The Miami News from Miami, Florida • 18

-era MIAMI METROPOLIS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1917 3 come here about November 13. but the r. students are not expeciea 10 arrive now EST FOR FLYING MIAMI AIR Exceptionally Good Conditions Here Have Resulted in Establishment of Two Large Schools, One by the Curtiss and One by Government RIO GRANDE DO SI L.

Braul, v. Montevideo, Not. 29. Fishermen J2c4 passengers on coastwise vessels report having seen a submarine near this port, and Brazilian warships have been seeking it. The crew and passengers of ressel which arrived -here recently reported having sighted a Spanish sailing vessel off the island of Arvoredo.

The belief was held that this vessel was one of several that were convoying submarines. Sigtriflcant of the insecure situation ta South Brazil is the fact that the postal authorities refuse to permit any night train to carry mails, which are unloaded everv evening to await the morning train. The soldiers have aided in the recon-strtuction of bridges which were stroved after the recent strtfte. Every bridge now is tha sits of an army camp. jefore Iecember 1.

The students of this school do not live in regular barracks but are allowed ti live where they wish. Only one meal is taken at the school grounds and that is lunch, which is served in the regular mess ball built for that purpose. Son of Noted Author Is Made Chief Justice I.ONDOX. Not. 23.

Henry Fielding Dickerens. sixth con of Charles Dickens, the novelist, has been appointed to the lucrative post of "common sergeant," as the chief justice of the Indon city courts is officially called, at KJO a year, liis and more later, while at least twelve machines will be brought at the first of the season. is teliT-ed, this school will be as large as the Bay Fhore institution. All of the pupils now at the school have had some instruction at the Hay Shore school, each having done from 2 to 14 of school work making Six instructors will come with the first tor. Ensign C.

B. Wrightsman the executive officer and aide to Lieutenant Commander Read, and Lieutenant It- S. Johnson is the engineering officer who has charge of the construction work. More aeroplanes and more students aviators. Knsign TJarin in some of his flights has astonished Miamians m-bo did not believe that such feats could be accomplished.

lie has been sera to dive ever the city and make a series of lonp-thc-loops, tail slides and other evolutions that made the spectator gasp. Among the students of the school are youngest son. Major Charles Dickens, was killed in action. tlicni all fairly competent aviators. are evpectrd from time to time until, it The officers of the school are expert TnAT Miami is -well adapted for aviation purposes is proved by the fact that the 'United States Government is 'spending approximately $500,000 'In the preparation and equipment of a naval aviation school south Miami and adjoining the city limits, while the Curtiss Aeroplane (company lias, for the last two i years, maintained a school here at which both private and govern-Jmcnt instruction is given.

Several of the Miami boys "who took courses at the Curtiss school are now commissioned officers in aero squads, or studying abroad in aviation schools where they were sent since taking instruction at this institution. The contracts call for the com-: pletion of the navy school within the next month but temporarily the school is stationed on the waterfront of Miami proper. The landings a nd machines are kept 'in front of the Koyal Palm hotel i trrounds. and the stndents. heln- contingent of students this year, and more will robably arrive if the need arises.

In addition to the regular military tractors, several trip! sue speed scouts will be brought here fur the use of the more advanced students. Out in the Glades. The school was originally located on the beach opposite the niotorboat race course but about the middle of the season last year, it was moved to the present location near the Kverglades. Several buildings were erected on the former site and some instruction was carried on there but it was more exhibition work until the school was moved. A great deal of the work done by this school is for the government btit any civilian who wishes to learn aviation can dn so for the institution is run by the Curtiss company 'and not by the government.

The summer headquarters for the school is at Newport News, where all of the men and machines are now. The weather has been so good in that place this summer and late into the winter that it has not been necessary to move it to Florida. It was the intention to Pnrnitiire? Sire! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiniiiiiiii iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuniinui Good, Durable and Medium Priced We will save you 20 and guarantee to please you. That's fair Miami Furniture Co. 806-808 Ave.

D. ft 4 ir Thone 28-S DEALERS IN NEW AND SLIGHTLY USED FUENITUS 4' ers and officers are stationed in the Pair Building at the foot of Twelfth street, which is being i used as a temporary barracks. The retire south Atlantic coast was inspected by officials of the navy depart-; meet and Miami was selected as tha best site. It was officially announced FRSEDLUND Construction Supply Hydro airplane from the Curtiss school rising from Eisrayne bay. Co.

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Faraham, Henry Ii. Benjamin, and Arthur F. Souther. Lieutenant Read, who started the school here, also started the largo on; at Bay r-hore, L. I.

i Cortiss Has Large School. The Curtiss school is situated about three miles northwest of the city on the Miami Everglades drainage canal, direct- ly opposite the locks. It covers an area of about fifty acres, a small part of which is fenced ol enclosing the ban- i gars, machine shops and other build-' ings. There are now two hangars, a machine shop, a mess hall and an oflice but the officers of the school are contemplating extensiva improvements for this year. Kach of the hangars now on the grounds 4 0 Office and Yards, 8th St and North River Drive.

Phone 131 A. Freedlund, M. A. Milam, Vice-Pres. A D.

