The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

make the worlds greatest street. This
organization known as the Fifth Ave-
nue. Association. the combined wealth
Of whose members runs far In the
hundreds OF Millions. has already acc
compiished much in the way Of WIDEN
handling Of trafnc and providing for
the comfort and safety Of those pat
ronizing the avenue made famous by
song. It now proposes however.
through many ambitious undertakings
to make Fifth Avenue the Mecca Of
all visitors to New York AZ well as
the most popular thoroughfafe for
for which the Association 10 now
working include the lightning Of the
shop windows until at least eleven
o'clock ut night. the widening Of the
street still further and the installing
Of an improved system Of electric
lighting which will make Broadway
pale In comparison. 1t 10 also aimed
kinds Of undesirable business and to
prevent street lettering. Altogether
the new Greater white Way as the
Association now proposes to make 1t
10 likely soon to become not only the
greatest boulevard In the world in
respect to wealth but also In respect
to popularity.
Aute ara Flying Machine.
Not content with mere flying mach
Ines which are now advertised for
sale here, much a. are automobiles,
city has now b still newer creation
known as the aefoniobfle. As rs name
would indicate It Il q combination Of
the automobile and the aeroplane and
of to travel through the air with equal
facility. Only single specimen OF
this remarkable machine has as yet
been produced by It's inventor. who 10
20 German residing here. This model
has worked 90 well, however. that
WORK Is being started on machine Of
sufficient size for all practical pur-
poses. which 1t Is expected will be
completed by the end of summer.
The new machines principal claim for
excellence Is that motor and operator
are stationed below the balancing
planes with their weight 30 disposed
that the machine 10 unacceptable.
The lifting power OF the four planes.
with q total area OF $40 square feet.
IL augmented by four helicopters or
rotary wings. Two propellers and the
helicopters. the latter having speed
of 100 revolutions minute are to be
driven by a forty horsepower motor.
The frame Of the machine Is six feet
eight inches long, four feet ten inches
tall, and two feet ten inches in width.
It Is built OF aluminium steel tubes and
is mounted on four eighteen-inch bicy-
Gle wheels. the total weight being 720
pounds. 1t is claimed for the machine
that II can ascend through Its own
motor power from any spot and in any
weather. 1t Is planned to place II on
the market at about $4,000. Equipped
with dirigible automobile of this
sort It will be easy for speed fiends to
escape the police with their bicycles or
motors cycles simply by getting on
the earth.
Two children, who are undoubte teddy
the worlds greatest travellers. IL their
age be taken into consideration, arr
ived here this week. Although they
total less than four years between
them they have already covered $4,000
miles by land and sea. d distance near
ly equal TO two trips around the earth
at the equator The younger of the
boys, who Is only eleven months old
has only tribe over $4,000 miles to
his credit, In view Of his age. how
ever, this Is considered as not bad.
covered some $4,000 miles In his short
life. Should he live to be seventy
Ave years old and continue at his pre-
sent rate Of travel he will have cover
ed at the end of that time 100000
600 miles, or practically three times the
distance from the earth to the moon.
This much Travelled youngster is the
grandson of John Hicks. the retired
American visitor to Chile. and large
part of his record is made up Of trips
between that country and this: