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Page Two Seadromes (Continued firm firgt pcpr) able danger in it. All of you know how safe air travel over land has become. Flying over the sea is just as safe, except for the long distances that must be covered without a stop. Sea dromes solve this one difficulty. They will enable planes to cross the ocean by 500-mile hops. “The seadrome is a steel and iron open-work structure con sisting of a -:x-a re *j>- k. placed upon columns a- on a forest of stilts. The deck is 1.200 feet ; g and 35< w • in th* n tapering to a widtr, of ISO feet at each end. At the side- will ne gasotirc aia or tar. K-. repair storage r sup plies. personnel quarters, and a mod; ' 5 y and' 100 ri t(r h t ♦ • - h * - “Th< dec! w 1 b< laid >ut a? i n niat ure city ith 125' r< eni employe*- Th* bui.dl 'ig V. ; , be on the side- of the long run- V. *. •, e,.*-, V..' ‘> l ;< s . ;; 1 *.( * oureau w;'.h a comt-ie-. *•< ment of m*-’enrol •giea.! a n n beac- it, tigi:* Th< 1 ' :.;r ■ : • . ■V. > n:ii.'g Jioo nit i * g< : cotir-e. pfiol-atid-biiliard room a sTo* ■ k o ti'-’a*. - 1 ., 1 * * i'* * r ’. !*e. pi'-‘ ur • radio ; 1 gr; r: b< ' ing alleys, at.fi ten?:. *-o-ir* -. “Man > pas -> .ng< ?■ v. i.. < r.oo 1 to break their tr.-p mioiva a.nd i pen*! the nigh: in one < ‘ ’■ * Th* . rjfij r Cl ft. >r. •. I j •• | and pleasuri of a mo*i< > • bealth rftsorf ,vh < floe.• ;?.-g ■ r o< ean water at east deep.” Elaborate invt ■ tig; * .<>• \ *■?• extei ing ei 14* in preparation foi !b< eon-di a tion arid placing of seadrorn*- At the outset it was recogr ,/.<d that weather conditions \\<r*- of the greatest importance, and it. was as a weather expert that Captain (Iran’ was called into consultation. Since he became associated with Mr. Armstrong and the I)u Pont.- In- has mad* a study of all as.poets of the problem. “The project has withstood the most thorough tests.’' he said. “Just as aeronautical en gineers applied what they knew of the movement of tie air to the development of the airplane, so Armstrong and his associates here and in Europe utilized the knowledge of the movement of the water in the sea to develop a revolutionary type of ocean craft —a dependable floating landing stage, the largest iron and steel structure ever to float upon the water and he, at the same time, securely anchored to the bed of the ocean. “The commercial success of an airplane trip demands the maximum pay-load. If the weight carrying capacity is con sumed in fuel, the ship must op erate at a loss. Flights of over 500 miles must face the fuel load problem. The fuel-load re quired on long non-stop flights is an insuperable bar to pay-load and will continue to be so. “The problem, then, is to shorten the distances to break a long flight into shorter flights so that planes may take on fuel and maybe re-serviced and so that pilots may get up-to-the minute weather reports. “A ship provided with a land ing deck, similar to naval air craft carriers, will roll and pitch in a 'high sea, making anchor age impossible and flying oper ations extremely hazardous. Only an even surface, unaffect ed by the movement of the waves, can be relied upon under all weather conditions. The seadrome meets this require ment. The columns, or floats, being streamlined like the body of an airplane, offer no resist ance whatsoever to surface waves, which, rushing through them unopposed, cause no dam age either to the columnar as semblage underneath or to the elevated landing stage. Waves, even in a full-blown gale, pass between the supporting columns without breaking or exerting any impact force whatsoever on the structure. “This ir- important, observing’ that a -torm wave striking ar; horizontal sea-wall ha- an im pact force of three and a half tons per sonar*- foot. Imagine, then-fore. wfia". would happen If anv portion of the seadrome v.'.-re , constructed a- to r-hs thf emerge of The wave.- being t owed from tm shallow water, where assembled, to * heir anchorage places in t-h* ocean, seadrome- will ha\<• a dr; ft ot i •pi c mat; !y 14 ic- Ailed w;* \ tug- •' ro;rand ■!Top ped ’’; ‘: ro. -* on-li.k*- cate or tr, < hot tow of she f). ta ' io? < r:a '• : * •. a i g’ ’ • at f< ? agair -t the- v;'* r. TU di- ks ir crea.-» ?la r< .-tane«- to a.ny rue, a . 