HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-09-09, Page 3GREAT FIRE IN TORONTO
West Wing of Parliament Buildings Gutted
and Provincial Library Destroyed.
A des l('ii\r from Toronto says :
Entailing c/.tmage of ut least $600,-
000 leas titin half of which is insur-
ed. and the irreparable loss of a
library of over 100,000 volumes,
many of which can never be replac-
ed, fire guttod the west wing of the
provincial parliament buildings in
the Queen's Park on Wednesday
afternoon. The insurance, which
covers the building alone, stands ut
$750,000, in 45 companies.
In addition to the tiro, water (lid
muds damage. and the cellar of the
groat stone pile is flooded to a depth
of several feet.
• \\'llEIIE IT STARTED.
The discovery of the blaze which
led to the first alarm was made by
a newspaperman as he was leaving
the first floor of the building. The
glass which covers the great Light-
well in the west wing of the main
section crashed through. He looked
up and saw smoke and flame and
rushed to the telephone in the at-
torney -general's department and
phoned to fire headquarters.
GOT GOOD START.
%Vhou the firemen began to arrive
the fire was burning fiercely at the
roof over tho fallen light glass, and
in the wing running north and south
!it
at the extreme west of the great
stone pile. Lines of hose wore run
up outside and in through (h)ors and
windows, and the flames did not
make any appreciable headway
eastward, but tore south into the
library and north into the offices in
that end of the wing. This was the
long stretch in this wing, and it
was in this that the fiercest battle
was fought.
It was not long before the flames
were in possession of the library,
end the priceless books were driven
from the windows a shower of
THE WORLD'S MARKE NS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
IJL&DE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at
charred leaves. Beneath this and Louie uud Abroad.
to the east were the papers Ment
which judges have been at work for I31tF.ADS'TUFI'S.
two years in revising the statutes Toronto, Sept. 7.—Flour — On -
of the province, and a determined tario !lour new \Pieter wheat pat -
effort was made to save these, al- ents at $4 to $4.05 in buyer,,' sacks
though the offices of the legal de- on track, Toronto; now wheat flour
partment, iu which they were kept, for exports, $3.90 to $3.95 outside
were a drench of w'at •r which in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour,
poured from upper (leer:. and were first patents, $5.80 on track, To -
filled with blinding smoke. This route; second patents, $5.30, and
effort was successful, though the strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20 on
papers wore many of them drench- track, Toronto.
ed• A like fight to save the records Manitoba 'Wheat—Old No. 1
and documents of the railway com- Northern, $1.23 to $1.25, Georgian
mission in the upper floor of the Bay ports ; new No. 1 Northern for
north end of the wing resulted in October shipment $1.01, and No. 2
the preserving of those valuable Northern, October shipment, 98%c,
papers and the greater part of the
hydro -electric documents in Hon.
Adam Beck's room were saved, al-
though the offices were gutted.
ROOF FELL IN SECTIONS.
Tho roof fell in sections. First it
was that section over the Tight Wel,
then the part over the library went
down with a great crash, and later
smaller sections further to the
north. With every fall, there were
great clouds of smoke and cinder('
dotted with the bright spots that.
were burning papers
The smouldering ruin which was
the west wing is now a gloomy
sight. It stands there a hulking
mass of blackened and disfigured
stone, roofless and dilapidated.
The whole western wing was de- COUNTRY PRODUCE.
luged with water from the base-
ment to roof, and setting aside the Apples—$2.50 to $3 per barrel.
loss of the library, the great bulk Beans—Prime $2.25 to 82.30, and
of the damage was caused by water hand-picked, $2.50 to $2.60 per
rather than fire. bush.
With the exception of the private Hay—No. 1 timothy, $14.50 to $15
office of the King's printer, all the
rooms in the wing with all their
valuable oak desks, chairs, filing -�•,_ .
cabinets and general furnishings
are soaked and almost destroyed.
lake ports.
Ontario Wheat—New No. 2, 97 to
98c at outside points.
