The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-28
CRAFT TO RIDE GALE
RICH INVENTOR TO BUILD AIR.
SHIP ALONG NEW LINES.
Machine That viii Fly in All Kinds
Of Weather Is Plan OF Phila-
delphian--Hss Studied
Subject Long,

| Philadelphia. - An arship along
| lines hitherto never attempted VIII
| be built by Cyrus Chambers, lr, OF
Overlook, president OF Chambers
| Bros. Company. Many of his inven-
| tons are in use throughout the world.
| Work has been started upon the cree
ton of an engine house in Overlook
for the purpose of testing engines 10
be used in the new aerial craft, which
will be OF I ,000,horse-power,
While other inventors have been
navigating the air in aerOplanos and
dirigible balloons, Mr., Chambers has
been studying and making note OF
defects. lie has hundreds of books
pertaining to aerial navigation and
has studied the subject 80 years. lie
declined to say what the appearance
Of his aerial craft would be, but stated
emphatically that it would not be an
aeroplane or a dirigible balloon.
Il am not trying to build fair
weather airship" said Mr. Chambers.
What hope to produce ultimately is
one which may sail in all kinds of
weather. In fact, ! think 1t should be
operated so that could summon the
ship to my door as ] would my auto
mobile or carriage, and ride to my
office. My hope q 10 perfect craft
that can be operated in tempest as
well as in sunshine and one which
may be controlled absolutely by the
pilot My aim is to make II useful
and not ornamental"
Asked what he thought OF the aero
plane and dirigible balloon idea, Mr..
Chambers remarked. iocularly;
They are up a tree; in my opinion
neither will solve the problem. The
balloon exposes entirely too much sur
face TO the wind, and the same may
be said Of the aeropIane There is too |
much resistance 10 overcome"
Mr.. Chambers took his caller to the
third floor of his home, of which one |
large room has been fitted out as a |
testing plant DynamOs, lathes, work
benches and nearly every kind of tool |
used in the working Of iron and wood |
can be found in this room II was |
very quiet when Mr.. Chambers en-
tered the plant. but he touched lever
or two and in a moment the large
room on the top floor of his quiet 4
mansion overlooking rural Overlook
was converted into a whirling machine
shop. Belts and wheels whirlcd about
in all parts Of the plant
And this extensive plant. with its
thousands OF dollars worth of tools
is only q stepping stone the inventor
explained, toward building the ma.
chinery for his airship
Like all inventors. Mr.. Chambers
has met with many obstacles. One
which now confronts him is his fail
ing eyesight His somewhat defective
vision bothers him considerably. but
he has prepared for IT, lie has mol
end Of tools Of the very finest make.
and by the use of fine gauges he Is en-.
abled to work down TO the ten-thou-
sandth part Of an inch He has a svs-
TEN by which not one Of his hundreds
Of tools ever gets out Of place. Behind
every tool on the wall is its outline
painted in black. and the big black
marks are handy guides 10 show the
exact spot where every tool belongs.
Ever since his boyhood-he is so
Years old-Mr Chambers has been de.
voted to mechanics When only ISL
Years old he built miniature steam
engine. and at the age OF Is built a
smaller one, which for long time
vas the smallest steam engine in The