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great inventor some day" Who knows
but that at that time their prophetie
souls were speaking?
Everything in the way of mechanics
interested young Felts, and he spent
much time reading works devoted TO
the mechanical world, and also was
interested keenly in the worlds scien-
tifc progress. improvements In steam
engines, railways devices. electrical In
struments, automobiles and. IN recent
years, flying machines have all been
closely watched by Felts.
One of the earliest and most prac-
ticable of his inventions was a COM
binatfOn last for shoes. 1t proved an in
Simultaneous success. and now is used
generally by high grade makers Of foot
wear all over the United States
To indicate the versatility OF Felts
In his inventions it might be mentioned
that only recently he secured patents
on spring cast wheel which he has
invented for automobiles. This new
wheel unquestionably will create a real
stir In the benzine wagon world by rea-
son of the fact that, If it comes into
general use, to use Felts own words
1T will do away with rubber tires en-
ttrely." One Of these wheels. accord
ing to its inventor, can be put on an
automobile for just One-third the cost
of rubber tire. FeIts expects to find
this invention most profitable. as q
number of the largest automobile firms
OF the country are already negotiating
for it's use Felts also has devoted his
inventive mind to airships. and he has
succeeded in creating a dirigible motor
balloon with travelling wings" as he
calls them He is confident that this
ship Of the air. which can be operated
easily. can be taken in any direction,
and at a speed that will equal, IL not
exceed, that of the aeroplanes and BIZ
planes that have been used recently
in Europe and in America, causing the
whole world not only TO "sit up and
take notice" but to look up In aston
ishment at and with admiration for the
conQuerorS OF tha air.
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hill TO Goat island. and then on to
Oakland. That's about the way it
would be done, and I'm sure we could
give fine one minute service.
This is what would be required for
such a line
about 125 stations or towers with
concrete founda tions for the towers;
5000 cubic yards of concrete for each,
at s1O,950 each; s1,36S.750. Tubing for
the caissons. feet in diameter, $500
each, 100000. Structural steel, 1900
tons. $1,000, 600. Ten miles of three inch
cable and four miles of four inch cable.
$500 tons, S2.S00.000 Masonry for four
terminals-one at Telegraph hill and
one at Oakland and two at Goat island.
at $4,000. $4,000. Supporting cables
or braces. 1900 tons. $150,oO0. Equip
ment, barges, drivers, steam tugs.
dredges, divers, apparatus, etc. $500, 900
Labor for a period OF FIVE years, on a
basis of 100000 per year. $4,000, 600.
"ADproXimate total S1635S 7b0"
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hours and 80 minutes, making the

This makes total of 1850 miles In
26h hours.
From Market, near The Call build
ing, up Grant avenue to Union street,
up Telegraph HILL thence across the
bay to Oakland, the distance is about
five miles. The running time would be
about five minutes"
Feltss system was to be given a trial
in Mexico. Death intervened, how
ever, and the matter is now in abey
ance. The government is anxious to
have the channel at Mazatlan closed
in with a jetty. For this work it was
figured that the cofferdams alone would
cost s175,00o, whereas Felts demon
strated that he could build the short
line necessary for dump system for
some $4,000 less. The plans, as laid
before the Mazatlan officials. contem-
plated the extension of the system
along the boulevard which skirts Ma
zatlan's water front, converting 1t into
a scenic railway. The papers in the
transaction were all ready for sigma
ture when the governor of the state,
whose approval was necessary, died.
The reader will say to himself, per-
haps, that he has read of other mono
rail systems, but It will surprise him
to learn that there are only two of the
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Five Hours to Los Angeles

The present surface steam railway,
coast line. San Francisco to Los Ange-
les. is All miles; running time is 13h
hours, including four stops.
My suspended auto motor railway at
the rate of 100 miles per hour, would
make the same distance of All miles in
hours, including five stops of five min
utes each" said Felts. This distance
between San Francisco and Los Ange-
les could be shortened 20 400 miles with
the suspended auto motor railway. and
the speed easily increased to $50 miles
per hour. making the time between San
Francisco and Los Angeles hours and
IA minutes. Five stops of five minutes
each would make it 3 hours and
SO minutes. The stops would be San
Jose, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo.