Barley—No. 2, 55o outside, and
No. 3 extra at 51 to 53c outside.
Oats—No. 2 Ontario white new,
3' to 33c outside. No. 2 Western
Canada old oats 43c, and No. 3, 42c,
Bay ports.
Peas—Prices nominal
Rye—No. 2, 68c outside.
Buckwheat—Prices nominal.
Corn—No. 2 American yellow,
77'/, to 78c on track, Toronto. Ca-
nadian, 75 to 76c on track, Toronto.
Bran—$20 to $20.50 for Ontario
!:ran outside in bulk. .Manitoba,
$21 in sacks, Toronto freights;
shorts, $24, Toronto freights.
1110 GRANDE ON RAMPAGE.
Immense Territory In Mexico is
Under \Water.
A despatch from .\ustin, Texas,
says : The Rio Grande from the
mouth ofeehe San Jose River down
, its mouth, a distance of 150 miles,
on the biggest rampage on re-
• -The flood waters of the Sau
e and Sun Juan Rii'ers and their
ibutaries are pouring in on the
exican side, a scope 'of territory
hirty to forty miles wide is under
water and an enormous amount of
damage has already been done. See-
eral towns in the lower valley of
Texas side aro already under
ter, and the river is still risio3.
o loss of life is reported.
..4 _
APPALLING DEATII RATE.
1,233 Children Died In Montreal iu
Three Months.
A despatch from Montreal says:
The appalling mortality among chil-
dren in Montreal is well shown by
the figures for the three hot months
of the year, and it is safe to say
that no other city in Canada or por-
haps on the continent has such a
terrible record. In the three
months there were 2.127 deaths of
1f•hieh 1,2:33 were children or 68 per
crit_ The figures went as high AS
Iiiih70 per cent. for some weeks. The
,rhw
iest death rate was the eek of
illy `r4, when the thermometer was
,4. when of 211 deaths 153 were
hildren.
ELECTRIC SMELTING.
Seedi.h Expert hero to EslablLeh
Furnaces.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Mr. A. Gronwall of Ludvika, Swe-
den, is in Ottawa in connection with
proposals now under way to eatab-
Itsh furnaces in Canada for the elec-
tric smelting of iron ores, on the
same principle as is now in success-
ful operation in Sweden. Mr. Gron-
wall is one of the three Swedish
cnginecrs who have spent the last
three years in perfecting the elec-
tric smelting process along the lines
first laid down by Dr. Haanel,
Deputy Minister of Mines for Can-
ada. Mr. Louis Simpson of this
city, who has boon actively interest-
ed in the electric smelting process
for some years past, is now forming
a company to establish an electric
smelting industry nt a power site
at the Chats, some thirty miles west
of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River.
h'INJ:n LORD LA.CELLES.
Earl t; r•y Aide Shot Deer in
Mittel' Columbia.
A despatch i r„m Victoria, B.C.,
scys : Lord Lascelles, Aide -de Camp
to Earl Grey, was fined 8275 in tho
Police Court hero on Wednesday
for shooting deer out of season. Two
fine heads which Lord Lascelles had
turned over to the local taxider-
mist for mounting were seized and
destroyed. Tho incident is being
minimized locally, but it. is almost
without precedent in Canada.
TIff NORTH POLO BEACHED
r. Cook, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Reported to
Have Achieved the Impossible.
despatch from London says:
Frederick A. Cook, of Brook-
e), U. 8. A•, arrived at Lerwick,
$c the Shetland Islands on Wed-
sesday morning, from the Arctic
regions, where he hal been for
nearly three years. He reports
Phat he ha dscovered the North
olo. 11r. k declares, accord-
ing to the brie telegrams
which
roach London, that he attained the
latitude of PO degrees north on
April 21, 1909.
