Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-01-04
THE BALLOON PLAN.
Commander Cheyenne Tells Flow He ZEN
poets to Approach the Pole.

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Macdonald and Sir Samuel Leodard
Tilley, to interest the Canadian public
Pole by a balloon expedition. Mr..
Tilley is already a member of the Lon
don Committee which is getting sub
scriptions. Commander Cheyenne be
fore his departure said
"The idea IS that it shall be an Anglo
American expedition, to be fitted out
by popular subscription. It will require
$4,000 te fit it out, and $40, 900 is to be
raised in each country. l shall be in
Canada until January Goth, and in my
absence the interests of the expedition
here will be looked after by Henry
Walter Grlnnell, who will be secretary
of tho committee that is being gotten
up in New York. The Hon John David
son has formed committee in Eliza
beth, n. j. 1t is my intention to form
similar committees in the principal
cities of the country in connection with
my lecturing tour. The ship of the ex-
petition is to be called the Grinnell,
after Mr.. GrinnelPs father, the cele-
brated patron of Arctic exploration.
Lieutenant Schwatka has arranged to
accompany the expedition, provided he
can obtain the consent of the Govern
ment. Three balloons, which will cost
$4,000, will be made in England and
will be shipped in this country. New
York will be the starting point Of the
expedition, and we expect to leave in
June next. We shall 60 to St. Pat
rick's Bay, where Captain Mares found
an immense bed of fine coal lying on
the surface. We shall! build house
directly upon the coal. We shall put
up apparatus and manufacture hydro
gen gas for the balloons. The place is
six miles from where Captain Mares
ship, the Discovery, wintered in 1876,
and is 1876 miles from the pole. When
we get the right wind, it will take US
eighteen or twenty four hours to reach |
the pole"
Commander Cheyenne says that the |
of the Jeanette is only an
other confirmation Of the fact that it is
to reach the pole by means
of vessels. In his opinion the region of
the pole is an archipelago bound in
solid ice-pack, presenting no opening
for navigation. Each balloon will be
provided with a sledge, boat and pro-
visions for fifty-one days, and will reel
out telegraph wire as it travels, keeping
in communication with the main station.
If during the stay Of the party, at the
pole the gas should escape so as to seri-
ously impair the levity of the balloon,
The gas of one can be used to initiate
'ully the two others. The balloons will be
weighted so as to travel low, and Com
nander Cheyenne is confident that he
AN land within ten miles of the pole.
He anticipates no difficulty from cold
Turing the balloon voyage, which is to
axe place in June of the summer after
he expedition sails. "The occupants
If the car said Mr.. Cheyne, evil have
o work with their coats off to keep
ool."
The expedition will be composed of
evecteen men, who will be joined by
hree Esquimaux at Greenland. Orders
ave already teen sent from Denmark
o Greenland, directing the authorities
here to aid the expedition in every
way possible.
An insignificant animal: If man
eally wants to know of how little i'm
'ortance he is, let him go with mis- wife
o the Dire ssmaker.-Haukeye.
Misses Clothier & Schramm, teachers +
n art needlework, will give lessons by !
he course or at 81 per hour, at room
!, White House. Ladies call soon, as
ur time is limited. 1w
l have on hand and viii have regular
' fresh trout from the Lake. Hotels,
estaurants and families supplied at the