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
The present surface railway. via
Bakersfield. is $50 miles; the time is 13
hours and 43 minutes. The suspended
auto motor railway over the same route
would make the distance in hours and
20 minutes, or hours and 40 minutes.
including four stops of five minutes
each. This line could be shortened by
the suspended auto motor railway 1875
miles. leaving a distance of 355 miles
between San Francisco and Los Ange-
les, which could be travelled in hours
and 80 minutes With four stops of
five minutes each ft-would make the
time 2 hours and so minutes between
San Francisco and Los Angeles
The present surface line from San
Francisco to New York makes the dis
tance oe 1924 miles in 90 hours and 10
minutes by taking advantage of the
difference in time. To reduce this time
by the present system would necessi-
tate the Strengthening OF many miles of
track, which would mean the filling up
of many valleys, innumerable brid ges
and cuts. together with countless tun-
neis. With the existing curves faster
time is impossible on account Of the
friction of the wheels against the rails.
"a road of the suspended auto motor
railway over the following route would
shorten the distance between San Fran
CISCO and New York STA miles, leaving
$3.50 miles, which, travelled at the rate
az 1Ga miles per hour, could be made in
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two rollers stand out without drop
ping. There are idlers on both sides
of the eyebeam trackage, which pre-
vent the carriage from swinging from
side to side. The rollers on the bot
tom which extend across each eyebeam
prevent the carriage from rocking So
the gap Of feet inches is jumped at
any rate of speed without jarring the
car or without any danger whatever.
The eyebeams, which are 4 p inches
each across the top, give inch bear
ing. whereas on steam track there is
only a l u inch bearing.
In place of traction wheels there
are rollers, to which I have already re-
ferred, which are keyed on to one end
of shaft. This shaft extends through
the steel carriage, which holds the
roller bearing rollers, and the driven
wheel is keyed on to the other end of
the same shaft II the engine makes
$500 revolutions a minute IT will turn
these rollers 1900 times a minute on
top of the rails. and IL the rollers are
141s inches in diameter. as is con-
templated, the car would travel lit
tie over two miles a minute
NOW, one would imagine that in
travelling at such a speed there would
be considerable discomfort, but IL
would be even less than you get In a
standard Pullman, for the reason that
W
inmate In springs and plungers as I
have already stated, and which are
housed in, with an air duct on the bot
tom Of each housing, causing the hous-
ing to fill with air when the spring
collapses and allowing the car to ride
back on air cushions. The arms that
extend from the turntables fitting over
the f1ange of the carriage holding these
springs and plungers are fitted with
roller bearing rollers so that the cars
swing forward and backward without
any jar whatever.
''lt is planned to have telephone con-
nection with each car on the line, thus
permitting a passenger to communi-
cate with the next car ahead, or. in
fact, any place on the line. Each car
Will be fitted with a dynamo, which
furnishes its own light. block system
etc.
I'm coming to a street crossing there
Is turntable suspended in the center
of the street A car coming down one
street and wishing to turn a corner
jumps the gap, which I.have mentioned
and runs on to the turntable; the op
orator pulls a lever, which engages a
gear. This turns the table around with
the power of the car, and thus, curves
are done away with"
Felts said something about spanning
the bay with his proposed system
When asked concerning such a project,
he said:
The bay can be spanned easily with
out interfering with the shipping in the
least. / have figured with the best
engineers on the cost. Suppose we were
to start, say at the Phelan building and
run up Grant avenue to Union street
and up Union street to the summit of
Telegraph hill. from the top OF this
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The Bullet Car

This is the way Felts explains the
important features of his aerial rail-
way system: The car, which is bullet
shaped. lays in surcingles which ter
inmate In springs and plungers. The
operator sits in coming tower in the
top OF the car. Levers run back over
his head TO the engine. In place OF
trucks beneath the car there are steel
carriages above. These steel carriages
viii encircle the eyebeam tracks and
all the wheels and rollers will be
slotted at their tops. wide enough only
to permit the passing OF the drop arms.
