Arizona republican., 1919-01-13
AERIAL STAGE
 HERE T0GLOBE
 T0 BE STARTED
Giant Airplane to Carry Mail and Passengers On PhoeniX-Globe Line-To Start In 50 Days

It has not been a great many years since a trip from Globe to Phoenix was a matter of serious import, by horse drawn stage over the Apache trail Now it seems to be only a question of days until the Phoenix business man can breakfast at his home here. step quietly into a comfortable airplane stage, fly to Globe, transact his busi- ness there and return on the aerial stage in time for lunch.
 Aerial transportation between the cities of Phoenix and Globe will begin within sixty days on the Yves Hill aerial stage line,'' according to plans announced by the Apache Aerial Transportation company. headed by Wes Hill. Mail, express and passen- gers will be carried by airplane, mak- ing the trip from Phoenix to the noun tain city in one hour.
 The Apache Aerial Transportation company was formed recently, with Wes Hill. since 1905 proprietor of the automobile line between this city and Globe. by way of the Roosevelt dam, i as it's president. MT. Hill is well known here, and has just returned from the tank service of the United States army, where he held heuten- 1 ants commission.
  i first motor stage line, has met with much success in operating it, and be- 1 fore the war began was considering | forming an airplane stage line to be l operated between Phoenix and Globe. ] The beginning of hostilities made pri- i vate use of airplanes impossible, how i ever, and the project had to be given
 up. Now that fighting has ceased and l planes are again available, Mir. Hill in ] tends to get his airplane stage into | operation as soon as possible.
 As president of the Apache Aerial Transportation company. there l will be J. Robinson Hall. an aviator of 1 long experience and until recently an
 instructor in the army aviation service. ! MT. Hall will also act as directorzg gen. eral and flight commander for the new company. The concerns personnel
 will also contain d corps of army
 trained aviatorS from the service.
 The Wes Hill aerial stage line will begin operations, according to an nouncement, with a Handley- Page plane of the latest type, now being
 constructed at the factory in the east The plane will be one of the largeft l in use for commercial purposes, and
 will be of the same type as the giant
 bombing planes used during the war
 with greats uccess by both British and
 American airmeh. It will be propelled by two Liberty motors at speed of a
 hundred miles an hour. fully loaded
 and will have a carrying capacity, in
 addition to all equipment and supplies
 of six thousand pounds.
 Regular passenger service will be
 installed with the new airplane, ii
 has been announced. The plane will
 be able to carry forty passengers or |, a single trip-forty passengers is [
 small matter with a modern airplane-
 and will be equipped with all the com forts of a Pullman car. In fact. MT
 Hill and his associates say that the
 trip to Globe by air will be just as
 convenient and comfortable as if i l were made on a private car, in ad- , dition to being made in the record time of an hour.
 l Mail and express will also be carried on the air line stage, insuring promp , delivery. The charges will be highel
 than those charged on the auto stage while the delivery time will be short
 ened by eight hours. The passenger rates on the newaair stage line will b,
 $25 per passenger for the one-way triI 5 when the service is first installed. Th' , company assures that after the line i, firmly established and running | smoothly the rates will be reduced. I Actual flying service on the ney
 air stage will begin as soon as the bi s Handley- Paige machine arrives. Tn : factory has promised delivery of l within sixty days, and MT. Hall vii l leave for the east early this week t l superintendent the airplane's tes
 flights.
 t Governor Campbell has accepted MI !, Hills invitation to be a member of tn e party which makes the first flight i '. the new aerial stage between Phoeni e and Globe.
 ,. While the Apache Aerial Transpor k tation company will begin service wit = only the one machine, it's equipmen h will be augmented as soon as itsbe = comes necessary. After the Globe
 Phoenix line is well under way the ser
 vice will be extended to include Tue
 son and Bisbee, and later, Los Angele!
 the company announces.
 Mir. Hill, who will direct the flyin l operations of the line, is certain tha 5 the new aerial stage line will sho' the people of the state the practibilit I of such a service, and that aeris I stages will become a national means ( e locomotion. MT Hill has been flyin for years, starting as a pupil of th famous Moisant. He at one time cor ! ducted one of the largest aviatio u schools in the country and made flight for several colleges, the Harvard Aero ,' nautical Society and the Aero club ( | America. In August, 1913, he won . race with the crack PennsylvanI :, train between New York and Washing P ton. without a stop, and in the san
 ,4I I. .xrt | race in New York City, circling Il
 city and the statue of Liberty, a fes
 then called impossible.
 ri The trip from Phoenix to Globe f l. air will indeed be an innovation. IT l. first means of communication betwee : Globe and Phoenix was on the ol
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