Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
GROWTH IN U.S.. OF
AERIAL TRANSPORT
Commercial Aviation Steadily In
creasing in Popularity, Say
Manufacturers.
, ,.,,.,,t,,, Press 10 Every Evening

ny Associated Press To Every Evening
New York, July l5.-Commerciai
ryiatian I'm the United States shows
healthy, steadily growing popularity says
the Manufacturers Aucrait Assoclatloh
IN making public here today the report
All renrcsentat tiyes who have Just com
pletcd a tour of the country which IN,
eudcd inspection flights over nest oi
the TERRITORY now served by aerisi Trans
part
The airplane is undergoing the same
development experienced bN otnei W
hicles of transpor tatlon INTRODUCED 10 thc
public, the varions sections oi the ~ So'll
tr, according IL receptions IN conform
anee with their individual topography,
customs and natural resources, the re-
port said
"The Southwest and Pacific Coast are.
leading I'M the adoption of aircraft TO COM
mercial use and plans IN preparation CON
template honevcomblng that area Win
network of aerisl transporta ton .lnes.
In the Nidd West the alrplane IS beine
adopted AS the occasion demands, and IL
Is meeting with encouraging success,
the severe competition of good ram oads
and highways, lack of landing heids ana
The considerable indifference OF the MIG
die Atlantic States. New England Is ac-
ceptinr IL with customary conservatism
the south Is using II mainly ioi private
purposes and Florida and the West lndles
have come to recognize lying as noe'
imDortant method of communication;
At present there are IN the nlted
states Is manufacturers of aircraft and
aircraft motors and So manufact cturers OF
accessories. During the past few months
90 new airplane distributing agencies
have been established throughout the
country and new aerial transport operat-
INC companies have beer formed IN New
York CITY, san Francisco, Long Beach,
Hollywood. Los Angeles, Oakland,
stockton and Alameda, Cal, Minneapolis,
MINI. Phi. .adelphia, Buehelds, W. Va,
Rettendorf, and Shreveport, La, Ponca
Citv. Okla, Seattle and Spokane, " ASH.
Detroit. Mich, Arkansas City, Ark.
Bridgeport. Conn, Aurora, IL, Fargo
y. n, Cincinnati, O., Newell, > u
birmingham, IA, Ashury Park, ~ j.,
Livingston, VI, Brooklyn snd syracuse,
\. y. and Railway, \. J.
cahilitv Of establishing passenger and ex-
press lines throughout the entire Paclhc
Coast. which, roughly speaking consists
az two great mountain ranges and series
az valleys. The plans for such lines, now
IN preparation contemplate connecting
San Francesca with Los Angeles, San
Francisco with Del Monte, San Francisco
with Portland, Ore. over the oascade
range. and Portland with Tacoma and
Seattle. Wash. with an almost certain
extension az this line eastward to Spokane.
A lO-passenger airplane service already
i IN operation between San Francisco
and Los Angeles and a seaplane MAJ
and packace express line betewen Seattle
and British Columbian points VIII begin
operations within few weeks.
at present there are some l5O AR
planes in commercial use IN California
and 80 more IN Oregon and Washington,
while a number equal 20 that of Califor-
MA are in operation in Texas. Most OF
tho machines in Texas are privately operat-
cd by persons who made fortunes IN OIL,
hut contracts recently were let Tor alr-
craft 90 be used in transporting supplies
betueen cities and the oil fields. Mining
and oil companies desiring emergency
supplies or the replacement OF special
tools have come 10 depend on the arr
nlsne which with the level lands and
natural landing fields of the country and
the long distances over which the rail-
roads are unable TO make quick time, has
provided an impetus 10 commercial
adoption Of the airplane in Texas.
{" score of flying boats are IN opera
tion on the Mississippi and other rivers
M the Middle West, and 10 on Lake
Michigan. with every indication point
ing 10 a substantial increase of the num-
Ter before Winter Negotiations also are
underway for 10 American built flying
boats Of the recently produced II and Is
passenger type for use over the Great
Iakes and the st. Lawrence River.
Two companies that last winter operat-
ed a flying boat service from Florida TO
R,mini. Havana and Nassau, and carried
more than 1900 passengers. are now en-
pioying between 10 and - machines
n a fairly regular service between New
York, Boston and Atlantic City. Both Of
these operating companies have been
financially successful and have announc
al that they will double their equipment
tins winter"