The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-28
EVERYTHING READY
FOR AVIATION MEET
Assistant Manager of the
French Team Arrives in
Salt Lake.
HE Is WELL PLEASED
WITH CONDITIONS HERE
Outlook Is That the Event viii
BE a Pronounced
Success.


club aviation meet in Salt Lake Sat
urday and Sunday were officially ap-
proved by Lea II. Monterey, assistant
manager for the French team, who ar
rived in Salt Lake Thursday afternoon.
After visiting the Fair grounds, in com
ing over the plans for handling the
tickets and other arrangements, Mr.
Monterey telegraphed TO Edwin Clcary
and the party of aviators, saying every
detail had been attended TO perfectly
and the Fair grounds was an excellent
location for the exhibition.
Louis Paulhan, with Mrs Paulhau
and Edwin Clcary, the manager of the
team, left San Francisco Thursday aft
ernoon for Salt Lake, but the three aero
planes, IN charge of Didiel Mason and
Eduard Miscarol and four other expert
machinists, left early Thursday morning,
the machines and their attendants oc-
cupyiug two special cars.
Special arrangements have been made
whereby the machines will be trans
ferred from the cars to the quarters pro-
vided at the Fair grounds Immediately
after their arrival Friday afternoon. SO
there will be no possibility of delay on
account of the machines Saturday after
noon. The flights will begin at 2:30
on the afternoon of each day, unless
wind conditions cause n slight delay
but the gates Will be opened at noon, in
anticipation of the early rush for the
best seats from which to view the won
derful flights OF the daring Frenchmeu.
Taken to Fair Grounds.
Immediately after the arrival of Mr.
D.
grounds, where all arrangements for the
meet were gone over The manager
was accompanied by Joseph E, Cainc,
secretary of the Commercial club; S.
NJ, Barlow. chief of police; Lieutenant
John Waterman of the Fifteenth infan.
try; A, b. Christensen and j. Il. Jeu-
nings, who will have charge of the
grounds and the ticket selling, respcc
lively, for the Commercial club
Mr., Monterey was enthusiastic in his
praise Of the manner IN which arrange
ments for the meet had been carried
on by the Commercial club, saying those
i'll charge of the arrangements were de
serving of unstipted praise for the ex
cellence of their work. The Fair
grounds. Mr.. Monterey said, afforded n
much smaller field than that at Los
Angeles or San Francisco. and, although
this would cause some inconvenience for
the aviators, it would really make pos
sible n more pleasing exhibition. mas
much rs the spectators would he able
to get a much closer view of the ma
chimes and their operators.
Tickets for the Sunday exhibition
were distributed TO the various down.
town drug stores Thursday afternoon
and The reports indicated that nearly |
10000 admissions for Saturday have al. |
ready been sold, while the demand for
Sunday tickets has been even larger. |
These tickets, which may be purchased |
only ON presentation of coupons from |
the newspapers, will be sold for 90
cents each at the down town drug stores,
but the tickets at the gate Will cost
81 each. Special arrangements will be
made for parking automobiles on the
Fair grounds in n location which will
command an excellent view of the start
aud finish of the flights and many au,
omobile parties will take advantage of
his arrangement.
Coming From Outside.
Reports received at the Commercial
,lub Thursday from Ogden, Logan.
Provo and other cities of the state in
Heated that many thousands would take
advantage of the special excursion rates
or the meet. and the indications are
hat nll former records of attendance
It the State Fair grounds will be broken
'ach day of the big meet.
Joseph T.. Game, secretary of the
Commercial club, has been nearly buried
lnder the requests for q chance TO fly
With NJ. Paulhau. and last night he
cQucsted that special notice be gwen {
hat, although if weather conditions
we're ideal. PsulhaD would probably
make flight with a passenger each
lay, his passenger would be one of
lis encourage and there would be no
hance for any other TO ride through
he air with the great aviator, One re-
nest, however. was put 10 Mr.. Caine :
which ne could not find the heart 10
efusc himself and he AUTOMATICALLY {
sidc.stepped - il by turning the appli- 6
ant over 10 Mr.. Monterey. the as Z
stan, manager. This request came :
rom Miss Lillian Berry. dainty and {
ervv member of the Land OF Nod - u
ompanv. who was seconded IN her re- =
uest by r. A. Grant manager of the :
olopial theater. Lieutenant Alva Lee r
nd Lieutenant OHn O, Ellis of th"
fifteenth intantv also requested that a
hey be allowed to hv with Paulban. a
y
Arrangements were made for another e
-ip to the fair grounds Friday morn
~ in which Lieutenant Waterman,
hief Of Police Barlow and the mont
crs of the committee VIII make Enal Is
for housing the machines II
nc plan suggested will he to remove ol
,e side wall OF one OF the livestock al
buildings. 20 that tho ma
lines can he housed. but, in case this sal'
not deemed practical. large tent a.
i'll be erected i'll the enclosure within IL
e race track. q,
Mr.. Monterey. after his inspection az
the fair grounds, was enthusiastic D.,
'er the probable success of the meet =.
H. Il ,t,,. l,
x; ihc Soiueic'd' ''un l"s "pp''- th
tjN done IT'S snare TOWARDS the success 81
the meet and now NJ. Paulhan and pc
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