ALL ABOARD FOR THE NORTH POLiU.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1793, 19 March 1888, Page 3

ALL ABOARD FOR THE NORTH POLiU.

An opportunity is offered some enterprising photographer to rice above his fellows and make a name for himself that will go down m history. Who shall it be 1 The Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Company, of Chicago, 111,, are building an air ship called the " Arctic Eiplorer," with a carrying oapaclty of 200 passengers, together with kuoli instruments and apparatus as they may wiah to carry ; also provision and machinery for operating the ship. The following sciences will havo one or mere representatives aboard : — Astronomy, geodtßy, hydrostaticß, bygromelry, photography, eto. The air ship will be composed of a cylinder built of thiu plates of stee 1 , thorou?hly braced inside m order to withstand atmospheric pressure. The inventor departs from old mothod and will use for ascenßlOD&l forco a partial vacaum instead of gas. To thla cylinder will be rigidly attached the car for passengers, etc. The motive power will be electricity; The proposed route Is as follows :—Startiugfrom New York City, tbenco to Philadelphia, Washington, Toledo, Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco: Feddo. Japun ; Canton or Pekin, China, Constantinople, Turkey ; Rome, Italy; Paris, France ; BerllD, Germany ; iJopc-nhageD, D313---mar k; Stockholm, Sweden ; and St. Petersburg, Russia ; from thence directly via Greenland to the Arctic regions. A stop of oue hour will be made at each place 10 take on tcicntific coraimsßioner? who have Eiib2crlbed for pnsoago at least throo months previous to timy oi starting, which is set for Juris, 1888. Tha payment of*-1009dois. will eecure passage for the round trip, Including all expenses, beard, eto. It. is ectimatod that one month from starting the nhip will again lein New York, allowing ton or twelve days investigation at the Pule. The pre ject, plans and devices for navigating the air have high er.doreera, eu:ti, for instance, aa Prof. E. f Jolby, of Ohicago, the " Electrical Review " nnd " Electrical World "of New York. Fur further particulars address the inventor and manager, Dr A. de B»U33ett, 236, State street, Chicago, 111., who will give all information desired. We epeak m advance for a set of negatives of tbe Pole for illustration In our mngcz'neß. — '• St. Loula Photographer,"