The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1896. to the electric m make up the latest of flying machines. tor in the interior of the concern. Will work? There is no doubt of it, say the inventors, and they point proudly to the model as it rests on two stools in a shop on Market street. zinc, aluminum was not available in time, The model is built of and to serve as a propellor one of those brass electric fans, a contrivance like a four-bladed ship’s wheel, has been attached to the 3s cal in shaft. Inside is an electric motor ated to drive the propelling wheel of one-eighth of one horsepower and that at the rate of 1500 revolutions a minute. | At every 100 revolutions of the screw the two wings rise from the sides of the cylinder, ~ stretch themselves for a second like the wings of a bird in full flight and then return again to the sides of the machine. In full career these will make between fifteeu and | This gives a lifting power of about 4100 pounds without the use of either wingsor screw. hour. Figures so far make up the princi making a total length of 105 feet. It wi have a capacity of £9,503 cubic feet of hyd | a lifting power of seventy pounds 1o the 1000 cubic feet, which makes the lifting, power | of the eas inclosed in the machine someth! [ @ Aluminum will be the metal used in th | or a total of 1053 pounds. Then there wi | the various parts and incidentals to bring al portion of the description of the machine, | ventors draw much sat cylinder will be sixty feet, and the cone, w square feet of sheet aluminum used, and this weighs one pound to sixteen square feet, | ) | = i JULLAES sfaction. In length the | hich forms the forward end, forty-five feet, {1 be thirty-nine feet in diameter, and will rogen. Hydrogen at the earth’s surface has ing near 6230 pounds. he big airship. In all there will be 16,846 1l bean aluminum engine, braces to stiffen the weight up to slightly over 2000 pounds. | | In the forward end, just where the under side of the cone merges into the cylinder, | the pilot-house is situated, and from it 1s controlled the three rudders at the rear end. One of these is big plane set horizontally and destined to control the elevation; the | others are vertical planes which will drive the machine to the right or left. The | wings can be made to remain outspread or folded at the desire of the helmsman, and | arrangements will be made to have the bird- Its flight, say the inventors, will be swift and even, like the swoop of ‘an eagle or It will soar at a height of from one to three miles, and will bave a grappling-hook to stay its speed when it becomes necessary to alight | the steady course ofa bird of prey. and it dives down toward the earth. A working model, that is so far as the mechanical part is concerned, will be on The model has just been finished. long flight will be to New York, and the inventors say that forty hours after it spreads its wings over the Golden Gate it will alight under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. exhibition in the Mechanics’ Pavilion. like engine balanced to a nicety. Its first HAS DUPED MANY SILLY WOMEN, -Wily Lottery Game Played‘ : by a Sleek China- man. * PEDDLES HIS TICKETS.| And the First Time He Always Makes His Customers Win. INDUCES THEM TO STAKE MORE | “When a Round Sum Is Given Him the Persuasive Mongolian Is Seen No More. A number of ladies in the Western Ad- | dition are regretting the disappearance of & sleek persuasive Chinaman, who has been & house-to-house visitor in that part of town lately. They are alto bewailing the disappearance of round, substantial aollars, which the Chinaman carried away with bim, under the pretext of in-| vesting them in a lottery which was a “‘dead sure thing’’ The defrauded ladies know nothing about playing a lottery. They say that they never could have been induced to art with their substance to a mere coolie. The missing Chinaman looked like an attache to Lt Hung Chang’s suite, at the very least, and his manners were as per- snasive and courtly as his dress was costly and magnificent, 1f the ladies with who se dollars he bas got away had known anything about Chinese lottery gambling they would easily have detected that the persuasive Chinaman wasone of the most unblush- ing fakers that ever handled lottery tick- ets, but they took his bogus ticketsin good faith and waijted for the fortune which never came. Better-informed friends are now pointing out to them that the bona- fide Chinese lottery dealer puts the name of the company, the date and the amount invested at the side of the ticket, whereas the Chinamran who has been beguiling the Western Addition has only defaced his tickets with an unintelligible scrawl, which 1s neither Chinese nor English. The faking Chinaman has made no pretense at peddling vegetables or selling notions in order to introduce himself, but bas walked boldly up to the front doors and, ringing the bell in a lordly manner, has