New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
ATWOOD 70 FLY TODAY
ulI Start for Washington with
r K Hamilton as Passenger,
n BE IN AIR FOUR HOURS
y,s New Aeroplane Sent to At
Iantio City for 1S6 Mile
Journey to Capital,
,e~ Telegraph 70 1As Tribune

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...,,io CITY. July S-Harry Atwood VIII
va at o'clock tomorrow morning
~. las. Lex OF his long journey from
:" % washington. He will drive
.,.s K Hamnton's aeroplane, which
..1. here tonight after being dragged
,,,,a an automoblls from Waterbury
.a Atwood intends making the start
nat early hour IN order to be in Wash
-.,r before the people Of the national
capital are up.
-. distance BY the air route from At
u. cf-v 10 Washington is about is
a.. and Atwood believes that he will be
washington by O'Clock. if not before.
r,.r Atwood met with his accident yes
...,.v and his machine dropped into the
.,,.nro ocean just after he had started
o.. washington he fully intended 10 have
-. tracked as-oplane packed IN box and
.F,pped back to Narblehead. but later hs
.,.,es5 his mind and consented 70 permit
-. machine 70 he exhibited here for ten
Ne and Hamilton were going to Washing
49,. n, the train and have 2 new machins
=. tpA~a Later they changed their minds
-, ard tslegraphed Hamiltons chief ms
-. Harry Wise, ct Waterbury, Com.
- +o,5 him toprepare Hamilton's machine
- n,ca and bring it 10 Atlantic City. Wise
I.,u,s5,a-elv got IN touch with the Jefferson
- car Cor1pany. rented q JACKSON ma
..i,a and employed George Gilbert 70 drive
re and two assistants. whom he
,-,,gb- here with him. began the work Of
Ling the machine which. when ready.
80 ,lace5 on a two-wheeled truck This
,ss hitched 10 the back spring OF the auto
,rob,ls and the start was made al $50
o'clock last night
owing 10 bad roads IN Connecticut they
-,sdA slow time They reached New York
.bo,,t 4 O'Clock this morning and drove
sovn 10 the Staten Island ferry. on
s+atsn Island their time was somewhat
low because they had 10 cut down sew
raj trees in order 70 get a road wide
sropgh TO drag the aeropiane through
aNsr that they had no further trouble
,,,+u thew reached the boulevard leading
l,,o Atlantic City. When only a couple Of
niles from Atlantic City they were de-
,.vsd about two hours because ef a wash
ont near a bridge. This was finally re-
haired so they could get across. and they
rsacred the clty shortly after o'clock this
afternoon.
The sight Of big aerop,ane being
dragged back Of an automobile attracted
st.ention al along the route, ard IT took
hst minute for a crowd 70 gather AFTER
the outht had drawn up al the Narioor-
ough-Blenhein.
The aeropiare was taken 70 NeNtnor. 70
the old hangar Of Lieutenant Hugh VII
,oisbbv. where wise and his force OF men
ssran getting II in readiness for the early
r,orrinz A.cnt. There was nothing broken
s5out The machine but couple Of wlrs
stays, which took only Few minutes 10
repair
Atwood and Hamilton selected their route
tonight. They will follow the West jersey
4 seashore Railroad tracks from Auantlc
CITY 10 NevAe.d, and then 60 across cum
berrsrd County. striking At about Inner
.f-sr crossing the Maurice River. Ihey
uu then follow the railroad tracks or
Salem Greek 10 Fort Delaware on lNe
Delaware River, then follow On air line -
Wilmington. From wilmington they VII
fellow the Pennsylvania tracks 10 BAIT.
more. thence over the PENNSYLVANIA or
Baltimore & Ohio tracks into Washington.
Atwood wanted 10 start from the beach
a. h. did Yesterday, but there was no way
of getting Hamiltcns aeroplane under or
over the boardwalk. consequently it had
m he taken 70 W!lloughbys hangar N
ventnor. Here there IS plank runway
which VIII give them a god start ana the
ayiators DO not want 10 have any uopDie
IN getting away.
Hamilton will ride IN his own aeroplane
for the first time as a passenger while the
machine is being guided hy hands other
man his own