Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-31
DirigibIe Averages 40 Miles
Per Hour to Mount st.
Louis Bay on Final Leg of
Voyage From England.
COMMANDER REPORTS
CRUISE "UNEVENTFUL"
Dominion Officials Prepare to
Greet Airliner at St. Hubert
Field, With Troops and Police
on Hand to Keep Crowds in Or
der on Ships Arrival.

By the Associated Press.
ST. HUBERT, Quebec, July 81
The R-100 passed Father Point,
Quebec, on its flight up the st.
Lawrence River at noon eastern
standard time) today, according
to a report from the signal serv-
ice. Father Point is about ITS
miles east of Quebec.
The R-100 wirelessed at II
am. today it expected to arrive
at z o'clock eastern standard
time) tonight.
The progress of the dirigible to
Mount st. Louis Bay, where she
was at $3.50 am, indicated an
average speed of approximately
40 miles an hour since / o'clock
this morning.
While the dirigible was flying
into a headwind of approximately
% miles per hour, weather con-
ditionS were favorable for the
flight up the st. Lawrence River.
The forecast for the district read:
Moderate to fresh westerly winds;
mostly fair with not much change in
temperature.
Follows South Shore of River.
The R-10O passed over the liner EN-
press of Scotland of Mount st. Louis
Bay at $3.50 am. The airship was fol-
lowing the south shore of the st. Law.
renee River.
The messages by which Squadron
Leader r. S. Booth, commander of the
R-10O, kept the world informed of his
progress were terse notations of the
atrship's position given in terms of
longitude and latitude with laconic COM
mentS such as "All well'' or "Unevent-
full" The ship left Cardington with
A persons.
Passengers Want to Smoke.
Those aboard the dirigible wanted a
good smoke more than anything else
when the great craft passed over the
Duchess of York in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence at 1925 am. tE. S. To today.
A radio message from the airship said:
Everything o. K. Shall be glad to
reach Montreal and partake Of a good
smoke"
The R-10o left Cardington. England,
at GAS pm. &c. S. To Monday and at
I'D
at Belle Isle, an island of the coast OF
Labrador, having travelled 2,278 miles,
most of it over the ocean, in a few min
utes less than a. hours. At 1925 am.
today the airship passed the steamship
Duchess of York in the Gulf of st. Law
renee. Its speed then was 20 knots.
Its course from Belle Isle to its desti-
nation at the airport here, distance
of s48 miles, lay in direct line over
- Dali Tel xxrla rates
from the Province OF
Quebec, over the Gulf OF st. Lawrence
and up the st Lawrence River. over the
City of Quebec to the airport of st.
Hubert, outside Montreal.
Airport Prepares for Arrival.
Elaborate ARRANGEMENTS were made at
the airport for the arrival. A tall moor
ing tower with movable arm cables and
winches was carefully tested by the
crew of IL men.
A small army of soldiers and police
was encamped within the airport in
closure to guard the R-100 and handle
he crowds gathered to view the ar
rival.
Arrival of the R-100 by pm today
would give her. the biggest airShip, the
record for East-West crossing of the
Atlantic by a dirigible, as she would
81 hours on the 3,200-mile
Journey.
The British dirigible R-34, which
crossed from Scotland to Mineola, N.
Y, in 1919, took 10S hours. The Ger
nan Graf Zeppelin required 95 hours on
her last Westward transatlantic trip,
which was over a southerly route about
500 miles longer than the great circle
course followed by the R-10O
On its voyage across the Atlantic the
lg.l~- -
hips in the steamer lane beneath her
nd by direct radio communication from
he airship to shore stations on both
ides of the ocean.