V. Godard, Sec-Treas. has a capacity of six or eight machines, i Lafct year there were about sixty stu- A dents on the roll, with four instructors fj and eizlit machines. Thin vaw it- i. 1 pected that there will be about eighty students at the opening of the school Group of students of flying snapped at the Curtiss school.

11 T1! T1 1 1 1 1 me leiepnon e-n important October 3 that the school would be located here: Tampa and Jacksonville both asked for the school and instituted unlimited negotations to obtain it but Lieutenant P. N. L. Bellinger, V. S.

N. who was sent on a tour of inspection, recommend-ted this site. i The land at Dinner Key is now low and swampy, but the government is filling i it in to a depth of two to three feet over i the entire area of 35 acres, dredging I the sand -in from the bay, thereby mak-! ing deep water in front of the land. All 4 3 Factor in the Growth and 1 Our Fine JStylish Station ery gives tone to your letters. 1 -a 3 rosperity of Miami is a3 1 3 We have a beautiful line of stationery.

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C. is being done in exchange for the use of the land. It is leased on these terms by the government for -the duration of the war. The contract for this dredging work has been let to the Bowers Southern Dredging company and a large dredge I is working day and night to make the I fill in the required time, j. Ward Pride have been awarded the I contract for all construction work and are erecting a number of buildings on i the site, even before the land is filled.

All of the buildings are being erected upon piers and the sand will be pumped in under them by the dredge. Some of the buildings to be erected fire enlisted men's barracks, eommis-j stoned officers barracks, student avia- tors barracks, mess hail, hangars, and 'machine shops. Many Here There are now four commissioned of-, ticers, fifty-three helpers including me- chanics. electricians, common seamen, and petty officers in the quartermaster department, and twelve student officers. For the use of the students now on hand there are seven large seaplanes ef the type used for instruction purposes.

There are four runways from the beach in front of the Royal Palm hotel to deep water and a large tent is used tor housing the equipment. The Fair building barracks are into several compartments. In the main compartment are built enlisted mens bunks, about seventy-, five in number. On the opposite side of the room from these separate rooms are partitioned oft for the student officers and other officers who stay in the barracks. At the east end of tha building are the officers, subdivided into compartments for the air school officers and the officers of the naval reserve, which is also quartered in the barracks.

A long flock runs out from the buihi Ing, at which government patrol boats are usually moored and a large porch at the east end, overlooking the water, is another late addition. On the roof of the building is a look-. cut tower where there is. a man stationed at all hoars of the day. On the north side of the building, in open air along the wharf, is the mess department.

A long table provides dining room for the enlisted men, while tha -commissioned officers eat down town. Read in Charge of School. In line with the marvelous growth and 'development of Miami and vicinity, the MIAMI TELEPHONE COMPANY has erected and is housed in a modern three-story; building on 13th Street, between Avenues and which building has been fitted up with the latest and best type of switch boards and telephone equipment, But building and equipping of the best as we have done the city's demand for telephone service has far surpassed our present equipment, and our orders for additional apparatus, such as switch boards and inside equipment, have becu long delayed through no fault of ours. is an excerpt from a letter reccntlyreceived from. an equipment concern: "Wa did not know at the time we agreed to build these sections in our shop that our shop would be called on to construct, from the ground up, 42 complete No.

1 switch boards for the Government Military Camps, this work being done here rather than at Hawthorne because of the fact that Hawthorne was already congested with that sort of work. "All material assembled was requisitioned by the Government and, of course, left your job high and dry, as it did many others of a similar character." So we are bearing up with-the burden of increased bnsiness as best we and shall be only too glad to extend cur lines and render the best service just as soon as our much-needed equipment arrives. There are 2,200 or more telephones in use in Miami. Every Miami telephone 'is -a long-distance phone. Con.

flections may be made with any of the thousands of telephones throughout Florida, and the thousands of telephones ia Alabama, in Qecrgia, and in the tens of thousands within the United States giving our patrons Universal Service. The officers and directors of the MIAMI TELEPHONE COMPANY are pioneer citizens and business men of Miami; they have watched Miami grow from a very small trading post to the hustling, progressive city of 30,000 people. There is, perhaps, not a ity in the United States that has developed so rapidly end so substantially as Miami. We have representative business concerns in every line of commercial activity, and the public service corporations have become great institutions -ol Etrengthr which -are soimportant to the growth and prosperity of any city. THE MIAMI TELEPHONE COMPANY today-serving its patrons in the -very best manner that is possible with Its present equipment, and only hopes for the time when its long over-due orders for are filled to give to thjs city the very best telephone service to be found anywhere.

Date for New Telephone Directory wCl be closed on Friday, November 30th. Applications for service should be filed at the office not later than above date to permit of their being listed in new directory. Also any of our patrons desiring advertising space in directory-are requested to phone the Auditor's office and pur advertising man wiUcalL The Miami Telephone Company JULIUS SMITH, President. ILT. JVHALER, GenlMsr.

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and Ave. D. Lieutenant Commander Read, who stablished the school at Bay Shore, is also the founder of this school. Ee is now the commanding officer of the institution. Ensign JU T.

Barin is the chief instroo.