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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
M1LLEDOEV1LLE. OA.
PASSENGER AIR
LINERS PROMIS
TO LINK WORLD
Plan to Fly Giant Dirigibles From
London to America, Aus
tralia and Africa.
SPEED 60 MILES AN HOUR
Craft. With 100 P a ** en 8 er * Aboard,
Expected to Fly From England
to California in Four Days—
Commercial Airship Is Al-
ready a Success.
London.—Pinna are now under dls*
cu>sion here for linking up all purts
of tin? world hy passenger air routes,
on whirl) giant dirigibles, flying two
mllos nimve the surface at GO tulles an
h..ar, will join l.ondon with North
Amcrlcu, Australia, India and South
Africa. If these plans nre curried
out air liners 800 feet long, equipped
with berths, dining rooms, smoking
rooms, libraries and observutlou plat
forms, will speed from Knglund to
Sun Francisco In four days, slopping
to discharge passengers and malls at
New York and Chicago. Each ship
will carry loo passengers, and the fare
will he only 50 per cent more than
present steamship rntes. Ships capa
ble of this service are now In com
mission, and a trial passenger flight
will he made to Egypt by a British
government airship to determine the
feasibility of opening such passenger
routes.
"The commercial airship already
has proved its success,” said Sir Tre
vor Duwson of Vickers, Limited,
when asked whether he thought the
plan practicable. Vickers, Limited,
Is now building airships for the Brit
ish government, uml Sir Trevor Is an
expert on the llghter-than-ulr craft.
"Day of Passenger Liner Here."
"The success of the lt-34 showed
the possibilities of a transatlantic
service," he continued. “It is now only
x question of building more nnd larger
ships und equipping suitable landing
fields, sheds and mooring stations on
bolli sides of the Atluntlc. The air
ships are speedy, sufe and reliable.
They cun carry lurge cargoes, I .ive a
wide cruising range, nnd cun rl«io out
slniost any weather.
"The day of the pnssenger air dner
Is here, and If the task of orguu.zlug
sir routes Is undertaken by big tmun-
cild Interests It should be possible to
begin a regular passenger service over
Europe within six months with the
ships and bases already in existence.
Tbe American service would require
somewhat larger ships and landing
stations In North America. But It
could he In operation In less than
three years. We need such a service,
ond I believe that it will come."
The lt-34 Is the type of cruft sug
gested for the proposed service, but
the contemplated ships, although
built on the lt-34 lines, would he much
larger and have u far greater cruising
radius. It Is said that a rigid airship
could he built that would he 1,100
feet long, carrying ISO tons of freight
or passengers, and having a maximum
range of 1 ,'1,250 miles, cruising radius.
Maitland Supports Project.
Brig. (len. E. M. Maitland, tvho
commanded the lt-34 In the transat
lantic flight, is a believer in the plan
for world air routes.
■ “Even the existing airship of today
can be regarded as a reasonably safe
public conveyance,” be says. “They
already have proved themselves capa
ble of flying through practically any
type of weather, und the larger air
ships of the future, titled with more
powerful machinery, necessarily will
lie even safer. Fogs do not prove a
real menace to ulrshlps, as with the
present methods of navigation It la
not necessary to see the ground In
flying between buses. It Is true that at
present tbe most violent forms of elec
tric storms are an undoubted danger
i to nil forms of aircraft, but at the
most this danger appears to be less
than the danger of rocky coasts and
shallows to the seagoing ship.
“Airships of tills type of the K-38,
which Is now being built ut Bedford,
or the German L-71, would be capable
of flying from Englnud to Egypt, a
distance of 2,200 nflles, without a stop
In two nnd one-half days. These
ships would carry about 80 passen
gers, with 100 pounds of baggage for
each passenger, and about two tons
of mull and merchandise. To put It
snother way, 15 tons would be avail
able for passengers, mails or mer
chandise.
“Comfort In aerial travel Is essen
tial If It is to have any extended fu-
tnre. The advantage of speed is
thrown away If the passenger is
physically or nervously exhausted on
landing. But ample accommodations
can be provided for day and night
travel.”
Sleepers Ars Provided.
A proposed car lias been designed by
Beardmore. ut Dalmulr, In which spe
cial attention has been given to the
Importance of giving each pnssenger a
good view. The windows nre so ar
ranged that passengers can see both
outward and vertically downward
should they wish to do so. The passen
gers sit fating each other with a table
between them, rather like a lnrge Pull
man eat. If they wish, they can ar
range the obalrs and* tables for bridge,
"Sleepers are provided In the shape
of bunks which fold down nnd allow
tbe passengers to sleep nthwnrlshlp.
