Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-28

\ total Of 70.
4 ID Important Raiiruads-Hoston q
Maine. Maine Central. Grand Trunk.
Central Vermont. Rutland. Delaware
and Hudson. New York, New HAven
d Hartford. New York Central AMI
Hudson, Pennsylvania, Baltimor.
and Ohio. Chicago and North west-
ern. Michigan Central. Michigan
northwestern, Great Northern.
Southern Pacific. Georgia and Ala
bama. Florida East Coast. Coast
Line. Sea Air. Apaiachicola North
Western. Duluth Winnipeg, souie Sc.
| Salt River and Western. Houston q
Texas Central Texas Pacific, Ell
Paso Central. A. q. r and s-F. and
many others.
CD The flight passes over the fol-
lowing rivers: Piscatqua, saco, An
d.osceEgin. Lower Ammouaaxuc. Com
neciicut. Dot otts-. Creek. Lemon
Fair. Merr1mac, Plum Island. Black
l stone. Queenswhite. Charles. Shun1ac.
! Mystic. Wood. Achroon. Jessups, Csdaa
/ Black River Canal. Salmon, Erie Canal
/ Delaware. Raritan, Northeast Elk, 5.is.
! quehanna. Bush. Gunpovder, BARK. po.
1 tapsco. Anacostia, Potomac, Rauuahan.
mock. Mattapon. York. Jarnes, Chowan
Roanoke. Pemlico. Moccasin, Neyse.
! Fear GRAM. Sturgeon. waccanau. SAL
Ia. coorer. Edi,te. cambahes, NAY,
! Wrisnts, Savannah. Ogeechee. BannaA,
lnoian. Pease. Ackiockonee, Apalichicc-
Ia, Choctawhatchee. Mississippi. Cshira-
lowahka. Louis Flcodwood. Hill, Goose.
/ cheyenne, River of the North. Yellow
stone. Rogue. Cmpqua, Willamette.
Santlani. Sandy and Columbus.
4 CID Large cities which would he
passed over or near: Portsmouth, ".
H Portland. Ne; Augusta. Ne; South
Paris. Ne: Middlehury.. VT; New Bay
port, Mass: Salem. Mass; Boston.
Mass; Providence. r. L: Trenton. n.
/ j.; Oswego. n. z: Rochester. y. z;
New York City. ". T.; Brooklyn. n. z:
4 Philadelphia. Pa; Chester. Pa: Erie.
+ Pa South Amboy, Pa; Wilmington,
Del; Elkton. Md; Baltimore. Md. +;
! Washington. D. t.: Elizabeth. y. J.:
Yorton. Pa; Elizabeth city. Va: Nor
folk, Va; Hampton. Va: Ashtabula, O. :;
Painsville. O.: Cleveland, O.; Lorraine
O.; Sandusk" O.; Fort Clinton. O.; To-
iedo, O.; Mt Clemens. Mich: Harris
vile. Mich; Atlanta Mich. Gaylord.
/ Mch.; Charievoix, Mich; Escanaba
Mieh.. HURRY, Wis; Ashland. Wis. ST.
rerior, Wis. Gates. n. c.: Williams
town. y. c.; Gsorgetown, 8. c.: Beau
fort. :. C.; Savannah. Ga: Titusviile.
Fla: Eau Gallie. Fla; Fort Pierce
I Fa-: West Palm Beach, Fla: Fort Lau-
derale. Fla; Miami. Fla: Tallahassee.
+ Fla. Bristol. Fla; Bounston. Fla; PEN
sacoIa. Fla: Passcagoula. Miss; Sill
dell. La; st. Mar.Inville. La: Duluth.
MINI: Beind!e. Mimi; Crooksfon.
MINI: Houston. Tex; Gonzales. Tex.
scguin. Tex; San Antonio. Tex Ban
Jira. Tex; Rsckspring, Tex; Fort
so ktcn. Tex: e Paso. Tex: Phoenix.
.riz; Yuma, Ariz.: San Diego. Cal. !;
les Angeles. Cal: San Francisco. Cal /:
Berkely, Cal San Rafael. Cal: VIII
lows, Cal; Red Biun. Cal; Redding.
Cal: Sand Point. Ida; Portland, Ore. {:
: Vancouver. Wn.; Tacoma. Wn.; Seat
! tie. wn.: waterville, Wn.; Davenport.
WI: Spokane. Wn.: and many smaller
towns.
4 q The line Of flight also passes over
the LveryIades. Yuma Desert Cciora-
do Desert, Rock Mountains. swarnps Of
lower Louisiana and the Band Lands Of
the Dakotas.
| The following erans-conttnental
and main travelled routes are crossed
and followed: -.--e.~- 49,
Capital highway. Lincoln highway,
Meridian road. National Old Trails
road, Northwest trail. Oregon trail.
Pacific highway, Quebec. Internati0n-
al highway, Texas, Arkansas, Louis
lana highway
The trip will be made as follows:
From Augusta, Ne. to Washington,
D. c.. sos miles.
From Washington. D. c.. to Mia
mi. Fla,< 112o miles.
From Miami, Fla. 10 San Antonio.
Texas. LAO miles.
From San AAntonio. Texas. to San
Diego. Cal. 112o miles.
From San Diego, Cal, to Seattle.
Wash, 117a miles.
From Seattle, Wash, to Duluth.
Mimi, 1875 miles.
From Duluth. Mimi. to Augusta
Ne, 1345 miles.
Total distance to be covered (air-
line( 7so5 miles.
Lieutenant C oionei Hartz, COM
handing ofiicer Of Boiling field.
Washington, z. c., is in command OF
the expedition.
Lieutenant e. z. Harmon, expert
enced bombing pilot will be Icslief pi-
LOT Of the trip and viii be accompa-
lied by Lieutenant Lotha A. Smith.
who had experience over the front
lines in practically all kinds Of air
craft
The mechanicians. Sergeants Har-
ding and Dobias. are both well
equipped airplane mechanics.
The entire trip will occupy APPROX
imately six weeks and is being
watched by army flyers with consid-
cradle interest. as it is the first at
tempt OF its kind. Besides the vaiu
able typographical data Colonel
Hartz' party will collect. they will
also conduct a recruiting campaign
for the air service and also locate
landing fields in the Northwest New
er before have the opportunities in
the army been so great as they are
4 today in the air service. Il it a tru-
ism that anyone from chauffeur
to a lawyer or editor may ind place
in the great game Of army flying.