Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-01-02
Bright Future for
Commerce Planes

Far-seeing men, who have given
much thought to aeronautics, find in
the development of aviation tre-I
mendous factor for world progress.
Already our government is using
aircraft successfully in its mail ser
vice and such use Of this new carrier
will rapidly be extended throughout
the country and the world.
It has been announced that an
aviation section will shortly consti-
tute part of the equipment of the
police force of New York city, and
the employment of the airplane by
municipalities throughout the world
for various useful purposes seems
imminent. A plane flying above
burning building can render invalu-
able aid in directing the fire fighters
and in protecting adjacent property.
The value of airplanes in case OF
an emergency was demonstrated dur
ing the recent catastrophe at Nor
gan, New Jersey, when the burning
munitions plants, which threatened
to set on fire hundreds of tons of
INT, might have caused the whole
sale destruction of life and property
throughout thousands of additional
square miles of territory, including
New York and other cities but for
the effective work accomplished. by
aviators.
In connection with our forest re-
serves, the airplane will be of great
value since, by this means, it will be
possible to effectively patrol all SUCH
territory and promptly to locate and
check fires which now destroy enor-
nous quantities of valuable timber.
It is reported that Canada is already
arranging for the patrol of her huge
forests by airplanes.
While the United States already
has, it is believed, the best organized
life-saving establishment in the
world, there is no doubt that even
greater efficiency will be possible by
the use of airplanes in this service.
In the field of exploration, the air
planes brings unlimited possibilities,
and the day is close at hand when
there will no longer be any isolated
sections of the world.
The development of transportation
probably offers the most important
field for the utilization Of large num-
bers Of planes, since, now that flying
has been so perfected as to entail lit
tie or no danger, aircraft viii be rap
idly adopted for many business and
pleasure purposes.
In this connection the following
news items will be of interest:
The fact that airplanes can be sue
cessfully navigated by compass, even
when aviators are shut off from sight
Of land by cloud banks and fog, has
been clearly demonstrated by the
flight made almost entirely by COM
pass, on December 10th, from Buff
falo to New York city "a distance Of
407 miles,, by Captain ". 2. JACOBS
with Col. L. w. Mcintosh as a pas
senger, in three and one-half houis.
Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner, who
recently resigned as superintendent
of United States Aerial Mail Serviee,
has Just announced the information
of syndicate with S1,000,000 qp-
ital, which proposes to Marguerite,
on May Is, 1919, the first American
passenger and express service. Mr..
Lipsner's statement indicates thatthe
airplanes to be used will have a ca.
pacity of forty passengers; that ptes
will be reasonable; that the company
viii carry its own insurance, andthat
regular schedules will be maintiined
and rebates paid for every milutes
the planes are late. While dtails
are lacking as to the kind of Ianes
TO be used and also as to the titles
between which the proposed Inns are
to be established. the announcement
4 sufficiently definite to fouse
much interest.