Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-19
TnE NEW AIR SHIP.


CHICAGO, Fcb. i5.-rnc famous mud
Eighty Darius Green was , nearer suc.
cess than the present operator Of the
Pennington dying machine. The ma
chine iiles all right enough, but II filcs
AFTER thc fashion Of toy balloon, with
lifting force nearly rs great rs that
possessed by tho little red circus toy.
In tact, the effort Of one finger Is
enough to bring the ship 10 tho ground
from IL lofty position near the ceiling
VI the big exposition building on the
lake front.
The public Is invited to sec the ship
upon payment Of the small sum Of
2b cents, u watch tho greasy. looking
canva, bag iluat around for fifteen min.
ute-. IL Is not an aimless Journey,
thi. iliteen.minute flight, for the big
balloon goes round aud round with al.
most Mathematical precision. several
thousand people ste the big gas tag
every day, and all but about hundred
OF these thousands ARE thoroughly dis.
gu-ied with the claims OF the Inventors.
This remaining hunurod u mad. up OF
imprrsslonable people who always
stand ready 10 onthuse over anything
new. They are the same people who
went Wild over unfortunate Marie
Bashkirtseif's crazy uttoranccs In her
journal"
slIH DoN'r NAVIGATE.
The Mount Carmel Air SHIP com.
pany has for months been promising
10 give "a satisfactory denomination uf
The air ships success. Tho big ship
that was promised 10 make tho trip
, from 81 Louis ~ Chicago over month
ago has never yet been seen--the only
ait snip that the public has had u
glimpse OF lat % cents u squinD Ia the
nlg, sleepy looking, wobbly gas bag at
tue exposition. The Aelrs correspond
ent II not attempting 10 throw cold
water on meritotious enterprise or
DISPLAY of Inventive genius. He, In
common with every other newspaper
man In the city, Is Disguised with the
cinlms That the air ship people ARE
making with 10 little foundation In
mct. All Chicago Is surprised that the
management OF the ship sheuld not
retire with It's treasure rather than
putting II up incomplete and unsatls.
factory fora picayunish admission foe.
TIlE sHIp.
The model, which IL not Unow In
successful demonstration at the exposl.
ton bulldlng," Is about thirty feet
long. In shape II reminds one Of an
hhh0rmnlly large and fat sun fish,
some people say that II looks like
thick cigar Perhaps Il dOes-it looks
ilAe most anything but an air ship. 1t
- made OF vanished cloth, and In
hontof II there revolves a two fan pro.
poller which IL run by piece Of twine
betting that comics from little motor
that II carried under the machine. The
tall Is the rudder, and two awnings ON
the side allow the thing 10 attle 10 the
ground easily. The ship does not carry
III own electric power The cells
stand on the floor, aud wire runs
irun them 10 the motor that makes the
propeller fan revOlve. There IL no car
for passengers, aud II there WINS the
ship could not llft wax doll. There Is |
n canvass box under the long gas baf.
aud on It's sides are three on four win. |
dows put on with marking pot. Tho |
elect IN amusing Ia disintereatad |
visitor, hut 10 an air ship enthusiast II |
II disgusting,
Inventor Pennington claims that he
VIII yet construct a ship OF aluminium |
that VIII sail the air successfully and |
carry passengers There are few who
have faith iu him. In u circular the |