Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-17

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tween New York and chicaso. aud
before The end Of The year. huge
ships will carry thousands Of pounds
Of freight from coast 10 coast
This is the prediction OF James
Walker. New York capitalist, and
one Of the hackers Of the TOO million
dollar Aerial Transport Corporation
here. which has purchased. he says,
5000 british war planes for exclu.
slve freight service IN The United.
States.
we have 900 planes IN Now York
harbor now aud by July I w n.
pect TO establish the first unit Of
our continental network OF air
lines. said Walker. We will have
q two each way per day service be.
tween New York aud Chicago. and
A. rapidly a. traffic warrants we
will establish feeder lines 10 our
four stopping points along the route.
With the exception Of Cleveland. we
have noi definitely decided upon the
other cities to be made main line
stops"
The company includes some Of
Americas finest technical experts
and pilots. Colonel Joseph A. Ior.
dan. who mapped the air routes for
the first aerial mail service; Com.
mandcr p. n l.. Belllnger. pilot Of
the history NC-i IN her trans Allan.
tic flight. and Colonel n. :. HariE.
pilot Of the Martin round the rim
plane. are among the operating Of.
firials.
1T was the Of the govern
mcnl air mail service that decided
NJ Ia Hm this o Lany" Walker
said. mail IL now being carried
cheaper and faster by air than by
train. We have been assured 81 q
800 per cent load by the American
Express Company. but u Is probable
We will bid on some mail contracts
Also No passengers will be- carried
by the transport company's planes,
Tho planes purchased by the com.
pany for the most part are DE- havi.
land type planes with a cargo en-.
paciiy Of $50 pounds, but there are
a large number Of Handley.page
planes with a capacity OF 1900 10
1000 pounds.
-Our tfansconiincntal service will
require Ms TO keep about 30 planes
IN the air all the time says Walker.
"we have gone back 10 the old over.
land stage systematic pony ex
press. The load will start In one
plane and be shifted a dozen times
TO other planes In " way across the
continent. Wen cut al least a doS
and probably more from the railway
time"
Colonel Hartz thinks that within
a few years there viii be planes ahl,
10 make the trancontinental flight
straight through.
Four erosscountry lines are nov
planned. One will run from New
York through Cleveland and Detroit
10 Chicago. thence 10 Fargo, y. d,
10 Bismarck. n. D.. Glendive, Mont.
Helena. Mont Occur d'Alene, Ida.
spokane. wash end 10 Seattle an'
Victoria. h. {. Another route vii
run through Chicago, Des Moincs
Iowa. Omaha. Neb. North Platte
Neb.. Denver. Colo Salt Lake City
, Utah. Carson City. New Sacramento
and san Francisco.
SIN another route u planne'
" from New York 10 Pittsburgh, Har
rishurg, Columbus. Ohio. ~lndianapc
|. Ms, 81. Louis. Kansas City, Topeka
Kan. Wichita. KAN with a hranc'
, through Dallas. Waco and Houston
10 Galveston, Texas, through New
Mexico 10 San Diego. Los Angeles
: Fresno. stockton and Sacramento.
7 The fourth route would skirt N.
Allaniic and Gulf coasts, includI
New Orleans and join with the thirI
route in Arizona.
The company plans 10 concenirsi
vs. efforts first at establishing pra'
teal service Ia what II calls ~Ion
I T." the New YoTk.Chieago zone, wit
~ feeder lines covering the easter.
and eastern middle west states. a
! The same time It is probable say
? Walker. "thai within three month
the first sea-to-sea freight carrie
viii leave lis eastern air port"
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