Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-05-26
viii Resemble q Flying Fish and Be
Capable, 1t 10 Claimed, of Travelling
Ssventy-fivs Miles an Hour To
Carry About $50 Passengers and
Grow of Fortytwo Mon.

thors Of works on airships and dirigi.
bles, in the May Century, and the air.
ship Of the near future is described In
part as follows:
From the standard of present devel.
opment the airship of 1915 may be
conceived as having a hull Of rigid
construction, 1000 feet long and 80
feet beam, with accommodations for
125 to $50 passengers and a crew of
AZ men.
The new air liner will resemble a
submarine or, rather, flying fish. All
its parts will be compacty built into
the hull. Its underbody, 800 feet
long, II feet wide and feet high.
will extend between the elbows fore
and aft where the hull begins to curve
toward its pointed bow and stern.
The underbody will hold seven pas
sengers and eight operating sections,
after the fashion Of a compartment
sleeping car. A continuous passage
way will extend from end to end.
All Cooking by Electricity.
Below the bridge will be a hatch.
way to the main passage In the for
ward undefbody Of the ship, where
there is a companionway which is the
ships portal. Abaft OF this will be the
captains cabin. To starboard will be-
gin the main passage and staterooms,
with all doors opening on the passage.
Next to the captains quarters, in Sc
Quence, will be officers and engineers
staterooms, officers wardroom and
mess, the barber shop. the first motor
compartment, the toilet room, passen-
gers staterooms, passengers' living
quarters, a central lounging. reading
and dining saloon the width of the
ship. At the stern will be the stew
ards quarters, where all cooking will
be by electricity. Meals will be serv-
ed In each saloon, the pantry service
being operated by escalator passing
through the bold" which will be at
tached to the airship's entire under
body. Table service will be delivered
through a trap in the saloon floor.
Telephone and electric annunciators
will connect each section with the
stewards quarters.
All bed covering will be of the light
est weights, because elektron heaters
carrying the hot exhaust Of the motors
Will keep the temperature automatical-
ly even while flying at frigid attitudes
When flying low in the tropics the air
ship may be perfectly cooled by ven
tilation. Only hand baggage win be
permitted for the quick passage.
Built to Float on the Water.
The sides of the "hold." or tunnel.
Eve feet high and eight feet wide. will
be lined with continuous tanking. con
tanning gasoline fuel, TO be forced up
ward into the engine rooms az needed
The outside of the bold" will serve
as the airshlp's rounded keel and will
enable the craft to toaL. on water
Elastic buffers for landisy will be-
fixed under each engine section.
The eight motor compartments will
each be equipped with one 20 . 1rSe-
power motor, transmitting en rs by
short steel belts in flattened tubes to
one propeller on the same side OF the
hull and to auxiliary engines operating
pumps that Will control the gas cham.
bers. withdrawn expanding gas and
condensing It into the airships tubu-
lar frame. They Will also drive pow
erful fans for ventilating the air
spaces OF the hull and the living quar-
ters
Boats" to Be Carried.
The tni' ~ tae hGil now the Yep
pella's obSerN atOry. will become a long
hurricane deck OF thin, light plank
Ing, with side rails Here will be
kept service" implements. two slen-
der masis "a."y!rG the wireless"
antennae and the yellow top lights"
observatorleS for cloud triangulation
and taking the altitude OF stars.
searchlights. kite winch and the air
ships boats" two small. swift aero
plane scouts" one fore, the other aft
with ample space for launching and
alighttng The deck will be reached
by small winding openwork stairs
through the hull. The hull will be d.
vided into twenty gas tight compart
ments for sustaining the airship in
space. Along the port and starboard
sides FIVE seats of curved aeroplane
surfaces will help to lift and support
the airship or steer 1t up and down.
They will be stepped" to avoid inter
ference. Between them kyill be eight
propellers. four on each side, at alter
mating levels along the hull.
1t Is believed that within FIVE years
such an air liner will be capable of
travelling seventy-five miles an hour
ordinarily and often 100 miles in the
spper levels.
To Make q Glass Cutter.
A glass utter can easily be made
with an ordinary mapping pen and .
small piece OF carborundum or car
bide of silicon. Cut of part Of the
nib to form a small tube. Fit a crys-
tai or part of one of carborundum into
the tube, take 1t out again and dip one
end in cement and replace 1t. Next
wind a piece Of fine wire tightly
around the tube and part of the handle
and fix 1t In a notch cut IN the latter.
Put 1t aside for day to allow the ce-
ment to harden. A glass cutter made
thus will do its work as well as the
expensive diamond and a great deal
better than the ordinary wheel cutter