asked, with a sweet and persuasive .emile, it he might be permitted o sell the . Jady a lottery ticket. Asa rule the lady has replied in the negative in which case Johu has made his adieux gracefully and bas bobbed up serenely the next day more bland than ever and more certain of having a dead sure thing in lottery ° tickets. | silly women. | were unsuccesstul. | a 10-cent piece was not scorned by the wily Chinaman. When sums of over §1 were invested in his tickets he never came two-bit tickets were quite touched by the fidelity with which John came back next day with their money doubled and trebled. “How much more money you could have made if you had put more in,” he has been in the habit of remarking pen- sively as he counted out three times the amount of coin, and then repeated again what a sure thing his lottery was. Struck by this argument, as well as by the hon- esty and uprightness of John's dealings, people have in a number of instances been induced to give him several dollars. They waited for him to come back next day and line their pocketbooks with coin, and they are waiting still. A lady who lives on Leagenworth street said yesterday: *Yes, we have been vic- imized by that Chinaman. Of course I on’t want to give our names; you can just write down that we were three foolish, We might have known how it would end, but the man used to come day after day, begging us to buy tickets. He said he had a certain way of marking the numbers, which was sure to win, and promised to give the money backif we bim, my sister gave him 10 cents, and the next day he brought her back 30 cents.” *That was the day we all went into the thing,” said the sister mournfully. *‘He said that the 10 cents had been trebled and that if we would give him $5 he could bring us back $50, and he vowed that if the numbers were not successful he would oring back the money. We had saved $3 for opera tickets and gave it to Lim, and that was the end of the money and the Chinaman.” back, but the customers for 10-cent and | One day, to get rid of TWD COMPARIES WEAKEN The British American and West- ! ern Assurance Grow | Economical. . They Consolidate Their Pacific Coast Business With the Denver Office. Still another change came yesterday in the fire insurance business of this City | that is in line with the policy of economy | and retrenchment quite recently intro- | duced on the Pacitic Coast. When it was | announced on the street the news passed quickly among insurance men, for they each and every one interested in in- | novaticns in any office, since these things affect the general business and indicate an | entirely new trend of affairs, It was told that two important fire in- surance companies—the British- American | and West j of Toro:ito, Canada—had decided to vlace | their coast business under the jurisdiction | of H. T. lamey, the companies' general mansger at Denver, Colo., for the “‘inter- mountain division.” This meant that the | Pacific Coast business is to be subordinate to the Denver office. Mr. Lamey is ex- | pected to arrive here to-day, and until he are n Assurance companies, both | announces bimself there is no certainty recarding the change. T. e two insurance companies have | jointly maintained a large and handsome | office “at 423 California street, with H. M. | Grant and Charles A. Stuart general man- agers for the coast. Their City agents have been Davis & Watson, on California street, | Mr. Grant said that the change had taken vlace yesterday, and that Mr. Lamey was on his way to San Francisco to carry it into effect. The change was made for economy’s sake, and in his opinion might either result in the consolidation of the | two divisions, or Lamey might take charge of the local office. On the street it was stated that the San Francisco general office would be abolished and that the City agents would look after local busi- ness on a commission basis. Up to the present Mr. Grant reported to | the home office in Toronto and recerved all reports from agents in California and the Pacific Coast generally. In future the | agents must transact business with the intermountain office. This 15 on the same line of policy estab- lished by the Continental Insurance Com- pany, which withdrew its general coast office from San Francisco and thus saved expenses of a larze staff of clerks, etc. The next company to fall in line was the Fire | Asscciation of Philadelphia. The British- | American has assets of $1,180,000, the Western $1 ,129, and both did a fair business on this coast. ————— - If all the tobacco smoked in the British Empire last year were rolled into rope an inch in diameter it would form a snake- like roll, which, following the line of the equalnltor, weuld go thirty times round the earth, Pergoccrice could compete with him. Mr. Lindsey of The price he asked has been $190, but | him. In the engraving here presented the various parts are desi; gen gas. B—Wings, aluminum. C—Cylindey, containing