The Washington times., 1916-08-12
TWO BIG AEROPLANE
CONCERNS UNITE TO
BUILD NEW MODELS
Wright and Glenn l. Martin
Companies Merge to Boom
Industry in U. S.
HAVE IMPROVED ENGINE
Head Of New Firm Predicts Air
Travel viii Become as Pop.
! uIar as Automobile.

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Announcement is made of the merger
Of the Wright company and the o'eh"
L. Martin Company, Of Los Angeles.
Edward M. Hagar. president OF tho
wright company, will be president Of
the new concern. Glenn l.. Martin anu
c. q. Jennison will be vice presidents.
The announcement Of the plans OF tne
company has been delayed. owing to the
unwillingness Of the men essociesss.
with II to make public their intenuons
until ready to supply both planes sna
motors Of the highest type. IN ".
judgment this time has arrlveo;, ,ror,
shown by the following extrsc, the
q letter from the president soto,s.
Wright company. dated August o. isis'
Faces Four Problems.
"The four important problems wnich
the Wright company had before !"
the endeavor to create large ana pro
liable business have been n.an.sa oispSaseo '''
and We are now ready to proceee; In
The first Of these was to get IN
position to manufacture aeroplanes
eouai in quality and security 10 tns
most modern of the thousanots, t,,s end
we have lust completed a contract for
the ACQUISITION of all the camtal stoSH
Of the Glenn l.. Martin company. e tne
manufacturer Of the pest aho " tSis
aeroplanes. in my ,uokmeh' !"
I'm this way we have secured the Or
~anization headed by Mr.. Martin: long
known as the most careful Dui.oer NJ r.,
aeropianes and hydroaerop!anes' Mr.
Martin. himself an expert fyer. mas q
record of manufacturina planes for tne
limited States Government wnlch arg
the. only. ones free from ,, seL9'0tih n9 the Total
number Of hours spent In the air oy
army Officers Of our Government nav
been in Martin machines. as comparea
to only 30 per cent for all other makes
combined. as shown by -, nisnt mt re11rrs Soars "
Mr.. Martin will be vice president OF
the new concern. which will be called
Wright-Martin Aircraft CORPORATION;
He will give his entire time 70 II. anu H
partment.
Has Modern Engine.
.-The Wright company has been IN
sotiye in the manufacture Of aeropianes'
awaiting the time when 1t couid ius-
ern engine. there being no hign ciass
aviation motor on the market IN tnls
country II was. therefore. necessary
20 manufacturs its own motor; cn,ireS am% al
control. by a majority Of the STOCK. Oh
the Simplex Automobile Company: a..
MT also acquired the rights Tor the
United States for the Hispano-Suiz mo-
tor. adopted today as q standard BY the
French and Russian governments. ana
we are under contract to furnish tnese
governments $50 of these motors tne
hrst of which will be shipped THIS
unusually satisfactory. The manufac-
ture of this motor has involved very
large expenditures on the plant OF the
Simplex company.
ton work. including the erection or us
own aluminium and iron foundry, the
Simplex plant will be In q splendid con-
dition to produce the highest grade OF
automobiles and aviation motors In this
equipped to really produce mot merely
assembly the largest output OF aviation
motors In the world. It is absolutely es-
sential that the plant have Its own ia
cilities and expensive and special ma ma
chinery to produce the proper quality
for such machines.
'@The capacity of the Simplex plant
with this work completed will be over
ten times Its output In 1915. Expressed
lars a month. which compares with less
isiS. ~ ' '
Appropriations for aeronautics for
the United States Army. militia and
navy for the current year will be- ap-
proximately sls,Ooo.0Oo. which is fourteen
times the amount appropriated the pre-
vious year. This is about the proportion
OF increase in all other neutral nations.
Flying Becoming a Sport.
''The spcrtsmnn of today now realises
that flying Is tho most wonderful recre-
alton for red-blooded man that has
ever been created. The rapid develop
ment OF sportive and commercial pur-
poses may be as rapid as that of the
automobile. 1t is interesting to note
that already aeroplanes have developed
to the stage whore they are carrying
useful loads up to three tons at eighty
miles per hour for sixteen hours and
covering distances up to 1,2S0 miles
without landing--a feat deemed impos-
sible a few years ago.