The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-30
Gas Bag "Indiana" Will Take
Patrons of Festival for
Birdseye Peeps of the City
and Old Wayne.
HARRY M'GILL is TO
BE PILOT IN CHARGE
Over Ninety Entries for Indus
trial Parade, Which Will Be
Over Two Miles Long
A Big Horse Show.

The balloon, Indiana" in which
Carl Fisher, of Indianapolis. broke the
worlds endurance record. has been Sc
cured for the Fall Festival 1t will
be a feature of the hippodrome making
flights practically every fifteen min
utes with eight passengers. The bal
loon ascends more than one thous-
sengers q superb view of the sur
rounding country for nearly thirty
miles.
An aeronaut, Harry McGill. engaged
by the Nicaraguan government, dur
ing the recent insurrection. will have
charge of the big bag. He Is q man
of wide experience In ballooning, hav-
ing been in many races. and exhibition
flights. McGill arrives from Louis
Vile, KY. with the balloon Monday
morning. Regular flights will not be
made until Tuesday afternoon. al
though there may be a trial flight
Monday night.
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The first flight viii be made by
prominent Fall Festival promoters,
consisting of Edward Harris. chair
man Of the executive committee. w.
w. Keller, secretary OF the Y. NJ. b.
c., Charles Marsh. manager of the
hippodrome and Representatives from
the three newspapers Of Richmond.
The first flight will take place prob
ably at two o'clock. This ascent win
undoubtedly be witnessed by 1t lesst
ten thousand people from the present
enthusiasm. The sepsation of balloon
ing will be first open to the Richmond
public about two-thirty.
Carl Fisher was In the air ~ hours
and thirty minutes last year in q flight
from Indianapolis. and the feat was
considered one of the most wonderful
aerial performances ever accomplish
ed. The balloon is a huge affair. hold
ing over $4,000 cubic feet of gas. 1t
will be q beautiful sight hanging over
the hippodrome grounds. and accord
ing to Mr.. Marsh. of the hippodrome.
1t may be seen for at least thirty
miles. It is round and blue in color
The balloon which made flights at
Dayton, O., during the festival there,
could not be secured by the local fes-
tival men. 1t is owned by an associa-
tion of doctors and dentists but they
refused to rent the balloon. They
wished to sell 1t to Chairman Harris
for $500. The Indiana" ia much
larger.
Big Industrial Parade.
About ninety business men have SO
far made entries in the Industrial pa
rade and from present prospects It
will be over two miles in length, or
extending from the Main street bridge
park. 1t will be the longest parade ever
seen on the Richmond streets.
Last year many small floats entered
the parade but so far this year only
about half a dozen of this variety are
in. Most OF the entries are big manu-
facturers and merchants. who will
place expensive and attractive wag-
ons and exhibits in the parade. 1t
will be one Of the most impressive ex-
HioiliOuS VI TIC IuuuSlIIcS VI RISu~
mond ever shown here.
A novel feature of the Centennial
Day parade will be the aged residents
Of Richmond and Wayne county, who
are to enter the parade. conveyed by
automobiles. All the old people who
are willing to enter will assemble at
the Grace NJ. E. church at 12:45
o'clock next Friday afternoon. where
they will be served with q lunch. Az
ter the Centennial Day exercises they
will be taken to their homes in auto
mobiles.
At the meeting of the executive com.
mittee last night. the horse show COM
mittee reported that SO far 110 en-
tries, Of high class animals, have been
made. Other reports showed that the
ebb lights. which it was at first feared
would fail to arrive In time for the
festival were here and are being put
up. The hippodrome grounds are now
ready for the crowd. A huge wooden
stadium has been built. The arches
were designed by Everett Davis. assis-
tant city engineer.