The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-22
AERIAL LINES
 MANY PLACES
 NEAR FUTURE

in the United States shows healthy and a steadily growing popularity, says the Manufacturers Aircraft As sociation in making public the report of representatives, who have just completed a tour of the country which included inspection flights over most of the territory now served by aerial transport.
 "The airplane is undergoing the same development experienced by other vehicles of transportation in. troduced to the public, the various sections of the country according it receptions in conformance with their individual topography, customs and natural resources" the report said.
 The southwest and Pacific coast are leading in the adoption of air craft to commercial use and plans in preparation contemplate honey combing that area with a network of aerial transportation lines. In the middle west the airplane is being adopted as the occasion demands, and it is meeting with encouraging suc- cess. With severe competition of railroads and highways, lack of land ing fields and the considerable in- difference of the Middle Atlantic States, New England is accepting it with customary conservatism; the south is using it mainly for private purposes and Florida and the West Indies have come to recognize flying as most important method of con- munication.
 At present there are in the United States 15 manufacturers of aircraft and aircraft motors and S5 manufac- turers of accessories. During the past few months 20 new airplane dis tributing agencies have been estab- lished throughout the country and new aerial transport operating com panies have been formed in New Yory City, San Francisco, Long Beach, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Oak land, Stockton and Alameda, Cal, Minneapolis, Minn., Philadelphia, Bluefields, w. Va, Bettendorf and Shreveport, La, Ponca City, Okla Seattle and Spokane, Wash, Detroit Mich, Arkansas City, Ark, Bridge port, Conn, Aurora, H., Fargo, N. D. Cincinnati, O., Newell, s. D., Birm- ingham, Ala, Asbury Park, N. J., Livingston, Vt, Brooklyn and Syra- cuse, N. Y, and Railway, N. J.
 ''Aviators are convinced of the practicability of establishing passen- ger and express lines throughout the entire Pacific coast, which roughly speaking, consists of two great noun tain ranges and series of valleys. The plans for such lines, now in prepar- ation contemplate connecting San Francisco with Los Angeles, San Francisco with Del Monte, San Fran cisco with Portland, Ore, over the Cascade range, and Portland with Ta coma and Seattle, Wash, with an al- most certain extension of this line eastward to Spokane A 10-passenger airplane service already is in opera tion between San Francisco and Los Angeles and a seaplane mail and package express line between Seattle and British Columbia points will be- gin operations within a few weeks.
 "At present there are some 150 in commercial use in Cal ifornia and 50 more in Oregon and Washington, while a number equal to that of California are in operation in Texas. Most of the machines in Tex as are privately operated by per- sons who made fortunes in oil, but contracts were recently let for aircraft to be used in transporting supplies between cities ana the oil fields. Min iTg and oil companies desiring emer- gency supplies or the replacement Cf special tools have come to depend On airplanes which, with the level lands and natural landing fields of the coun- try and the long distances over which railroads are unable to make quick time, have provided an impetus to commercial adoption of the air plane in Texas.
 "A score of flying boats are in oper ation on the Mississippi and other rivers of the Middle West, and 15 on Lake Michigan, with every indication pointing to a substantial increase of the number before winter. Negotia- tions also are underway for 10 Amer ican-built flying boats of the recently produced 12 and 18-passenger type for use on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river.