Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-10-31

not by horses and at haulage expense of twelve to
fifteen cents per ton mile but by their own gasoene
trucks at four to eight cents per ton mile.
Furthermore and coincident with the development
of macadamized State roads, commercial houses will
equip their drummers with autos.
Automobiles will become cheaper, smaller, simpler
That Is already the marked tendency along lines OF
manufacture. Now the greater problem is reduced
cost of maintenance. This problem centres around
tire expense cheaper perhaps better, substitute
for rubber must be and will be forthcoming. NO pas
senger automobile of the future should cost more
than five hundred dollars.
But the future of automobile manufacturing, the
greater future by far lies along the building of heavy
freight trucks Those of the present day, particularly
in this country are very crude, unWledy anu eApen
sve to operate With their perfection we may expect
Freight traffic in the big cities must eventually be
handled in long hauls by subways And the passenger
subways of to-day will then give place to moving plat
FORMS also underground of course.
Shrinking of the Globe.
All this mode of development has to do with the
shrinking of the earth Distances everywhere. within
fine cities throughout the States across the continent
around the world, must be shortened. More work.
more speed more results must be crowded into the
short days. There must be no delay OF distance on
land or water
salesman to work alternate days in cities as far apart
as New York and Chicago, and the newest ocean grey
hounds getting Europe ana America nearer w
gether hour by hour
But after land and water-whatf why, the con-
quest of the air! 1t has already begun
Aeropanes will in time be as common as are auto-
mobiles to-day but the sphere of these heavier thah
ctr machines will be restricted all probability to
,ary oht passenger traffic and to short flights. 1t Is
certain however, that they will be greatly improved
along lines of speed and safety and Is possible tnat
these Improvements may increase their field OF use1u
.SThe aeroplane of to-day says designer and in
yentor has proven that flying machine Is prac-
ticable thing but that is ALL Now we must perfect
SFirst of all the friction surface must be greatly
diminished AS parallel illustration take the devel-
onment of the hydroplane boat from the steamship
Tt,a iatta is
tion surface against the water The hydroplahe Wnsn
81 ron sneed-forty-6ve miles hour has already
heen obtained and sixty miles is possbe-ls eleVateu
clear out of the water and rides on small planes
'"rhe aeroplane of to-day is altogether too broad
and clumsy why not get rid of all this unnecessary
friction surface and make them narrow. have In
mind ribbon style, which VIII allow the machlhe
to heightened OF shortened at with othei "ouS'
Aeronlanes then will compose the mosquito feet
of the FUTURE heavy passenger and freight rathc
of fine skies will be carried by airships
.srbev foo will be greatly changed. The gas bag
viii be longer more slender and sharp pointed at the
ends ca mat the air will hasten instead of retard its
r@ress as At present by resistance in front and by
suction behind. Air will be used in central compare
ments for ballast and the propeller VIII be stationed
along the Sides like the side wheels OF old fashioned
"shall we have Mauretanlas of the air? Why, yes.
I look to see airships thousand feet long, with
heavy passenger facilities and speed attainment OF
at least sixty miles hour. That VIII bring Europe
within fortyeigh hours travel OF TINS country Fer
haps the entire commerce of land ana sea VIII also
eventually be handled by these air monsters
''Really the problem of their practicable construc-
ton is not so difficult the building of docks to hold
them They are safe enough In their own element
tbe air They can beat forty mile wind and make
IL harmless But how to anchor them-that is the
greater question. -
'Now YOU may take another step forward From
what source will the air leviathan derive Its power?
why not electric energy with wireless transmission?
That would be the ideal air power doing away with
bulky weighty fuel tanks and heavy engines.
.sAlready we have demonstrated in laboratory ex
perments the possibility of wireless transmission OF
electric power For instance fan motor has been
RIM at n distance of twenty feet from dynamo.
"Suppose now that this is done upon gigantic
scale From a huge station at Niagara, which VIII