1enDr Cnok came out of the un -
own wilds at the close of May,
is near, at the Greenland Colony
1, ernavik. He was taken on
oard the Danish stendm.hip Hans
gc , which makes A reamer stop
Lerwick The weasel remained
oro only a short time, and then
►ntinued her voyage to Copenhag-
en She is due to reach there on
BAtnr•dav The Danish inspector of
Giee!nland, 'she was on hoard the
flans Rg •d, alfte telegraphs that
Dr ('ook reached the Pole. He
says that the Eskimos who aec„m-
anlecl Dr Cook confirm all the
deteils of the story which he tells
STA T1.\iENT 111' UR. ('O(li(. in o re- lie, p,ntun is the xpl, lysed „ptsm ewith such perfi•stence
A iwpat.,h ftv;u Paris says: tic."iaur among its citi.:cus who are , n ' td1141 has been k0
i
a ton on track here, and No. 2 at
813 to $13.50.
Straw—$9 to $9.50.
Potatoes -60 to 65c por bag on
track for Ontarios.
Poultry --Chickens, dressed, 14 to
16c per !b. ; fowl, 10 to 12c; turkeys,
16 to 17c per lb.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Rutter --Pound prints, 19 to 21e;
tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19o; in-
ferior, 16 to 17c; creamery, 23 to
21e, and separator, 224 to 23%c
per Ib.
Eggs --23c per dozen for case lots.
Cheese -12'/,c por Ib. fur largo,
and 13e for twins.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon—Long clear, 13% to 14c
per Ib. in case lots; mess pork,
821.50 to $25; short cut. $26.50 to
$27.
Hams—Light to medium, 15 to
16e; do., heavy, 14 to 14'x c ; rolls,
13% to 14c; shoulders, 12'/._, to 13c ;
backs, l8 to I8%c; breakfast ba-
con, 16 "e.
Lard—Tierces, 1-1%c; tubs, 14;'{c;
pails, 15c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. 7.—Tho market
for oats is steady; No. 2 Canadian
Western, 41% to 45o; No. 3 Cana-
dian Western, 43'/., to 44c. Barley
—No. 2, 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed
barley, 04 to 65c. Flour—Manito-
ha Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$5.90; Manitoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, seconds, $5.40; Winter wheat
patents, 85.75; Manitoba strong
bakers', $5.20; straight rollers, $5.-
50; straight rollers in bags. 42.60.
Feed—Ontario bran, $22 to $23; On-
tario middlings, $23.50 to $21.50;
Manitoba b: an, 822; Manitoba
shorts, $24; pure grain mouillo,
833 to $34; mixed mouillo, $25 to
827. Cheese—Westerns, 11% to
11;ee, and Easterns, 11% to 11'/,c.
Butter—Creamery, 23c. Eggs—Se-
lected stock, 25% to 260; No. I
candied at 2E' to 23c, and N J. 2
at 16 to 19e per dozen.
UNITED ST:ITI:S MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 7. —
\\'heat—Sept., 94%c; Dec., 92%e;
May, 96?'„c. Cash—No. 1 hard,
994c; No. 1 Northern, 98%c; No -
2 Northern, 96%o; No. 3 Northern,
92% to 94o. Fleur—First patents,
$5.25 to 85.27; second patents, 85.-
15 to 85.25; first clears, $1.15 to
$4.65; second clears, $3.3') to 83.-
50. Bran—In100-pound racks,
$19.50 to 820.
Chicago. Sept. 7.—Cash wheat --
No. 2 red, $1.01 to $1.05; No. 3 red,
09c to 81.0.2 ; No. 2 hard, $1.01 to
$1.0.2„ ; No. 3 hard, 97c to $1.01;
No. 2 Northern, $1 01 to $1.02; No.
e Spring, 95c to $1.00. Corn—No.
2, 68% to 69%c; No. 2 white, 69 to
69%e; No. 2 yellow, 69%c; No. 3,
68'/.. to 69e; No. 3 white, 69c; No.
