The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09
GERMANY INTENDS
TO LEAD The WORLD
Will Blaze Way in Con-
struction Of Monster
Dirigibles.
MILLIONS BEING INVESTED
Airship Now Planned to Garry
200 Passengers Besides
Big Crew.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispa,ch.l

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch.l
Berlin, April S-Gernany intends to
lead the world in tho construction Of
huge dirigiblcs and to exploit tho nav
igation Of the air on an unprecedented
scale.
Two companies have already been
formed for this purpose. One. with
capital OF S1O.oo0.0Oo, has decided to
ADOPT tito plans OF Engineer Boerner
for monster airship. with O. capacity
of 10000 cubic metres. Tho largest
existing Zeppelin has a capacity Of
$4,000 cubic metres. 80 the new vessel
Viii be eight times larger than Count
Icppclin's latest creation. Tho Boer
ner airship VIII be built on tho rigid
system, and tho balloon will be divided
into thirty-Hght ar-tight compart-
ncnts, TO increase Its buoyancy and
insure safety.
It's extreme length will be IT'S feet
and It's breadth 100 feet Tho vessel
will be driven by thirty motors. each
developing 1 90 horsepower. It's ascen,
Will be assisted by numerous horizon
tai screws, while other propellers will
be provided for driving the vessel
ahead wien In midair. There will be
six officers and q crew of ninety four
men, OF which number cightyfouI
will be chauffeurs. tending the motors
Tic airship will be capable Of car
ryinG 200 passengers. besides the crew
Elaborate arrangements will be made
for their comfort, including cabins
with sofas, convertible into berths q
nighttime; d spacious dining saloon
and with promenade decks approxi.
mately 1900 feet long, which will run
around the cabins. Everybody. pas
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with para chutes In event of disaster
The vessel Will DO equipped VITA
wireless and will carry q portable mo
tor boat, packed in sections. SO as to
be hastily assembled in case OF need
The cost OF tho vessel is estimated at
$500. 900.
According to the orga nlzers plans,
the first vessel constructed will be en-;
ploycd in passenger traffic between
New York and London. Owing to the
great quantity of baggage expected to
be carried on such voyages, the num-
Der OF passengers Will be limited 10
$50. Tho fare Will be $500 each,
Three Days Journcy.
Boerner says that In view of the
large number OF powerful motors, the
transit from New York to London will
be accomplished In three days At the
expiration of each voyage he Will al
low two days rest for the officers and
crew and for nay necessary repairs,
so that each airship will be able &c
make six transatlantic trips per month
The promoters OF the new company
are SO convinced that the new means
OF conveyance will be so popular that
each vessel will carry its full compile
ment OF passengers on each trip. On
this basis they calculate they have cX-
cellcnt prospects OF earning big diyi-
bends.
Other airships will be employed on
round trips. starting from London and
going. via Paris and Vienna, TO Berlin
and back to Paris and London. The
fare for this will be 500.
Two other German ongineers-Wet-
eel and Schleibinger. OF Stuttgart-are
constructing another aerial monster
also of the rigid type. with a capacity
Of 100000 cubic metres. This Will be
equipped with twenty motors devel-
oping an aggregate of 2,400 horse
power whereby II is calculated that a
speed of forty-tive to fifty miles an
hour will be obtained.