New-York tribune., 1909-11-23
FOR A SKY TRUST
WRIGHTS IN COMPANY
Mem of Wealth join Them to
Manufacture Flyers.

The Wright Company was Incorporated
yesterday with a capital Of one million
dollars by far the largest amount Of
money ever invested by any company In
America for the manufacture and sale of
flying machines. The Wright brothers will
contribute their patents. and Cornelius Van
derbilt. Robert J. Collier. Edwin j. Ber-
wind. Russell a. AIger. Theodore P. Shonts.
August Belmont. Howard Gould. Andrew
Freeman. Norton F. Plant and Allan \.
Ryan will put up the money.
The foremost company Of this kind hith-
erto has been the Herrlng-Curtiss combina-
ton. with headquarters i'm Hammondsport,
y. Y. in the formation of which Cortlandt
Field Bishop. president of the Aero Club
of America. was the principal hacker. This
company is being sued by the Wrights for
infringements of their patents. and the case
will be argued I'm Buffalo before Judge
Hazel. Of the Circuit Court on December IA
Wilbur Wright on his last trip 90 New
York. said that il the parts Of flying ma
chimes which had been patented by his
brother and himself were removed from
aeroplanes no one else would be able TO fly
The decision i'm the ca Sc against Curtiss
probably will determine the rights OF other
aviatcrs who are said 20 have infringed the
Wright patents.
The organizers Of the Wright company
believe that the time has come when II is
possible for any one TO navigate the air
tns safe machine. and they will manl-
facture and supply TO the public bipIanes
and monopianes- One object of the organ
izaJion was TO aid the wrights i'm protect
ing their inventions. and another to afford
an opportunity OF further developing and
improving their machines.
The aviators will supervise the work at
the factory which is TO be In Dayton, and
will study the possibilities of the aeroplane
for commercial and other purposes
An aviation field viii be obtained some
where in Florida, and twenty machines
will be stored there. Then those who care
to learn how to fly can so there and re-
ceive instruction from the teachers who
will be provided for the purpose.
Mr.. Wright has said that any one should
De able to learn now to control machine
in a couple of hours. and that il was not
as difficult matter as learning TO ride a
bicycle.
One Of the Wrights Will he president OF
the company and the other will be vice
president Clinton X. PeteTkin will be
another vice-president and general man
ager. The executive committee will con
sist OF Orvilie Wright. Wilbur Wright.
August Belmont. G.. r. Peterkin. Russell
y. AlSer. Andrew Friedman and Theodore
r. Shonts. MIR. friedman will probably
be chairman of the committee. Delaney
Nicoll will he the general counsel of the
company.
An office viii be opened IN the Night and
Day Bank Building. All kinds of aero
planes will be manufactured but it is
probable that most Of them will he b.
planes. as that is the kind the Wrights
have thought most satisfactory
As Mr.. Alger has a controlling interest
in the Packard Automobile Company. il Is
probable that ne will arrange to have
some of his experts sent to the works IN
Dayton to assist IN making :he motors for
the aeroplanes
Delaney NicolI said last night that
the patents of the Wright brothers had ap-
parently been infringed hy everybody who
made flying machines. "As | understand
II. ne continued. the point I'm air uavi-
CATION which has taffled all previous ex-
perirhenters was the problem of securing
some means of control by which balance
could he maintained. Varying air currents
create tendency on the part Of the ma
chimes to tip. either from side 10 side or
forward and backward. Until this prob
lem had been solved. navigation of the
air vas an ln1poSSlotllty. OTVllle and Viii
bur Wright worked for years to overcome
that difficulty. They have not however.
been as successful I'm preventing other pco-
pic from taking advantage of their dis
COyeTy.'
Mr.. PeterkIn said that an aeroplane at
present, without any change except in the
matter Of size, was capable of a flight OF
seven hundred miles without stop. In
discussing the future usefulness Of flying
machines, he said.
"A field will he developed for passenger
service and mails i'm the West between the
railroad and the mining centres, where
speed is desired or where the gTound
makes wagon or automobile transportation
difficult.
The Nrights believe thar a twenty
passenger machine at present is the limit
Of carrying capacity. They feelSthat such
an aeroplane is entirely possible and en-
tails no especially new problem. They do
not feel however, that the ocean will be
crossed by aeroplane until the intro
ductiOn of motor with fuel cOnsump-
tiOn far lower than anything that has ever
been devised or projected.