The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

(Centaur planes), doing a large passenger
business from town to town, is a type of
this interior development In the present
story deal only with trunk lines"
Paris Prague Warsaw. The Inauguration
Of the Strasbourg- Prague sector took place
on September Is, and Prague Warsaw and
Paris Strashourg on September 25. Paris
Warsaw can be done in single day. 1t
costs 1000 francs (say $145). This Is the
Societe Franco Roumaine which is organiz-
ing observation-disclosures
Germans Show Great Activity.
Details like these explain the assertion
that Paris is the air centre of Europe
Nevertheless the Germans from early in 1919
have shown an activity in commercial avia-
ton which French specialists generously
proclaim too little known"
Berlin Hamburg. a regular service by the
Prussian Luft Raeederei, begun in May,
1919. has added Berlin-Swinemunde The
passengers pay flat one mark per kilo-
meter rate and freight five marks per l<ilo.
Berlin Dantzig- Koenigsburg run by the
Albatross Company, began in November,
1919.
Munich Berlin. Munich Vienna and Mu-
nich-FranlSfort-on Main have been ex-
plotted with intermittances since about the
same date by the Bavarian Luft Lloyd
And Dresden Berlin, Dresden Leipzig and
Dresden Breslau, operated by the Saxon
Luft Raeederei. have similar record.
Germany is seeking the upbuilding of the
airpost within the nation and it's linking to
lines to the Ausland.
The post office service has suffered from
the war. but is maintaining a progressive
ness which promises a rapid upbuilding. Re-
strictions on airpost, heretofore arising from
lack of gasolene and due to the peace treaty
are now moderated.
Various air travel companies during the
summer ran a summer resort .air service
coupled with airpost. The Deutsche Luf-
treederei had a line between Hamburg and
the resort, Westerand auf Syt, and between
Berlin and Warnemuende, while the Slavat-
mig Flugzeuau Gesselschaft ran daily be-
tween Berlin Bremen Wangeroog.
These two lines also link up with for
eign lines at Warnemuende, Hamburg and
London connections
There exists also a daily service between
Frankfurt am Main and Pasle which joins
at the latter city with lines to France and
Italy Air companies. including the Rump-
Ter works undertake from time to time spe-
cial flights, such as, for instance. a recent
daily service between Berlin and Leipzig to
accommodate guests of the Leipzig fair.
These lines are merely the beginning. The
extensively and cheaply and before long,
airpost will be available to Breslau. Frank
furt am Main. Koenigsberg. the Rhneland,
Westphala, Munich and Vienna. The rates
for airpost are only slightly higher than
ordinary post and are cheaper than the So
called express service.
Looking to the Future.
How little. indeed. can we foresee what a
year may bring forth. A few months or
weeks from now new lines likely to be
announced and throw all present data into
the shade. For example. while the Late
coere and others are at this moment open
ing the Sahara and Morocco two other
French lines, on opposite shores of the At
lantic, are making equally romantic sched-
ules and reaching out to the great pas
senger realization of hands across the sea.
The Societe des Transports Aeriens Guya-
nais, in French Guiana. north of the mouth
of the Amazon. Is operating Systematically
fleet of hydravions from st. Laurent, on the
Maroni River, across country and up the
otherwise impossible rivers and swamps of
the interior TO bring out merchandise like
balata tgutta percha).
Across the Atlantic. on the European side,
the Aeronavale Company runs a passenger
and freight airline between Marseilles and
Algiers by way Of the Balearic Isles, and
Is reaching out with its hydroplanes to Ma
deira, the Canaries and the Azores.
Now the impetus TO join up such existing
airlines on two opposite sides of the Atlantic
was dependent merely on some great device
or scheme approximatng as nearly as may
be to safety. No condolences are violated In
mentioning the bare outline of the Sargasso
Sea relief and supply stations.
AS everybody knows without knowing
anything more). the sargasso Sea is a vast
NJ ell N interior
the North Atlantic circulation. Into various
parts of its centre are collected all the drift
and wreck Of the North Atlantic for 500
years back, and (what gives its name) un-
imaginable masses Of matted gulf weed,
forming. where thickest. veritable "prairies'
or meadows" rs solid as dry land and about
as immovable They are not floating ISL
ands"--they do not float