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New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
mo. 81

mo. 81
Horsepower is a deceptive phrase in
autOmobsling Ratings 10 show the power
OF an engine vary according 10 the maker,
the principle OF rating adopted and half
a dozen other conditions. The purchaser
10 whom price is an object is foolish IL
he buys more power than he needs, but
he Is also foolish II he equips himself
with car containing a power plant less
powerful than his requirements are likely
TO call for This is another OF the mat
ters 20 be decided before the is
bought and empirical knowledge here.
as In almost every other instance, is sn-
ceecingiy costly.
Some makers exaggerate the power their
engines will develop. Others state IL con-
serrativeIy. Understanding the power
rather than Overstating II. and find they
lose few sales in consequence. AS mat
ter OF fact. 10 speak OF sixty horsepower
or OF thirty horsepower is misleading.
The way 10 estimate horsepower Is 20
consider the number Of cylinders. the bore
and the stroke. These figures. and not
horsepower ratings. have always deter
mined classihcations in automobile races.
and II viii be shown In a later article.
when cylinders are under discussion. why
this Ia 30.
Horsepower bears definite relation. Of
course, 10 speed. A high powered car will
naturally move faster than one OF low
rating, but speed is by no means the only
consideration 20 be held IN mind when a
car Is selected. General reliability may
be more OF q desiderstum than high speed.
and a car OF low power may DO the
special work required better than one that
can be driven 81 sixty or seventy miles
an hour.
The intending purchaser. having reached
his general conclusions as 10 what ne
wants IN point Of service. VIII ma that
contests OF all sorts are being constantly
promoted. evidently with advertisement OF
the successful contestants as reason
for their being. Such contests are OF
considerable assistance In many cases in
determining the chO ce. Their true value
should be realized before the detailed
discussion or points Of construction y
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
SIGNALS FOR ENGINEERS.

AS vessels are provided with the auto
matte wireless marine signal. known as the
aerophOne. so trains may have a device
constructed on the same principle for
transmitting TO the engineers cab a wire
less signal This device will apprise the
engineer OF the approach Of another loco
motive or OF any obstruction on the track
two miles distant.
The United States Navy Department is
now going more deeply into wireless than
ever before. The 60 foot government tower
being erected at Washington. II is esti-
mated. viii easily span distance Of three
thousand miles. This will provide means
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
THE UNDERGROUND CITY.

The route OF the underground moving
platform viii become busy centre of com
mercial activities. Al along the route
scurryins throngs viii step from the cleo
tric sidewalk and rush in and out Of de-
partment stores. restaurants. Jewelry.
dressmaking. haberdasherys tailoring and
grocery establishments. There VIII even
be banking houses and wireless telegraph
Offices Automatic wireless telephones VIII
be found everyvhere for communicating
with any part Of the suDterranean city or
the one above.
One can foresee the time when the man
on the street. on the trolley ear or wher-
ever he may be, win carry in his pocket
an auGion or receiver. listed under his own
number and tuned to an affnity different
from that OF any other audion- Should
some one can that number. Immediately
the sudion will euzz a warning. True. the
man will not be able 20 telephone without
connection with a transmitting apparatus
But these VIII be found in all vehicles. and
even on street corners as letter drops now
are. All he will then have 70 do will be 70
connect his receiver with the transTnitter
drop a coin in the slot. and communication
will be set up inmediatsIy.
Indeed this electrical age into which we
are rapidly sliding will also be an auto
matte age Even an automatic electric
receiving teller. already invented will ac-
cept your bank deposit and make the proper
entry in your handbook
This great subterranean metropolis will
not be a stuffy. unhealthy place OF gloom
The solar generator will pass underground
the vast electric energy of the sun. which
viii keep millions OF lights at steady
glow and transform the place into the
CITY Brilliant" Gigantic electric fans
viii keep a steady stream Of pure air fOw-
ing through the streets. and enormous sue
ton pumps Will remove the foul In this
future electrical city darkness will be OF
the past
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
GyRoscoPE FOR AIRsHR.