“The whole of the car will be heated
by steam generated from tbe engines,
and nlr will be udmltted at the forward
end of tlie ear, where It will he warmed
over radiators.
“One Is struck by the absence of
noise or vibration In o large airship,
nnd the absence of smoke or dirt Is a
great asset. The complete absence of
seasickness Is also tin Important con
sideration.”
Craft of the type described by Brig
adier General Maitland already have
been used In Germany on short pas
senger routes. The German Air Travel
company, formed In 11110 and flnnneed
and managed hy the Hamburg Amerika
Steamship line, ran regular passenger
excursions and town to town services
from 1010 to 1014. During this period
thes>- •' - hips made 800 flights, curry-
. "»ers without a single
ing 18,000 passes , nJ Ono
mishap Involving person j ,
of the airships, the Vlttoi. , e j |lvs
made 200 trips In 250 consecull
The compuny wns able to make A
protit, although the passenger rates
were reasonable. Since the armistice,
despite the unsettled conditions In
Germany, airships have been built for
a special mall and passenger service
between Berlin, Munich nnd Switzer
land. The first of these ships, the Bo
densee, ran regularly from June to
October last year, carrying 30 passen
gers u trip. It Is said that the Zep
pelin company is now negotiating with
American Interests for the organiza
tion of an air service from Spain to
the United States und South Amer
ica, and Is designing giant ships with
a speed of 80 miles an hour for
lids run. The ships will curry 100
passengers and their baggage, as well
as six or seven tons of mull.
Valuable War Reserve Force.
Tbe knowledge of handling the llght-
er-thun-nlr cruft greatly Increased
during the war. The ships were used
under ull weather nnd atmospheric
conditions and did valuable service as
escort nnd convoy cruft and also m
combat against submarines. Small
rlglds were used to locate and
pursue the submarines nnd were able
to detect a U-bont far below the sur
face. The new ships, in addition to
tlielr duties ns passenger vessels, can
easily be converted to purposes of war
nnd will tins form a valuable ulr re
serve force.
unc of the developments recently
made In airship landing stations is the
Mooring must, which enables the air
ship to come to the ground and be
moored even during bud weather. The
mast is a Pill structure, with a swivel
mooring device nt the lop, from which
the airship swings.
linns are now being prepnred for a
mooring tower especially arranged for
use with passenger-carrying airships.
The revolving head of the mast will be
provided with a powerful winch for
hauling In anil a shock absorbing buffe.
will enable the ship to tie coupled up
without difficulty even In winds vp '.u
80 miles an hour. Within the mast
there will he a pnssenger elevutor by
'■•inch the passengers will ascend to tin
u|ipcr platform, where they will cross
a gangway and enter the ship.
I’lpe lines to carry hydrogen, gaso
line and water to the shlp-ulso will he
run up the mast, and the vessel can
thus refuel at her moorings.
Inventions Increase Safety.
Many war discoveries aid In hicreus,
Ing the safety of airship travel. The
wireless direction Under makes ll pos
sible for the ship trf 11ml her location
at all pities and s,o mitigate success
fully In fogs. The Increasing range
und sources of Information of the
meteorological service aids In giving
weather forecasts thut will warn air
craft of approaching storms, which can
he avoided by a change of course.
Laboratory investigations are now
being mad • of the nature of the parti
cles of moisture that forms fogs, and
It Is hoped that some way will be
found of dispersing fog, so that a local
clear area may he maintained about
the Inndlnj.: places. All landing places
nre market with brilliant electric heli
cons and lighthouses are being erected
to guide night flying ships along aerial
routes.
Airships are even now a safe form
of travel. When rain, high winds or
electric storms approach they can seek
the higher air levels and so avoid dan- |
ger. The risks from tire have been
reduced to a minimum, and the dun- '
ger of engine trouble, ever present In
the airplane, Is nullified h,v the fact
that repairs always can be made with
out descending. Itigld airships never
have less than four engines, and It Is
Improbable that all engines will break
down nt one time. Even If half the
engines broke down the ship could
travel at four-fifths of her normal
speed.
Public Demands Speed.
The airship lias the advantage over
both the airplane and the stiuuiship as
a pnssenger cruft. The airplane can
only travel 330 mljes without stopping
nt a hose for fuel and is thus Imprnc
tlcnble for long distance routes. It Is.
furthermore, of limited carrying ca
pacity, and the disagreeable features
of noise and vibration cannot he done
away with. The great rigid, moving
steadily day and night and hav
ing a cruising radius of 2,000 to
3.000 miles, makes a far better passen
ger ship. It has been suggested that
airplane routes could he used as feed
ers to the airship lines, stuull alrplnhes
carrying passengers to u central point,
whence they could embark on the air
ships of transoceanic and transconti
nental lines.
