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HUGF NfcW AIRSHIP'S tO BE
PICGRR AND- BETTER THAN
THE GREAT GRAF ZEPPELIN
AKRON, -D.—While the globe-en
circling dirigible Graf Zeppelin was
making its record-breaking flight
around the world, workers at the
great Goodyear Zeppelin plant here
here were geing steadily ahead with
plans fur two dirigibles that will be
even larger than the mighty German
air line ar the great hangar now
being erected for their construction
nears completion.
In addition, executives of the same
plant are now working on plans for
■ twn t«nmercial dirigibles which will
be even arger than the pair now un
«■ <fer contract, which are being built
> for the United States navy.
These commercial airships, under
1 plans that are now being matured,
will be used in trans-oceanic passen
. ger and mail service. It is tentative
ly planned to put them on a regular
schedule between Los Angeles and
- Hawaii, and Commander Jerome C.
• HHuhsaeker,* • vice president of the
' Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, is
; now in Honolulu in the interests of
the proposed line, and making plans
for establishing a dirigible base in
the island cty. i
These developments, coming at the
height of the Graf Zeppelin’s amaz
ing feat, indicate that America is
about to assume unquestioned leader
ship in the lighter-than-air field of
aviation.
In addition to the Pacific line to
Hawaii, Goodyear Zeppelin officials
• are known to lie studying the estab
lishment of a trans-Atlantic service
with other huge airships. The enor-'
mous Akron hangars erected for
building the navy ships probably will
be maintained for use as a reserve j
airport where a trans-oceanic Zeppe-!
lin could dock where weather condi-,
lions along the Atlantic seaboard
were unfavorable. » .
Huge and modern as the Graf Zep
pelin is, il will be outclassed by the
United States navy dirigibles.
The Graf Zeppelin is 766 feet long,
113 feet high, and has a capacity of
3,707,970 cubic feet.
Each of the navy dirigibles will be
780 feet long, 142 feet high, and will
have a capacity of 6,500,000 cubic
feet—nearly twice that of the Ger-.
man liner.
When the nnavy dirigibles take the
air the familiar gondolas that line the
hulls of al.'l other big dirigibles to
house engines and propellers be gone.
Engines will be inside the envelope;'
only the propellers will emerge, on
extended brackets Below, living
quarters will similarly be enclosed-in
the envelope. Nothing will project
outside the skin, from stem to stern,
except the control car which ■ must
necessarily have observation win
dows.
This represents one of the lessons
taught by the wreck of the navy’s
Shenandoah in 1925.
The Shenandoah, caught in a cy
clone over Ohio, broke in half. Parts
of the ship that hung below the en
velope broke off and fell and the oc-!
cupans were killed. Officers and mem
bers of the crew who were inside the
envelope at the time of the disaster,
however, came down safely, as the
broken portions oft he envelope, still'
containing gas in their numerous
cells, drifted slowly to earth.
One of the most striking features
of each new ship wil be the presence ,
inside the envelope of a complete air
plane hangar. Each ship will carry
two scouting planes, so devised that j
they can be launched and taken about
while the dirigible is in flight. The
cruising range of each dirigble, inci
dentally, will be approximately 9,000
miles, without refueing.
Naturally, all of these new features
will be incorporated in the commer
cial ships, which are now merely in
the blue-print stage.
The commercial ships, is is report
ed, will carry the stream-line princi
ple even farther than the new naval
i Iirigibles.
Their cabin, instead of being built
at the botftm df .tine keel, will be
higher up along'the sides, with the
unbroken skin of the-envelope com
pletely enclosing them. Glassed-in
promenade decks will provide passen
gers with room to walk and relax and
view the scenery below.
In addition, even-.the propellers will
be inside the ships. Wind tunnels
will lead to each popeller, and the
ships will move through-the air with
out a single whirring wheel being vs
ble.
Each of these new dirigibles prob
ably will carry about 100 passengers.
Spacious dining room, comfortable
staterooms, wide lounges, roomy
promenade decks, wll be available for
travelers.
NEW FREEZING PROCESS
DEVELOPED AT KETCHIKAN
After experiments conducted over
a period of a year and a half, C. V.
Trill, chief engineer of the Ketchikan
Cold Storage Company,- has developed
a new style of air freezer fbr the
rapid freezing of fish, which may
revolutionize the processes in vogue
for that purpose heretofore.
The new freezer was placed in op
eration for the first ti merecently,
with the result that the fondest ex
! pectations of the designer were ex
ceeded.
On the first trial run. ©f the free*-1
er, salmon weighing between eight
and ten pounds were frozen in less
than five hours, and it is expected
j this time will be reduced When the
freezer is placed in -continuous op
eration.
me tucui ^ ui a lie w uccici whi
be readily understood by the layman,
as the freezing process is the exact,
opposite of the cocking of a ‘ steak,
which, in order to preserve its sweet
■ ness and tenderness, is placed on an
I exceedingly hot griddle which sears
i it and seals the surface before the
actual frying takes place, while, with
j the freezer, -the fish - is placed on* a
large plate, -four feet by. eight feet,
which is brought down to a tempera
ture as low as it is possible to- draw
it,'or approximately 45 degrees below
zero. ■ It will be readily understood
that when the fish touches this ex
ceedingly cold plate it begins • to
freeze instantly, and, as so much of
the fish is in contact with the plate,
it- is thoroughly frozen in an ex
tremely shoprt time.