1 rr ig? f ip. ■par* tote. oenohn. W‘n ’ l\ on; t* r - will ha' ea 171 feet di -pia'-e i 7.500 * - <A water. “Th* gigan’i? drome will ’•>*■ o - 1 < a huge (ar •, fjfgI ft av.a; . Thf buoy will he held ir, po-:’.r.j ■ . ’ v.'O 17.000 feet st an-dan* te<-| eaoh-- - ec-.ired to a ] .500 1 O; )t . ?-foj'oed eorifre* • ■ a rn hon -mk into th f ‘ hr-d of ■? he a..* Sjihet ical in h-ape and ... , ]OO f; 11 < a? - tln afichor v . I he -r-if righting arc i - in-fowling f hu- avoid: rig ;t f .»• H'lTiOt«;rt of C : ,.j1 t1 fl | f f, r>rn the cable. “Tic advardagr- o) t hu- rnoor - '.g th< - eadf n:< .11 he that it ean trail into the wind to facili tate landing. such a yx tern of archorage prevents the . i adrorne exerting a sudden jerk or? th< anchor -, tending 1.0 ->'\i r the cahli and fjermit- tic drone, at. all time.-, to swing ,so that it- length is point* d j windward. In several respects, j there are condition- favorable |to the jiiJot. Just a- readily a if he were to descend at an, air port on the mainland, the pilot will thus he able to land ‘head on’ to the wind on a commodious ocean field-deck as steady as an island. In a sense In- can land on the Seadrome more readily j than at an average airport, for j the seadrome, will always; he in j it he best position for the run of a j ship down its long deck. Nor need it he nearly as. lag as land airport since it has no ob stacles at either end to he avoid ed. “The seadromes will he in constant communication with each other and both sides of the Atlantic by radio, while pilots will he guided by radio beacons from* stag*' to stage. Flood lights and boundary lights, sim ilar to those of an airport on land, will provide for night landings, and improved blind flying equipment, similar to that proved by the Daniel Guggen heim Fund, will guide pilots down to safe landings in fog. Planes will be equipped with radio direction indicators en abling them to hold a straight course from one seadrome to an other. In a word, a complete airport service will be provided together with navigational and radio aids, including ocean patrol service by- watercraft over the air route. “Calculations show that while the cost of transatlantic pas senger traffic by steamship is over 15 cents a passenger mile, first class, the cost by plane, with the use of sea dromes, will be 10 cents a pas senger mile. Calculations are based on a traffic of 10 trips a day each way. “Os the five seadromes now THE CHAPtL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. planned, three will be built in America and two in Europe. According to tentative construc tion estimates, the cost of the three seadromes built in the United State-, anchored on the i airway route, averages 5.T000,- 000 each, a total of 50.000,000. Seadromes built in Europe, where lalior and mat'-rial are less expensive, are estimated at $2,000,000 each.* The estimated cost therefore of five seadromes, anchored on the Atlantic route i- about £12.000,000. or less than half the cost of a new 28-knot trans-atlantic liner of the ‘Brem en’ type. “Th' S -aorome Company will collect it revenue from the total air tram-port' business carried o\ * ! i* - t-y or : ;. jr.d* p'-:,d< nl r.a' ona!.' y • ’r. ' a .Tv. a;, (■(impair Contract. l ov< nj, toi. fee-.for airway operation will h< mad* based ! a fixe ! ' . guarantee. T rat ■ ■ • mat _tV ■ of 11." gro- .- income of the airway operation.-, equiv alent to ground charges now a - I'oat.ed wi’.n oo iiand airway operation--. Air to and from Europe will cut cab].- *-xper:s*r 'pivki-i, t r;...< . , e< : '.* ■ : ... v. 1 j?. r ,!{.•'* c- f i * i (,1 r. (»• ■' */r rr j c, i f ’ f > 5 •* J 1 ' ’ c< ■ ' • - • • 1 11 ■ common,cav<n- r. v ;? effect. “f o', i t',ng a *■<i ,: ;r -• • < 2.1 i > t.aig.ical mil‘--. th<- ■ <'a*.irorn* - - The Atlantic SOUth e-a-1 frerr: N>-w York, Te-nce to th*- Az*»r< - and from ther-- northeast to Vigo, Span. Sea drome No. 1, in Latitude 2- d#-g!ei- 00 rr. • i l ' N a.ed f/.ng itr.de GO *l*-gri'i 00 ’i• \\ v.ill })<■ t xj',*') , i r !i'ntal only *o ‘I cy/.i-t eof * ra:r .eg and d* ’. < I*>p j iiyr the pi rsoe ne-1. “F)'i!r a n.<-ti-oroi' gicai tarid j,oifit th<- Seadioo i airway superior to most t ran--coot inn. al land routes now m operatieu ; Record- going back many '.ear .