Should the wheels or rollers be re-
moved by any cause, the carriages
would clutch the track. preventing the
car from falling. or, II any portion of
the track should be taken away and
the cars running at full speed the front
carriage only would leave the track,
causing the rear carriage to clutch the
track before travelling the length of
the car. This would prevent the car
from plunging into space.
THE drop arms are capable of stand
ing a strain of Al tons each, but there
would be only one-third of the weight
of each car on drop arm at a time
The system would be double track
a track being on either side of the tow
ers. II two cars should be running in
the same direction at a high rate of
speed and the first car should for any
reason become stalled where it could
not be seen by the operator of the sec
ond car, the batteries are so arranged
that there would be a short circuit and
the second car would come to a dead
standstill. This arrangement eliminates
the possibility of collision. Every
wheel on the cars would be fitted with
roller bearing rollers. practically dust
proof and oilproof. This means that
there viii be no hot boxes.
Where one track passes the other
at q crossing, say a street crossing or
any other place. It is necessary to have
a gap OF 5 feet inches cut away from
each track to permit the steel car
riages to pass through. To jump this
gap the carriages are fitted with two
rollers on the extreme front end of
each carriage Six rollers equally
spaced IN the carriage hold the front
two rollers UP until they reach across
the gap and form a rest on the oppo-
site track. When those two rollers are
over the gap they and the rear four
hold the second two up until they reach
the opposite side. When the front four
rollers are across the gap they, with
the rear two, hold the third set UP.
When the six are over the gap the rear
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no longer would you encounter that
hackneyed greeting, Late again for
dinner" Moreover. you would not be
put TO the necessity Of cudgeling your
brains for rosy excuses for your sus-
picious tardiness.
How would you like to get aboard
a train for Los Angeles, which is All
miles away by the Shore line, and land
IN the southern city in about three
hours?
Think OF boarding a train for New
York, 5000 miles away. this afternoon
at l o'clock, and stepping off at your
destination at half past tomorrow
afternoon-261 hours, In the unaca-
demic language of the street, that's go
ing soma" Felts promises just that sort
Of transportation when his "Sus-
pended Auto Motor Railway is in
operation.
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suspended class in existence. "One of
these" said Felts, lis at Dresden, but
1t is only two blocks long. The cars
hang from beams, but the motive power
Is a cable, and while one car goes down
the other comes back. TIE other mono
rail system is at Berlin. 1t is some
four or five miles in length and is a
double rail affair. The carriages that
hold the cars hang on either side OF
the rails. At a high rate of speed not
only are the rails loosened. but the
other fastenings are affected, because
Of the fact that the friction is not
overcome. In my system the friction
is entirely eliminated"
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p. m-"Al aboard for Oak-landr'
SOS P. m.-"Oak-land, Oakland
All off"
r HATS what you'll be hearina
some day when the Suspended
Auto Motor Railway" IS in oper-
alton.
1t viii be a case Of "on again. of
again." for you will have scarcely made
yourself comfortable in your seat when
b-r-r, buzz. buz-z-z, and you are
flying across the bay IN midair with the
speed OF q gun projectile, and almost
before you can say Jack Robinson
you have landed IN the Athens Of the
Pacific.
Now. that's rather a startling state
naent isn't It? But Fletcher E Felts,
who has looked into the future. says
We are going to have such a railway.
'Oh, pshawi" you say contemptuously,
its only g dream" But, you know, some
dreams come true. Who ever thought
men would be able TO sail through
under the waters OF the ocean in
safety They have done so in sub
men would ever be able to sail through
the air at dizzy heights with ease?
They are doing so IN flying machines.
Well now that these supposed to be
impossible feats have been accom-
plished. why be skeptical about any
thing?
Fletcher z. Felts is an inventor-one
this city. but is now q resident OF Los
Angeles. For many years he has be-
lieved that his fellow man loses en-
tirely too much time when he travels
about the land and that railroads
should be constructed that will ami
hiiate both time and space. BeIts,
imbued with the spirit OF Puck, who
declared he would put a girdle round
about the earth in 30 minutes" studied
mechanics and railroad construction
from boyhooo. AS he grew older.
speedy and safe transportation became
q hobby with him. and he kept plan
ming and scheming with e view to hav-
inE this realized some day.
