Show TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN DAY Inventor of New Gliding Boat Is Extremely I Ex-tremely Optimistic Within a few years says William Wil-liam 0 Fitzgerald in Technical World Magazine the crossing of tho At lantlc with Its 3000 miles of stormy sea will be a mere pleasure excur slon of 30 hours in length Tho marvelous mar-velous boat Invented by Peter Cooper Hewitt which Is supported by planes which glide or skim through tho water Is expected to cut down tho length of the trip to Europe to a day and a quarter at the same time doing away with most of the danger of an ocean voyage My first model Mr Hewitt told the Technical World was entirely supported by the planes at 16 miles an hour the flotation hull being en tlrely out of the water at that speed I found too that the area of tho planes should decrease with the speei for economy and safety So far speed has only been limited by tho propeller but the craft will gradually Improve with Increased size and tho liner of the future wi1 bo practically Independent of weather and have no motion from tho waves Mr Hewitt Is known for the In vcntlon of the famous light which bears his name and of many devices used on automobiles His reputation Is that of a conservative and careful as well as brilliant observer IIli new gliding boat has been seen and approved by many leading scientists i larger model for which a speed of TO mllob an hour is confidently pre dieted is now In process of construe I Hon |