Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-12

| Take the Place Of Trains-says His
New Propeller Will Make About One
Hundred and Sixty Revolutions .
] Minute.
NJ. Santos. Dumont, the daring bal
loonist, has been working day and
night to complete his new flying ma
chine, his sixth, in which he hopes to
4 circle the Eiffel tower. Like Upton,
the question of expense never bothers
him. He seeks the prize, no matter
what it may cost. 49,.
| Everything is now ready for my
next ascent" said NJ. Santos-Dumont
to the Chicago Americans Paris cor
respondent. After weeks of prodig-
ious labor since the wreck of my last
| balloon have created another, and
| today aug. 81 for the first time
have taken things bit leisurely. This
balloon, which l call Santos-Dumont
W., seems to be satisfactory.
1T is only by experiment that we
have been able to advance gradually
until the conquest of the air is within
our grasp. When the Santos pumont
l. was built, we were cropping; The
Santos Dumont VI. sees us within
sight of the promised land. One be-
comes an aeronaut just as man be-
comes sailor. except that the former
calling is much more exciting. and an
aeronaut is never weighed down by a
spirit of melancholy such as often
marks the seaman.
"There are many fine points to be
considered in making a balloon. Ev-
erything should he tight and well
| made. Tie motor should be strong.
The rudder Of a good balloon must he
exactly poised The question Of ny
, drogen Is of prime Importance. We
manufacture it in our laboratory by
pouring water and sulphuric acid over
steel filings. 1t is then dried by pass
ing through chloride of calcium. saw
dust and lime. We remove the heavy,
dangerous carbonic acid 10y device
containing caustic soda. This leaves
the hydrogen very light, with lifting
power of more than 1000 grams per
cubic meter Then there are automatic
valves which on the one hand must
not be too sensitive, yet must be sutii-
GENTLY so. If not sensitive enough, the
pressure upon the balloon becomes
dangerous.
THE propeller of the new airship
makes about 100 revolutions a minute.
This enables me to make Roadway
against the wind, although will select
the best weather conditions possible
for my next trial. l expect little diff.
Guilty so far as ascensional capacity Is
concerned. The steering is great ques-
ton. hope to make the trip from
St. Cloud around the Eiffel tower in
twenty minutes"
1t is no more a new sensation for
satiated appetite that this young South
American millionaire Is seeking His
daring flights are not for the purpose
OF creating temporary fame on the
boulevard. He Is studying this work.
ing seriously to solve the great prob
lem Of aerial navigation and has star
tling views of the future revolutions
which may result from the present
experiments.
Il look upon the Dumont vi.
as the nucleus Of navy of airships,"
he said. "Nithin few years tho
Siderable balloons will take the place
of trains. We shall sail over the Alps
instead of tunnelng through them.
We shall cross the Atlantic without
wetting our ship. We shall make a
tour of the world in a time short
enough to frghten even FitZmorrS
the Chicago 10y. who went around
the world in sixty days. The Steerable
balloon will be a frightful instrument
of war. Its lowering presence would
demoralize an army. The soldiers 90
to war, the king stays at home. hut
balloon might be sent to dismantle
his castle.
"A Siderable balloon would have
brought the empress of China promptly
to her senses. 1t can be used for car
rying all sorts of messages and can
throw bombs from midair into ships
and forts. With wireless telegraphy
we can send messages back and forth
to earth. Its possibilities are illimita-
hla."
Scratch, scratch, scratch: unable to at
TO nh to hrs npsa 6urInC The OaV or SloQn