Show COMMERCIAL cor l AIRSHIP PLANNED BY SALT LAKE That Salt Lake should follow tollow the ex cx example example ample of some other American cities and establish an Aero club under the auspices of which airship flights could be conducted here is the opinion of ot Samuel H Gilson a veteran machinist of ot this city who has patents for an and airship with which he expects to attain a speed much in ex excess excess excess cess of that which already has been reached Mr Gilson Glison who lives at East Bast Third South street has been work working workIng workIng ing for years ears on the plans for fora a vehicle v to travel in the air and be believes believes that with the one which is now being perfected he will be cable to at attain attain tain tam a speed Peed f of sixty miles an hour while the highest rate yet reached was miles mUes attained by Santo Dumont with a machine carrying a small light engine The engine which is to be used in the tIre Is now being constructed in Salt Lake and will weigh only pounds and be of The top of the consists of a para parr parachute parachute chute which is supported by a gas tank which would be used only In case an accident happened which made It necessary to make a slow descent With an engine having a slower motion than that Which has been seen in other air airships airships airships ships and which is operated by steam the Inventor will be able he says to avoid the trouble caused by an engine of rapid motion as well as securing one which will not fall fail the operator In time of ot need as has been the case in many of ot the airship fights recorded recently The as constructed by Mr Gilson is to serve in a capacity similar to the locomotive of a train or the tug tugboat tugboat tugboat boat hauling a barge and by it the in inventor Inventor inventor proposes to pilot through the air any number of ot aeroplanes which would correspond to the cars in a train Mr idea Is that the airship can be made of ot commercial value and he says he will perfect a machine which will be beable beable beable able to carry passengers the mails malls and other materials He estimates that with a train of four or five aeroplanes he would be 00 able to carry or pounds I |