Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLVII, Number 24, 17 June 1910 — KA CURTIS LELE BALUNA KAMAHAO. [ARTICLE]
KA CURTIS LELE BALUNA KAMAHAO.
NU lOKA, Mei 30.—Me ke akahai ioa i hoike mai ai o Glen N. Curtis, ke kanaka Amerika lele baluna kaulana, i kona moolelo o ka lele ana maluna o ka baluna mai Alabama mai a hiki i Nu loka. Ua leleia eia ke koWa mona ka mamao he 137 mile iloko o elua hora ame kanaha-kumamaono minuke. Ma ia kumu iho la i lilo ai iaia ka nmkana 0 $10,000 i haawiia ai e ka New York \Veekly. O kela lele ana ana mai ke Kapitala mai a hiki i ka Mokupuni Gorvenor, mawaho ae o ka Lae Battery, ua haule na manawa e ae mamua aku i hoaoia ai ka mama o ka lele ana me ka baluna. Ua hoomaha o Mr. Curtis ma kona hale me ka maluhia loa i keia la a ua loaa aku nae na hoomaikai lehulehu me he paka-ua la e Eelelei ana maluna ona mai na makaainana aku. Ua hoakaka ae oia i kona manaoio e hanaia aku ana kekahi hana ano nui nia ka lele 'oaluna ana ma kekahi manawa aole 1 mamao loa ma keia mua aku.
O kela lele ana mai ke Kapitala mai ua hoomakaia ia ma ka hora ehiku kakahiak onehinei, a he elua wale no ana mau wahi i hoomaha ai, O kona wahi i hoomaha mua loa ai ma Pongßkeepsie, kahi ana i hoohala ai he hora hookahi no ka nana ana i kona enēkini ame ka hoopiha hou ana i na ipu i ka aiia. O ka lua o kana wahi i hoomaha ai ma Inwood, kahi ana i lele ai no ka hoike ana aku i na luna aupuni, no kona hiki pono ana aku ilaila.
Hoomaka e lele mai Alābania mai hora 7:30 a. m., hiki mai i ka Moku« puni Governor i ka hora 12 m. Huina apan o ka manawa o kela huakai. he 4 hora, me 5? minnke. Manawa i hoomahaia 2 hora ame 11 minuke, manawa maoli i leleia, 2 hara ame 46-minuke. Ka loa o kahi i leleia 350 miie. Averike mama lele no ka mile aneane 1 minnke ame 6 sekona. O keia ka moolelo holookoa kela lele ana. O ka lele ana no ka makana ma Invrood ka pahu hope 137 mile i leleia. —