-how on the average- hut three (lays with fog per seadrome per year. Tee- average air tempor al. ure for *h< year i GJ degree wit h a water temperature of 00 dogrei f ro-'ing the Gulf Stream and reaching into -<• rni ' i tropical latitudes, these artificial islands, will prow* ideal health and pleasure resorts in winter j and summer. The deep-sea fish ier, too, will find abundant satis faction right on the seadrome -for the enjoyment of his leisure ly pastime. Persons .seeking week-end outings by plane in a semi-tropical ocean climate will also find a new, if not unexpect ed, avenue for relaxation on-the seadrome, while others, with the charm of distant lands in mind, will demonstrate week-end vis its to Europe as being not only possible hut comparatively in expensive.’’ A Competent Hen (Reidaville Review) The feat performed by a New Hampshire hen who laid ten eggs in one week for her owner to sell was certainly a record breaking performance. It used to be said that if the little American hen was encouraged she would make enough profits to pay off the national debt. That of course, was in the good old days before the debt had mount ed into trillions. Nevertheless, w r e feel like giving a loving cup or something to a hen who, in the face of such low prices for eggs, will not only lay an egg a day to keep the debtor aw'ay, but ' will boost her quota nearly 50 per cent. Evidently this hen takes no stock in the movement to reduce production. She is thinking how nice and fresh her eggs are and how good they’ll taste in 47 varieties of food, every one of which is wholesome and delicious. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust, dated December 10th, 1931, and recorded in Book 85, Page 179, Orange County Registry, and ex ecuted by Joseph Mason and wife, to the North Carolina Bank and Trust ■ Company, Trustee, default having been made in the payment of the in ! debtedr.ess secure d thereby, whereby ’ the entire amount of said indebted ness became due and payable and de mand having been made by the hold er of said note upon the trustee nam ed therein to advertise and sell the property described in said deed of t, the und< reign* : offer for sale for cash at public auction at the Courthouse door '.n Hillsboro. Orange : mty, N <.. at noor f n FRIDAY, MARCH 17th, 1933, the follow ing described real estat* : AH that certain lot. parcel or tract of land, with the improvements there : c-n. situated, lying and being on the East side of Merritt Mill Road, in th. i'-v.-n T c r.ar.el Hi:i. 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L0 !-Il l . l ; ltsl, , AV .Monday IRKNE DI.'NN in ‘The Secret of Madame NEW ADMISSION PRICES Blanche” FRIDAY —m Adul,s |)vC At All Times WHEELER and WOOLSEY in “So This Is Africa” Children lOr At All Times SATURDAY v ! Rock wood Cocoa, 2 lb. can 16c IRS Quaker Crackels, 3. .. 25c aS Creamery Butter, lb. .. 22c tKj ! Sliced Bacon, lb 20c Cocomalt, lb. tin with Jig-saw Puzzle .....37c ||9f]| Royal Baking Powder, 12 oz. 33c |P|| Uneeda Premium Flake Crackers, 2 pkgs. 25c Scott Tissue Rolls, 3 20c flP|| Free Delivery of Orders of SI.OO or More yHI lina, and beginning at a stake in the East property line of Merritt Mill Road, which point is established by measuring North 20 deg. 30 min. West 292.5 feet from the Northeast in tersection of Merritt Mill Road and Cameron Avenue, which point is the Northwestern corner of Lot No. 86. ;n the subdivision hereinafter referred to; running thence along the East property lin*- of Merritt Mill Road, N rth 20 deg. 30 min. West 50 feet to a stake, the southwest corner of lot No. 83; thence along the southern ! line of Lot No. 83 North 64 deg. 30 min. East 121.7 feet to a stake, the 'Outheast corner of Lot No. 83; run ning thence south 24 deg. 15 bfin. East 5 feet to a stake; the-N< rth* i t corner of Lot No. 86; running thence 1 a’.-.r.g the North line of Lot No. 86 Soiith 64 deg. 30 min. West 326 feet to the b'-ginr.ing, and being lots Nos. Friday. February 24. 1933 : 84 and 85 of the Roberson property ; as surveyed, subdivided and plotted by James O. Webb, County Surveyor, on I March 6, 1917, plot of which is on file I in the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County, in Plot Book 72, Page 244, and being the same land conveyed to Joseph Mason by deed of L. H. Hackney, and others dated September Ist, 1922, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County, in Book S 3, at page 158. ■ I This 11th day of February, 1933. North Carolina Bank and Trust Company, Trustee. By: H. M. CORBETT, Vice-President TERMS, OF SALE —Cash. PLACE OF SALE—Courthouse D - r Hillsboro, N. C. TIME OF SALE—Noon, Friday, March 17th, 1933.
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