3 yellow, 69%c No. 4, 67c. Oats—
No. 3 white, 37 to 39e; No. 4 whito,
3e% to 37%e; standard, 38'4 to
39%c.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Sept. 7.—Choices steers
sold 5 to 5%c; good at 4% to 4';c ;
rr.oditnn, 4 to 4%c; cows, 3 to 4!•le,
and hulls, 2 to 3%c per pound. The
price of lambs declined %c per
pound, with sales at 5;c ; sheep,
3%c per pound. Calves, $3 to $15
per head. Hogs—Sales of the bet-
ter grades were registered at $8.-
75 to 89 per 100 pounds, weighed
off the cars.
NO CRIMINAL INTENT.
Light Sentence on Clerk for Ab-
stracting Postal Matter.
A despatch from Lindsay says:
G. C. Henley, the young post -office
clerk charged with abstracting (nat-
ter from the Mails, was up before
P. M. Jackson on Weduesday. The
evidence went to show that there
was no criminal intent, and the
magistrate sentenced him to ono -
half hour in jail.
l'ro t:
ViesIV
of 1'arlianlcnt l;uiltlin�.: , Toronto, showing the West Wing (tile left of Picture
tv�iiiclt was destroyed.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
UAI't'ENINGS E'it011 ALL OVER
THE GLOBE.
Telegrapnle Rrlets From Our Oita
aad Other Countries et
Recent Eveuta.
CANADA.
Provincial license officers seized
large quantities of liquor in Now
Ontario.
The Savoy Theatre at Hamilton
was damaged by fire ou Wednes-
day.
The Government has fixed Mon-
day, October 25th, as Thanksgiving
Day.
An outbreak of scarlet fever is re-
ported at the Boys' Houle in Haut-
llton.
Tho steamer Kathleen was st ruck
by lightning and burned at Stur-
geon Point, on \Wednesday.
Owing to increased traffic extra
trains are to be put on the T. it N.
O. Railway.
The Grand Trunk Railway has
moved its yards and ongiuos from
East. Toronto to Mimico.
A young son of Mr. Fentiman was
killed at Ottawa by a. cart turning
over on top of him, on Wednesday.
Mr. F. A. Acland has gone to
Glace Bay to report to the Labor
Department on the strike situation.
"Rev." James Loudsiak was sen-
tenced at Fort William to five years
in penitentiary for robbing stores.
Mr. A. J. Nixon of London, Ont.,
has been appointed chief of the now
operating branch of tho Railway
Commission.
Dr. John Serail has been sent. to
Europe by the Ontario Government
in search of information regarding
the training of artisans.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord ltosobory will speak at an
anti -budget meeting at Glasgow.
Lord Do Clifford was killed in an
automobile accident at Brighton,
England, on Wednesday.
Speaking to a deputation of cat-
tle importers on Thursday Mr. As-
quith would hold out no hope that
the embargo on Canadian cattle
would bo removed.
UNITED STATES.
Three trainmen were killed in a
collision near Huntington, Pa., on
Wednesday.
Seven children were suffocated in
a fire in an orphanage on Long Is-
land, on Tuesday.
Fire almost destroyed the steam-
er Northwind in a gale on Lake Su-
perior, on Wednesday.
The Schuylkill Valley, in Pennsyl-
vania, is suffering from the worst
drouth it has exeperienced in fifty
years.
Mr. Harriman has issued a state-
ment to the press, in which he says
that his physicians have told him
he only needs rest.
A chauffeur arrested at New York
repeatedly for fast driving was for-
bidden by the court ever to drive
a car in the State again.
A lone highwayman held up an
express train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, near Lewiston, Pa., but
did not got more than $100 in
money.
GENERAL.
ToliONTO'S GROWTH. (Went that the growth of the past partly flayed before moving,'' and A sharp earthquake shock was felt
is of no mushroom order, but ir, so treacherous that in the days in (tome on Tuesday.
liptinli:m of fhc 1'cr►plu GI the firm, grounded on a rock of per- v hen dingoes were more commonly ('Dunt Zeppelin dam god his bal-
tntinoncy. It is this that is behind kept as pets by the colonists than, Count
on his return (light from Ber•
Queen ('icy. the establishment of costly and as a result of bitter experience, is lin, and had to descend.