Today. this man who has not yet
passed the fourth decade OF his life
feels that IN his Suspended Auto Motor
Railway he has a system which man
kind should have been blessed with
long ego. The inventor Of this sys-
TEN, which he believes will rsvolu-
tionize railroading the world over, is
neither boastful nor aggressive. He is
hopeful and convincing. He would like
70 zee such line OF road running from
the Ferry 90 the Cliff. or, one from
the city spanning the bay, to provide
the people with rapid transit that
would be rapid IN more than name only.
When you ponder over those ag
gravatng delays to which you are
subjected by the United Railroads every
day-snd some nights-you will say
that Il is "a contamination devoutly to
be wished"
1T would add 20 the Joys Of shop
ping" declares your wife. who could
linger at the bargain counter to study
the s2ss's and the sz.s5s, and yet be
home in a jiffy.
You. too. could linger bit. your
self, with 'the boys" and be speedily
vhasked to the family hreside. And
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PETITION FOR CHARTER.
State of Georgia,
County of Clynp,

State of Georgia,
County of Glynn.
10 the Superior Court Of said County
Iue petition and application of j
NJ Dubberly, w Jennings Butts, c.
downing, l.. r. Akin, ]. E. du Bignon
w. e. Mitchell, F. d. NJ. Strachan. and
- S. TAFT, of Glynn county, Georgia
respectfully shows:
l. That they desire for themselves
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made body polite
nnder the name and style of BUTTS
BURBERRY HARDWARE COM
PANY," for the period of twenty
years, with the right of renewal when
anu as provided by the laws of Geor-
ria.
2. The principal Office of said cor
poration will be in the city of Bruins
wick, Georgia; petitioners desire the
right and privileges, however, to have
and establish such branch houses
places of doing business, offices and
agents at any place or places in this
state or elsewhere.
3. The object of said corporation is
Pecuniary gain to itself and it's share
holders.
4. The principal business TO be car
ried on and conducted by it is:
(a) Manufacturing buying and sell
Ing, as jobbers or retailers, or both
hardware of all kinds and description
and, to that end, to generally deal
in each and every article or thing
usually kept, handled and sold by
wholesale and retail hardware deal
eTs
CD To engage generally in the bus
mess CT ship chambers; to charter.
sisburse and handle vessels, steamers
and lighters, for the carriage Of
freight, goods, wares and merchan-
disc; to act as shipbrokers, factors,
and agents; to manufacture, buy and
sell each and every article of ship
ehandlery, machinery and ship sup
plies found necessary in and about
the conduct OF said business.
Co To engage generally in the bus
mess of contractors and builders, and
10 that end, construct, erect equip
and improve houses and buildings of
every character and description; and
to manufacture, buy and sell building
maj erial of all kinds and character.
I'D TO carry on the business of
worehousing in all of its branches; to
receive on consignment or otherwise.
to store, sell and distribute goods on
commission or other basis; to issue
warehouse receipts. certificates or cir
eu'ars, negotiable or otherwise, to
persons warehousing goods, wares or
merchandise with the company; to
make advances on loans by way of
mortgage, pledge or deposit of ware
house receipt upon the security of
goods, wares or merchandise stored
with the company, or otherwise and
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Georgia.-Glynn County.
Will be sold, on tae first Tuesday in
February next, at public cutlery, at
the courthouse door in said county,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
real estate: The southern half of Old
Town water lot No. forty-seven (47)
in the city of Brunswick in said coun-
ty, said southern half of said lot
fronting east 45 feet on Bay street
and running to the west with uni
form width of As feet to Oglethorpe
Bay; said property levied on as the
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sN~s~~~~~rs~~~~~~>~~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
generally to do each and every other
thing necessary to properly out this
line of business.
