The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-19
WRIGHT BROTHERS
WORKING AT Home
SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS BUSY IN
DAYTON SHOP.
Four Aeroplanes Are in Course of Con
struction to Be Sold to the Public.
A Third Brother Will Fly.

DAYTON, O., May 19.-Dayton has
just celebrated the return of the citi-
zens who have given it immortality in
history.
When the Wright boys"-Wilbur
and Orville-with Miss Katherine, who
used to teach at Steele High School,
arrived home last Thursday the whole
population made it holiday and fol-
lowed them to their residence.
Where the Wright aeroplanes are
built there is no imposing factory.
The head of the concern is Lorin
Wright, brother of the aviators. There
is nothing on the outside of the little
two-story building on West Third
street to indicate that airships are
made there.
The building is double one. The
other side is occupied by an under
taking shop. Over the door of the side
occupied by the Wrights is a faded
sign reading, Wright Cycle Com
pany." But that is only blind; the
bicycle business took back seat sew
eral years ago.
Inside, around the walls, in topsy
turyey fashion, are sections of aero.
planes. Leaning against the wall on
one side is huge pine box holding
pieces of the aeroplane that was
wrecked at Fort Myer.
Lorin Wright at the Helm.
To see any one connected with the
Wright aeroplane factory you must go
through another little room, which,
like the first, is filled with airship fix
lures. Upstairs you find Lorin Wright.
He is little man and very agree
able. The workman's apron he wore
suggested that his time was not spent
in the office alone.
DO you help build the aeroplanes?'
he was asked.
Il am learning the business from
start to finish, he answered, and
come near having my hands full"
Mr.. Wright explained that besides
aiding the machinist and the carpen-
ters, who are called in at irregular pc
RODS to do the more difficult WOOD
work, he spends his time answering
correspondence and finishing up the
parts of the machines as they are
turned out.
When asked if he expected to fly, he
replied
Yes, just as soon as get chance.
| have perfect confidence in the ma
chine and would not hesitate to go up.
| OF course | would want one of the
boys at the lever, for you must re-
member that l have only been in the
business since last January and am
practically a green hand. When
gave up my office position with the
| Rouser Contracting Company to take
charge here l decided to devote my
future to the flying business and |
hope some time to know as much about
it as the boys.
Working on Five Machines.
1--WE are building five aeroplanes at
present. One of them is for the gov
eminent tests next June. The other
four are being constructed simply to
have some in stock for the public.
Father, too, has absolute confidence
in the machine. believe father would
risk a flight himself should the oppor
tunity present itself"
Charles E. Taylor, who has been in
the employ of the Wrights for eight
years, does all the machine work on
the aeroplanes. The lumber used is
the best West Virginia spruce, which
is purchased by the carload.
Mr.. Wright declared that with but a
few minor changes the aeroplanes are
! being built on the same model as the
first one in 1903. "A change which is
of much Importance" he said lis one
that will eliminate all possibility of an
accident such as resulted at Fort Myer
It will be impossible for the ruddel
to go wrong.
Mr.. Wright said that he was kept
busy reading letters from all parts
of the world and answering those re-
lating to business.
we get many funny letters from
people who have valuable sugges
tions One man wrote warning the
boys to quit the game, His reason
was that God would have made man
with wings had he intended him to