New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
CROWDS FLOCK TO SHOW
Curtiss AeropIane a Feature OF
Motor Boat Exhibition.
ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION
Spectators Intensely interested
as Mechanicians Assemble
the Machine.

Motor boat and boating is subject OF
unusual interest to the public II the as
semblage yesterday at Madison square
Garden, where the annual Motor Boat
Show is In progress. is any criterion. Inc
attendance so far has exceeded that OF any
previous exposition held by the association
in the big garden.
Every day added interest is given by the
exhibition OF some new and novel type OF
boat. engine or aeroplane. The Curtiss
aeroplane arrived yesterday. Many visitors
who had never had an opportunity to see
a nving machine at close range crowded
into the concert hall and watched the
mechanicians as they assembled the ma
chine.
AT the various meets and flying exhioi-
tions that have been held The work OF put
ting the aeroplanes together has been done
in sheds remote from the stands. and lew
persons have had the opportunity to see
| the machines. except as they appear III
flight When the three compact boxes
which contained the aeroplane and motor
| were unloaded from the truck, many OF
those who watched the proceedings we're
skeptical of a full size machine being
| placed on exhibition. Later. however az
the mechanicians Strengthened out and as
sembled what had appeared a hopeless
tangle of wires. sticks and cloth, the Cur
tiss biplane was readily recognized.
The aeroplane is one Of the regular type
Curtiss four-cylinder biplanes for one per-
son, and is a biiou edition Of the machine
used by Eugene Ely in his flight to and
from the United States cruiser Pennsyi-
vania last month. II was used by ward.
the aviator, in his practice scout flight over
| Forts Moultrie and Sumter during the meet
at Charleston. where he attained an alti-
tude of 5000 feet record for the S-horse-
power machines. The aeroplane is on ex'
hbition In the concert hall, and demon
strator is there at all times 10 explain its
working details.
I The exhibition OF propellers Is not the
least attractive Of the many features on the
upper floor. and the flashing OF A strong
light upon a revolving tower of FURNISHED
blades attracts much attention. The dem
onstrators lay considerable stress upon th'
fact that their product has been used fo
the last fifteen years in the manufacture
of propellers for ships of the United States
navy. and not the least interesting of tn
exhibit is a picture display Of the various
vessels in Uncle Sans navy upon which
these manganese blades are used.
The footing Of a fog horn and the boom
ing of deep sea buoy bell at intervals cal
attention to the fact that the Garden con
tains other things besides yachts and en-
gines. and here we find that hand in han'
with the development of the motor boa
for pleasure and commercial purposes, ha:
grown up an ever widening business know
as accessories manufacturing, which has re
duired inventive genius OF high order 4
meet the many new needs in safety devices
refinements comforts and economies tina
such radical inventions naturally call for.
Ignition is a subject of interest TO tn
man who runs a motor boat, and here j
where the inventive genius Of Thomas 4
Edison finds "A place. The wizard Of Menl
Park has on exhibit a storage battery TO
marine service which is equally adaptabl
10 the propulsion Of boats on either salt o
fresh water.
The Edison storage battery is the out
come of nine years Of costly experimental
ton and persistent toll on the part of II
inventor. and represents to-day the neares
approach 10 perfection ever attained Il
storage battery manufacture. The exhibi
shows the methods employed in loading tn
cells. the measuring Of the amperes an
voltage. and the positive and negative plate
with the cells and trays ready for service.