The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09
ny BALLOON 10 THE rom.
rhe Paris Air ship OF Is7o-WiIi VI. An
drcc Make m Attempt Nckt Your

DIRE. Make IN Attempt Next Year?
The return OF NJ. Andree from SPITE
bergen makes the postpOnement OF hiS
balloon voyage to another year II necessl-
~ But the failure To secure sNe""'
south wind ami The latcucss OF the sea
son seem to account for ms dcclSloH
and we get no intimation OF any loss OF
faith In the ultimate pracucaDi''S "a
In "A poleward journey like Mt. An
dreeS, success or failure mlshl ne u''cI
mine1 IN very Driet uine' b"llVoi''''e
in extremely hign lautudes mas never
been carried to such an extent ar 10 dio"
much forecast from II as TO the present
venture. but VI. Andree IS coiHoeHt ma
those regions are peculiarly ddaptou 10
TINS form OF travel. Lone ago ne 'IVhSeV
from Sweden to Finland, although such
Journey IS not 10 be compared with the
one which he had pfoposci LOT 'he pres
In the year 1870 balloon which left
Paris win HClier and Dcchdmps' Two
French officers after a journey VI Iouf-
teen hours. landed Oh Mi. Li!Jcid ~ Nor
way. They started at nisht with ms
patches and mail and wnen morning
broke they were hOrriied 10 ma them
selves over the ocean, with no iahd III
sight. They descended once TO the water
in the VAN hope Of attracting the at
tontiOn OF a passing ship ana then were
forced to throw out ballast 10 Btl w
leet high, and in terrible cold. But about
hail past , IN the afternoon they deserted
"A mountain top, ana succeeded III lo"tl-
ing the balloon, and the boat caught lh
a tree. one OF the two Was nearly car
riod 10 again, but his companion saved
him. and their air ship fas set free and
landed safely near 1rdninen, win Us
freight A long journey Drought tntI'
10 d nut nlled with hay, where lney slept
and next day they found tie traces VI a
81. a ne
Thtr lime from Paris to Mt. Lifted,
not very far from Christldnia, winch Us
close upon the slAticth parallel OF Nofth
latitude, Is said 10 haze been fourteen
hours. They had passed through about
eleven degrees OF north Latitude and eight
or east longitude, thus taking course
east OF north. Inc starting point Of NJ
AnCTee was 10 be a group OH SpitzDcrsen,
and this latter runs up TO ~ y degrees,
50 that tho reach TO the pole thence is
shorter than from Paris 10 Chrsuanla-
Hence. If the coveted wiLG hao served,
ana had been as strong DIS that which
took up the hapless yoyagers from Paris,
the journey might have been made IN d
short tine. But Of course the unknown
question OF polar currents - TO be solved,
ana then there Is the remaining journey
across TO the northwestern shores OF
America
IL VIII be suggested that il the s-ncr-
ings Of the Paris yCyasers from cold were
so intense their clothes and all their
surroundings being covered with frost,
those Of NJ. AnIree would be great ana
perhaps unerCurabe But this does not
follow. Although he would be III q lau-
tude from 20 TO 80 degrees higher than
they. 10 would be In August instead OF
November, and he would also be pre-
pared for cold, with clothing and other
appliances whereas the unfortunate
Paris ballOOnists were only dressed tor
the atmosphere Of France. They were
also carried 10 height which NJ. An
drce Will not need TO seek. In fact, he
was counting on AN even temperature
aha on having the sun up III day as
If Arctic ballOC hing were rather an agree
able psstme.
The seine confident view OF the advau-
tageS OF the POLAR regions for nayiga-
tioE was taken by predecessors Of this
Swedish engineer, 10 whose plans king
oscar has given cOuntcnance and pecL-
MARY aid. The rcst famous Of these was
COR u an0er John l.. Cheyne, of the Eut-
ish navy. who thought he could reach
the Moth Pole with the assistance OF
air Currents. His project founI some ia
NOf, ana meeting H. aid OF II was pee
SIDED over by the Lord NJ tyOr of Lon ion.
Ills journey was to have been undertaken
about nfteen years ago. The scheme be
gan Win proposal 10 20 as near the
pole as practicable IN "a ship, and make
a start thence In balloon. or rather in
three balloons. lie intended 10 carry
northwdTd seven persons. dogs Tor
sledges, anO other weights. including pro-
visions and water for hfty-one DAYS, all
though he expected TO reach the pole IN
thirty or forty hours But, Of course
there was the important question Of get
ting back. Ultimately, under criticisms.
the plan was changed to one OF reliance
upon sledceS, and using ballOoniug only
as the last resort, and then IL was s.yen
up altogether.
Perhaps next in importance was the
plan Of two members OF the Paris Coz
iege OF Aerial Navigation. ". Besancor
an experienced aerOnaut. and NJ. Her
mite. an Astronomer. Their plan was
much more like NJ Andree's. and. IN
fact, the starting point was substantially
the same, that is. Spitzbergeu They pro-
posed 10 80 IN single balloon. able ia
carry weight OF over 5000 pounds. which
would be enough for the men with eight
dogs sledge, canoe, and "a months
supplies. SaNne. q Russian inventor OF
modined air ship, balloon and Mont
year 10 80 10 the pole. but that Journey
was 20 be proceeded by one from Now
York and Paris, which SIM remains TO
be made
When the French project was under
CONSIDERATION. NJ Mage the President Of
the society 10 which Besancon and Her
mite belonged, remarked that all thy
Information We had been able 10 gather
indicated region Of circular wind cur
rents aroma each pole. II this hvDOrhe-
Sis should be correct. the condition OF
travellers through the air caught Ia such
currents might be very desperate Even
when Commander Chcyue's scheme was
under consideration, one Of the chief OBJ
lections TO DC was the uncertainty of get
ting favorable wind FOR returning from
the pole. since either calm or "a COM
irary w.nh might leave the travellers
TO perish. with tho small quantity of
supplies they would have at command
Another objection OF NJ. Mage Was mat
even IN summer with the iOW.~ tenlpers-
tur". heavy falls OF snow are treatment
ana might carry Gown the balloon Froef
upon ino ropes and other parts OF ITS
rigging would also make management
0liilcult and there would be- the trouble
irtm L"avN nists which night obscure
inc ldud dnd water surface for dovs
together The society endorsed thes.
views OF It's President unfavorable 10
the plan
Nevertheless NJ Andreo has laid ont
much money in fitting up "A balloon Win
MiA'h 10 make ne experiment. holding
mat lhe ldea OF circular polar currents
Is a pure hypothesis. and we may appar-
enuy stil expect him 10 try his for
tune Ia That quest. The point demon
sfatcd by this years failure is the So
rlols one mat The right sort Of wind can
not always be counted on at the season
CHOSEN Itat may possibly lead him 10
look less confidently on the oufcou, an
another attempt, but on the whole we
het no reason thus far 10 doubt that snch
an attempt VIII be made.-New York sun.
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