Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-12
TO The NORTH POLE.
Attempt 10 Reach The Mysterious
Region by Balloon.
A Plan Submitted by an lEronaut ana
Endorsed BIZ Esron NoTdsn-
skiold.

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 90. l5peclall.-
Chief hBginesr :. A. Andtee, tue LSlI
Swedish aeronaut, has made up ms
mind to reach tue North iolo ny
means VI balloon. IL ell arrange
ueuts can DO finished In tine tie
journey will be undertaken already
this summel; Ia contrary chse nos To-
fore the summer OF leOb'
The Swedish Academy Of Science
and the Swedish Society Of Anihfop.
nlogy ami GeogrRpny recommend
warmly Mr.. Andtee's plan ami will
prob.biy also boar tue OUHt OF Tie trp.
Taxing IN consideration tho practical
resuurors of the present time AMI the
experience already gainul, Mr.. Andfee
il fully convinced that two plan II not
practically impObsiblc' Tue expenses
Of the enterprise would amount to
10000 5aoish crowns at most Or
abyut uAl VI what DE. Nnusen's
journey has cost. The most profitable
wny u starting will 10 from tue
Norwegian Islands near inc northern
coast VI Epitzburgen, whofo TIC hnI-
ICON, all APPARATUS necessary Tor it-
filling anl other thiugs Of need ought
10 DC o. AA III UNIV hANhhh hFN 'HNAN
thing TO be IN readiness DeiJru tlu uud
Of June. Tho balloon viii bo manu-
inciufed Of double Ellis. For us n,iing
with gas n special uuiidlng must 10
sfectou. Tho balloon must also DO large
anu strong enough u entry "A tWO'atOfy
punduln Wit three bets aul necessary
provisions, bledgcs, etc.
The Journey II to 10 undeftakou
a HHH a g.
tho balloon being equipped with IA
dfAgline, ~ II does not move higher
than ABOUT $50 metres Y metre equals
8.SB fool above tno eatu,' Win tuun
a balloon II will DO possible to sail
around IN tho Arctic regions curing u
whole month, make ohuefyaiiOus, tago
photographs, etc, As Mt. Audrtu Will
Do able TO patty steer his balloon,
there n TO danger that II Will DO put
far away from ~ course. Having
finished his Investigations Mt. Auuttc
will Try 10 reach AissKa. Even wuh
mUuur 10 wind the passagp itOm To
Norwegian Islands 10 the Norm Pole
IL estimated not to take more than
three or four days.
The advantages Of a journey Ia ito
summer are the long uaynght, which
makes IL possible . travel both Jay
and night, anu nlsO tbs small difference
In temperature.
II IA, indeed, worth mentioning that
MT. Anufee'a plan has met with AZ
prevail by one Of the most prominent
authorities on the field OF the POLAR
Investigation, Baron a. Il, NOrduuH.
kiolJ. The old arctic expiuTer recon-.
mvnds the plan very strongly.
lilo mentions that during tho last
few years ho has received many pr0pO.
htions by people anxious 70 sJlvo the
polar question. He has, however, Tor
one Oturr reason, paid very little atlen.
ton q those proportions except this
una presented by Nit. Audree.
IL comes from person who
has already spent year Ia tho
polar regions anu has shown his oOm-
peience M Nh explorer. Besides, NJ.
Andree has thorough knowledge OF
8funhutics.
Prot. Baron Vordenshlold recon-
mends strongly tnat tho Swedish
Academy OF Science furnish Nit.
Andreo with the necessary means IN
order that the journey might bs un.
ueTtaken alreAly next summer,
Mr.. M. Samuel, swedens commits
hioncr 10 the San francisco MidwiutpT
exposition, who has established large
importing business IN No. IS Barclay
street, IN New York, hns just spent a
few weeks In Stockholm. He returns
now ~ America ~ the representative
OF many prominent firms VI the various
branches Of Swedish industry anu
trade.
Among those nrms may DO men.
toned tho famous Barr,clgou rech'
nioal Manufacturing company, limited,
which manufactures the urat uf oil tx
isIiug int, anu has everywhere 10.
ceivod pfiEu medals. This ink, which
neither evapoTatua nor can be blotIed
out, WINS deemed better by experts NJ
this Chicago Exposition than auy ink
manufactured In America. Ordsfl
from many firms IN the United 5.atei
are being received here every week
and Mr.. samuel ipfully convinced tina
II will conquer America the same Nj
Bwedish outlory and Swedish matches
may DO said 10 have uoIe 10 n ceftaiI
degree.
The John Ericsson monument to b,
erected In Sweden viii D1 raised n
uothonhurg, many prominent mur
chants VI that city having now UOnattI
the necessary meana for tho purpose
The WahTen works, tue largest olotl
mandatory Ia the oityOt NurtkOping
"Swsden's Manchester" were con
pletely burned to the ground tue othe
night. Tho loss 10 heavy, amounting
10 many hundred thousand ctOwus.
There IL no important news iiou
ChrlhliRniA. New messagss nave beel
exchanged between Kiug Oscar an
the radical leaders, and It II bsliove
thut the latter WIN De iurood 20 conte
with the sWoIish Riksuag IN regar
10 me solution of the union question