Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
ATLANTA ALERT To
VAST POSSIBILITIES
OF AIRPLANE ROUTE
President w, H, White Jru
of Chamber of Commerce,
to Appoint Permanent Com
mittee to Push City'S Plans

In order TO place Atlanta in a posi-
ton where she will be among the very
first American cities to secure the benz
efits OF airplane mail service when the
war is over, W. H. White, Jr., presi-
dent OF the Atlanta chamber OF COM
merce. will appoint a permanent COM
mittee in the next few days to work
out complete data on the subject.
This committee will ascertain the size
and kind OF a landing field needed for
avistors carrying mail, the size and kIad
Of fields available in or near Atlanta,
and the probable cost of securing the
use of such fields and putting them IN
shape for use when needed.
Mr.. White is enthusiastic over the
great future of the airplane in time
of peace He regards il as absolutely
certain that airplane mail lines will De
established in this country and all other
countries Immediately after the war. He
has reason to believe that enterprising
cities which had the foresight TO get
their fields ready. in advance, will be
the first TO secure the benefits of this
superlatively fast and up-to-date trans
mission of important business letters.
The flying machine said Mr.. WhlSe
Tuesday. discussing the subject, mas
been developed more rapidly by the
invention in the worlds history. The
DEVELOPMENT of the automobile was
wonderful thing before the war. but the
flying machine has gone ahead by. leaps
and bounds in much shorter time. All
students of the subject agree that arr
nlane mail service will be established
in all up-to-date countries immediate
IL after the war is over. we shouid
begin now and get ready to secure the
benefits OF this service right from the
start.
Control of Air
"Our government will come out OF
The war with probably a greater num-
her of fixing machines and trained
sviators than any other belligerent. me
natural and logical move, when peace Is
declared. will be to employ these ma
chimes and flyers in carrying fast mail.
The cities which have built their land
ing fields will naturally be the first TO
get this mail service
The dav is not far distant when an
Atlanta. business man desiring to COM
municate by letter with New YORK
correspondent in the shortest possible
time will follow a procedure something
like this:
IN. m.-Business Man: Miss Smith,
take an air route letter" Miss Smith
reaches into a special compartment of
her desk where she keeps her air route
paper. thin as a cigarette wrapper and
light as a feather. She types the letter
addresses an envelope made of the same
sort of paper. and flips the finished
communication across the desk, ready
for Mr. Business Man to read and sign
before the office closes for the day.
; D. miss Smith drops the air
route letter in special slot in the post
office lobby. going in person to put ii
there because il must catch the next
airplane.
a m.-An aviator mounts the seat
of a fast machine. built to carry ton
of mail. the mechanicians crank ms
propeller. and off he shoots with a roar
and a dozen tongues of fire belching out
of his motor. He mounts; he scars; he
becomes a speck against the blue to-
wards the north
p. ma uniformed messenger zips
into the office of the New York CORE
spondeut. throws down letter bearing
la special stamp. the office boy signs
for it. and takes il straight to The
Big Boss who has been notified by A
1O-word telegram TO look out for this
letter coming by air route service.