The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-04
AIR LINE 10 KLOND|KE
CHICAGO WANTS CAPITAL TO
BACK HIM.
Large Car Attached to a Balloon and
Machinery Used to Supply the Mo-
tive Power.

W iIllum y. LOnuI, NdlcIlllldhcI.
whole place of business is i'm room iii
Champlain building. Chicago. wants
a partner to invest anyway from
$1,000 to $1,000 in the construction of
an air ship. to be built on plans that
Landt says he has worked out. and
which will. the inventor promises,
reach the Klondil>e gold fields in six
days at the most.
Landt has advertised for the part
ncr and shows all inquirers a sketch of
the general shape of his air ship. The
plan is rough one. made with no
other instruments apparently than a
lead pencil and a rule.
His invention, the advertiser for
capitalist says. is an air ship that will
fly. and moreover will be controlled
without difficulty, so that it becomes
practicable for any kind of aerial
work. The details of the machine are
not nerfected and as yet no opportu-
nifty has presented itself to the inven-
tor whereby he can put the air ship
to practical test.
When interviewed by young man
who wanted to invest a few thousand
dollars left him by relative the In
ventor stopped work on watch he
was repairing, and opened drawer
in his bench. taking out a pad of fine
writing paper. On this was the big
drawing of the outlines of the craft
and brief description written in
pencil filed the margin of the paper
\ car large enough to hold two per-
sons and their supplies. Landt explain
ed. formed the body of the machine,
and balloon was to be attached by
oval shaped hangers. This, it was eX
planned to the youth with the modest
fortune. was to be constructed of fine
sheet aluminium. and to be filled with
gas enough to last two months.
Cant always depend on machine
ry," explained the matchmaker, land
in case any of it should break the bal
loon will prevent the ship from fall
ing to the ground"
Three propellers. one for speed and
two to life the craft in the air, it was
explained. were constructed on ideas
originated by Mr.. Landt, and were to
be run by gasoline motor in the car.
Only two persons could be carried in
the vessel he proposed to construct
as soon as money sufficient therefor
was Forthcoming. but a little while af-
Ter lJdlul uttldItu llldl lie lllltnttt
to run a line of airships between Chi
cago and the Klondilie regions to
bring home the miners who had been
fortunate and were willing to pay a
good sum for their passage.
What was to become of the other in
dividual who went north on the first
trip Mr.. Landt did not say, but he
charitably declared that if he found
sick persons in the north who wanted
| to get back to see the folks he would
bring them home for the sake of hui
manity. When the prospective inven-
tor wanted to see the model of the YES
sci he was disappointed.
"There are no patents covering it
yet" explained the inventor. "and 7
cannot afford to show it to any one
now"
| "Where is the model?" was asked.
"At my home. twenty-four miles up
/ on the north shore" was the reply,
| Shortly afterward Mr.. Landt said he
| lived at Highwood, near Fort Sheri-
dan, and that it was there that he had
conducted his experiments. All that
was necessary, he explained was for
some one to advance the money re-
quisite to construct and secure patents
| on the vessel. as he was certain i'm
| his own mind that it could not be a
failure when tried. and that the Klon-
dixie could be reached in few days.