In this wonderful dream city OF the
teture. tho business Of transportation viii
:" carried on altogether by electrically
propelled vehicles and ships OF ;he sea and
III As Tor the ssrOplane. the electric
tsfoscope Is expected 10 furnish stability
10y this device ans also for mOnOrail. high
speeo trains. electrically driven. The
-ooomotive as we now know ~ viii be
essolete, but the electric locomotive viii
Hese coDle 70 it's own for general freight
s1o Passenger service. and q will haul
"a long string OF care over a single rail
speed IN excess OF one hundred miles
AZ hour
AZ mon0rau motion al danger % lateral
IMPACT experienced by the railroads of to-
N~g r. eliminated. The forward motion
si.o the Eyroscopelike force OF the driving
'Aeeis maintain perpendicularity In the
nelorsi without the help 0f the guide rails,
,Aich are IA reality only safeguards when
Ns Car IL an rest. and give the car the
s'oper lean az curves. There are only the
s'lca4 irregularities OF the ran 10 be taken
NC account. the centre Of gravity being
ursctly over the support. tending unaided
stay there. Taking into account this
s'eat DOtential advantage. and the small
'Dss section 81 the train 20 overcome air
sAAiance, a much higher rate OF speed may
safely maintained than Is either possible
safe with double rail- vehicles.
ellce there Ia no gauge 10 maintain IN this
~" railroad. the Oft occurring accidents
on spreading rails will be eliminated.
us Remarkable means OF high speed trans
p''lauon has not been left for the electric
s OF tie future. A road using the n
A1on h. even now being constructed In
s~ fOrk, through Pelham Park 10 city
sand EnginooTs OF the Public Service
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
THE SEASON IN SWITZERLAND.

Lucerne. Dec. 4.-Switzerland continues
TO hold her old thTall over her admirers
and devotees OF winter sports. The open
Ing OF the season gives evidence Of being
an extraordinarily promising one. sspe-
ciaNy for Americans. With Mrs. Cieve-
land so1OurninS this winter at Lausanne
and with the coming again OF the ever
popular Duchess OF Marlborough, who last
season leased the Villa Suvretta. at ST
Moritz. that had previously been occupied
by the Crown Prince and Princess Of Ger
many. the season IN all sections OF Swift
zeriand may be expected 20 assume adsii-
uOnal interest The skating season has
opened IN good earnest at ST MOrftz. both
on the lakes and on the private rink-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Commission say that a speed OF 1856 miles
an hour may be expected over parts OF the
route where right OF way has been granted
away from highways. so that the train
headway may be unrestricted II this line
meets with the approval OF the public ap-
plication will be made for permission 70
operate monoran express trains 'on an up
per deck over the present elevated railways
in New York
To-day the realistic and marvellous stage
effects produced by electricity are an indi-
cation OF what may be expected in the real
city OF the future. Moonlight and sunlight
effects. falling. running or ripping water.
moving clouds. rain and rainbows, falling
stars, the aurora borealis, smoke and fame.
ssndstorms. real lightning and even ami
mai illusions. such as fiying butterflies
crawling or jumping insects and climbing
monkeys, can be displayed by the operation.
OF cunningly devised electric lamps
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
A WIDE FIELD OF EFFoRT.

He will have to be able 10 super intend
the construction OF the buildings for wa,aA
he has drawn the plans. and this Includes
a general knowledse OF all that the con-
tractor does Also. he must have studie0
contracts and the building permits and lave
OF his particular locality. as they havs -
be cOnfOrmed to.
These subjects seem a somewhat cDrbsA-
ding array. particularly when n is sdas1
that the architect has TO know the strsnsth
and adaptability Of every timber OF scons
on piece OF steel or iron used but al tnfs ~
no more than thousands Of successful men
have already learned. and no more than
your boy can pick up during the course Of
his wOrk-if he is ambitious and has unrs-
mitting application.
Let me add that he should make ats o.
ginning in a comparatively small sDes
rather than by being one OF a score of em-
plOyes in a large architectural comp~ny
In the latter he VIII probably develop ia
cility In only one particular line Of work.
and be kept at il. In the other case - yin
have opportunity 60 participate in every
class OF work And Il Is the al around man
who stands the best chance OF making xaaA
IN architecture. He can specialize. Il he -
desires. after he has got a firm foundnrscn.
For there are architects who devots then
time and energy on churches: others whs
hmif their services % skyscrapers. oxsev>
% stores and lofts: stu others 20 a~ -fisrxx.
and 80 on through the snti-e nst -
buildings
But II Is Invariably true that every xun-
cessfIl SPECIALIST Is one who knows w.
A 70 lizard about everything there Is 70
know OF architecture IN a general way. A.
this he had sense enough 20 tearn b~cor>
he set about specializing.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
By Harold Chapman

