Omaha daily bee., 1920-05-23
.S.y-Page Directs Incor-
poration Of s20,000,0 900
Concern for Establishment
OF AirpIane Freight Lines.
GIANT WAR MACHINES
WILL CARRY EXPRESS
Preliminary Plans Call for
Routes Covering Entire Coun.
try-American Express Co.
Believed TO Be Interested.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
| Washington, May 22.-Establish-
ment in the United States of Brit
ish built air service, controlled by
! Great Britain in the same way that
the merchant marine was dominated
prior to the war with Germany, is
foreseen by military and commercial
airmen in this country as a result of
the extended visit here of Handley-
Page, the famous English airplane
builder, and the incorporation of a
S20,0O0,000 company under the laws
of Delaware.
Rumor has been busy for several
weeks with the presence of Handley-
Page on these shores, and his recent
visit to Cleveland, O., was fol-
lowed by reports that the city was
to be made great "air port" In
the meantime he has opened a suite
of offices in New York, which he
occupied with w. H. Workman, his
American representative and from
that place the project for an Ameri-
can aerial transport under British
control is being directed.
Englishman Is Promoter.
The new corporation is known as
the Aerial Transport company, and
Judge Grey of Niagara Falls is its
temporary president. Its capital is
fixed at $20,000,000. and it is under
stood that a special company has
been organized to handle the securi-
ties and underwrite the stock. This
latter company is called the Aerial
Securities company and w. l..
Bracket of Cleveland is it's presi-
dent. AS the Aerial Transport COM
pany is expected to purchase large
number of planes from \ Handley-
Page, the British manufacturer, ac-
cording to information which has
reached Washington, has invested
heavily in its stock and has arranged
to turn over to it airplanes valued
at $2,500,000 in payment for such
stock.
War Machines Used.
The Hadley-Page, Limited of
England, owns 81 per cent Of the
syndicate which bought from the
British government all of its old
war supplies for aeronautics such as
airplanes, motors, spares, etc, at
very low prices. Some of these
planes are now being shipped to this
country for use by the new COM
pany, which will open its air routes
with this equipment, which has be-
come obsolete for military purposes.
The all-metal planes, first developed
by the Germans, are coming into
general use as fighting machines,
RELOCATING the wood and fabric ma
chimes to commercial purposes.
Within a year or less, it is planned
to have 10 trunk lines in operation
in the United States reaching from
New York to San Francisco and
branching off to the north and
south to important centers. For
the first year it is planned to carry
express only and it is believed in
Washington that British interests
connected with the American Ex-
press company are directly con-
cerned in the new plan to carry ex-
press by air. After the air express
routes have been we'll established
and their operation standardized it
is expected that passenger carry.
ing service will be started.
To Use Super -Bombers.
The aircraft which it has been
arranged to put in operation on these
lines includes Us big Handley-
Page bombers, six Caproni ma
chimes. 800. De Haviland model os,
and 10 Vickers-Vimy machines. The
Handley-Page machines include a
few of the super bombers with a
wing spread Of l26 feet and equipped
with four engines developing to-
tai of 1900 horsepower. Such ma
chimes can carry cargo weighing
more than ton and half.
The quality of the personnel" re-
ferred to in the foregoing advertise
nlent is no idle boast, for one of the
men affiliated with the new enter
prise is John A. Jordan, inaugur-
ator and superintendent of service
for the United States aerial mail
service, is expected to be manager
of one of the departments of the
new company, and Commander P.
N. Bellinger of NC-3 fame, is sec
retary.
Well Defined Program.
Former Lieutenant Colonel Hartz,
who flew around the rim" of the
United States in a Martin bomber
a few weeks ago, is to be in charge
OF the traffic department, and
Charles H. Day, former consulting
engineer of the Standard Aircraft
company. has charge of the motor
department. The remainder of the
personnel. it is stated on good au-
tllority, comes from England and
from the American Express com.