'Toronto is a great financial ccn- beautiful braneh banks all over the the ease to day, it was no unusual The attempt to tow the first Ger •
tre, creeping u ► close to Montreal. city; the erection of huge office thing for the dog which had been plan Dreadnought N'estphalen
'there are 11 banks with head of- buildings; the enlargement of the
brought up with every tenderness down the Weser ended in failure.
tic es here, only 6 in Montreal. Life factories, the warehouses, tho de- from puppyhood to turn suddenly
insurance companies with heed of-hartn,enlal and the retail stores. It er its toaster or mistress, or, what
licca in Toronto cure} policies of is this that is breaking the $11.225, -
temporary
more frequent, when left in GYROSCOPE ON AEROPLANE.
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$313,014,736. and there aro 15 fire SOO buildings record of 1907; this lentporar; charge of an empty '--
companies with their headquarters that persuaded the ratepayers to pause to seize the opportunity to N'" 11u�ttrftllan Invention for Fly- —
in Toronto. vote 82,400,000 for a trunk sewer;
raid the sheepfold or the poultry Eng in a Wind.
In 1903 the hank clearings were $750,000 for a filtration plant and, runs. �, A despatch from London says: FISH FROM TIIE: CLOI'D9.
8808,748,260. Since 1905 they have it nifty be. $2,750.000 for an electri• On such oeeasiona it ravens Two Australians, of the names of—
exceeded one billion dollars each c'aI distribution plant. It is that esen as the wolf, killing not to sat- Healy and Roberts, are te.ting hero ricked Up on Hillotde—Instances
ear. that will ►ersunde. the city to spend isfy its hunger,but in the unre-
y 1 Pan invention which they claim will teem India.
The customs duties at Toronto $2.000.000 for the elevation of the stnai ableitf fury
ytof enough instinct,
init, ctable theta to ignore tin• wind and Recently a number of town9peo-
leached $11,611,267 in 1907. steam tracks and 8700,0t0 [ora sea t g g fly in any weather. Speaking broad- phi taking
e stones of
Toronto does the biggest post wall that will regain its waterfront; alive.caThat it does Dot need mucone fowl or one h ly, the invention is a gyroscopic at- ekscalbert Nlill weon rle surprised
office business in Canada. in 1908 this splendid optimism will come to time, moveover, is shown by the tachmcnt to the engine, ensuring to see on the gray near Summer -
the revenue was $1,678.195. Mont- the nid of all great prr,jects that slfttcment of Thomas Ward that balance in any circumstances. The hill a large number of very small
real's was 90938.936. are deemed necessary for the de- "one dingo in the course of a few actual method of the application the fishes, varying in length from 134
The Paris edition of the New York Toronto's street railway paid lclopment of Toronto in the httuie. hours has been known to dextro wn
inventors are keeping a secret. Tho (� 2 inches, says the CAmpbello be Herald of 11'ednesdny morning pub- 865,239 as percentage to the city in - -The News. several score of spec For its tests are going on in Essex, with Courier. The fish appeared to be
fishes n signed statement from Dr. 1892. Last year it paid $417.397 out p'tl:rcc types of aeroplanes. the yours of
Frederick A. Cook, which is dated of the fares paid by S9,139,b71 pus fighting ability the ►:ame authority g the herring, and their
Mans heed, Lerwick, Wednesday, sengers, drelares it to be a match for most TRIE;O •f0 fill. Ai.FONSO. pretence on the hill in considerable
on his experiencee in the :Arctic Toronto is Lite. hondc unrters f,,r Till: .I I STIt.1 t,i 1 \ DINt;o. dnme5tie dogs of double its size. _ numbers created much speculation.