rh. time VII come. and soon. when cleo
,-,citv VII be the controlling factor in most
things.
re city ~ the future is a wonderful
,t.nr 10 coutemplate-nearly everything
,l.ctrical. nearly everything automatic.
Press a button or turn a switch, and, 10!
IN. thing desired appears The fairy stories
. rhe magic wand come true. No effort
r.ouireS and little expense, for nature will
,,cviae the electrical energy OF the future
. she device OF one modern magician for
,.D-rat.ng electricity from the suns rays
,,-oves rract1cal Place IL on the roof OF
.-,ur house and in one sunshiny day a SUI
s-,,-t amount Of electricity viii be accumG-
,nted in rhe storage batteries 10 light and
h.st your home and cook your meals for a
-eek
This would mean that every family VIII
nav, for the small initial outlay necessary
n v-ocure the solar generator and the
-ornpuent Of the house. its own electric
uxht plant. which viii be continually IN
operation without sttention or additional
cost.
Imagine The wonderful brilliancy OF the
future electrical city. with the vast sleeping
energy OF the sun unloOsed TO its utmost
extent Bv night Il VIII be one enormous
great white way"
Set ID on the inventors housetop. the
sun electrical generator looks for all the
vcrld Ike az eccentric cucumber -rame
turned up on end. But let the sun shine
IN Il and a. once II starts its work. Not
the solar heat itself but rather the invis-
ible rays thar make Up part OF the solar
spectrum, and the ultraviolet rays them
Eeves-rays that We cannot perceive with
our eyes. bUt the effects OF which We can
prove-are absorbed by the violet glass. and
their action on the metal plugs. the other
.nds % which are sheltered from the action
0f The RAYS. sets up chemical rsact'r that
produces q continual h0w OF -ctrical
power into q storage battery.
u this device fulhls IT'S inventors claims,
then tie solar generator has passed out OF
the realm q 10 be" and into the realm OF
Is" j is now ready 70 perform its ser
vice IN the world; ready 10 solve for al
future humanity the economical, wssteless,
IRE. production OF unlimited power. BY
stretching out its sensitive tentacles toward
that Infinite mass OF energy daily hurled al
the earth through IS 10000 miles OF space
AZ tire rare OF lsf Geo miles a second
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
DANCES AT LAWRENCE PARK

Bridge ard dancing We're the chief d.
versions In Westchester County last week
The Saturday evening dances at the Hotel
Gramatan. Lawrence Park. Bronxville. are
well attended Automobile parties are
taking advantage OF the IDEAL weather and
excellent condition Of the roads. A club
Is being organized in Lawrence Park to
promote winter sports
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Among the guests Al An informal iinssr
IN New York was a bright Phils1.ipan
girl
These are snails. said a Sentleman a~ue
10 her. when that dainty was served II
suppose philadelphia people don't eak thnm
tor fear OF cannlbalisTn -
"Oh. no. ~as her instant reply; "A ~
Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

OF the orchestra on your receiver will be
an attachment which will cause the room
in which you sit 10 be filed with the music
in all its volume, and you will hear each
note Just as distinctly as IL you occupied a
box in the front row OF the mezZanine.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
MISSING.

Our son doesn't get his brains from
you. says Mr. Javback
No snsw wers Mrs Javnack with mean
ing confess ne must have got EN- from,
you. At least somebody got yourn-tr vn,,
ever had any. Cleveland Leader.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

tions-or at least TO the police commits
aoner
The marvellous strides in the eiectrihca-
ton of all the world may result in cities
beneath cities. Even as We now have drug
stores. cafes, department stores. news
stands with subterranean entrances from
subway stations, within another fifry
years there Is likely 70 grow a second New
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Elevated railroad with electric third
rail. CD Device for generating electric
ity from the suns rays. (J) Storage
batteries 70 retain said electricity and
apply Il to all floors of house or factory.
(k) Tank for water from electric pump.
~ Sewing machine run by electricity.
M Sweeping BY electricity. (E) Tea
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Won ssk Il the ace sf invention Is pass
I - Nhv. ~ hasn't started yet. We
aor-t know anything vet Way. we don't
.ven know What electricity is yet How
7 =, - saw that we've reached the limit
- q force WHOSE very nature we are
] ts,crant ofF-Thonas A Edison
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

(A) Pump run by electricity. (B)
Ferry steered by wireless from shore.
&C. AeropIane steered by wireless from
the ground. (D) Wireless telesrap ph
station. (E) Ship whose machinery 10
controlled by electricity from the deck.
% Electric monorail trolley car. (G)
Truck with electric storage battery. (H)
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
EXECUTIVE ABILITY NEEDED.