(e) To mannfac ura hly, sell, ard
generally deal in manufacturers
builders and mill Supplies, engines,
machinery and appliances Of all kinds
| classes and description, and, 10 that
end, to purchase, lease, own, operate,
and sell, saw-mills, single mills, and
sther manufacturing plants, timber,
timber lands, live stock, and to do
each and every other thing necessary
to properly carry out this line OF
said business, including the buying
and selling of lumber and other proc
ucts manufactured from trees.
81 TO apply for, obtain, register,
purchase, lease or otherwise acquire,
and to hold, use, own, operate and
introduce, and TO sell, assign or other
wise dispose of, any trademarks, trade
names, patents, inventions, improve
ments and processes used in connec-
ton with, or secured under letters
patent of the United States, or else
where, or otherwise, and to use, exer-
else. develop, grant licenses in respect
of, or otherwise to turn to account,
any such trademarks, patents, licen-
SEES, processes, and the like, or any
such property or right.
5. The capital stock of said corpor-
alton shall be seyentyfive thousand
dollars ($75, 100000, divided into seven
hundred and fifty shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars ($100.O0O
each; of such total authorized capital
stock, five hundred shares, amount
ing to fifty thousand dollars, will be
common stock, and two hundred and
fifty shares amounting to twenty five
thousand dollars, will be preferred
stock.
From time to time, the preferred
stock and the common stock may be
increased to not exceeding in the ag-
gregate the sum Of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may be is
sued in such amounts and proportions
as snail pc determined ny Inc UOdI Il
Of directors, and as may be permitted
by law.
The holders of the preferred stock
shall be entitled to receive when and
as declared, from the surplus or net
profits of the corporation, yearly divi-
dends at the rate of eight per cent
(S per cent? per annum, payable an
nually, on dates to be fixed by the
by laws, and after like dividend
of eight per cent. Is per cent? shall
have been paid to the holders of the
common stock, all other funds set
aside for dividends shall be equally
divided between the two classes of
stock. The dividend on the preferred
stock shall be cumulative. and shall
be payable before any dividend on
the common stock shall be paid CT
set apart; so that, if any yearly div
idends amounting to eight per centum
shall not be paid thereon. the def
cheney shall be payable before any
dividends shall be paid upon or set
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sHERtFF's SALE.
.orgia.-Giynn County.

Georgia.-Giynn County.
Will be sold before the court house
door of said county within the legal
hours of sale, upon the first Tuesday,
in February next that certain lot,
tract or parcel of land, situate, lying
and being in the city of Brunswick,
said state and county and known and
designated on the map or plan of
said city made by George r. Bald
win, A. D., 1887, as Old Town lot No.
one hundred and eighty-four 1S4)
with all the rights and appurtenances
to said property belonging; said lot
containing ninety 600 by one hun
dred and eighty Q80) feet, and bound
ed north by Gloucester street; east
by Union street; west by Reynolds
street, and south by lot one hundred
and eighty five. Levied upon as the
property of the defendant (and point
ed out in the fl fa), to satisfy mort
gage execution issued from the SUI
perior court of said county in favor
of Frank B. Hayne, transferee, against
A. ]. Crovatt, administrator of Mary
L. Crovctt, deceased, end notice Of
the levy given to the defendant Jan
uary 9th, 1910. w. n. Berrie,
Sheriff, Glynn County, Ga.
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property of the Parker Hensell En-
cheering company, to satisfy an exc
cution issued from the city court of
Brunswick in and for said county i'll
favor of H. B. Schiller against said
Parker-Hensell Engineering Co.; said
property being in the possession of
said Parker Hensell Engineering Co.
This January Z, 1910.
VIM. n. Berrie,
Sheriff City Court of Brunswick.
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PETITION TO AMEND CHARTER.

To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of J. S. Wright Com
pany respectfully shows:
/. That it is corporation chartered
by said court upon September 1, 1909,
as will fully appear by reference to
the record thereof in said court. =
2. That your petitioner desires to
amend it's charter SO granted to it by
striking therefrom the words 81. S.
Wright Company as its corporate
name, and substituting therefor and
instead thereof, the words James S.
Wright Company 50 that thereafter
your petitioners corporate name shall
be James S. Wright Company.