region : the Government of Onttario. - When wild it hunts in packs, Barcelona Police Arrest a Nofori- ringn August, 1901, a shower of her -
region
' s awas experienced
Its r _ wluch are said sometime,' 'nenced
Treachery t - Ida tat
"After i 11 a t rr nn e t Ice 'we m 1to'
fern prolonged fight with It is the leading muaictt) centro d D r II nese ►neq include fry the
nus Anarchist. head of Longrow,
famine and frosts," says Dr. Cook, it Canada and supports seven first- N ill Feign Death. a. many as a hundred individuals, g ow, but there was no
though from six to A Bolen is the .1 despatch from Madrid says: doubt as to whence the miniature
we have at Inst succeeded in claw choral orgnntzntions, one with '('here are some who believe, common number; And the only Ai.- The police of Barcelona Pro, ince fish had come, for they fell from
roaching the Pole. A new highway, a world-wide reputation. though the esidenco secrnS against 'terrine!' animal which it is uneer have succeeded in arresting Fran- above on the hate and clothing of
with an interesting strip of ftnirnat- For its size it is the heat lhentri- {hem, that certain of the wild dogs, tain if the pack can ever pull down risen I'errer, a notorious Miami'
several men, and at the time a small
1 ; nature, has been explored And cal centre in America. It has eight like the Australian dingo- "yellow is (in spite of Mr. Kipling) the "old let, who bus been attntr-d for a black cloud of remarkable density
R game haunts located, which will theatres which took in nearly t?1, dog dingo, always hungry.• dusty man'' knnt;Aroo• long time in eminectinn with n num• was directly overhead.
delight sportsmen and extend the 500.000 last sensen• in the sun" --are reversi.•us to true +1. The phenomenon of fish from the
i:skim,� horizon. it is a military centre. mild stn;, of a race once tame, ort ..t bee rf outrages it is still belie ed
j tit It 1,1 vet .11' !ATI ii 1' 1 11:11', that ho was a member of the gang clouds is, says our contemporary,
"Land LAS ben discovered which it is the best athletic city in ('An ,. r!,r t. •risfl cin sof various coon responsible for the bomb outrage on
of more common occurrence than is
rests on earth's northernmost ads And eontrlhutel eighteen ono Enc• lure travelled half the road 'Thirty 'Thousand 'i'rnop' Parsed the oevnsion of King11[on'o's we.l• generally supposed. it is undoubt-
rocks. .\ triangle of 30,000 square of the thirty-four on the Canadian toward becoming wild animals; Retnre hiii.er. dintz, edly due to some .mall fry of fishes
miles has hen cut nut of the ter -team at the Olympic games. again, says the London Times.
restrial unknown. Tho expedition j - *_--_ having been lifted from the water
It Is a city of beautiful houses, A :\S one sees the dingo here in the I \ despatch from Berlin says: I►I:1T1l i.1ST 10.000. and carried over dry land by what
was the outcome of a Summer city of growing wealth. a city of gardens it looks not merely like a Emperor William attended the an-
---_ is p„rulArly known ns a waterspout.
rause in the :Arctic setts schooner developing art. cfomestieatrd dug, but like a dog ! tntnn review en Wednesday of theMany rases t re reported from
Bradley. which arrived at limina ofBerlin,. if,,, , „rte of il, l an Floods Under.P
It is a city that has led the way of A diatinc•tly engaging and s:n,i ' and Pot•dnm garrisons nn, abroad. and they are common i
navigation in Smith Sound late in in municipal government by a Board cable kind The dingo's character the 'Ten:plebe( Pnrade Ground. The •t'Itetl• India. Last tear Caithness re
August, 1907. Here.eonditions were of Control. Winnipeg followed, belies it, gentle looks -Quarrel review any the u.nil brilliant spec- to launch a venture to the Q P i -pitch (rem `ared,�. Teras. cd a shower of small fishes,
then Ottawa. Hamilton has legisla- some. sly and trencherou..- nu taste. Thirty flew .ind tr,;ups of t;n,. • Iloliab!c a s f•.,r: fun acre identified as herein
Pole. .1. R. Bradley liberally s IP tive permission and Montreal is in- Australian nnturnlist has esllccl it. all brnie hes took part in the ma- i tries declare th,t list there wit; also a .imil
{•li.'d (runt his tessels suitable pro- quiring. S '.ly it is that Recce et, nom ree The Emneror and En,-' fro.,, the hood -Ode ` ill I. )t. ss.hire.
