmoted In the llghyest possib
manner. tho motor. battery and pc
poller together weighing only 81
pounds.
A balloonist Of Streator. llliuoI
named Relferscneld will race with
horizontal balloon. built somewh
after the shape ot cigar ana poll
cd at both ends Around the ballo,
are ships OF aluminium OF mnlcie
strength for substantial framewor
propeuors are placed al both ends
the machine, six IN all being use
for use in raising and lowering "a
guiding H. A sIx.h0rso power gasolil
motor viii provide the power TI
balloon viii be hlled with hydrog'
gas and viii be hermet lcally scale
Large fans viii provide a safety d
vice 90 enable the ship 20 dgscol
slowly iu case Of collapse OF Il
balloon
Samuel T. Best, & Louisville ~
real estate man. has invented an a.
ship Tor which be- claims great !
suits Sec has been working on D
plans Tor thlrtyseyen years bofo
podecuuF them. he claims 10 be al
90 maxi sixty miles an hour ia
ship Ia got tho hrat idea Tor .
invention from Watching chit