Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-05-11
DAY OF REGULAR
AIRSHIP TRAVEL HERE
To February of This Year 5000
Men, Women and Children
Rode as Passengers.

That the age Of air travel Is actually
here is proved In an articule in Hamp-
toms Magazine, written by T. r. Mac
Meehen and Carl Dienstbach, who ara
recognized authorities on this subject.
They say that from August l, 1910. TO
January 81, 1911, 5000 men, women and
cflidren-some Of the children as yeoung
as three years--rode as passengers In
airships. The ships covered total
distance OF $4,000 miles In these Jour
neys and the passengers paid S122, 500
In fares. The average number OF pas
sengers carried by each ship on a trip
was seven the largest number carried
on any one trip was 3d. (This was ac-
compiished by the Deutschland l., trav-
ehft. from Dusseldorf TO Munster 0s-
nabrucR and return, q distance OF 1850
mlies) The various passenger airshsps
made 44S regular journeys In the period
specified. Each trip covered from SO
70 10 miles. These journeys were
chlefy tourists excursions, starting
from cities like Munich. Dusseldorf or
Baden Badcn
80 Tar has airship passenger service
progressed in certain parts of Europe,
that If YOU SO abroad this summer you
may book with the steamship agency In
your own city not only your passage
on the ocean liner that Is to carry Won
Tor q voyage by airship from Dussel-
dorf over the Black Forest TO the city
OF strassburg up and down the Rhine
valley between Baden Baden Cologne
ana Mannheim over the Bavarlan lake
reglon as far as Oberammergau, OF out
~ hlei across country to the Danish
border and the North sea.
In Berlin YOU make take an excursion
IN q big airship which Is used for see
ing Berln by nights" trips Just as
fnbber-neck" automobiles show New
YORK and other big American cities. or
II YOU chance to be Ina the Swiss lake
region, you may board still another air
ship at the city Of I.acerne and ride
out around the Rigi and Bergenstock
mountains TO lug and return
Ihese Will not be trips In drifting
balloons or flights into tile clouds ~
blrd-like aeroplanes. You win travel
W Siderable ships handled by captains,
pltoes ana engineers. making regular
round trips from their starting pointA
70 nxed destinations and return.
Not only Is America behind Tourona
IN aerial navigation, but the Americans
90 not even understand how far the
europeans nave surpassed them Ger
mans lead the world In airship devel-
opment. England and France are az
tive, but In Germany the aav az the
passenger airship lis not cominps-it has
arrived. The development has Droaresg-
ed 10 the point where these two air
travel authorities declare they do not
hesitate 70 say that within three years
German airships will be making regu-
lar trips across the Atlantic to fha
United States, and that within five
years airahip service In GERMANY will
pc operated as regularly. and almost
as commonly, as steamers. railroad
trains and automobiles
The Germans have established regu-
lar alrship passenger lines They nave
organized their weather bureau W.
serve their ships by wireless German
cities nave extended the scope OF rnu-
nlciDal ownership to include airahfp
docks German financiers have Invested
their money The kaiser and the irn-
perial government have taken a def
mite interest. a trip TO the north pole
VIII De made under Emperor Wfllian,s
sanction and under the direction on a.
company headed by Prince Henry, Of
RUSSIA, MS brother, for the purpose
vice.
While Americans have been davatinr
hlslf time 10 aeroplane speed contests.
altitude records and other apaofannlar
Ieats, the Germans have been working
on the less romantic but infinltelv more
useful air liners. We have studied MO-
lures IN Sunday newspapers OF str1c-
lures ike the Eiffel tower that were
20 serve as landing places for great
aeroplanes. The Germans have buflt
alrship docks down on the ground ANA
equipped them with ticket OFFICES and
uckets' they have sold the tickefe FOR
good hard cash and given In return
real aerial voyages