' i.i,�n° for local use. My own the •liner, ,
lint the best a.<et. of flit+ (icy 13eddard (in ' in ate ea ' keret returned t;. p, ren• h 10,no o. Twelwc �1 .1- i'rc.gv, ince
equipment ter ernergou, fes °erred apart frorn the moral tone .,{ 1,111,- tura! History”) it f
tit through the prineipal slree f iC' have already been ',ltlnd r resturea
well fee every purpose ' th A , Berlin and were cheered b
pieced in hastily strutted i,, the
e cruwtls• morgues. air.
AN AIR FLEET SERVICE
SOON '10 BE ESTABLISHED 1N
FRANCE.
Balloon Services \\'ill Be Started
Bet a ecu Paris and Certain
'1'ou ns.
Regular service • by dirigible bal-
loons are short! to be established
between Pari; at. i a certain number
of French towns. The company
which will undertake tho business
is called the '1'rausaerial Company,
and it will be under the manage-
ment of Mr. Henry Kapferer. Five
balloons are to be constructed, the
first of which, earned after the city
of Nancy, will be ready soon, and
It is hoped that the other four will
be completed by the end of the year.
Tho Ville de Nancy is of precisely
the same tyre as the Bayard -Cle-
ment balloon. The length is 00
metres, and its cubic capacity is
3,500 cubic metres. The engines are
of 120 h.p., with a total weight, in
running order, of 750 kilograms. The
speed is set down at 50 kilometres
per hour, with a crew of eight pas-
sengers, and the balloon can remain
in the air for ten hours.
CARRY FIFTEEN PASSENGERS.
The two nextballoons, now being
built, aro double the size of the
Ville de ancy, and they each have
two entirely separate engines of 120
h.p., with three screw propellers,
a large one in trent and two smaller
ones in the rear. It is estimated
that the larger balloons will each
carry 15 passengers and lift a total
weight of 2,500 kilograms. The
fourth airship will have a capacity
of 4,000 cubic metres, it will carry
10 passengers, and will oe able to
travel 48 kilometres per hour.
This air fleet will bo employed to
run on four different services—the
first will be from Paris to Nancy,
by way of Meaux and Reims. The
departure station at the Paris end
will be close to the parade ground
of Issey-les-Moulineaux, and the
station shed is nearly completed.
It is constructed to hold two dirig-
ible balloons, and it is hoped that
the station at Reims will tic finished
in about two months. The south-
eastern line will connect Paris with
Fontainebleau, and will ultimately
be extended to Lyon3. The two sta-
tions at Juvisy and Fontainebleau
will bo put in hand at once.
SOUTHWESTERN SERVICE.
The southwestern balloon service
will be directed towards Pau, pass-
ing by way of Orleans, Tours and
Bordeaux. The terminal station nt
Pau is under construction, and the
one nt Orleans will be commenced
forthwith. The western line will
unite Paris and Rouen, with a stop-
ping place nt Sartrouville, where
sheds already exist. It is intended
during the fine weather to run daily
services over all these four lines.
A school is now being organized
in Paris, for the study or acroautics,
and it is hoped to make a start in
October. This institution is destin-
ed to educate engineers skilled in
the construction of balloons, aero-
planes, and motors. The students
will be drawn from the ranks of the
great schools of the country, and
they will have to puss an entrance
examination which will comprise
the subjects generally demanded in
the case of engineers. The course
of studies will embrace mechanics,
strength of materials, cont=tructton
and driving of motors, and practi-
cal work in the shops, together with
a special study of the science of
aeronautics. The president of the
council of administration will bo N.
Daumor.