Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-21
TROWEl WILL BE
BORNE SKYWARD
MASONIC EMBLEM TO GO IN
BALLOON CHICAGO
ASCENT PLANNED FOR MONDAY
FROM HOLLYWOOD
Wife of Owner and Newspaper Corre-
spondents Will Take Part in Voy-
AGE Under Guidance of Capt.
Bumbaugh

The celebrated travelling trowei'
now in the custody of the Masons OF
Los Angeles while in Southern Cali
fornia on its trip around the World
which has been below sea level at the
Salton sea and up Mount Lowe, Will
be taken up into the clouds MONDAY
afternoon 1t will be carried IN the
balloon "Chicago." owned by Cndfles
A. Coey of Chicago, which Will De
niloted by Capt. G. L. Bumbaugh OF
ind;ananolis one of the twenty-one
pilots of the Aero club of America me
passengers on the trip will be MT ana
Mrs. Coey, George C. Rice of the Cnl-
cago Daily News, H. e. Keougn Oh the
Chicago Tribune and one other pas
senger, who, as a Mason, VIII nave
charge of the trowel
The ascension will be made from
vacant lot in East Hollywood, near the
corner of Prospect avenue and Rosetta
street At this point the large nigh
pressure main of the Los Angeles Gas
and Electric company has been tapped
and the company assures Captain Bun.
baugh a flow of gas at a rate OF fe'0ou
cubic feet an hour, If he cares TO- take
that volume He expects to lay out
the balloon Monday morning, and to
have it filled with the 10000 cubic
feet of gas necessary for an imitation
within two hours The ascension Will
be made early in the afternoon and
the descent toward evening.
Mrs. Coey will have her first expert
ence in ballooning with Mondays trip.
Her husband has made a number of
aerial voyages, and ordered the Chi
cago from Captain Bumbaugh year
ago with the intention of having the
largest balloon in the world When
fully inflated it stands as high as a
ten-story building.
Forced to Return East
Colonel Coey shipped the Chicago to
Los Angeles with the intention of using
it for a trial at a transcontinental air
voyage, but he is disappointed in ac-
complishing this, as lawsuits in which
he is interested will call him back to
Chicago early this week. In the two
months he and Mrs Coey have been
weather condition which would justify
him in making the trip.
81 had my heart set on this long jour-
ney, and am greatly disappointed" he
said yesterday. 1.-THE Chicago has
never been fully tried out, although 1
have made more than 600 miles with it.
Business matters make it impossible
for me to remain in Los Angeles long
err, and would not think of starting off
unless the weather proved favorable
enough to assure us of getting over the
mountains.
Some day I am going to take this
journey, and probably Mrs. Coey and
myself will come back early next au-
tumn to watch for good chance A
trip of about 1000 miles has been made
in Europe, and l think it is feasible
here"
The Masonic silver trowel is on a
worldwide journey to cement friend
ship and brotherly love among Masons
everywhere. The trip. it is figured.
will take over twenty years. and the
trowel was started on it's mission more
than three years ago by Justice lodge
No. 1853, F. and A. M. of New York
city. Los Angeles is the second place
where it has made headquarters in
California, as it reached Oakland Sep
TENDER %, 1908, and was delivered to
Southern California lodge No. 1873 in
December. 1t is kept in personal charge
of Edward B. Spencer. worshipful mas
ter of Southern California lodge.