The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-19
COMMERCIAL AIR
 SERVICE POPULAR
Pacific Coast Leading In
 Everyday Use Of Air craft, Report Shows

\ NEW YORK, July 19.-Commer- Ieial aviation in the United States shows a healthy, steadily& growing popularity, says the Mannfactur- CTS Aircraft Association in making public here today the report of rep resentatives who have just complet- ed tour of the country which in cluded inspection flights over most of the territory now servedl by aer- ial transport.
 The airplane is undergoing the same development experienced byI other vehicles of transportation in troduced to the public, the various sections of the country according itl receptions in conformance with their individual topography, customs and natural resources, the report said.
 The Southwest and Pacific States are leading in the adoption of aircraft to commercial use and plans in preparation contemplate honeycombing that area with al network of aerial transportation Hines. In the Middle West the air plane .is being adopted as, the oc- casion demands, and it is meeting with encouraging success, the se-l were competition of good railroadsI and highways, lack of landing fields and the considerable indifference of the Middle Atlantic States. New England is accepting it with GUS tomary cohseryatisrn the South isl using it mainly for private pur- poses ssand Florida and the West Indies have come to recognize fly ing as most important method of communication.
 New Agencies Established
 "At present there are in the Unit cd States 15 manufacturers Of air craft and aircraft motors and SD manufacturers of accessories. Dur ing the past few months 20 new air plane distributing agencies have been established throughout the country and new aerial transporta- ton operating companies have been formed at New York City, San Francisco. Long Beach, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Stockton, Oakland and Alameda Cal, Minneapolis. Minn., Philadelphia, Bluefields, w. Va, Bettendorf, and Shreveport, La, Ponca City, Okla. Seattle and Spo- kane. Wash. Detroit Mich, Arkan- sas City, Ark, Bridgeport, Conn. Aurora, Iill., Fargo, N. D., Cincin- nati, O., Newell, s. D., Birming- ham, Ala, Asbury Park, N J.. Liy- ingston, Vt, Brooklyn and Syra- cuse N. Y, and Railway, N. J.
 Passenger Lines Planned
 "Aviators are convinced of the practicability of establishing pas senger and express lines throughout the entire Pacific Coast, which, roughly speaking, consists Of two great mountain ranges and series of valleys. The plans for such lines now in preparation contemplated connecting San Francisco with Port land. Ore. over the Cascade Range, and Portland with Seattle and Ia coma, Wash. with an almost certain extension of the line eastward to Spokane A 10-passenger airplane service already is operated between San Francisco and Los Angeles ana seaplane mail and package ser vice between Seattle and British Columbia points will begin opera tions within few weeks.
 California, Texas Leading
 At present there are some l5o airplanes in commercial use in Cal | ifornia and 50 more in Oregon and Washington. while a number equal to that of California are in opera ton in Texas. Most of the machines in Texas are privately operated byi persons who made fortunes in oil, but contracts recently were let Tor aircraft to be used in transporting supplies between cities and the oil i fields Mining and oil companies desiring emergency supplies or the replacement of special tools have | come to depend on the airplane, which. with the level lands and na-I l tural landing fields of the country and the long distance over which 1 the railroads are unable to make kuick time, has provided an impet- us to commercial adoption of the. l airplane in Texas
 Flying Boats Operated
 "A score or more of flying boats are in operation on the Mississippi and other rivers of the Middle West. and 15 on Lake Michigan. with
 every indication pointing to sub stantial increase of the number be- , fore Winter. Negotiations also are f underway for 10 American-built fly ing boats of the recently produced
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