Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-15
AERIAL FREIGHT
LINERS TO COVER
NATION MAPPED
5000 big Planes Brought
To u. S. For
Service
N. E. A. Staff Special.


ca is to have the first albright
commercial airplane service in the
world.
Within a month the first planes
will win gtheir way between New
York and Chicago and before the END
of the year, huge ships Will carry
thousands of pounds OF freight from
coast to coast.
This is the prediction of James
Randolph Walker, New York capital
list, and one of the hackers OF the
S15,0OO,00O Aerial Transport. Cor
poration here which has purchased,
he says, 5000 British war planes Tor
exclusive freight service in the Unit
ed States.
Have 200 Planes Now.
eve have 200 planes in New
York harbor now and by July a we
expect to establish the first unit OF
our continental network of airllnes,"
saws Walker. 1--WE will have a two
each-way-each-day service between
New York and Chicago and as rapidly
as traffic warrants we will establish
feeder lines to our four stopping
points alonge the route. With the
exception of Cleveland, we have not
definitely decided upon the other
cities to be made main lire stops"
The company includes some Oh
Americas finest technical experts
and pilots. Colonel Joseph A. Jor-
dan, who mapped the air routes, Tor
the first aerial mail service; Com
nander 2. N. L. Belinger, pilot OF
the histronic NC-1 in her transatlan-
tic flight, and Colonel r. S. Hartz,
spilot of the Martin round the RIM
#plane, are among the operating ON
cials. 80,
at was the success of the govern
ment air mail service that decided US
to form this company" Walker SAID
"Mail is now being carried cheaper
and faster by air than by tram. we
have been assured of 100 per cent
load by the American Express Com
pany, but it is probable that we VIII
bid on some mail contracts also.
To Keep so Planes IN Air.
No passengers will be Garner by
the transport company's planes.
hTe planes purchased by the COM
nanv for the most part are DeHavl-
land type planes with cargo ca
nacitv OF $50 pounds, but there are
large number Of Handley-Page planes
with a capacity of l,oOO to Z'ooO
pounds. .,,in
REQUIRE US to keep about oU planes III
the air all of the tlme,' says walker
"We have gone back to the OLD over
land stage systematic pony express.
The load viii start IN one plane ana
be shifted a dozen times TO othei
planes in its way across the cohti
sent. Well cut at least day ana
pr0aably more from the railway
Colonel Hartz thinks that within
a few years there will be planes aDole
to make the transcontlnentaI nlght
straight through"
-Four cross country lines are plan
ned. One will run from New YORK
through Cleveland and Detroit to
Chicago, thence to Fargo, N. D., to
Bismarck, N. D., Glendlve, Mont,
Helena, Mont, Coeur de Alene, Id,
Spokane, Wash, and to Seattle and
Victoria B, c. Another route will
run through Chicago, Des Moines
la. Omaha, Neb., North Platte, Neb.,
Denver, Col, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Carson City, New, Sacramento and
San Francisco.
Route Has Branch.
Still another route is planned from
New York, Pittsburg, Harrisburg,
Columbus, O., Indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Topeka, Kan, Mlchlta,
Kan, with a branch through Dallas,
Waco and Houston to Galveston,
Tex through New Mexico to San
Diego, Los Angeles Fresno, Stock
ton and Sacram
The fourth route would skirt the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, include New
Orleans and join with the third route
in Arizona.
The company plans to concentrate
its efforts first at establishing practl-
cal service in what it call Zone
AOne," the New York-CelSago zone,
with its feeder lines ct&ering the
eastern and eastern m&&dle west
states. "At the same time it is prob
able" says Walker, "that within three
months the first sea to sea freight
carrier will leave its eastern air
port"