EXECUTIVE ABILITY NEEOx0-
This is likely 70 be the end OF the arca3-
tectural progress OF your boy unless ne hzo
utilized any opportunities that may show
themselves. 70 get into business for him
self; for there are few high saIaried posi-'
tiOns in the profession. and IN many casso
these come from political or other pull"
OF course. such a job as the superintendsnt
Of school buildings in large city pays a.
high as 10000 year. but the man that gets
it need not necessarily De a highly comps-
tent architect Rather. executive ability is
the main requirement. for he can hire good
draftsmen. and radical changes IN design
are generally made through outside sourcsAI
Your boy has got 10 get into business
for himself The requirements for doins
this are practically nothing at all. for all
he needs is the few tools he has long sincs
acquired and mastered and place to draw
In L he can get somebody that he knows
is going 20 build house to let him draw
the plans and attend TO the construction no
will get a fee OF S or per cent OF the
buildings total cost. Then he may be given
more pretentious work. and so OF in hs
successfully submits plans. in a competition
or otherwise. for some large public or Semi
public institution. and finds his reputation
all made and his fortune in tae making
Between our Office boy and the Successful
architect. however. there Is a long coursa
Of studying that has 70 be done besides
what he has learned in the Office. The
time has long since gone BY when an arehf-
tect, so called simply copied the plan of
one house when called on 20 lay out an
other; for the modern cry Is for msrs
elaborats and original structures. which -
qutre the most elaborate and painstaking
detailed knowledge.
Your boys course OF study. which can Do
gone through at nights and will be partly
acquired In his work. will include quite a
complete knowledge OF geometry and
geometrical drawing. well as freehand
and perspective drawing. architectural and
ornamental drawing. pen and Ink rendering.
drawing In water color and from nature:
an extensive knowledge OF masonry ana
carpentry. the latter including 0rnalneataI
irOnwOrk and sheet metal work: wiring for
electricity. plumbing. heating and ventilsx-
ing. painting and decorating
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
RIVERS AS POWER SOURCES

Then there is the hydrO-electric motor,
stiiiz.ng the river currents for the gener-
Hting o. electric power. So. again nature
groyides. and the factory wheels viii os
turned and cities lighted snd electric trains
moved by power enl2nsting from the river
currents. and without expense except for
me machirs, which VIII not be more pos
Ebiy. than The first months coal bill IN
Ger TIE present system.
NOw t-ar nature seems willing 70 pro-
vide electricity without cost what are the
various purposes f0r which Il may be
used
Every one knows that its Uses to-day
ar common Sor power. lighting. heating
snd cooking What else? Many things.
One may even De Shaved BY electricity
In the rwilkling OF an eye-if one happens
70 be & man-and frequently one happens
to have thzt misfortune. And II one hap
pens 20 De a member OF the fair sex. one
nay DO tie family sewing and the family
pressing by eIectricity-no longer trouble
In keeping the iron AZ the proper tenn
perature, and burning tender hands IN the
s1ort, FOR the electric iron may be heated
right IN TIE sewing room wherever there
ls socket
Even the food products consumed in the
siectric city or the future viii be the re-
suits q electricity applied 10 agriculture.
There Is now in daily use milk reduced
% powdered form ana yet remaining
ID raw state which wiz keep indefinitely.
rms is ne result OF an electric process.
Even to-day nearly all the kitchen work
car be done by electricity with = small
motor, provided with q double attachment
snafr f0r TIE necessary devices for coffee
grinding. meat ana food chOpping. egg
beating, cream whipping. cake mixing but
t1 enurning, grating. ice chopping. cream
tFeezins. noodle cutting. vegetable pairing.
pchthinE and grinding
u elmost seems as q we would soon
nave a. electric cook and housenaid.
ocnpletelv automatic. capable OF doing
me work q q large family IN a couple OF
hours each DAY, and started snd stopped
~ ne turn OF a switch
Tie country VIII have an abundance Of
e.sctr1e energy Tor light, power and heat
or farms The farming communities VIII
hourish under the stimulus OF an electri-
hso topsoi, ana an increased absorption
or nitrogen. procured direct from the at
mosphene by electricity. These processes
are slreaoy successful as experiments On
small scale.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
NOT DISCUSSING THE FACT.

(copyrisht. 1909 bv the Associated L.,sr~r,
Press
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

