Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-18
AVIATOR STRIKES
NEW ObSTACLEAT
CLEVELAND
MACHINE ATTACHED 81
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Owed Rockefeller Concern for
Gasoline Is CIaimi Trip
Trip Along Shores Of Lake
Erie Otherwise Uneventful,
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Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. l7.--With
another gain TO his credit of l23 miles,
Harry \. Atwood arrived in Cleve-
land this afternoon on his aeroplane
fight from st. Louis to New York.
He covered the 12S miles between
Toledo and Cleveland in an actual
flying time of two hours and 20 min
utes.
Just an easy canter." said At
wood, as he stepped from his biplane
in park on the lake shore in the
city. Il almost went to sleep with
York will see me hop over its tallest
skyscrapers and glide into the sand at
Coney Island"
The Bostonian is pleased with his
progress. He has now travelled 643
miles from his starting point in st.
Louis. He has still 622 miles to fly
to reach New York. He therefore
has gone just ten and a half miles
more than half of the 1865 mile trip
which he says will show the possi-
bility Of future ocean to ocean
fight. His total time actually in the
air since he left st. Louis last Mon
day is l3 hours and Is minutes
Blowing of whistles and the cheer
ing of people crowded on the roofs
Of office buildings made Atwood's
entrance into Cleveland, shortly be-
fore O'clock, thrilling. Coming with
the ''up-hill'' slant, usual with him
when approaching city. the aviator
scared to an altitude of 1900 feet,
where, enveloped in the misty at
mosphere. the biplane was barely
visible.
That am aeronaut cannot quickly
pick out the spot arranged for his
landing in Il strange city was again
evidenced when Atwood, at i:i1 p. m,
descended at Edgewater park, in the
western part of the city, whereas,
Euclid Beach. IL miles to the east,
had been assigned TO him. Not to
dlsappoint the people, Atwood as
cended and in Is minutes covered the
t3 miles over the city and safely
landed
Leaving Toledo at 1929 a, M, At
wood skirted along the edge of Lake
Erie at an altitude varying from 200
to 600 feet. He made intermediate
landings at Venice and Sandusky, al
though his schedule called for only
one landing.
For 20 miles, after leaving SAN
dusky, at 3;15 p. M, he steered his
machine out over the lake. while the
population of towns and villages ran
to the waters edge.
Finding the air currents over the
lake too uncertain. Atwood vecred his
course over the land. and at Lorraine
resumed his regular route over the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
tracks. He made his best time he
tween Toledo and Venice. He flew the
So miles in So minutes. including time
lost in searching for n landing place.
According to program he was Ia
have landed first at Sandusky 3 miles
further east, but, coming up at more
than mile minute, he saw that the
proposed landing place, where thou
sands of people were gathered, was
too small Quickly veering around
he retraced his route and, spying an
open area at Venice, landed there
This counted for his making two stops
instead of one in the run from Toledo
to Cleveland.
THE fact that am in Cleveland
tonight, when did not expect to
reach here before Sunday. shows how
far ahead of my schedule ] am said
Atwood. "Since / left st. Louis not
a single thing has been done to my
biplane except to put in the neces-
sary oil and gasoline"
Atwood, up to a late hour tonight,
was uncertain what his program
would be tomorrow He said he prob
ably would not leave Cleveland until
the afternoon, and then would start on
95-milef trip for Erie, Pa, going
by way of AshtabuIa Ohio, and ar
irving In Erie about sundown. Still,
he said. change in this plan might
result in his starting earlier and GO
ing on to Buffalo.
Soon after his arrival here, At
woods aeroplane was attached on a
claim of 5000. alleged to be due II
by the Standard Oil company
It later was released on a bond, far
nishcd by Atwood, who explained the
claim was FOR oil and gasoline fur
nished him On an eastern fight. The
oil and gasoline. Atwood asserts wcr.
given ia him