Show WILL SHIP MACHINE TO NEWFOUNDLAND Lieutenant Porte Almost Ready to Attempt to Cross Ocean HAMMONDSPOET N Y . July 19 L eutenant Porte p lot of the Kodn an Wanamaker tly ng boat expects to art for Is ewfoundland not later than August 1 w th the Amer ca A ser es of exper ments w th the fly ng boat planned last n ght for th s week were dropped ove n ght and efforts are be ng made to ha e the mach ne ready fo sh pment to "Sew York the latter part of th s week Th s dec s on e dently was arr ed at after a re ew of the past performances of the mer ca Dur ng the last week n June the Amer a flew w th an est mated net useful load of 18o0 pounds 0 1 tor e ght hours arious instruments and some superfluous lumber aboard the n ach ne were not included n the est mate Later when the Langley pontoonB were used in con unct on w th the or g nal f ns and w tho t the hydroplane boards an 1 other attachments s nee et per mented w th the Amer ca flew w th a useful load of about '000 pounds Dur n the bench tests of the motors thev ran for twenty hou s at an aver age speed of 1100 revolut ons per m n ute on 200 gallons of gasol ne and about ten gallons of oil As the Amer ca now stands w thout nstall ng the th rd motor t s bel eel she can carry L eutenant Porte and George Hallett h s a de w th fuel and 0 1 for twenty four hours and another hund edwe CTht of prov s ons and ac cessor es L eutenant Po te n h s attempt at cross ng the Atlant c hopes to n ake the Azores s ands n f om seventeen to twenty hours from Newfoundland and bel eves a twenty four hour fuel supply s a reasonably safe margin |