Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-10
A NEW BALLOON
B|C|NPROVENENT
NETWORK or ROPES COMMON
WITH DIRIGIBLEs ELiNIIN-
ATED IN INNOVATION.
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES
of Living In German Cities
Az Compared Win American
Lifc-Thc German Museum.

BERLIN, March "A balloon with
the basket attached directly TO the
gasbag without the use ol the Gus
tomary network, which recently made
successful ascent here. marks the
first intrinsic Improvement IN the
construction Of balloons, II the rip
cord and the draglne be excepted,
since the days Of Montgolfier.
Dirlgible makers found some time
ago that they could attach car,
machinery and all directly TO the en-
velope. Only two thicknesses Of silk
are used in constructing ordinary bal
loons against three for dirigibles, but
the lighter weight Of the basket en-
couraged DR.. Elias. German aero
naut, to order a netless balloon OF !,
200 cubic meters capacity, with the
car suspended from cloth girdle
sewed about tho lower part of tho bas-
bag In this he, his wifo and two pas
sengers made a highly successful as
cent. Owing TO tho sparing OF the
weight OF the net, more ballast could
he carried and the bag retained It's
shape at all heights, ordinary balloons
sometimes tending to flatten out Of
shape at high elevations from the
weight of the net.
Other advantages were quiOkness Of
defldtion on landing and ease OF pack
ing the balloon for transportation,
but its greatest recommendation, In
the eyes of tho timid, Will be its su-
periority in parachut!ng," or the
automatic conversion Of the envelope
into sort Of parachute in case Of
It's bursting high in air as happ ned
to an American balloon carrying
Messrs Forbes and Post in a com
petition at Berlin few years ago.
The ability Of the netle3s balloon to
carry moro ballast and consequently
to traverse longer distances without
landing viii be a factor to be recit-
oned with in future balloon races.
Tales Of Odyllic conditions IN Ger
many as compared with American
cities which often form the subject
of articles in American magaz nes and
out by facts shown at meeting held
in the Reichstag building to digcuss
the oyercroWding Of the tenement
population in Germany At tn
meeting the surprising statement was
made that fully 100000 of the three
million inhabitants Of Creator Berlin
live in apartments with five or more
persons in each room. A hgh pro-
portion of the working families in
Berlin live in one-room apartments,
letting out, too, a portion OF the floor
space for sleeping accommodation to
single men to exc out their income. II
was also mentioned that $4,000
school children in Greater Berlin have
no playground DR.. Kirschner, the
venerable senior mayor OF Berlin, at
tempted to dispute these figures but
was confounded by the official stats-
ties. Two eX-ministers, Count Posa-
dowsky and Bernhard Dernburg, are
taking the lead in the agitation for a
reform of the oyercrowding evil, Herr
Dernburg presiding at the meeting.
Much is hoped for in Berlin from the
formation Of the new Greater Be;lin
organization.
While the municipalities and not
Berlin alone are having their diff
oultios in coping with the housing
problem for the working classes, the
central government has put a damper
on their enthusiasm for saddling the
expense of social and municipal re-
form upon future generations by Pill.
Ing up heavy bonded debts for muni-
clpal improvements. The Prussion
of the interior has just issued
an edict to the provincial authorities
calling attention to the tendency Of
the municipalities, from those of o.
600 population upward, to reckless
contraction Of debts and directing
them to refuse their sanction OF the
and well justified and In which ade-
quate provision was not made for rap
I'd redemption,