the mechanism that motive power. D—Propeller, aiuminum, so constructed that the speed is re, E—Steering apparatus. F—Car, carrying tweive passen, | _Regulators, to regulate the upward and downward flight, Carl Erickson’s Flying-Machine, Which Is to Be Shown at the Mechanics’ Fair. The Mechanics’ Institute, at a meeting last evening, on motion of P. J. Healy, announced that $1000 would be awarded to the successful competitor ata match between airmotors during the fair. Carl Erickson, members by Mr. Healy, and he stated he was ready to make the trip Mayors Sutro and Davie to accompany him he would, in deference to the wishes of the board the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, to Sacramento as announ gnated as follows: A—Balloon, specially constructed silk; hydro- governs the flight of the machine; electricity the gulated entirely by the revoiutions of the propeller gers; constructed of aluminum and windows of prepared paper. G— STt Vigd who was present, was introduced to the ced, but owing to the refusal of , postpone his flight until others has been written to and a liberal offer made | litical antagonisms. | nary baggage, though TRYING TO EVEN UP ON THE DEAD, Another Scheme to Aug- ment the Railroad’s Revenue. CARRYING OF CORPSES. It Will Be Taken Out of the Hands of the Express Company. LOWER CHARGES TO BE MADE. | The New Order of Things to Be Car- ried Into Effect To-Day on the Pacific System. Having failed in its efforts to add a few odd dimes and quarters to its revenue by imposing a transportation tax on bicycles to near-by places, the Southern Pacific has now turned 1ts attention to corpses, thus avoiding all danger of organized re- sistance. to its demands and possible po- About five years ago an agreement was entered into with Wells, Fargo & Co., whereby the business of transporting corpses was relegated entirely o the ex- press company, all agents of the Southern Pacific Company being instructed as fol- lows: ‘“‘Agents must refer persons applying | for corpse transportation by passenger train to local points to the agents of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s express.” Under this arrangement the express company charged two first-class fares for each corpse, but no corpse was carried for a less charge than $5, and 1f a person de- sired to accompany the remains another ticket had to be purchased by the passen- | ger. This pave the corpse-carrying mo- nopoly a handsome profit, as its space cost it no more for corpses than it did for ordi- somewhat more care, it was true, had to be exercised in the handling of these *temples of de- parted souls.” Looking about for some source of in- creasing its revenue, the bicycle tax was first nit upon, but *‘the quick” were too much for the corporation, so it turned to the dead to secure ali the tariff would bear. After due consultation and considera- tion it was resolved a few daysago to re- scind the instructions regarding the trans- vortation of corpses and to terminate the agreement on the same matter with the express company. The circular convev- ing the instructions to agents regarding | the new order of things reads in part as | follows: L “Commencing September 1, 1896, we will | Bocsier- 0 A% ¥Our druskist forln | this morning, | Clements was_instantly killed and Fire- | which will prove fatal. | Liquor and Opium Habit—Cures Guaranteed resume the carriage of corpses. The charge for {ransportation of same, chil- dren or adults, in baggage-car between any two points on the Pacific system, will | be one lowest first-class fare. Minimum rate witl be $150. A passenger holding a proper ticket must accompany the re- mains: otherwise they must be handled by Wells, Fargo & Co’s. Express.” By this arrangemont all the big profits heretofore made by the express company will revert to the railroad company and at | the same time the expense of transporting bodies will be reduced, in some cases to a | considerable degree. Where the express company’s minimum charce was §5 that of the railroad com- pany is but $1 50, and when it is desired to | have a person accompany the remains there is no exiwra charge, as was f! ecase | under the system of the express company. DEADLY COLLISION, Newspaper Train Runs Into a Freight With Terrible Results. ORANGE, Mass., Aug. 31.—A newspaper train and a freight collided near here on the Fitchburg Railroad about 5 o’clock and Engineer William man George W. Fowler received injuries One brakeman was also badly cut and bruised. The freight train had broken in two and before the separated parts conld be picked | up the passenger train struck it and plowed Lhroufh twelve cars, reducing them {o kindling wood and entailing a money loss of $50,000. Engineer Clem- ents was thrown backward fifty feet and wedged between two cars, and it took a long time to get his body out of the ruins. The road was blocked for eight hours. 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