New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14
ONE STOP ON THE RETURN
Never a Pause as He Flew on a
Schedule That He Stuck to
Like a Limited Train on
Outward Trip.
MOTOR STOPPED SPARKLING
But He Repaired the Damage, Broke
Propeller, Fixed That, Too, Jumped
Out of Swamp Thousand Feet
in Air and Sailed iI Triumph
to His journeys End.

to His journeys End
Charles X. Hamilton. no pounds OF
genius. grit and go. all topped off with
splash of ruby hair. flew from Gov
ernor's Island. to Philadelphia and re-
turn yesterday. 1t was distance OF
approximately 115 miles, made with only
two stops The fight was made under
the auspices of The New York Times
and The Philadelphia Public Ledger
for prize.
Philadelphia was in highly nervous
| condition throughout the day 1t was
feared that she would suffer the effects
of a sleepless night
The greatest intercity flight ever made
| in America was not without some acct-
dents. On the return trip there was a
mishap that swamped Hamilton near
South Amboy, N J. He was riding on
six cylinders, two having stopped work.
This checked but did not defeat him.
He finished the flight as soon as he
could make repairs Never for an in
slant during the magnificent excursion
did Hamilton weaken in his great pur-
pose.
Two propellers broke on the trip
They were not fashioned out of the
same timber as Hamilton They were
lighter but not so tough. They made
more noise than Hamilton, but did not
go so far He put on a third pro-
peller and scared at $50 o. m. TO what
must have seemed heaven after his ex-
asperating wade through the Jersey
meadows He alighted at Governors
Island at $40 p. m. The start from
there had been made at I:35 a. m
No Stop on Outward Trip.
Hamilton made no stop from Gov
ernor's Island to North Philadelphia,
where he alighted. TO the half-mad as
constituent of thirty thousand persons.
at 9:25 a. m. having travelled approx
nately 81 miles in 1 hour and 30 min
utes. Toying with a cup OF coffee and
some cake, and obtaining his only real
satisfaction, if not nourishnent- from
numerous cigarettes, Hamilton was
ready TO rise again from the field there
at II 81 a. m, the most sincerely idolized
individual that had visited the Quaker
flew his kite.
When he started it was raining, but
he wore no hat. Under his leather coat
he carried inner tubes OF automobile
tires in case he fell into the water.
He resembIed a brownie. but he was
too big a figure in the minds of that
popuIace to render safe the making OF
any light remark. When the laughing
face of the aviator flew swiftly TO the
north tears were in thousands Of eyes
that also laughed
1T seems so lonesome up there" said
a woman.
One Cylinder Out Of Commission.
On his way to Philadelphia Hamilton
noted that one cylinder of his motor re-
signed from all responsibility at New
Brunswick So he did the best be could
with the loyal seven. Intending to start
on his trip at a. m. the first propeller
broke on a piece of wood sticking out OF
the sand on Governors Island Some
remembered that it was the 18th of the
month.
Hamilton replied to that suggestion
with a wave of the hand. shot out over
the Lower Bay and was off on the tran
of the Kill van KuI. There was sun
shine in the air. and it fell on the golden
wings of the flyer. II was reflected in
the faces of the four hundred persons
who saw him start The waters Of the
bay were fresh and musical The wind
was not important enough TO receive
even a mention from the iovable chap
who sat at the aIl-steering wheel. whose
confidence in himself was absolute and
whose belief in his bamboo carrier was
as honest as the day.
When the propeller broke on Gov
ernor's Island and the machine was
forced to stop. many feared at least an
other days delay. They forgot that IT
was Hamilton who said on Sunday night
that the only thing he would permit 10
stop him would be the weather
His Red Hair Waves Farewell
He was disappearing straight south
He wore neither hat nor gloves His
red hair waved farewell and behind him
faded into the element in which he
travelled thin indications of his lighted
cigarette
was of on his perilous. private right OF
way. They were on the special train at
Jersey City The della of Hamilton had
been fraught with tender anxieties for
them The snort of the locomotive that
ierked the coaches after the aeroplane
was relief. but a brief respite. after all
They could not see Charlie: they
only knew that he must be up and az
them. because some one told them so.
and because the train was now thunder
ing toward Philadelphia
Passengers on ferryboats pilots and
deck hands on tugs. crowds at Com
muipaw, the Battery and on the docks
knew that Hamilton was flying where
only birds had ever flown before.
He was three hundred feet in the air
when the special train left Jersey City
az 1856 o'clock. He went the rest of the
distance TO South Elizabeth. seventeen
miles from Governors Island. at an al
titude OF 1900 feet, and when he reached