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Snow cruiser built by Armour Insititute Research Foundation in Chicago for United States antarctic expedition climbing hummock during field test in dunes near Gary, Ind., before starting highway trip to Boston for shipment by boat. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, designer, announced himself satisfied with performance.
WARSAW, Oct. 27.--Admiral Richard E. Byrd's huge cruiser with which he expects to explore the Antarctic ice wastes lumbered out of Warsaw at 7:30 this morning on the second day of its slow journey to the Atlantic coast.
Dr. Thomas C. Poulter of the Armour Institute of Technology Research Foundation said he and his helpers would not stop in Fort Wayne as was planned in the original schedule but would spend the night "some place in Ohio".
Behind Schedule
The cruiser left Chicago early yesterday and encountered so much difficulty on the highways that it was 45 miles behind its schedule when it stopped here last night.
Although engineers and highway men have gone over the entire route to Boston, Mass., where the cruiser will be loaded on Admiral Byrd's boat, the big steel juggernaut was halted for several hours yesterday before it could be taken across a bridge west of here.
Crew members worked on a piston last night and made several adjustments before retiring for the night.
The 75,000-pound cruiser designed by Dr. Poulter is 20 feet wide, 55 feet long and 12 feet high. It ran into numerous difficulties along the way yesterday. State police escorts had to be changed. Thousands of spectators lined the way. A half-mile traffic jam brought up the rear. The crew gave a 20-minute radio interview near Plymouth.
Held at Bridge
Three miles west of Warsaw the cruiser was delayed for more than three hours while its crew took off hub caps to get it across a bridge over the Tippecanoe river. Heavy rain hampered the work.
Dr. Poulter had predicted the cross-country run would take eight days. Last night he went to bed without saying how much he had revised his schedule.
Two huge diesel motors drive the cruiser along at 20 miles an hour on four wheels with rubber tires three feet wide and 10 feet high. It accomodates five men.
