The Washington times., 1922-12-28
BY GLENN H. CURTIS,
Noted Inventor and Aeronautical Exper

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Noted Inventor and Aeronautical Expert.
Copyright. 1922. by Cosmopolitan
News Service.)
NEW YORK, - Dec. 2S.-The
people living in the United States
In 1923 will look up and see the
sky filled with different types Of
aviation craft flying along well laid
out routes or highways. Where only
an occasional airship is seen in
the air now. one century hence there
will be hundreds in the ether, all
engaged in commercial work.
Not only this. but by 2023 it is
possible aircraft will be propelled
not by engines. as today. but by
radio, without limit, practically. to
speed and distance.
When we consider that the
present great development in avia-
tion came within the past fifteen
years. the stage Of development
likely to be attained one century
hence may well seem fantastic and
Improbable.
OF course, there is limit to
everything and always will be. and
that, no doubt, will be the case
also in 1923. And so it is that I
cannot bring my fancy to imagine
that by then men and women will
be fitting around in the air like
sparrows. In some form OF airplane
not yet devised.
Nor do believe the average
business man I'm the cities will
have his individual airship and be
flying to and from business each
day. think he will still mostly
travel on the surface of the earth
rather than above 1t. I don't think
aerial transportation will have
largely taken the place of railroads
and steamships by then.
More Speed In 2023.
Hundreds IL not thousands of air
craft will he in use, am quite
convinced. but they will be used
chiefly for long distance travel.
Greater speed will be made in
those days than now
Many people, no doubt. will con-
tinue to travel by railroad because
II is cheaper, although slower. and
the greater bulk Of merchandise
will still be sent by train or steam
ship.
The nations mails will be trans
ported entirely by air. Much Of II
IS being sent that way now. In
dede, look for the greater part
Of the mails to be shipped by air
craft within ten or fifteen years.
Long before the. expiration Of
100 years the United States Gov
ernment will have laid out routes
OF travel through the air for
craft. speed limits being defined
for different highways. Regulations
will govern such traffic and aerial
police will cooperate with police
on land to enforce them. 1t will all
be thoroughly worked out by that
time and nothing Will be left to
chance.
Radio Power Source.
Gasoline may be replaced by
1923 by RADIO as motive power, thus
doing away with engines entirely
and also lessening the weight to
be carried. Radio has already been
used in way which would have
astonished the world a few years
ago. Ships are now propelled and
steered by radio without the aid
OF the human hand. Broadcasting,
which years ago would have been
regarded as something uncanny, Is
now heard by hundreds Of thou.
sands Of people at once.
By 2023 the present great un-
harnessed water-power Of the coun.
try may, have been connected up
in such a way that electricity may
be generated which will enable the
utilization OF radio as q means of
propulsion for airships. perhaps by
cables on the earth's surface. laid
along specified routes. from which
radio power may be derived.
The future, 1t is true. is all a
matter Of speculation, and the pos.
ribilities Of aerial navigation a
century hence may be far in ad-
vance Of what have suggested,
but that the advance will be great
cannot be doubted by any one who
reviews the strides which aviation
has made in recent years.
Tomorrow DIR. Lyman Fisk, head
of the Extension Institute, win tell
how human life will be Heightened
I'm the next century.
"CASTLE GARDENERS"
TO FORM ORGANIZATION
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-An A.