The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-27

New York, Aug. 27.-The air age,
from commercial and practical stand
point, has now arrived so far ais this
city is concerned, and as result Of
recent developments New York now
lays claim to being the first municip-
ality to make tie arrival of aerial nav
igation business factor to be seri-
ously considered in its various ac-
tivities. Already air space has become
valuable and the capital invested in
flying Is a commercial proposition now
runs into the millions The most strik-
ing illustration of the manner In which
this city has put upon a commercial
basis an idea which up to now has been
/ considered an experiment confined to
sporting and exhibition events Is found
in the development here of new field
of advertising which for want of bet
ter name must be called aerial adver-
Using. More than $1,000,000 an
nually, it is reported, is now being
| spent in signs and displays on the roofs
of tall buildings which cannot be seen
! from a height of less than 275 feet
! above the ground. OF course some of
these signs are visible from the top
floors Of the very tallest slxyscrapers
! but a larger number of them can only
be seen distinctly enough to be under
Stood from an airship. Already num-
Der of flights have been made across
the city and it is believed that this
strange form of advertising is one of
the surest indications of the arrival of
the commercial air age Indeed it is
whispered that a number of far-sighted
men have been quietly securing the
exclusive right to use the roofs of the
city's more prominent buildings for
advertising purposes in the belief that
within a few years they will bring a
large financial return. Likewise tracts
of undeveloped land in the outskirts of
the city, which year ago could have
been bought for a song, are now being
held at high prices as aeroplane man
ufacturing sites which also afford a
testing field. Altogether the CONNER
cial air age has arrived here in a man
ner unsupported even score of months
ago.
No sooner had the public tension
over the condition of Mayor Gaynor
been lessened by the favorable reports
Of his condition from the attendant
physicians than all sorts of details,
some of them even humorous, began to
crop up in, connection with his at
tempted assassination. Naturally most
of them have to do with Big Bill" Ed
wards, formerly famous football play
er and now in charge of the work of
Ike ping the streets of the city clean.
Aside from the fact that big Bill' is
one of the most picturesque figures in
the city's administration, this is nat
urally to be expected since he 1t was
who captured and subdued the mayors
assailant, receiving in the struggle two
bullet holes in his coat sleeve and a
slight flesh wound in his arm Of late
a young woman has persistently haunt
ed Edwards office demanding a per-
sonal interview with the big commits
sioner. AS he has been absent most
of the time her quest has proved fruit
less and it was only yesterday that his
secretary learned the motive of her
visits What she was after was piece
of the coat sleeve through which the
bullet passed. She did not get it, but
no sooner had her purpose become pub
lie than the women who swarmed to
the office with similar requests could
not have been satisfied even if the coat,
big as II is, had been cut into pin head
size pieces. Other out-of- town enthus-
lasts have been sending in all sorts of