The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-09-03

the week and . half from morning I'll night,
simply cutting the. sores iase proper shape to
be put together. The scanning occupied foa.
women for The 1fst day, six fos The second,
fourteen for the whole ~ the following week
e,ssen Tor another day. eIgb. for tbs next ihree
days, and two for one add hsh mora. Fix
boys were employed atou, two days, merely
~ssaing over the seam. thus made. Three
rere required for one day for putting the 'inal
coat Of varnish over the entire balloon. The
G's, two coats we're pa. On With machine
which be invented expressly for the purpose
with this be Vanished al ono time, SIX hundred
yards Of material IN two hours. The large Be.
work for the balloon con tains nearly one nile
OF ar expensive kind Of cord. and some whore
about eleven thousand meshes. From this net
three hundred cords ofthe same material passes
down into thirty sasb cords VI very superior
quality. which latter cords then pass on
through The concentrating hoop Of the car
TIE car II wys difficult TO find any one to
make al ALL Finally, . skTfal basket maker
made II In nins days. Other portions Of the
apparatgs, though simple enough. II seemed
ne II TO Impossible 10 get made for love or mo
aay. One mechanic after keeping him waiting
fot some Az weeks for the staple wooden hoop
which hangs just below The neck Of the balloon
gave him At last TO understand that he did no,
want 10 make IL at all. To induce another one %
make the large hoop for the rim Of the car, re
quifei all Kinds Of expostulatoos, entrsaties
and Establishments. Upon tho whole, without
coanilng At all biz own time In the bHsiaess, tie
the coat Of the BALBOA and Its rigging TOR
hos, Of lesser and collateral expenses are lei,
unmentioned,) the actual expenditure Of money
VII. BE- rA.ase axe one 'hagssana lallsG&. The
expense 81 each Imitation, including both The
eos, 'of tho gas aud The many attendant cut
lsys will be sbont three hundred dollars add
t.0nal.
II Is proposed by Mr.. Mukoe to make an
cension from lbis city in his beautiful nam
moth wrial ship, IN the course Of couple Of
weeks, II the citizens Of -. Paul will purchase
tickets 10 witness tho ascension to be amoun
Of 800. The great coat Of The balloon, and
The sxpensa Of ahation, leaves Mr.. NJ. no other
alternative than 10 stipulate this necessary
amour, to DO raised before hs consents 10 make
an ascension.
The plan proposed by Nj. Markoe, 10 raise
tbls sum IL al eminenoy proper one, and >how4
consiusively thai hs has no disposition to Sc
ouge tAo funds, AMI then fail In his undertaking.
lie la. hal a number Of tickets printed, which
haze been placed for sale at one iollar each at
Messrs Fonseca q Crawfotd's, No Z Empire
Block, a little below the American Iouse At
the store OF Mr.. Van lIamm, near the old pos.
Office aud Mr.. Geo. Little. under tic Fuller
House
IL 4 proposed that "a soon "a five huGdred
dollars worth 81 these tickets shsll have been
sold, The ascension shall bs undertaken. And
il is 70 he understood thai tbs subscription fund
shah no. be paid 10 him until after the ascea.
sion elall have been successfully accomplished;
aud that ia case Of failure TO accomplish H.
either on account OF tho weather, deficiency ia
tue amount subscribed, or any other canse the
laoncy shall be refunded TO the holders Of The
tickets.
/, il cspcaient 30 say that persons attending
10 purchase hckets should 10 go at once; AS the
rapid advance pf the season will very shortly
make II too late 10 undertake any ascension
this year, and render Il absolutely necessary
To defer the s,,emp, until newt summer
UNPAID srsERr tEsyIFiCkreS.--A- a matter
Ct special Information 10 our readers, ws pub
li.h the following statemen, u unpaid .taeet
cer,,ic Atcs, which was made out b. She city
Treasuset. and submtted 20 the Council a, It's
last meeting;
a.. rPa,sii Ss,si CIV t,pa.a , % lSas. q 1884. isAs
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