Show ffl RAILWAY CIRCLES 4The The Consolidation of the W S L0andtheSLNC RIVALRY QF lH TWO RESORTS The InlerState Commission After Facts nIlll Figures as toRailway Accidents and Injuries The tans to Garfield Beach carried a rood crowd all anxious t witness tho ascent and wonderful parachute jump ad < vcrtieed t take place in the afternoon 1 Prof Van Tassoll was present with all thor tho-r paraphernalia but the fate seemed to be against him Upon the ar rival of the 445 train all was in readiness and the inflation of the balloon began All went serene until she was nearly fillet when unluckily sonic one stepped on the sheet iron covering of the tunnel which J oarries the hent t the intertior of the baT ba-T OOU and the channel caved in necessita tug the digging of a new trench When tho heated air escaped and the balloon was being dragged on the ground 1 of the way the canvas caught on the snap and was torn for fifteen fet or more The professor had been working bard all day but ho set to work with renewed vigor and by S20 was ready for I second attempt but still the fates forbade By this time the night air had grown chill and just as the balloon was nearly inflated a cold current cur-rent struck her and she collapsed much to the chagrin of tho professor and the disap pointmeiit of that portion of tho crowd which remained to the last Professor Tan Tassell and his manager both assure the public that the ascension and jump will surely be mao on time this afternoon and i the current carries him out over the lake ne promises t make tho jump from a greater height than ever before betwee one Iud two miles THE BALLOON is a new one having been manufacture in San Francisco especially for the occasion occa-sion and is inflated by hot air I is made of a good quality of canvas and is forty eight feet through the equator the sections sec-tions are 6went six feet long Tae weight of Uieballoou and entire rigging exclusive of the parachute is 370 pounds There is no basket attached the aeronaut ride simply on 1 round hoop about three feet 1 diameter which is suspended from jftfce lower part of the balloon while THE PAKACHlTE is attached to the side of the balloon by a small cord which breaks when a weight of ninetysis pounds is brought to bear upon it The parachute is also new and is made of lighter grade of canvas and weighs seventytwo pounds The professor had it made after a new design which he thinks will enable him to guide it while makini the descent The difference consists in there being five openings at the top of the mtc four being two inches in diameter and arranged around a sixinch opening in the center The object of these holes is to allow the current of air to pass through regularly and thus prevent the swaying and uncertain motion The chute is thirty feet in length and the attachment are thirtysix feet long |