Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-03
.RECORD. HERALD'S
NORTH POLAR
Expedition by WelImaR, and
Count de Ia Vaulx'S Rival
Project TO South Pole.
INTERESTING ARTICLE ON SUBJECT

naut, has just received from Paris
the January issue OF 'L'Aoropbno.
q monthly magazine devoted 20 aero
nantes and the sciences related
thereto, and states that les contents
are mostly devoted 90 recent progress
Of acrOnautlCs IN this country and 90
special Developments and facts that
mhy prove uf world wide interest
and importance before many months
have passed. Mr.. Blundin translates
Tor The Cifizau readers the following
summary W two articles which are
OF special interest 90 Americans aud
constitute thc latest news at the
'Wcllman Chicago Record Herald
Polar Expedition:
Walter Wcllman. American louna-
lisy and explorer. iH Che guest of hon
600 OF the Aero club oft France and ls
being shown every courtesy. and lent
every AID within The gift uf expert
euced aorouauts aud aerOuuutic pnwI-
ueer Of the French capitol The daily
papers, journals. and scientific re
vicwa devote many columns in dis
cusslun Of his project aud in culOgy
1t him aH an explorer, and 90 the
great ana enserprising people and
country Doe Representative United
states 0f America.
Speaking of Wcllman as an pX-
pl0rCr thcy cite his two arctic expo
dtIOus accomplished Ia the ordinary
way. the FIRST. undertaken IN 1894.
when he spout two summers and one
winter near the elghtlotn parallel
within about 600 miles of the pole.
tho second. IN 1889. when ne reached
he eighty second parallel
These expeditions we're barren of
results other than 10 thoroughly ace
cllmatuIoEv OF the BDroal regions
Incidentally IL may De- said. this c8-
perleuce uualined and assisted him
IA Interesting the Chicago Record
Herald and a group OF science enthu-
lasts IN his project TO win the mys-
, lery of the p0le'by aid of @ dirlgibie
balloon
In dennfiye. the project of Well
man ls this Gain hy ordinary means,
a point as close as possible 20 the
north polo For example Spitzhergcn,
between SD and 81 degrees latitude,
part from that point In an airahip'
ana try to reach, Ia one quick dash
I the desired goal
Tho distance to l,a Travelled, go and
return. D about 1900 miles
I Mr. Wo'man has. since his nrrlYn.
I no Paris. been IN consultation with
che most crowned aerunauts of Eur
ope and has definitely cnnhdod 70
the ueroulutic engineer Louis God
ard. the construction of hls uirahlp,
and aCCg 1riea. "a sad commentary
upon Anne rican incompetoncy IN this
industry which makes necessary ths
. division OFF the honor and glory 90
success. with foreign pe0plol
Considering the atmospheric con-
ditiOns which exist ln July and Aus
gust, when the departure viii take
place tHn temperature, t3 degrees
below degrees above Lerui. the
average height OF the clouds, i,bOl
feet etc. Mr.. wolman intends to yoy
age at luW altitude with % dragEinl
guido rup.
The sll. of his air ship ls calculated
tn admit uf a speed OF fifteen miles
per hour with a motor OF hity horse
power llu viii also have an mWil.ar,
motor uf twenty-five horsepower fol
use ln case OF accident 90 the other
Tho two motors and propellorR work
ing together Ia case of need, VIII
assure o velocity of twenty miles pen
hour WuIlman. however VIII SAL
only before Is favorable wind. The
propeller win then serve only q
augment bo speed relative "a thl
wind. and enable him 10 case Of nc
/ Cossi.y. 90 doylato 10 the right or let
of She course, "a needs be Belou
I adyeutur.Dg upon bis great enterprise
our cypI Tor viii put his air ship 4
many preliminary ana crucial tests
during several weeks, az his Ease o
operations at spltzrnberg II thea'
essays prove satisfactory be will res
olutely attack The riddle OF the noru
this year
MI WoIlman has begun his aero
nautic apprenticeship January ~
1906. be- ascendod from the park o
the Aero clab. in the balloon "kath
crine Hamilton" Ia company wit
and under the tutorage Of Frank s
lahm. another American, the eldca
pilot OF the Aero club Of Franco. Th
departure took place az n o'rioe
u. M. tho descent being effected with
ont incident. Ia the afternoon, De
tween Orleans and Pithlvlera.
Inspired BY Wellman'a activity "a
: well known antarctic explorer, jea
Charcot and the Count Henry DC