Evening journal., 1905-03-08
LONG BALLOON VOYAGE
French Aeronaut's Successful
Trip From London to Paris.
ACCOMPLISHED IN SIX HOURS.

Incidents OF Moonlight Journey
Made Over The English Channel De- I
spite Many Obstacles - Lights Of
French Republics Capital MistnIsc
For the Dawn-Teat OF n NeN
steadyinE Guide Rope. n
NM. Jacques Faure and Hubert La.
than. who recently lowered all balloon
ing records by their trip across the chan
mel from London to Paris In a little
over six hours, owe their journey not
only to their own cleverness, pluck and
persistence, but to the curious opposi-
ton they met with from authorities
both in France and England. says a
Paris correspondent OF the New York
Times. This opposition prevented them
from putting their original plan, which
was much less audacious one, into
execution
In the first place. when they arrived
at the Care du Nord. IN Paris. the rail
way ofiicials refused 10 register their
balloon on the ground that II was too
ticular type OF car provided with a
petroleum motor. TO try which was
the original object OF their expedition.
But this the custom house authorities
refused 20 allow them to ship to
Dover on the ground that they would
bring II back into France through the
air and thus escape paying the duty
%.
tunateiy NJ. Faure had brought an or
dinary car with him. unprovided with
a motor. and with this he was allowed
to proceed.
The mayor OF Dover had promised,
a little rashly as It turned out. to pro
vide the 1000 meters of gas needed TO
al the balloon, but his introduction to
The manager OF tho local gas works
was OF no value. for this gentleman
had an inherited or religious objection
to balloons and refused TO allow the
balloon 10 be charged at his works.
The two French aeronautB then de
eided to push on to London and spent
the following day In laborious nego.
tiations with the management OF the
Crystal palace, which finally gave its
consent to the balloon ascent being
made from the palace grounds.
The balloon reached the sea IN an
hour and twenty -five minutes. and then
M. Faure determined TO make a FIRST
trial OF the Herve ''stabilisateur. -
which is a special application OF the
guide rope principle. He declares that
this contrivance surpassed all his ex
. pectatlons and that the moment Il
touched the waves It righted the bal
loon IN the most extraordinary way
The wind was so strong that they made
at least 100 kilometers an hour. trip
ping along the surface OF the sea II
the most delightful fashion under I
lovely moon and In absolute solitude
save for the two mall steamers goinl
IN opposite directions. whose path the.
crossed and whose crews cheered them
In two hours time from leaving tn
English coast they passed over Dieppe
|, and three hours later n band OF whit
light on the horizon made them thinl
for a moment that dawn had come
: But this was impossible at In tn
: morning. and then. 10 their intense de
light and amazement, they discovered
t that they were approaching Paris.
For fear OF blowing up their balloon
against street lamp they decided Z
descend at a little distance outside o
Paris, at st. Denis, aud this they di,
with complete success, and while NJ
Faure finished the night IN a hospita
BILE limekiln hard by bis companion, NJ
Latham, slept soundiy till morning Il
the balloon chs. When dawn came the.
folded up their nirship, dispatched It Of
a dray to Paris. jumped into a passinl
tram. which took them to the fortidca
tons, and thence drove in a cab to tn
, Aero club.