20 clear up. his employer will give hun -
eraser and tell him to clean an ink nnoe1eD
drawing OF rs pencil rarks. This may -
within two or three months from ths snno
the youngster starts TO earn his NJ
weeks wages as once boy.
LEARNS TO MAKE BLUE PRugY4
Then, within about six months or %. ~
Is put before a big table with pen and .
bottI- OF india ink and told TO trace c~w
the lines OF a drawing that have Ai-c.Ay
been made In pencil He Is also shown how
TO make blue prints. the sheets contA.nino
the plans OF the structure TO be srscsso
that are given 10 the carpenters and ossnr
workmen on the Job. BY this time hs heo
been told something about water conrsn0
ard is ser to make a blue sky behind -
ished drawing paint the house pfnk. auA
70 splash a vivid green over the srA0 n
front.
Within a year from the time ne snrsFs4
the Office-ir he has got on-hs viii be go
ting $ 20 $40 week
Within another year he viii be given .
rough sketch OF a floor plan and told To
draw IL out to scale" This means that
he must make a detailed picture Of tn
floor OF a house. allowing. say. a quartst
inch OF space on the drawing for each so~s
OF actual dimensions the floor is to be-
II will not be long now till the boy IN
know a lot about drawing and begin -
look forward 70 the time when ne vtn bo
called a craftsman. for. inside OF thEeo
years from the beginning he viii be s1D-
ing from SIS to SIS a week and can probably
take the notes given BY the prospscxtvs
owner OF a modest dwelling and work oue
therefrorn a fairly complete set OF plans
with numerous hints and helps from tno
boss OF course
Perhaps the boy. by this time. has some
original ideas Of how a house ought 70 ioo6.
and Is able 60 picture his ideas on poDsr-
This means that he has the rudtnents % .
designer in him But. anyhow. ne hsD &C.
CURED the foundation on which a real
architect is erected. and goes on for thrao
or four years more. I'll he can draw Dasns
for any ordinary building and make very
acceptable designs He will be settiuG, -
craftsman. any~ here up TO so a week. and.
IL he has studied hard. he may be fureuno
over several other craftsmen. n the once
is a large one, and earning double 70 .
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
RACING RESULTS
RESULTS AT OGDEN

OGDEN, May 17.-But two favorites won
here today. Fordeilo easily captured the
Broom hotel handicap with Mary and
Rey del Mundo SECOND and third respec-
lively. Watlere stumbled and fell in the
stretch of the third and Liberto threw
Jockey Herman at the barrier in the sixth.
but neither horse boy were injured
Results:
First race three furlongs, selling-sllver
Grain, ITO SANDY, won; Fred Stone, 10
CArchibald), second; Geneva, 81 (Mendon),
erta. Chas. J. Harvey and Endure also ran.
Second race, one-half mile, selling-Gene
Wood, ia (Archbald), won; Priceless
Jewell 11O CIV. Taylor. second; Billy Bow
Legs 109 (Peak), third. Time ;52 2-5.
Buna, Sir Preston, Happy Chappy and
Kuropatltn also
Third race five furlongs, selling-Bonfis,
ia. (BoreD. won; Gabrielle III SANDY.
second Cooney Neff. III (Sullivan), third.
Time 1905 Is. Banthel Alice Collins.
Watiere, Hampton Beauty and Pallas also
ran
Fourth race. mile Broom handicap-For-
dellor. 112 (BoreD, won; Mary f, l0l CAR
chibald), second; Rey del Mundo, 1O8 (Her-
mani. third. Time 1:47 40. Friar Of Ell
gin, Woolen Grotto and Severus also ran.
Fifth race. five furlongs. sening-Platoon,
102 (Peak). won; Mazapan, 100 (Bairdl
Time l :05 Is. Napa. Antara, Gaga, Swag-
gerator and Glendenning also ran.
sixth race seven furlongs, selling
Surety, 107 (Manders) won King Brush,
1O7 (Mendon), second; Markie Mayer, ITO
BoreD third. Time :33 As. Orifamb,
Tayora, Liberto Boloman, Patriotic and
Tom Shaw also ran.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
MANY BOOKMAkERS
WILL MOVE ALONG
Oral Betting System Will Drive the
Gamblers to Montreal and Other
More Prosperous Fields
of Sport

NEW YORK, May 17.-As soon as
racing opens at Montreal, Toronto,
Hamilton, Windsor and Fort Erie
MANY of the leading bookmakers who
have been features of the New YORK
tracks for years will take up their
occupation there.
Announcement made at their cluD
last night indicated they did not be
lieve in their ability to make a living
al the New York tracks this summer
because of tho restrictions on betting
and the limited number of racing dates,
1t is believed the invasion of the Ca
madam tracks by New York bookmak-
ers will drive the home bookmakers
out of the field and will result In llVe-
uer times on those tracks.
After canVassing the results OF the
two DAYS experience On the Belmont
track last week, the bookmakers last
night seemed to be of the opinion thar
there was no money for them this year
in New York. Under the ''oral betting
nermitted by a recent court DECISION
tho booknaksrs are able to accept bets
only from persons whom they know
personally and whom they can trust
for a later settlement OF their accounts.
1t so happens that most of the persons
who the boolmakers know are as Wen
versed on the chances of the various
horses to win as they are themselves.
Therefore their chance to win is very
small and from an exceptionally limited
Rnl