The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-03-21
Correspondent Gives Interesting
Description Of Trip Over
Eternal City.
WONDERFUL SCENE UNFOlDS
Plan to Make Aerial Tours OF City an
Attractive Feature for Visitors
When Normal Conditions Re,
turn-Trip Is Marvellous
Experience.
BY LLOYD ALLEN.
Western Newspaper Union Staff Cor
RESPONDENT.

Western Newspaper Union Staff Cor
respondent.
copyright. 1919. by Western Newspaper UnionD
Rome.-When you make that long
promised European trip to see the
great battlefields of France and Italy
and get TO Rome you will undoubtedly
have the opportunity of inspecting the
Eternal City from the deck of diri-
giblc.
BY the time Europe has set its house
In order and has recovered sufficiently
from war to make tJurists comfortable
Rome will be featuring an aeria, tour
OF the city which no one will care to
miss. even though the cost Of the trip
may be something like $40.
Instead Of numbering through the
streets in the old-time rubberneck wag-
ons, or in taxi, you will be able TO
lounge comfortably In well padded
seats of an airship and see at fairly
close range the layout of Rome with
Its glories Of ancient and modern archi-
lecture and at the same time feel per.
fectly safe, because a dirlgible moves
along with even less vibration than a
Pullman sleeper or American parlor
! car
l have just landed from such an in
gpection of Rome. Except for few
moments uneasiness while the dirigi
bic was leaving the ground the tril
was a marvellous experience and al
most absolutely free from any anxious
moments, even though the big shil
sailed along 1000 feet in the mir a
times. 1t was war craft, built 70
scout duty, and capable of carrying 81
persons and was nothing like the CON
Portable passenger airships that ar
now being planned and which will 500
be III actual operation not only /
Rome but In other European capital
as well.
The big factories and the men VIII
designed these ships are now turnin
their thoughts to the possibilities I
passenger traffic and they know tn,
Americans are ling to be some
their best customers during the da.
Of enormous tourist traffic that are
come. In Italy, as well as France ar
England, 1t is taken for granted tn,
the day Of air travel is here.
No Chance for Civilians Now.
Just now, Of course civilians find
impossible to fly over Rome, or eve
visit Rome for that matter, unle
they have special business there. A
transportation facilities are being use
to demobilize sections Of the armi,
and there is general congestion of ra
ways and hotels. But this reconstru
ton period is not expected to la
many months.
AS guests Of the Italian governme
and armed with a special permit to fl
our party of American newspaper me
eight in numDer, were taken up at mi
afternoon for one-hour fight
which our ship did figure-eig
course over Rome, flying directly abo
the magnificent structure of st. Peter
the Quirinal palace, the Coliseum al
the newer monumental edifice in viii
marble and gold that has been erect
4 to commemorate the creation of nc
I Italy, the vast edifice Of simple Al
severe architecture of the monume
! to Victor Emmanuel III.
In automobiles we were rushed o
i Of Rome through the ancient Ct
walls, some of which were built duri
4 the days Of the old Roman republ
Il across the gardenlike campagna
green fields and fiocks of sheep to
= immense airdrome in the prairie lal
The whole of the interior was @
m vast room in which three dirigibl
er were moored safe from rain and stor