The Caucasian., 1910-02-15
PLANS OF The
WRIGHT BROTHERS
kViatOTs to Use Funds From
Exhibitions In Tests.
WILBUR TELLS OF THEIR HOPES

Their Work, He Says, From Now on
Will Be Experimental, Both In the
Laboratory and In the Air-How
They Expect to Improve Their Ma
chine-To Encourage Experimenting.
Wilbur Wright, the aviator, does not
smoke. He does like to fool a little
time away with highly striped ice
cream. He was enjoying his faVor1te
dissipation surrounded by his counsel,
FL. A. Toulmin of Springfield, O., and
PIiny w. Williamson and j. B. Smith
| of New York city. reporter inger-
ing near was waiting for the aviator
| to satisfy his taste before inqu1ring
into his plans. The place was the
Underwriters club. New York, the
time early afternoon of recent day.
"An odd thing happened in our office
a little while ago." said Mr.. William
son. "a man from Indiana unfolded
| a scheme in which he solicited our CO.
| operation. He said he came to us be-
cause we are counsel for the Wright
company and he was promoting some
thing that he thought we would like
| to handle on that account. He called
| it the National Mausoleum company
something new in apartment burial
houses was it's strong feature-and'-
1.-The Wright company will not have
the kind of byproducts that that chap
needs to make his patent mausoleum
pay" said Mr.. Wright, enjoying the
incident.
Planning For Experiments.
Continuing in a serious manner. the
aviator said:
1.-THE whole problem of aeronautics
calls for the conservation of the means
that will make further experimental
work possible. If flying machines can
be made absolutely safe there win be
no difficulty about finding a market for
them. To do that will require expert
mentation; to carry on experiments
takes money. Where is the money to
come from? Not from the sale Of ma
chimes for a year or two.
1.-THE profits derived from satisfying
the public curiosity in all the big cit.
les of the country will enable my
brother and to develop the art. Such
money should be conserved for the
development of flying machines. and
it is our intention to make such use
to considerable extent, of moneys
received from such exhibitions"
He added that neither he nor his
brother would personally exhibit the
Wright machines. Several men train
| ed for that purpose at his company's
aviation field in Florida would give
the public exhibitions.
Mr.. Wright will select testing field
| in Florida. Sheds will be immediate
Iy constructed, and when everything G
/ is complete several aeroplanes will be
shipped from the Wright factory al
Dayton, o., and the two brothers viii
devote their time between now and
spring in giving instruction to those
aviators who remain to be selected.
Their Hopes and Intentions.
They say you will choke the ar
IL your patents are upheld in the
courts" was suggested.
LET men who pretend to fear such
| result work as we did down al
Kitty Hawk" he replied Il don't
suppose there will be very many law,
suits brought by our company against
men working for the development OF
the art. We never fused with Her
ring or Curtiss while they were ex
perimenting. We feel we have a right
to proceed against man who copies
our machine and uses it for exhibition
purposes or uses it for his personal
pleasure to avoid having to buy Q
Wright machine. 1t is to- our interest
to encourage all experimental work
Choking the art is furthest from oul
minds. If we can keep the other fel
lows who have infringed our patents
from taking all the cream there'll be
more butter made in the end"
He epitomized the hopes and inten
tons Of himself and his brother by
saying that the formation Of the
Wright company would enable then
to do the experimental kind Of flying
they did at Kitty Hawk, N. G.. before
1905.
"Our work from now on will be ex.
perimental-in the laboratory and in
the air." he said. ''Since 1905 we have
been so busy catching trains. so tc
speak, that. in a broad sense. we were
able then to do as well as we are able
to do now. We think we can improve
on our machine now that we shall
have the time. Increased safety. add
ed carrying capacity and one or two
things that / am not at liberty tC
speak of are in prospect"