| Show y v AIRSHIP FLIGHT J. J IS SU SUCCESSFUL Dirigible Balloon Rises from Salt Palace Grounds and andi i Sails Over Part of City Under Under Un Un- UnI I r yo I der Control of Operator f Soaring Soaring- majestically like a huge bird birdin birdin in winged flight ht the Roy y- y f c airship made a successful trip at the ther i r r. Salt Snit Palace grounds at nt 7 o'clock last night night- This special attraction of the tho J f Nat Reiss Carnival company proved a 0 great drawing card and thousands of c t people who crowded Into the grounds gazed upward In wonder onder and awe asE as f E a the tho giant aerial craft sailed gracefully t hundreds of ot feet teet above the highest buildings The Tho trip of ot trio the mammoth airship last st night was wan tho trio first successful aerial craft ever flight of 01 the dirigible 4 seen In In- n this city A great proportion I of ot the crowd at the tho Salt last night was ns of or a doubting variety They f had d heard of airships through press reports r and tho the re reading of ot magazine articles but the they were rather skeptical as an to the appearance of ot ono of or these wonders of 01 the air In Salt tAke LakeL When they saw tho the dirigible balloon bal balloon bal bal- loon all aU their doubts were Promptly at 7 o'clock the tho signal to 0 K start was given Iven The rhe operator occupying occupying a position at tho the rear reat part of ot the Framework framework opened tho the sparking parl ln apparatus ap ap- ap nn pa ratus by means of a 0 long cord anthe she an the ho huge like bird craft arose nrose front from the ground ground the tho apex of 01 the tho shaped cigar-shaped bag pointing at an anglo angle of 45 15 do degrees rats 41 v toward the fleecy clouds In the tho sky above b e. S Soon n It was well under boon way and when a sufficient height h had been bee attained to make mako tho the best maneuvering maneuver maneuver- I ing possible the tho operator left his o and moved forward r ilea at the rear t to the tho center conter of ot the framework whore c tho the tho gasoline en engine lne Is located Control Then the tho wonderful control which tho operator had over or tho the airship wa way demonstrated Turning Its no nose e toward A J. J the west tho the craft crall was directed hr fir a tL I distance of ot several Reveral blocks and then J with a graceful turn was V brought uSh f around facing direct directly east cast W when cn I It r f I rind ad reached a n point above tho the done o or of I I the Salt Palace tho the huge hue craft seemed f 4 to stop for an Instant and then still 1 under perfect control of 01 the operator 1 started Marled a a. circular flight far above the thA do dome domo mo and tho the crowds below From this point It flew eastward and then returning Illg landed easily and gracefully g near tho the starting place Tho The great reat airship Is Js 70 4 foot foet long Attached below to a a. great g shaped cigar balloon Is a framework of wood and aluminum which holds the engine and q tho tiro operator The gant giant bag baJ baJIs Is Is made I. I of ot the tho best bost lIt Cul quality of or silk and requires a n. great quantity of gas to fill till It At tt the roar rear of ot the tent In which the airship Is Its housed Is tho the gas generating g plant consisting of four tour largo tanks containing large e quantities of sulphuric sul- sul acid and Iron filings Tho The hy- hy rogen gas generated from rom th the e acid and Iron Is forced Into tho the hugo huge bag It Is said that so great rent Is the quantity of or each required that tho the cost of ot filling filling- tho the bag bag- bagIs Is For this special at attraction attraction attraction at- at traction Mr 11 Reiss pa pays the princely sum Bum of 01 2000 a 0 week |
