Gunnison news-champion., 1914-12-11

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eressWan Gotz wishes ~ mesf yes
here shortly. sir" said be.
"Sery we'll" Harssr turned hack %
his cosnpanioas.
In q feW moWents Co.'s eRters6 thu
room and came ACROSS to whess shs
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another chair Good evening". -
tiesBen." he greeted as he sse 1vwa.
Hope . didn't tnco0v euiepce poe oag
by my request for . talk"
I'VE had nothing oa." sat1 aassse.
and We rather wanted to bear yOUs
opinion ON the stillman device eupt
p0~e that's what brought you. Glsd
you came
Co.'s nodded. Il thought you'd ~
wise to what ! wanted" he made IN
swer He hitched his chair nearer ths
table.
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work well ON small scale and N1ll
down ON q big one" he went on. The
only way we could prove this thing
right on a practical scale would - to
build one and that would cost as much
as little navy. Now. can we Afford
to make an experiment IKE that? We
know what the boats would do -
ton can tell you But this thing woUl1
be x20OO.WN question mark"
I'VE have to admit the question. Of
course said Monsel
And nj that tSotz resumed. I'VE
aren't too sure of the estimated cost
Gentlemen. you know what radium
costs, and you know how hard IL Is TO
O-otil llnap olaims that his ship rises
by sort of radium power. and he es-
tmates that a certain amount will float
his full sized craft But just supposing
that nis heures are out even a few
grains in amount
THAT would mean either the failure
to work or AN additional outlay, which
might make the thing cost x2O.OoO,OO0, .
t30,OOO,ouU, any figure, before we could
even give 1t a trial As business men.
is 1t. ! ask you, a sound proposition?
Can 4. AS member OF the committee
on appropriations. cast q vote to gam
Bile to that extent ON . problematicai
projectY"
Harter pursed his lips.
That Is the business view of the
matter surely, ! admit" he remarked.
You look at it from that side. of
course. . q. We-Seaton and Monsel
and regard II merely from the pro
fessionai side. At the same time IL
does look like pretty big order.
Then. too, the Stillmans say they
would furnish the radium. and the
stuff's pretty hard to get How could
they get II any better than we could?
I've been thinking about that all day
j. 4. smiled
so would any man. he returned.
Il have myself. Where are they going
to get the stuf1f suppose that after
we'd done our part built a ship and
spent a lot of money. they were un-
able to do theirsi There is that pos
sibilty, as | want to point out. be
cause what other reason can they have
for refusing to clearly outline their
proposition save the need of secrecy
ms 10 the source of the radium supply?
IL anything should happen TO that sup
ply then what
.Radium Is ndestructibie." said
Seaton.
That amt what ! mean, returned
Gotz Suppose they are getting their
supply from government land-mining
it little at a time. They might be
dining sntn.fhtUq iflA that taIipr N