■ In the old type of freezer, whieh
used pipe to carry the ammonia nec
essary for freezingfor each square
foot of surface only three square
inches were in contact with the lsh,
Whereas in the new type the full sur
face of 144 square inches is in direct
contact with the -fish.
The new freezer- will "be known as
the “plate type”-freezer, and consists
■ of-two one-quarter-inch boiler plates
! which are formed in such a manner
| as to leave a. space of approximately
j three-quarters -of an inch between
them, through which the ammonia
passes. To prevent these plates from
bulging on -accoount of the pressure
on the inside-they are riveted to
gether, onew above the other, with
four-inchv pipe? -eight shelves high.
The pipes not only support the
plates,-hu* conduct the ammonia toi
and from'Vthe plates. I
The-freezer will have a capacity of
22,000 pounds to the charge, and at
least four charges in 24 hours, giv
ing it a daily capacity of 88,0000
pounds, whereas,the old pipe type
i freezer had a capacity of 35,000
pounds per charge, requiring 24 to 26
hours to freeze a charge .
i Th efreezer has several decided ad
vantages over both the brine and
forced air types, as in the foormer it
is practically impossible to satisfac
torily remoove all the brine froom
I the fish, which makes it impossible
to stoore the fish for any length of
time withoout its turning yellow. The
advantage over the forced air freezer
| is the entire elimination of the dry
ing effect caused by the air coming
in contact with the fish. The new
freezer also permits of large quanti
ties of fish being handled at one
time, whereas in other types it iqim
possible to charge more* than: null
quantitties at a time, making' it nec-j
essary to hold quantitties of fish on;
ice in the fish house. It is< a well
known fact that fish should -be.
frozen as soon as possible after being ■
take nfrom the water.
A Delightful Night.
Freerick Handley Page, the Eng
lish airplane builder, talked abont
Ireland at a dinner in New York.
' “The Irish peasants," .he said, “are
more delightful even than the Irish
scenery and the Irish climate.
“A gentleman,” Mr. Page went on,
“had an all-night train journey to
make in Ireland last summer, and he
tipped the guard, as they call the
brakeman over there, to lock him in
a compartment, so that he could:
sleep the night out in peace.
“The guard vowed that nobody
should disturb him .and duly locked
him in, but at every station the man
unlocked the door ..-gain and bel
lowed out the name.
“‘Knockerogory!’ he’d bellow out.
*f?ta/ where y’aiv. sir. No change.
Yer all right, sir. Sleep on!’”
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, before William
N.-Growden, United States com
missioner, and ex-officio probate
judge.
In the matter of the estate of Ed
SSchlatter, deceased. (
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Ed
Schlatter, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers -attached, to the under
signed, at my residence in Ruby,
Alaska, within six (6) months from
the date of this notice.
Dated Ruby, Alaska, Oct. 25, 1929.
ALBERT VERHONIK,
Administrator.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Attorney for Administrator.
- First pub. Oct. 26.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Pater Davey, his heirs, successors
and .assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1921, 1922, 192S, 1924, 1926,
1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon placer
mining claim No. S Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, a tributary of
Madison creek, in the Innoko Mining
and Recording Precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United Staes and the
amendments thereto concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period June SO,
1950.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail or
refuse te contribute your proportion
of said expenditure, as well as the
cost of recording the same, and the
costs of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-1
owner, who has made the reauired
expenditures under the terms of said
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
JOHN KRIEGEB,
Co-Owner.
First pub. Oct. 26; last Jan. 25, 1930.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana ____ 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 17%
Knight’s Roadhouse .... 28% i
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse_68 .. I
Diamond Roadhouse. 76 \
Roosevelt__ 89 ,
Lake Minchumina .. Itt 1
Trappers' Cabin __ 132 i
Lone Star Roadhouse_160
Telida Roadhouse __ 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse_187
East Fork Roadhouse _) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse_227%
Big River Roadhouse.. 241
McGrath —..263
Takotna ...i... 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse __ 201
2phir...300
eCafferty..300
Brown Creek shelter cabin_818
Fritz shelter cabin _ 833
First Chance shelter cabin .348
Schermeyar R:. H.. 260
Iditarod_....._376
Flat ---- 384
Bonanzxa sheler cabin, 12 miles
Crooked Creek shelter v„cabin, 18
miles from Bonanza
_ fcer* Wpt. . J
, Babeesch -■ Mooechide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold * Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
1 Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding '
A. R Bdridge - McGrath
J Best of Meals and Rooms
Where Everything Is Homelike and
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed!
GOOD DOG HOUSES BATHS
Ivai* Chilstrom — Prop.
Roughand Dressed Lum
ber of AU Kinds l\
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