Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
SHENANDOAH Ruins
INTO HIGH WINDS
OVER TEXAS ROUTE


Shenandoah was over tan, Texas,
at 3:95 D. H., Mountain time, travel
ing at the rate OF 40 miles an hour,
which should bring it over Ell PasO
shortly after midnight.
EASTLAND, Texas, Oct. g. By
the Associated Press. 1.-The Shenan-
doah passed over Eastland at 1870
+. N. A strong wind from the
south was blowing and the ship oc-
casionally had to turn into the
wind to keep on its course. This
was believed to be putting it behind
schedule.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 9.-By
the Associated Press -After a delay
of 40 minutes waiting for the sun
to come from behind some low-hang-
ing clouds and shine long enough
to expand the helium in its huge
body, the naval dirigible Shenandoah
cast off from Fort Worth on the
second leg of its transcontinental
flight at 9:46 q. m, central standard
time.
After circling' over Fort Worth,
the silvery grey ship turned it's nose
toward the west, with San Diego
Cal, as its next port of call. The
trip from Fort Worth to the coast
will be made along the right-of-way
of the Texas and Pacific to Eel Paso
and thence along the Southern Pa
cific railroad Tor the remainder of
the hop.
Lieutenant Commander L. Han
cock, the executive officer of the
ship, who was in charge of navi-
rNlf oI-o
Worth, imm ediately before the ship
departed, estimated that the trip to
Ell Paso would take approximately
IA to is hours, making the passage
over that city come some time after
10 p. M, mountain time, instead
of 6 p. M, as was first announced.
With favorable winds on the other
SIDE of FL Paso, the trip to San
Diego probably will be made in SO
hours, he declared.
When the ship cast off it had sue
Cessfully completed it's first night a.
a strange landing station, switched
to a strange mooring mast. Though
the craft has made several over.
night flights its earthly connectior
bad always been at Lakehurst, n.
j. its home port.
up from the large crowd that had
assembled. Immediately the snip
was Joined by an escort. squadron
OF five airplanes which accompanied
ii for several miles.
The Shenandoah circled aboV9
Fort Worth at an elevation of ,2O0
feet, then gradually rose to 1000
feet The weather was right when
the ship left the moorinG mast
During the night the ship took on
l, 800 gallons of gasoline, about SOC
gallons OF water ballast and fifty
gallons Of lu1ricating oil, in addition
to food for the crew.
AS the pioneers of old blazed the
trail across the trackless plains of
the continent, so is the Shenandoah
blazing the trail for li2hter-than-ai
type of craft, for it is the first dirigi-
bic ever to land west of the Missis-
5ippi river. There have been several
Of the non-riSid types of airships to
visit the central west, but naval men
declare that the Shenandoah is the
first rigid type to do so.
The Shenandoah, which, in the
language of the child, is the pet"
IF the aero department of the United
States navy, because it was designed
and built by American naval men in
America, is now embarked upon the
most extended cruise ever attempted
)y a dirigible. The ship will traverse
.hree sides of the United States, be-
ginning it's journey at Lakehurst, n. !
T., crossing the United States to the |
south and following the Pacific coast
Is far north as Camp Lewis at Lake
view, Wash.
The trip will be made in jumps of
400 miles each, the
'eturn journey to be made by the |
same route. At San Diego and at |
mooring masts have been
erected especially to care for the
huge ship while visiting there. |
hough the present plans only call |
or an overnight stop at each of the |
places, Lieutenant Commander Zach |
Try LansdoWne, commander of the !
light, declared.
First Leg Successful
The first leg of the flight ending |
at Fort Worth was unusually sue |
cessful, Rear Admiral w. a. Moffett, |
chief of the bureau of naval aero
nautics. who is the official observer
of the trip declared.
The ship made the jump from
to Fort Worth in approx |
mately thirty-four hours, arriving |
here about eight hours ahead OF |
schedule. The actual performance
Of the ship was in all respects better
than the schedule, Admiral Moffett |
said. Her speed was faster, fuel con- |
less, neither personnel nor
met with accident; and |
the ship passed through a touch of
rough weather in Louisiana without |
a tremor, the admiral said.
According to the record of the en- !,
sineers, less than one gallon of gaso- |
line was used a mile The ship is |
propelled by five six cylinder motors, |
each of three hundred horse power. |
The quantity of lubricating oil was
too small to be of record, though the |
motors maintained an average en-
CINE speed of 900 revolutions a min |
ute. During the flight 900 gallons |
of water were recovered by means OIL
condensers from the gasoline con |
in the motors, The water bal |
last thus manufactured was heavier |
than the gasoline which it replaced. |
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-Wheat: No. 2 red, !
81 .54@1.57.
Corn: No. ? white. $119.
Oats: No. ) white. 55G55Hc.
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY. oct. 9.--Wheat No . !
hard. $685. 6l1.5t Corn No yellow, |
81 il. Oats, No. white, $50 G54c. I