, 1875-07-23

capo of EtH and no daugos will bo ap1rehontl.d.
hnnt1ror question fnol i,npe1icl to put In, Dill
asc"neiot,. during which lio croRBoA tho lake, or
calico bag"7 According to Hteiner'B own
statement nj ror h1a rard " tn balloon could
lavc wtt'lssotal tho gain Ut Saturday night" II
why atlsinIt II attach TO us odinm for The IN.
fortunate rctult7 II htr. ate,ncr know Tho
!'llatdAoH bnlluun wan not tAfc, Why did ho not
inform INC. tha rna,,s.er Of that fact. and pro-
test RsAinet the probable 1oHr of two valnnbIo
lives Had liean,sl there waB daugor Iwould
nut hava permitted the saronaton.
Al before Mated, Prof. Donaldson lad nntiro
cant,o of tl,o construction, repairing. ana inila-
el:aEea TO mako asccpsi5na at = fair or feta,
wo1iid lls expect tho manager to bo tosponslt,te
for the gooIl coutaition OF hts balloon Would
~ aaco''sa In .iangerou. balloon2 Tho natural
who shsiascd Prof. Donaldson In tho NrapAtc or
rcrin,cnse md with Ilona!ison constructed a
nunber Of balIoons, Fnss tho material usod iu
Donaldaon'a bnlloon was stronger tim tho silk
Fonera!ly usctl. 1la farther shyB than In
buildInR tho Grdlaic balloon they selected, out
Of oysr fortyAafnpos, the material used in tho
construction Of Tho very balloon in which Prof.
Doslnillrou nasla hiH Iaat aaconson,-thc vory
Quo WHICH llaa canhcd t1lia tonlrovorsy-thxee OF
which Re now have on l,Aud3 ready fof ttprco-
ton hv tho public md professional aeronauts.
Tho balloon In which Sir; Thomas lnalo liB az
ccnsion waH Inflated md boforo tho lll!Iu for
examination during tho c,'tirc day. hud Thomas
was instructed to inyiIe tho public. through tho
city 1a,ors, to infinitely examine Ito condition,
but III tGe press an confuHion OF other business
matters, tlliB .wna forgotten.
Aa to ill.,, question vi strength between silk
md cotton, the lrat!ic ia ns capabie Of deciding
ns Mr. Steiner or myself, many Of them bottor
than l, hs do not profess to understand snch
matters, except 80 far aa ! am Informed by
other capable and experienced aeronsuts. having
Eivcn tho subject more thought since the un-
f1rft 4s.n
III regard to Prof. DonaIdBon's having made
moro ascensiona than any other aerouaut, /
should liave modified my o1prcssion by saying.
since no has baon ongaEol in Tho profession.
las carried moro psssengers than any othoe
@aronaut, and that Ills, voyages wero real
being safely ohainol to mo!!lor earth
we'll know, tic t}overnmons baiioons were etaiin in
trips OF observation during tie iato War, and ~
n'Isn wcro the bnllDonh during tic Franco prus-
ban var: do nut clntua 10 posHesa knowledge,
either scientific OF PRACTICAL 1eghrl to balloons
!nR, although having made TWO aacenBons with
Prof. Donaldson. II Mr.. Ssoiner aaat,.uos to
enGBl,ton tue world OH Tho voxed questions
N rcgaid to balloon ascenAions, will Ao
kindly inform na: Dooa ii re1uit5 science to
throw out ballast. or oron a vatvo7 rorhapa
seielsco may snccool in discovering aurrcn.s Of
Mr, but, 10 far. even that hns boon failure, II
TN correctly informed. Dnbtoss, upon this
point aono, Con. Mycr and lis assiaitants in tle
Signal Soryice Department would make the beet
mont bY otcr tcentists. Prof. Eozardo,
a'td all other aerouauta whom ND llaso
consulted, concur in tho decision
ln regard to tho strength or capacity OF ressting
the elencnts that balloon, once In tho air Of
one capable OF ralAns itself, Is aafe onougb pro-
ytdod tic uBo Of tho vaivo Is understood. sDme
ovop contcllding that = paper balloon la strong
enough III l1y atmosphere.
Mi, b. lit Il.
III, taken i'll connection with h4 admission that
no halloon cpnd iihTo wtllstood ths btornl Of
Thursday night indlcstch TINT lie was exceedingly
aus,uus to fix tile responsibility Of t'leaatcr upon
thIsmanagenlcpt. Prof. Lozardo informs mo that
r. Steiner made himself obnoxious by tntertcr-
ing NTH tho G,uphic balloons, and whom called
upon to account for Ills stn.olncnta refused to
kssi'slantiato them. 1iepeud not alone uIloa
l'rof. Lozasdo's statomcnt in regard to slr Of
lclosss conduct Of s1r. Bseinor Tolceraus ro-
ce'ved b! mo from Nav York today. from
responsible parties whose names / pro-
Tor TO suppress, nnltss Mr. stetnor
colnnolR mo to uso them, inform
me that Steiner, tho voritable sseinez who has
assumed to say 30 much concerning Prot. DOM
aklsnna last ascension, did cause tho bursting OF
tho first Graphic balloon through lis ncapaclty;
and that ho Waa slo first to circulate tho report
shat tho balloon was rotten, q subterfage resort
nA tn by him to conceal htH own iucapacsy.
One of theso dispatches iron, New York sayn !.
'' Yon can safely say tile nun ia liar nnd
4uacst." I fuEtlor charge Mr. Steiner with hAy-
lug ma1e 10 Sir. Sullivan, Of the Epe'.tn7 Jottr-
t.di ono statement, aud subsequently denying ii
to Col. J. D. baldwin.
II tho editors Of The TmDuaE, Or any friends
Of Prof. Donaldson wish to nee the originals OF
the kilograms referred to III this letter. they
iu nv possession, and may bo roa1 by airy par
tics Interested, aud 1 hold myself responsible for
tho statements herein contaiucd.
". c. Cour,
Manager parnuns Hippodromo.