The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-26

New York, August 25.-Sailing serenely over New Yorks myriad water craft Harry N. Atwood, the young Boston avia- tor, arrived here in his aerpolane today the first man Tn history to travel l2Ss miles in a heavier-than-air craft.
 Atwood's landing on Governors Island after flying down from Nyack, N. Y, above the Hudson river, through fog which made him only dimly visible to the million eyes that watched him, was q notable incident in the annals of aero nautics. He not only broke the world s record covering 1265 miles in an air line, or perhaps 100 more miles with his de- tours but flew all the way in the same biplane and with no important mishaps.
 Atwood's flight is comparable to that made by fast trains, for he covered the distance in an actual flying time of l2S hours and 3l minutes
 Atwoods final lap in his long journey was glide of 25 miles from Nyack, N. -'hera scs had sstoered over night He landed t.s gpe' and spiilhss ''a tie'ss sia hungry, in the arms Of handful oi United States army officers and men whc hailed, him as America's greatest aviator
 .Weh. I'm glad it's ended" Atwood said as he hoped from his machine T guess the next long dista nee highr for me will be from San Francisco or Los Angeles to the Atlantic coast.
 Atwood's coming was unexpected on Gov ernors Island, as 1t had been her aided that he would land al the Sheeps- head bay race track, where thousands lined vantage points looking skyward. Atwood expressed regret al their disap- pointment.
 .They wanted me to wait until to- morrow" he said, telling of man in charge of the local arrangements, and promised to have a big crowd there. But | couldn't. delay my flight
 Atwood left Nyak at 1;o3 O'CLOCK this afternoon after freeing his ma chine from a position where start would have been difficult and perilous, He followed the Hudson at low alti- tude the entire distance. At Yonkers as he leaned forward to wave "a si- lent reply to the cheers. the wind clipped his cap from his head.
 Thousands Cheer
 Thousands clustered around Grants tomb ana alOnR INlNtloiuc PoiN S'o' S' and roared their enthusiasm when Atwood passed As he approached the recreation pier at Fiftieth street, whene another crowd clustered, he turned his machine so that it swept in complete circle from one side of the river tc the other and then started down stream once more The spectacle was a beautiful one and the crowd cheered and whistles made terrific noise
 There was a repetition of this out burst at the battery as he passed and gracefully circler Governors island as his exhibition during the closing stretch of his record flight. An hour after he landed Atwood was on his way up town. :.
 .J expect to go to Boston tomorrow" he said. We will take my machine apart here and ship it to Boston l don't intend to do any more flying around New York until l return rom my trip across the continent. l will nrobably start from Los Angeles or san Francisco about October l.
 .J feel as fine as a fiddle. Nearly every one of the mechanics and others who started with me from St. Louis has been laid up but l never felt bet ter.'
 Packed away In the grip which the aviator carried by aeroplane from St. L0u1S are 4 stoit UT Hioic ol ietteis, most of them supposedly of a tender nature addressed to young women liv- ing in the neighborhood of Boston.
 At pretty nearly every place stopped Atwood explained, some fell low asked me to carry letter to his girl up in Boston Of course I agreed to do so. I am going to take them all to Boston with me and mail then there
 Atwood tonight said that he may re tire permanently from aviation and hi. projected coast to coast flight ma, never be made.
 Tt is too risky. the aviator said Man after man has made new record, in aviation of late. only to drop sud denly to death. l have been muci more careful than many birdmen. but feel that if l stay in the clouds to, long l shall some day meet my fat, also It is inevitable sooner or later may be will end his flights with 6 sudden plunge to destruction"
 Of his reward for his flight. he said
 Many imagine that l am making s huge sum out of this trip. l am not The only sum that Is actually coming to me Is the sl0,0O0 already paid, of fered py .ctor J. Evans of Wash. iueton. out of this must pay forfeit of s4000 to my financial packers fol falling to stop at all the 20 cities sched uled on the route
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