The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-10
|sTARTS On
RIAL JOURNEY
a Delay Aviator on His
! Trip From Chicago to
New York.
|SION WITH A ROCK
hrs THE DISAPPOINTMENT
r. Will Make Fresh Start
Gotham From Gary
\ This Morning.

aep Oct. s.-Eugeue Ely. en-
the Chicago New York aeroplane
.,srted on the record breaking
1 afternoon, but remained in the
iwelve minutes. In that time.
he travelled eleven miles. 4
|,rt will be made early tomorrow
riator descended because OF
The repairs were 2
|f e few moments. but In the
|rzthering dusk Ely. in trying TO
nIn. ran the machine upon q rock
1 front running wheel was torn
A new wheel WAS brought up and
4, OF mechanics began work.
IN vent to Gary 10 spend the
-u<f have made YOU crazy TO he
4 b 50 simple thing|' suggested
rtr
Mishsp Is Trifling.
M aviator such mishaps are ex-
\ they are not even annoying" re-
N. "rll start at o'clock tomor-
|-rlnE. and II the wind is AS IL was
M NOT stop OF my own will until
4 South Bend. Ind. and not long
. Nice"
4 10 the chill Of the air and a
1thwest wind, only small
alhered AZ the Hawthorne race
b ZEE the start of the trial. which,
! fhs fact that q field or eight
b originally counted on, dwindled
4 still the most ambitious flight
'lnpted in the United States. Will
Ia Curtis made technical STARTS,
<,7f the race course fence. but,
@curly announced. IL was not their
Il 70 make race Of il. Their
-<z were quickly taken apart and
Il % Gsry, Ind. 20 be ready 10 sup
4 pszts which Ely might need. 1t
- one Of these machines that the
<1ring wheel. needed by the Bos-
-. was secured.
Repairs Are Made,
= turs after the start. Curtiss, Will
Idlrdy, Ely and d number OF me-
i Eent over the biplane in the
1feful way. They propelled a
N d 320 pounds. worn wires were
NJ and nuts and screws ughtened.
|te assurance douhiy sure, Curtiss
iiisl flight of few moments and
alghlng pronounced the machine
for the start. There were twenty
% 10. IL
'tefsepower. eight-cylinder engine.
-n1ting oil in proportion-enough
D carried the flyer $50 miles.
Fas gsrbed from head to foot in
ronr leather On HIS right wrist
rs was strapped, and in front of
|lhrhed 10 the machine. was a
The latter indicated precisely
|,'ock when the propeller began
- In nine seconds the aviator
p earth.
-ppy wind was on his quarter
~ bis back That Is was great
alor OF his speed is shown by the
= h the twelve minutes ne was
ne covered eleven miles.
Phone message from Laporte,
|l'ed that crowd OF $4,000 per-
Wed the aviator at that city,
'her from South Bend said that
re awaiting him there.
s0ne close TO mile o minute
onght 10 be at Laporte, barring
IN little over an hour, and
Bend by O'clock" were the
minutes later press dispatches
teling ol the descent. and the
-ed throngs were forced 10 hold
'srest In check until tomorrow.
eolns Like Express Train.
relat"d his experiences after
has going Ike an express train
9ind behind him, when the en-
missing, He was about n
me- spark, but the carburettel
q Permanently adjusted. and Inc
We to reach II
IeIore descended. aliGhting in Z
- from e road. and before he'll
mad adjusted the carburet,er
become clogged. and performer
leat Of starting urassisted
had gained sufficient hesdwa!
we ground. the front wheel wa,
on As II would require sew
70 repair this damage. he Gav'
HHht for the night
. Rough Wind.
great wind for speed. but on
"ugnest ever tackled" said Ely
eltremely choppy and kept M
sic every second 10 retain tn
~ NE machine. As 10 the car
ne trouble was not serious
Pp'1 not reach il. II needed ad
BY tomorrow the mscninlst
constructed an arm, by whic'
Psern II from where | set. an
asve both the gasoline and III
nder control"
- mink YOU will he able I
iorkF he was asked.
b more than ever. II this win
MAKE up lost time tomorrow.
seven DAYS in which 10 corn
"a TIP. Tho prize Is s25. 600. o'
W Chlcago Evening Post an
iorE Tim=s. 4 special trai
e Shore g. Michigan Southcr
e -ho the New York Central vi
Siosely IN touch with the aero
possiole Besides newspspc
lew enthusiasts. tho train wi
= lVpalr parts and machinists.