The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-02-19


Lawson IS project in the event that the
people Of Kenosha would cooperate
with him in the project.
Large Assembling Plant.
It was explained today that the pres
emit plans of the Lawson. company pro-
vided for the establishment If an as
sembling plant of the company in Ke-
nosha which would employ several hun
dred skilled mechanics which would
make Kenosha one of the ccnters Of
the new air line traffic. The present
factory of the company is located at
Milwaukee but because of the price of
building sites near that city, the com
pany has planned to locate the real
assembling plant at some lakeshore
city. In the first survey of the land
Mr.. Lawson very much favored Ke-
nosha and he has announced that he
will establish the plant here if a prop
or site can be obtained at reasonable
figure.
The parts Of the large airliners are
made at the factory in Milwaukee. It
would be the plan of the company to
ship these parts to Kenosha By rail
and have them assembled here. This
will make it necessary for the company
TO secure tract of several hundred
acres Of smooth ground where these
ears may be put together and may be
tested out before flying away to enter
the regular service of the company.
Also Want Station Here.
The Lawson dream is for the estab-
lishment of through airline from
coast to coast. His initial trip in
which his first airliner made its IA
nous trip from Chicago to Washington,
has proven that the project is more
than fantasy and has attracted a
great deal of backing to the PROPOSE
tion. The tentative plans Of the COM
pany are also to establish Kenosha as
one of the stations on this through
line as a terminal point for the Chicago
ST. Paul liners and the st. Paul-New
York passenger air ships. While in
Kenosha, Mr.. Pendleton was also in
vestigating sites for possible station
where large landing space would be
afforded the company.
should Be Near Railways.
't,Both of these sites should be near
the railway lines,'' explained the rep
resentative, "for it is the plan Of the
company to use these as guides for
the pilots. Of course, it would be pos
sible to establish lanes leading to
them from the regular air line but
this is not nearly so desireable."
Mr.. Pendleton was one of the pilots
of the first Lawson Air-Liner and is
enthusiastic over the plan of the COM
pany to establish passenger air traffic
with all the accommodations of modern
day travel. He declares that the trip
halfway across the continent has been
enough to convince even the most skep-
teal that the Lawson project is more
than dream
F'No Axe to Grind
Mr.. Pendleton explained that the
Lawson Airplane Company, SO far as
he knew had ''no axe for the people of
Kenosha to grind" He declared that
they were backed by unlimited eastern
capital and that there would not be a
large amount of selling of stock to
Kenosha people in order to get the
factory to locate in this city.
eve are not after the money of
Kenosha people," explained Mr.. Pen
dleton, "but we do want their co-opera-
tion. We are looking for large fac
tory site along the railroad lines and
we are hoping that we will be able to
secure it at a fair figure. That is now
the only matter which stands in the
way of the establishment of the as
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