Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-13

and, consequently, no damage suits.
Greatly reduced cost of all kinds Of
operating expenses.
Opportunity to cut rates so rs to
compete successfully with the rail-
roads.
The advantages that the passengers
will enjoy are, first of all. cheaper
fares, greater speed, and less danger
The noise, jar and dust of railroad
travel will he done away with. There
will he no washouts, broken switches
or rails, or freight wrecks To delay
traffic. Between the stations on the
phere. The ship, arising from one sta
ton. will he as free as bird in its
flight to the next stop. And, at the
same time, there will be mrollcd tn the
eyes of the traveller a panorama of
towns and country, rivers and noun
tans, lakes and plains. such as only
the eagle hitherto has been able to
contemplate.
The shin that is expected to make all
| this possible is a novelty in alrShlp
construction, but, it is declared by its
| inventors and promoters, its novelty
does not partake of the nature OF an
impractical dream. Mr.. Leinweber the
| inventor, it is said, has jumped far
ahead of Zeppelin The new principles
| in flying have been incorporated in its
designs, both Of which have been pa
tented. One of them consists Of flying
planes which will operate in socket,
like the wing Of a bird, moving freely
| in all directions. the other is the prin-
ciple of automatic balance, by which
the ship is expected to sail on steady
keel without manipulation on the part
of the aviator.
In appearance the ship will be Diff
ferent from anything hitherto seen in
lairships. aeroplanes, dirigibles. or
balloons. It's planes, or wings. Will
be ut the top, spreading over the car,
which will hang i'm the center. Di-
rectly under the planes will be long
thin gas bag. This is intended as
precaution, and not as a part of the
machines flying qualities. Should
anything happen to the planes the
gas bag will serve as a parachute
which will let the ship gently down
to earth without danger to it or its
passengers.
Beneath this safety balloon will
hang the car, the body of the ship.
The car will be boat-shaped and 70
| feet in length. In one end of it will
be the motors For the ship capable
of carrying fifty passengers and trav-
cling to New York without Il stop
| twelve motors of $50 horse power
each will be installed. The passenger
weight carrying capacity of the ma
chine will be 10000 pounds, and the
| fuel capacity will be sufficient for
| flight Of 5000 miles.
The whole construction, power
plant. gas bag, fuel capacity, &c, is
planned to be made equal to double
| of what will be demanded in any
| flight, every precaution being planned
| for safety as well as for making each
| journey a success Nothing short of
the destruction of the wings or the
stopping Of all twelve motors at one
| time, it is declared, would make
descent necessary on the way.
Assuming that the ship will be con-
structed as its promoters plan, that
| it will work as they predict, and that
the air route will be established, a
journey from Chicago to New York
will be an experience to marvel over
Take a fine, clear summer morning.
The ship resting at its moOrings,
probably on the lake front, is filled
with passengers. The time for de-
parture arrives. and the uShers sound
the cry of "all aboard" The con-
ductor looks at his watch, sees that
all is in shape and steps into his place
| i'm the car and presses u button. In
stantly the sliding doors of the car
slip shut, leaving the passengers in
closed in a room with walls mostly
of glass. A second later signal
sounds, the motors start. and the ship
slips off into the air at slow rate
of speed.
Hastily mounting to a height of 200
or 300 feet it poises for a moment,
then it starts straight and true on
the airline route for the eastern me-
tropolis. Guided by the compass the
aviator holds his course straight over
Lake Michigan for a point half way
between Michigan City and st. Joseph.
The lower end of the lake is crossed
in a few minutes, and the ship is
over the state of Michigan. The mo-
tors and machinery are warmed up
by this time. The passengers feel
slight shock; the speed is showed up
to a notch of a little more than 100
miles an hour.
Swimming the boundary line of
Michigan and Indiana the course lies
until it strikes the northwestern cor
ner of Ohio. Here it cuts over
small corner of Lake Erie, where
storm is raging. There is a slight
tremor as the first storm waves strike
the craft, then as the planes. under
a pressure of compressed air, auto
matically adjust themselves, the ship
rights to an even keel and goes on
undiSturbed.
Ohio gives away to Pennsylvania,
and soon the Allegheny mountains
loom up in the east The height or
the flight steadily is increased the
Susquehanna river and the towns of
Sunbury, LoCkhaven and Mauch
Chunk are crossed at distance that
makes them seem small to the pas
SengerS. who through the windows
of the car are comfortably studying
the scenery.
Down over the eastern slope of the
mountains the flight leads into New
Jersey and its end soon is i'll sight.
Newark appears on the left, Elizabeth
on the right. The passengers are
gathering their baggage. The smoke
of New York is before them.
Soon its buildings are visible to
the far sighted The Hudson river
is approached and crossed without
ceremony. over the metropolis the
ship sails. its speed reduced. until ii
reaches the terminus of its journey.
Slowly and gently it deSccndS. land
ing without jar or danger; the mo-
tors are stopped. the ship is at rest.
Then the conductor presses his but-
ton. the doors slide open and the pas
sengerS step out in the heart OF New
York city. 1t is approximately I
o'clock in the evening, eastern time
and there is no hurry in getting tickets
for n Broadway theatcr, from
speculator, at least
Such is the dream that chicago
men hope to make come true. But
they insist that it is no drcam-1ust
cold business proposition. And IN
the not too far future they expect 10
make Il reality out of the call:
"All abo-a-r-d. New fork-ChlcaSo
Air Route. Twemty-iirSt Century Linn
tied! Get your tickets ready! Ar