When the lines ure established the
steamships also will And them serious
competitors. The nlrslilp Is Infinitely
quicker and does not have the pitch
and toss that intikes steamer travel
unpleasant. The demand for great
liners that cut down the lime spent In
transatlantic travel shows that tbert
nt a large class of travelers who want
and will pay for speed. These people
will he !he clientele of the irunsnthiu-
lie uli-snlp.
The shipment of valuables, bonds,
stocks and bullion on the speedy air
liners will save the money lost In Inter-
"sr, and urgent malls should he shipped
In this way. Even nt an ad
vanced postnge rate a letter of thou
sands of words could be speedily trans
mitted In this way at the cost of one
word of a cabled message.
Advantages Over Steamkhip.
The advantages of the airship over
the steamship nnd also the relative
cost of travel are shown In the follow
ing table compiled by Brigadier Gen
eral Maiilaml:
Airship Slosmslilp
Time of
ffnelem) transit, Cost of Time, Coet,
lo— .lays passage uftys (list class
Egypt a . U.U ♦-« UP Dll
India 6 lull 11 111,- 70
S Africa., s', 1-0 17-19 .0
AuMrat.a .10's U’0 li lift. Ill
Speed, finely. utio a new and thrill
ing form of travel will lie thus com
bined al a cost |hat, in view of the sav-
,ng of lime. i> relatively little greater
than the pnsciit steamship rate.
■'Tim continental air romes will come
lirst," says Sir Trevor Dawson,
"hut the moat Important part of air
travel will be that between Europe and
North America. 'They are the two
great continents, the continents that
have between them a steady Mow of
passenger travel. Air navel must
eoine, cutting down the lime distance
between countries, nnd thus strength
ening th<> ties of business, trade and
international understanding. 1 um
looking forward to the time when air
Mners will bring London within two
days of America.”—Otis Peabody Swift
in New York Tribune.
Administrator's Sals.
NOTICE
By virtno of an older from the
Court f Ordinary of Hlbb County,
Georgia, will be sold, at. nubile out
cry, on the first Tuesday In May,
1921, at the Court Houho door in the
said county, between the legal hours
of sale, one half undivided Interest.
l:o same being all the Interest of
Mrs. Frauccs J. (Mrs. Fanny) Crootns
deceased, of the tract of land, doacrib
nd as follows:
.41 that tract or parcel of land, ly
ing rnd being in the counties of WiL
klno;n and Ba'ilwin, containing sixty
acres, known as the "Old Joe Slade
I lace," being bo tided on the North
by J. I. Ethridge, on the East hy John
Stephens, on the South by Joe Young
blood nnd on the Wtost by I. C. Pat
terson. The said tract of land being
divided by I'j® county line of Wil
kinson and BuUlwtu, and known : :i
the former resilience of ,W. F. Day,
end more fully described in a deed
luted July 1st, j Sit 8, and rectrded in
Bock, Folio 611, Clerk's office, Bald
win Superior Court, also Hook S,
Folio 417, Clerk’s office, Wilkinson
Superior Court.
Terms, cash. Tills March 29, 1921.
W. M. BREVARD
Administrator of the estate of Mrs.
Fenny Crooms, deceased.
J. A. MONSEES
Hla attorney
GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary April Term 1921.
E. It. Hines, administrator upon the
esteat of \V. F. Crooms, late of Bald
win county, deceased, has applied to
this 'Court for leave to sell the real
estate belonging to said estate. This
Is therefore to notify ull persons in
terested that said application will be
heard on the first Monday 111 May,
\V. H. Stembridge, Ordinary.
CITATION
GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Edward
R. Hines, as Administrator of Law-
son Dixon, has petitioned me for
leave to sell the real estate of said
aw son Dixon. All heirs at lAw and
ere. hi tors cf said deceased, will take
n.’tlco that 1 will pans upon said ap-
I Petti- n at th i May Turin, 1921. of
bo Court of Ordinary of raid county,
and unless cause in shown to the con-
tr®"". said leave will be granted.
This 4th day of April, 192'!.
W. H. Stembridge, Ordinary.
Baldwin Cc nty, Ga.
CEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, Apr Term, 1921.
Miss Julia Dlrsell llnrnca. adminis
tratrix upon the estate of Mrs. Fan
nie M. Barnes, late cf Baldwin county
Georgia, deceased, represents to this
coil that Y'e huu discharged the
duties of her trust, and -i ns filed her
opplicati-n for letters of dismission.
This is therefore to notify ail per
sona interested that her application
will be heard cn the fir«‘. Monday In
May 1921.
W. H. Stembridge. Ordinary.
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