The Washington herald., 1910-05-30

/ ing over toward the west side of the
river. a delicate perception. the feel OF
the air. the lunges Of the machine, told
him the going over there would be a
trihe smoother, although he had found
( aosaiaE yot TO complain Of.
Linlithgo he passed at 7:iFk thirty-ive
miles out OF Albany but some time had
been used up IN tacking and iockeying.
He hadn't much time for sightseeing.
There were too many important bits OF
machinery 10 keep his eyes glued on. and.
besides, the foot pump that sprayed oil
on the bearings Of the engine was bother
Ing him a little. Nothing much, but II
didn't feel right to the toe The motor
was making power in dandy style Cur
tiss never had a motor behave better than
the 50-horsepower affair he used to-day.
But it was only occasionally he could
glance down and see what a world looked
like when il runs backwards.
He PASSES Germantown.
Germantown saw him at 40 according
10 Mr. Posts watch. The railroad op-
orators along the line kept time. too. and
/ their observations agree pretty closely
with Mr.. Posts. Here and there is a
disagreement Of n second or two. For
il stance, the operators put him over
Germantown at 7.47. He was riding n
bit lower there and the tremendous blast
Of a steam whistle rushed right up at
him. He looked down and the blplane
bucked like cayuse
Il wasn't paying attention 20 my
knitting" said Curtiss THE oil pump
got a chance 10 cut up and took t."
He kept feeling out the temper Of the
airlanes as he flashed southwark. curv-
Ing 20 the East or the West. as the bi
plane itself told him what was best To
do. There was practically no wind at
that time. lie looked down and saw the
Hudson ripping gently The sunlight
was magnificent. Fast as he went as
sharply rs the air roared past him, he
realized tnat -he sun was making him
feel good
1t was a pleasant looking world from
where I looked" said Curtiss.
The watchers on the special train saw
the black smoke streaking behind him
as he turned the machine diagonauv
across the river and pointed for King
ston. The black smoke sprang from the
oil diet that the busy engine was get
ting from time TO time He went bv
Kingston at sos. and there were people up
10 cheer him and follow his sweeping
course as long as the aeroplane was IN
sight.
Rhinecliff fifty-four miles from Al
bany, saw him at 500. as he swung back
toward the east hank.
Takes to short Cuts.
Here was where Curtiss saved time by
cutting across lots. Just below RhinecliT
the Hudson curves west. changes its
mind. and wanders back When he saw
the forested promontory and plauteau
that marked the rivers curve. he took
the machine to a higher level and simply
cut across country. He noticed an Ice
house far below him. He announced
that it was funny he should have been
at all impressed by the roof Of an ice
house when he failed TO observe or take
interest in handsomor structures. but
the ice house stuck i'm his eye, or rather
a mental picture Of il did.
At Sll o'clock he came back TO the
river and darted directly over light
house. There was very excited man
In that lighthouse. who bobbed In and
out Of the observation window and
shouted vain things complimentary as
Curtiss supposes. but wholly inaudible.
He saw, too, the cleaning gold cross Of
a Catholic institution, but before he had
time to appreciate its beauty the pesly
on pump got to jumping. and he lost
interest in the scenery.
Presently he noted far below him a
large white house. with handsome
grounds and an extent Of great trees. II
was the country home and estate OF
Ogden Mills at Staatsburg. sixty miles
from Albany, and he had run the dis
tance by Posts timing I'm sixty-nine min
utes. CurtisS saw in a minute or two
that he was approaching a deep cut.
through which the Hudson narrows As
he drove the biplane over the cut no