Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-04-05
The FLYING Ship.

A chance to secure cash income of $40 to $40 per
week for tWenty years, By the Investment Of ire
dollars IN adpaRce.
TITS extensively hat the undersigned has by the
and practical experiments fully demonstrated the
practcabity aerial navigation that all who have duly
amined the subject convinced and person. Of
OF rational argument against it, Seyeral1nodc ma
chimes have been constructed and each of them has
rated succesfuy and othem sixteen feet long, carried
small steam engine, by the power of which the machine
propelled and being guided by its helm, travelled
rapidly through the air even against breeze of wind, in
direct lines circles, according to the adjustment Of its
helm. This machine was witnessed and appauded by hun
dreds In New York and Boston, and notices thereof were
published In several newspapers OF those cities at the time
Since those experiments made the inventor has made
additional improvements whereby the invention
cted appears certain that safe and durable aerial
ship Tor aeropor capabe of carrying hundred and fifty
passengers at speed of ninety miles hour with more
perfect safety than either steamboats, railroad
be constructed for 50 and that the expense of running
will not exceed SIS per day This aeroport will make the
trip to California to Europe in two days, and will be
paronized with abundance of business (more than $4,000
are now ready to engage passage at 500 per pas
sage which will amount TO $4,000 per trip, each way or
$4,000 per week. besides 900 for carrying mails If this
aeroport owned in shares Of 50 EACH single share will
produce an income Of $40 per week
1t is ascertaned by minute and careful estimate that
aeroport $50 fact long, and capable of carrying five per-
at speed Of sixty miles hour be constructed
for 81 500 Now having been disappointed of the funds
requisite to put this invention in operation scale of
viii subscribe 1--WE dollars each PAYABLE when the whole
amount of 1900 shall subscribed will forth
with construct this pioneer aeropor (Which may be done in
six weeks and when this is put operation readily
command the requisite funds for constructing large
port above mentioned And will arrange that each
subscriber the payment of the said of five dollars
shall be furnished with regular teeed, which shall
title the holder thereof to threehunredth part of this
first aeropor and also to threehousanh part of the
first large aeroport that shall be constructed and of all
benefits and emouments that may be derived herom for
twenty years. the said aeroper to be kept in repair without
expense to the shareholders Subscribers will not be
rcted TO single shares but each hold many he
is disposed 10 subscribe for ut FIRST and will receive dvi
dends accordingly which, according to the foregoing es
mate will be $40 per week each share payable weekly
monthly Subscribers may send their to my address
by mail, (prepaid and the same will BIO duly entered on the
subscrptiqnbook, (Which already contains about fifty
of Subscribers in this city, and notice will be sent
taken and the money may be sent either to to
the firm Of Seden, Withers Co., well known bankers
this city, who will the receipt thereof forward to each
subscriber ttledeed, above stipulated, and will act
for the Shareholders and transfer the to
the progress of the work requires Each subscriber
will be furnished scmimonthly with printed newsletter,
reporting the progress of the work
Editors publishers of newspapers who viii give the
foregoing prospectus insertion within three weeks, and
send copy thereof to the undersigned shall be entitled to
share in the large aeroport and be furnished with
titedced or five dollars in cash forthwith.
RUFUS PORTER.
WASHINGTON, March 16, 1852.
r. SIT is confidently believed that by this invention
unexporcd regions may be examined and the light of civil
cation and Christianity may be disseminated through be-
nightod lands with facility and that the world will honor
the of those who subscribe to aid the introduce
ton an invention calculated to confer immense benefits
upon the entire human mar 1e-dtf