The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-08

New Lines, and Prominent Enginsers
Praise the Oesign-Hundred Men In
Crew and s415,ooo the Cost.
Crossing the Atlantic by airship is
now only a matter Of a very short
time, according to u group of German
capitalists. which recently formed a
company TO exploit as means of long
distance travelling Jew type of dirig.
ible balloon devised by Herr Borner
| well known German engineer. which
is proudly called the aerial o>ean
| cruiser
Plans for the realization OF this
scheme are now we'll under way and
have already advanced TO the point of
| choosing the site of hangar OH the
European side of the Atlantic. the ex-
act location of which. however. is kept
a secret for the moment
In the near future New York will be
visited by Ernest Gunther Hensel. the
representative OF the company. who
was in Paris recently. with the object
OF ascertaining where would be the
most suitable landing place for aerial
cruisers bringing their load of passen-
gers from Europe
To Cary Three Hundred Persons.
The inventor and those backing him
assert that not only will the new bal
loon carry more than 800 persons and
make the 1000 mile journey in two
Il he Aar ltVN 4hav al1 af IN
tain that safety and comfort will be
the chief features Of the journey.
The specifications OF the new dirigi-
bic have already been drawn up in
thirty-six different sizes for various
purposes. The type destined for trans
atlantic passage will he constructed to
navigate on the water IL necessary as
well as to fly. 1t will have a length
of about 300 meters Tor about 975 feet
by 80 meters wide and fitted with 81
benzine motors, II on each side. on an
entirely new system capable of devel-
oping more than 5000 horsepower.
The airship will have its own power
for rising or descending. which will
permit the doing away with ballast
and take no account Of loss OF gas
The average speed is estimated at
sixty-seven miles an hour. The air
ship will have a lifting force Of 210
tons, which will enable Ii to carry PIG
passengers. with a crew of 102. The
total cost is calculated at S465.OO0.
A feature on which great stress is
laid by the inventor is the immunity
OF the airship from explosion. even If
struck by lightning. The lifting force
will be supplied by ffty-five separate
small balloons. which are covered by
large envelope and insulated from
the outer air by a compartment filed
with nonexplosive azote gas, which
also protects the motors and their res
ervoirs.
A model airship has already been
constructed down TO the smallest de-
tail. and aerial experts who have been
allowed to examine its special features
are convinced of the practicability of
the scheme.
Experts Convinced.
Count George Won Der Goltz, presi-
dent Of the German Airship associa-
tion and vice president of the Interna-
tional Aerorautic Federation, is re-
ported to have said In an interview
the other day that he wouldn't hesi-
tate to be among the first passengers
to cross the Atlantic In 1t. He thought
that 1t would help Germany to obtain
the supremacy of the air.
After a careful examination of the
new invention he stated that 1t ap-
peared to him as IL the element Of
danger, hitherto inseparable from long
air Journeys. had at last been elm
mated.
Z. Umbeck. another well known Ger
man engineer. who has hitherto given
preference to the aeroplape over the
dingible for series Of flights, states In
| 1udicially worded report. after an ex-
haustiye examination Of all the de-
tails, that he is OF the opinion that the
inventor has based his ideas on sound
principles and that his experiments
and those of others made with the
new airship have opened fresh ground
| In aeronautics. He also says he has
II luCthtu Tie anu
found them faultless aud concludes:
I'VE are on the eve of seeing for the
hrst time really practical and profit
! able dirigibie.'
Raoul Pictet. Brussels authority,
prefaces long report by saying:
Il have the pleasure Of expressing
my enthusiastic appreciation OF your
new system Of dirigible. With real
Joy l hail In your splendid work new
ideas which will lead aeronautic SCI
ence In an unexpected direction"
Piece of Bone In HE Heart.
A particle Of bone from kneecap
fractured while playing baseball work
ed Its way through his system to the
heart OF fifteen -yaar-nId Gaarro Hauns