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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919.
ENGINEERING A FLIGHT
Admiral Peary methodically planned
his attack upon the North Pole. Ex
perimentally he tried out his conclu
sions. He carefully selected his com
panions, and insured both them and
himself to the hardships of arctic
travel. The food and transportation
problems were fully worked out. In
the light of the careful and thorough
preparatory work the result was a
foregone conclusion. Shackleton and
Amundsen also won by similar
methods.
The flying men of the Navy set their
goal upon the other side of the At
lantic. They also took up their task
in much the same way as the naval
constructor undertakes the design of
a battleship. The flight problem had
many ramifications, but the two most
important were the men and the ma
chine. Both were developed, the one
by preliminary training upon the
smaller hydroplanes and other out of
the experience gained in the progres
sive design and building of larger and
larger plans. The plane which was
finally developed, the NC class, repre
sents the combined efforts of many en
gineers and the experience of many
flyers. A few of the characteristics
of the plane are worth comment.
The weight of the plane without load
is 15,100 pounds; and, with its maxi
mum load, 28,000 pounds; the weight
of gasoline, oil men and provisions
being 13,100 pounds. The weight of
the plan is 53.5 per cent of the com
bined weight of plane and load. To
appreciate this better, the weight of
a steel ore car of 50 tons’ capacity
is about 24 per cent of the combined
weight of load and car. The plane
carries 0.86 of its unloaded weight,
the ore 3 times its own weight. In
other words the plane requires 3.5
times as much material in its construc
tion for an equivalent carrying weight.
A steel ore car does not receive
gentle treatment over the roadbeds
and at the speeds that are reached in
modnern traffic, but the strains which
It must meet are proportionally less
than for the plane traveling at a speed
of 80 knots. Nevertheless the plane
is not subjected to the shocks, except
at landing, that the ore car must
meet. The large surplus of material
as compared with the ore car on the
basis of weight-carrying capacity is
undoubtedly required on account of
the peculiar conditions under which
the plane must operate. The com
parison becomes less striking when
we consider that the plane must carry
its own motive power, whereas the
car is uiuy a wuiaiuiug
The total area of the wings, banking
planes, estabilizers and rudders is
2,981.6 square feet. The weight when
fully loaded is 9.46 pounds per square
foot of surface; and when gasoline and
oil are exhausted the weight is 5.46
pounds per square foot. The aggre
gate power of the four motors is given
as 16000 horsepower or an equivalent
of 0.536 horsepower per square foot
of surface. The fully loaded weight is
equivalent to 17.62 pounds per horse
power, and the weight, less gasoline
and oil, is 10.2 pounds per horsepower.
Thus the plane at the end of its flight
has much less weight to sustain and
greater power per unit of weight. It
is perhaps not difficult to see why
planes of this size have considerable
difficulty in rising at the beginning
of a long flight.
At the beginning of the flight, of the
total weight the machine made up 53.5,
the gasoline 39, and the oil 3.2, and the
men and supplies 4.2 per cent. At the
end of the flight, when the gasoline
and oil are exhausted, the machine
constitutes 92.6 and the men and sup
plies 7.4 per cent of the total weight.
Thus the plane is somewhat similar
to the man who packs his grub upon
his back on a long trip. Each day
makes the load lighter. The plane,
however, lightens its load at the rate
of over 700 poumfs per hour of flight.
The man on foot lightens his pack at
the rate of 4 pounds per day. His limit
of travel is confined to about 10 days;
the flight limit of the plane is some
what less than a day, unless fuel and
oil are replenished.
The arrangements of the flight and
its execution require no repetition
here. It is sufficient to say that the
whole project was carried out in a
way that sustains the excellent reputa
tion of our navy men.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRE88
Again the beautiful apple trees of
Skagway are in blossoi*, somewhat
belated blossom owing to the lateness
of the spring.—Skagway Alaskan.
That the population of Petersburg
is rapidly increasing is shown by the
birth certificates which have been
filed for record in the office of the
United States commissioner during
the past few days.—Petersburg Re
port.
We rise to remark that Douglas
now has some little ball team. The
team has played four games and lost
one. If Juneau folks don’t look out the
Fourth of July money is bound to
come across the channel this year. The
beauty about the aggregation is that
the members are all home grown and
play ball for the love dt the game.—
Douglas Island News.
Spiritualists say that the dead can
communicate with the living. Wicker
sham has been trying to do so for
sometime. It would be better for
Alaska if he would R. I. P.—Fairbanks
Citizen.
There is no reason why Alaska
should not devote the remainder of
the year to business—and united ef
fort to serve Alaska.—Juneau Empire.
As an instance of how Alaska is
governed we cite the bill introduced
by Representaitve Alexander of Mis
souri to conserve the Alaskan fisheries
and also a bill proposing that De
cember and January shall be a closed
season for halibut fishing. Mr. Alexan
der may or may not know what a
salmon or halibut looks like “on its
native heath;” but like the honorable
solon we are from Missouri. The dele
gate from Alaska is probably as well
qualified to introduce laws on the cot
ton boll weevil or the spraying of
orange trees as is the gentleman from
Missouri to introduce bills regulating
the Alaskan fishing interests.—Valdez
Miner.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMON8
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Cor
dova Abstract & Realty Company
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. George
D. Reid, defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting, to George D
Reid, the above-named defendant
You are hereby required to appeal
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within
thirty days from the completion ol
the publication of this summons, tc
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of June, 1919, and answer the
complaint of Cordova Abstract &
Realty Company, a corporation, the
above-named plaintiff in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion on a contract wherein the plain
tiff prays judgment for the sum oi
three hundred and eighty-nine and
67-100 ($389.67) dollars, and for its
costs and disbursements in the ac
tion, and for such other and furthei
relief as to the court may seem right
and proper in the premises. And you
are hereby notified that if you fail tc
appear and answer said complaint ae
herein required, that the said plaintiff
will take judgment against you foi
want thereof, and will apply to the
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
court for the relief demanded in its
complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 7th day of May, 1919.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 7th day of May, in
the year of Our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteenth,
and of our independence the one hun
dred and forty-third.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANO,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
May 13, 19, 26. June 2, 9, 16, 25.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an act of the territorial leg
islature, there is hereby made, im
posed and levied upon each male per
son, except soldiers, sailors in the
navy or revenue cutter service, volun
teer firemen, paupers, insane persons,
or territorial charges, within the Ter
ritory of Alaska or the waters thereof,
over the age of twenty-one years and
under the age of fifty years, an annual
tax in the sum of five ($5.00) dollars,
to be paid and collected in the manner
provided by law, and deposited by the
treasurer of the Territory of Alaska
in a separate fund called the "school
fund," and used for no other than
school purposes.
Said tax is now due and payable
and becomes delinquent on the first
Monday in the month of August cf
each year.
All persons subject to this tax are
hereby notified to pay said tax to the
school tax collector, and in case of
failure to do so the penalties provided
in Section 6 of Chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be imposed.
K. G. ROBINSON,
School Tax Collect nr.
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