The evening world., 1915-01-27

20 TO normal school ana take up
teaching. IL she wants to-but she
don't have to now"
STRUGGLED LONG AGAINST
GREAT ODDS.
Modsstiy and under the gentle spur
OF Mrs. Janin's prompting. Janin told
tho story Of the conception OF his
theory, the dark days Of his early
struggles and his futile attempts to
borrow the money with which to
carry but his experiments; his many
disappointments and finally tho sue
cess Of his piucky fight against trc-
inendous odds.
II guess this knack Of invsntinG
teings II In the blood" he began.
my greatgrandfather. Antoine Janin.
tridges In France years ago. A. .
kid. was the first In these parts to
take ono Of the rear wheels on my
voloclpede and convert the vehicle
into = bicycle-but II was not until
1897, when at eighteen years Of aee,
took Job a. cadet on one Of the
Ward lane coastwise steamers, that
] got my Idea which resulted In the
flying boat. -
STANDING on the bridge used to
watch the flying fish and the seagulls
with their wonderful powers Of sta.
/ bility In the air. attained simply BY
the spread Of their wings. II the nsh
can rise In an arc from the surface
% easily why can't . flying boat do
the Same stunt. thought.
Il gave up my job and started 10
work on the first drawings three
years later In 1900. When ! showed
the plans to my friends nrst and
pointed out the advantage Of such =
nj rln :
fleet. they gave me the laugh. Capt..
talists to whom showed my. first
model In 1907. with tho idea OF inter-
esting one OF them TO the extent Of
$4,000 with which TO buy q motor.
gave me queer look and edged away.
II was no 80. But plugged on alone,
Tho family came first and held tight
to the Job. but put In every minute OF
spare time working on the same idea
OF boat riEgins which 10 Incorporated
In the patent. That was the boat in
the center and the two inclined floats
or pontoons. one ut each side Of the
structure. to balance the machine
when running on the water and when
nlighting on the surface.
HIS OWN THEORY WON HIM THE
pAr9NT.
1T may seem strange" Janin added.
but never rods In q flying boat or
| aeroplane In my life and on tho only
hydro aeroplane ! ever built I got
only A. far a. the motor. couldn't
raise the price OF the motor. though II
has dropped from $4,000 to $500 In
the last few years. 1t was the theory
the patent in Washington"
Both Curtiss and Janin filed their
patent applications for tho hydro
asroplane In is11-Janin on Jan. 20
and Curtiss on Aug. %. The ideas
were practically Identical, but in the
controversy that followed II came out
that Janin had produced the device,
which consists mainly OF an outrig-
ging to keep the planes on an even
keel, In 1909, a year before Curtiss
had first tried out the invention at
Hammondsport unsuccessfully. The
machines had failed to rise In the
tests on Lake Keuka.
| The patent was given TO Janin when
Il was shown that drawings Of the
successful device now In use were
made by him long before the Curtin
tests. The Staten Island inventor
had tried to build q machine to test
Il IN operation. II was shown, but
failed to get tho money.
Some of the concerns buildins
hydro aeroplanes which will probably
have to pay fat royalties to Janin
are the wrights Of Dayton. Curtiss
OF Hammondsport. Thomas Bros. OF
Ithaca, Burgess OF Massachusetts,, tn,
Aero Marine Company Of New Jersey
lie V viii reap hi. frst substantial r..
ward on an order for 200 machine,
4 already fled by one of tho belliger.
euta In Europe In this country. Il Il
understood the Curtiss company will