Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-26
ATWOODG
BOSTON ON CARS
Was Greeted by Vast ThrOng
in New York.

New York, Aug. 26.-With crowds
lining the banks Of the Hudson river,
sending up cheer after cheer In ad-
miration Of his wonderful feat, Harry
n. Atwood, the Boston aviator, COM
pleted his long air trip from st. Louis
to New York when he alighted on
Governors island. He arrived with q
suit case, but minus his cap, which he
lost at Yonkers when he greeted the
citizens Of that city. With the term1-
nation Of this fight Atwood has cap
tured the worlds long distance record,
beating the previous longest trip In
the air by almost 200 miles. The aY1-
ator descended at Governors island,
accomplishing the last lap, thirty-one
miles, In forty-two minutes. In thu
covering the 1926 miles from st. Louis
Atwood's actual time In the air was
twenty-eight hours and nine minutes.
This is the longest aerial trip ever
taken by man.
This morning Atwood went to Bos-
ton by train. He conceded that rail
roads were dangerous, but be had to
take the risk because he had agreed to
hy at the meet at Squantum this after
noon. He did not go to Sheepshead
bay and there may be a roar or two
from citizens who waited for him
there on Thursday and got rain checks
when he did not appear, but Atwood
a V his conscience Is clear.
Just what the unprecedented trip
g to Atwood In cash he did not
know. When he got to the Knicker-
booker hotel $4,000 was handed to
him by Victor ]. Evans, a patent at
torney OF Washington, who offered
that prize all by his lone self because
he thought the Washington chamber Of
commerce had not done the right thing
In merely taking Atwood out to lunch
when he few from New York to the
capitol. Then there is $1,000 that was
paid by a st. Louis newspaper on the
day he started east, and there may be
something coming from exhibitions at
eight towns along the way.
But" says Atwood, you must
know that I paid $4,000 to my man
ayers at Lyons the other night In
order to be relieved from my contract.
Oh, I got very tired Of flying just to
suit somebody else's financial convent
ence. My net profit is so little that
hate to talk about it"
A drab compound Of fog and smoke
lay over the harbor when the watchers
at the Battery on Governors island
heard the far din of ferry and tug
boat and factory whistles beyond the
shrouded skyline Of lower Manhattan
The hoarse booming grew louder. The
of a ferry boat, half way be-
-ween the city and Staten island,
ylimpsed the speck IN the sky, looking
or Atwood, and pulled his own whistle
ord. The little Governors island boat
ct out a tweetle Of its own. Brooklyn
oined the cry. There was Atwood,
is planes barely slanted. rounding the
He sailed southeast until he was a
( Liberty. In the thick air his motor
+ four cylinders made no sound that
cached the crowd along the sea wall.
swung slowly around the god
less, who never peeked his way, he
toward the military reservation,
Utmost scraped the top Of Fortress
William and saw beneath him soldiers
American flags and a group
Of officers silently looking up at him
as he dropped toward the spot where
he was to finish his flight.
With silent motor he cut two mar
rowing circles about the parade
ground. As it skinned Into the grass
the biplane rolled along for a stones
throw from Fortress William. Out
hoped Atwood. Around him swarm
ed the army men with outstretched
hands