The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-11

that is shed on an acre of land while
the sun shines. They are hound to
be perfected. however. OF thi. scien.
fists are sure.
The winds offer another possibility
OF which little advantage has been
taken. Windmills will do more thar
pump water. and in England today
there are many private lighting plants
deriving their current from storage
batteries charged by these old friends
pu: 10 a new use.
When a yoke has been laid upon
sun. and wind. M tide. so thai they
Will pull evenly and do our bidding,
we shall laugh at the vanishing coal
supply.
The changes in our motive power
VIII not be greater than those which
cles TO which it is applied. The men
RAJ! gEroscope car is about to revolu-
t!onize u train system. Its inventor.
August Scherl. believes that the rail.
road car of the future will be thirty
leet wide: n 4 a half times as
woe as the average City house; that
the car will be 200 feet long. the
three stories high. This car is sup.
posed TO carry as many passengers. as
much baggage. and as much mail, as
several express trains OF the present
DAY and il is to trave goo miles an
hour and perhaps more and on a
single rail.
ms vision. glowing as i, is. cannot
oe discounted as merely the en,hus-
iastic dream of an inventor, for a
man OF the public service commission
OF the city Of New York. says that
within twenty years we may expect
10 see eYfocars flying about our heads.
Think what the coming OF these
h!~gh-speed trains will mean to dwell.
ers in the cities: The problem pre-
sented by over-crowding will be solv-
system OF transportation lines will
radlate. permitting the worker to live
IN the country at fifty or 100 miles
from his place OF occupation. And he
will cover this distance as quickly as
he now covers a like number of
blocks!
Then tn. cities themselves. Mr..
Wilcox has said that manv things
point to the use Of moving platforms
under U streets within. say. twenty.
years. The arcade. OF UNDERGROUND
street. will Very likely follow the line
q the moving sidewalk. The moving
platform permits a person to get on
or on at any point, and so We may
expect to see e shopping streets
~ Vu1 DICEcNS
thoroughfares. Sidewalks may also
be built along the front OF our high
buildings. say at the tenth floor.
Flcture a vast structure of steel and
masonry. lifting myriad towers into
ANY heights and spreading out into
an intricate network of tunnels and
caEerns beneath the earth. From the
tops Of mountainous buildings. alive
with ths. Hhirr and hum Of business,
countless elevators will continually
speed the hurrying workers to and
from the s~ubterranean venue be-
meath. where they will dart to and fro
"nisked hither and thither by light.
ning-like gyrocars. or borne along
s!nio me thronE on gliding platforms.
Turning from the land to the sea,
the changes that are upon us appear
no less staggering. Ships are ncreas-
!ng in size go rapidly that one asks
II we shall not have floating cities
whose travelling population will noun,
INTO the hundreds OF thousands. To-
days giantess OF the waves, will give
away next year before a larger leyia-
than. h win be $40 fee, long, fifty
feet longer than the present empress
OF the sea. She will carry 5000
passengers and a crew Of 500. The
main dining room will seat 1000
diners. All the s%plendors Of a modern
MOTEL will be found in this floating
palace. There will be three cafes and
closed by glass in the water.
But this is only the next step.
Naval architects are already planning
Tor an ocean liner 1000 feet long.
We shall have a boat Of 1000 feet
water line in good time" says Bruce
!smay. president Of the International
Mercantile marine. she may be fast;
she NAV he S1n~-ShA$ to . $780,
mined: but, fast or slow. s%hipbuilders
are willing to undertake a contract
for her construction. That is the
main thing"
A complete innovation in naval con-
struction may follow the 1.000-foot
liner. James Dickie. the we'll known
British authority on the subject, plans
TO bridge three narrow ships hulls by
a superstructure five times as large
as the upper works Of any liner Of
today. 1t is thought that a great in.
crease in speed will be gained by plac.
ing propellers at the stern Of each
or the three hulls and also along the
sloes. Other advantages would be
the greater space for passengers. and
the avoidance Of any rolling.
MI. Nixon predicts that the presen.
naval engines will he speedily sup.
planted by h gas engine. and he fur.
thermore states that the use Of the
gas engine will cut the worlds coal
bill In half. Some such improvement,
as this VIII probably occupy h gar
between the present and the time
when III wireless shall do away with
the necessity for any fuel whatever.
The further development Of this
automobile offers far-reachine posi-.
bil!ties. The market tendency is tina,
automobiles shall become cheaper
smaller n simpler. No passenger
I allt nj thA f.e - =.
more than $500. A statement BY o
Irving Twombly gives an idea Of the
place these machines already take ir
the nations life of pleasure and in
dustry. by h beginning of 1914
ne says. shall rave 500. 900 cars
worth ssoo:o0o.0 900. and developing 6
power equal to 10000. 900 horses" HI
declares that within the next fifteer
years nfty per cent Of farm work ant
transportation will be done by motor
: Inc Small farmer will purchase .
! wagon for $500 shat will transport hi
product on week days and carry hi
!. iamily TO church on Sundays. Will,
! IN netween times the motor will b.
n connected up to dineren
! IN where IL will cultivate hi
] fields, saw and split his lrewood. cu
ana tnresh his grain. milk his cows
separate MS cream. churn his butter
pump his water. shell his corn, Gu
. mis- cattle food. and. in short, do
thousand and one things that are no,
3 done by hand at a tremendous loss n
e time M money. y
Great as are all these changes tina
n are looked for in the mechanica
q world. they arc not as vital as thos
: that will be wrought by them in GU
manner OF living. The effect tina
: ing away With unhybienic conee.tioI
in cities has already been meniinnef