Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-01

The Aeronaut Tells a Graphic story of
His Lightning Trip.

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NEW HAVEN, Sept. 27.-Capt. Alfred
K. Moore has dropped out of tho military
service and gone into aeronautics to pass
away his time. He is % years old, hand
some, wealthy and subject to hobbies. He
weighs 100 pounds, just about the right
ballast for balloonist. A few weeks ago
ne told his friends he was going to beat
all the records in ballooning for speed and
safety. He put some Connecticut inven-
tive genius into the construction OF his
air-ship, and turned out balloon
tnat astonishel tine residents OF
Winstcd, his home. To-day be started
his new craft az WAtertown at just $40
y. m. and in 80 minutes from that time
he landed safely on Il farm In North Gull
ford. exactly 10 miles from where he
started There were 5000 cubic feet OF
gas in the balloon, 100 pounds OF sand,
silver-plated steel graphing anchor, ana
Il draw rope as long as one OF VIM M.
Fyarts' sentences. The balloon basket
would make the heart OF an Italian board
tne-house keeper glad, it was so roomy.
when the anchor let go, the ship shot sky
ward so fast that about the time the cap
tain was taking his second breath he
was 1000 feet in the air. When he
was over Waterbury, rafting along in
space at the rate Of a mile and half
minute, he was $3.50 feet high. The bar
ometer, thermometer, compass apparatus
OF his own device in his vest pocket indi-
Gated at one time that he was $3.50 feet
nearer heaven than the Waterbury peO-
pie, over whom he was whirling; that the
temperature, which was registered at 80
dogs. when he bid goOd-by on the fair
grounds, had fallen 10 10, and that he was
going in sOutheasterly direction for
Ill. I4.s Aa
Haven in the distance, and it appeared no
bigger than beehive. New London
doomed over east but it seemed smaller
than mugwump caucus. Hartford was
simply a speck.
when | got above the Clouds said the
Winstead aer0naut TO your correspondent
this evening, Il became somewhat scared
over the indications Of my compass.
which told me | was heading for the
Sound. Then l took sn3obseryatlon and
that confirmed my impression. There
right over the edge Of the basket seemed
Long Island sound. Well, now, l didn't
care much about striking into that body
of water. and determined to come down
a peg or two to see precisely where | was.
I opened the valves and ont Missed the
-ds and down dropped the ship. At an
elevation Of q, 600 feet above the earth l
smut of the flow Of gas and went skurry-
ing along quite merrily. The nearer |
came to the rest Of the human family the
further away appeared Long Island
sound. This removed my apprehension
concerning fall in the water, and l felt
pretty safe in that respect. Soon after
passing over Waterbury ran into a cloud
that was about a quarter Of mile in
length. 1t was pretty cold In the cloud.
I've found out it is warmer above cloud
and below one than it is when
you are going through it, 50 ]
sailed out Of that cloud about as
quickly as l knew how. A few min
utes before | had concluded to l had
dropped a package Of circulars adyeTtis-
ing a new kind Of kindling wood, and
they went flying in every direction. BY
the time | had lett the cloud and de-
seconded several hundred feet l caught up
with the circulars and passed them on
their way to the earth, showing that had
travelled in downward direction faster
than the papers. Three miles northwest
of Guilford l was scaling over the noun
tains that are in that section. / could
hear the crows cawing. AT a height Of
1900 feet from the earth l could just
make out the voices Of the people under
meath me. They, ! should Judge, had dis
covered the ship and were running wild
with excitement. / could sec the out
lines OF the people Fastening back and
forth, and could also family hear the
shouts that they were sending up IN
recognition of the discovery Of the air
craft m
The ship landed on a farm in North
Guiliord, about a stones throw from
Quinnepaugh lake. When the occupant
climbed up out of the basket half hum
dred OF the inhabitants were on the ground
10 bid him welcome. A big tree near by
furnished anchorage. 1t was concluded
best to remove the ship just as it stood,
about three-quarters full Of gas, to the
village green. An open strip OF land led
from the landing point to the green, and
the ship was removed 10 the latter place.
To properly weight the ship down. so that
the removal could be easily accomplished,
a girl, Is years old, was placed into the
basket for ballast. Then the procession
started. After the gas was let out the
ship was sent 10 New Haven by train.
Capt. Moore is soon TO have a new shin
built in Winsted that will cost about
$1,000, will contain 10000 cubic feet OF
gas, will hold seven persons and will have
for its first trip journey Of 1000 miles,
starting somewhere in the centre Of New
York State. He likes fast trips and thinks
he can, be a little improvement In shape.
and the addition OF new steering apparat-
us, safely obtain a speed OF 100 miles an
hour. He intends, however, TO work up
TO this gradually