, 1879-08-07
a SIDERABLE BALLOON.

Test OF mn Acrtnt AlncNIno yvhicf, IL Provided
with rrorrlllnE Apparatus md u nt,tidcr-
a Satisfactory ynynsn Over I.ovor Canada.
Corrfspondench .Stto 1ork Sun.
ST. HrACiNTnE, Quebec, Aug. 1.-Thc trial Of
Cowau & rage's aerial atccrlns apparatus III tlie
voyage OF the monster balloon Canada last
evening was practically triumph. The steering
npparatus consists OF two paddle.whccls, turned
by meatss OF crank, md Gun be turned NJ will
lit my direction 10 as to prnpel tle balloon
wherever tnn balloonlst desires, providing tho
wind Is light. The paddles act III precisely tho
same way as III orr, the tnnrtncry being 40
constructed that each paddle, after 1t 1lns taken
tho kttDke or propclllnE motion, feathers, thus
presenting no opp0a!tlon to The wind until tho
upper 1alfclrrle of the revolution hns been Dc.
scrbctl.
With Wow OF cs1cctng good nseont ycater-
tny, the Montreal tias Company inad ,uatle n
light cas especially fur tic purpose. \. G:45
y. IN. prof. Grm1cy, tho Inventors Of tic ap-
paratus, Mnssrb. 4. ". Cowan anu Charles
Fage, YOUR correspondent, aud twn other rc-
potters entered tho car with fifteen bugs of
ballast, ami started on thcfr vuynge, heartily
checrcd bY tho thousands assembled in tho
Shamrock and Lacrosse Ero,inds IN Montreal.
'Ihe balloon rose gracefully, aud III three tntn-
utes was tbW feet from tho s1rluce,
honr in an eastcrly direction. Tho beautiful
Clty pf Montreal seemed 10 pass under us ltke u
tssolyl's view. The cheers Ut Tho pupu!aee,
who weru OUT VI, 1nassr, wcrs suun iu|letl Ia ts
ltsthhcc, uMt, us Olla looked AROUND orcr VISTA
u thirty miles, the features OF tho lins country
ggpreal out beneath lis wero very plain.
~ lnarkrd. III tho fur west tho sla,i wns
shining with all ths br1Itancy Of The tropics.
and tho Ottawa River anl its tributaries glstyn.
Cd ltko silver. lhe sui shonn full npun tho bal
loau. mud rassed tho Thermometer to Is dugrcct.
md tlicru Il Was stationary for futl thirty. tnin-
utes, during which prrlOd tho balloon atowiy
omitted abunt 60O fest U! gas. III the SOUTH
west und directly under our feet, cyrry rock
ami ssoal III tue VI. Lawronco WIS piatnly ylsi-
hle. Mount ROYAL, to tho north, seemcl only
slightly raised ahovs ths city; every feature ii
ITS uneven ami Aunyify-woudrd supes was plain
~ ularkea. Sill farther. the River Jesus nhl
the back river tributaries Of the Ottawa g!tatct-
rocky bu4 to Join the St. Lawsunes q. d. Isis,
son.u eigltGeY miles below tho city, Thu roslrku
Of saio st. La'1rtl'ra fFotn nboyo BeauhaEnoB, on
l.ako It, Louis, to Layalt1e. tistanea Ut thirty
nlca tlltler way, with tho Unny viages smiling
OH ita banks dotttng tho surrounding country,
weru rs plainly III VIEW ia though lail out Oh i
Map.
Our attention was diverted from the scene Dy
request Ut Alr. Cusuu to proceed With tle OBJ
lcst Tor which tha asccnstou waa lnA1e. Mr.,
Pagc tlerounon took Ills position At tho crank,
l!nl, assstu1 BY tie reporters. ctangsA tho
ANetllp4 VI kHt pauut-"AcHEh+ 4Hu LHf1fu
them 1T the will OF MF. cowau, another IT,
portcr having chargs Of tile rltldur; wI.lcI. bud
been rugged astcra. Tho orlsr WA given to
dssroad. Round wont tho paddles, aud down
feet to tho n,lullts. TIC crank was lien ~
vcssed. and. under y like effort on tbs uart OF
the human inotors, the BALLOON rose 1,.4U0 feet
tctlc vi the trip,-3,70 feut, From this hight
tic outline VI thu Islal,1 OF Montreal was
psainly distinguished, us also tho COURSE Of tl4c
ss. Lawrenes, The Rlchelicu, anl the Yamaska
/ streams.
Al this point ono OF the reporters expressed
! deaiEc ~ dvasenu, aud II posaibls return 44mu