Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-21
FREIGHT LINES
BY AIR PLANNED
$4,000, 900 Concern Has g.
600 Mammoth Planes to
Garry Out Novel Idea
n. T.. A. Stan Special.

CLEVELAND, June 21.-America
is to have the first all-freight com-
mercial airplane service in the
world.
Within a month the first planes
will wing their way between New
York and Chicago and before the
END of the year., huge ships will
carry thousands of pounds of freight
from coast to coast.
This is the prediction of James
Randolf Walker. New York capt.
talist, and onet of the hackers of
the SIS, 900, 900 Aerial Transport
chased, he says. 5000 British war
Planes for exclusive freight service
in the United States.
Have 200 Planes Now
we have 200 planes in New York
harbor now and by July 4 we expect
to establish the first unit OF our
ontinental network Of airplanes,"
q Walker. we will have a two
New York and Chicago and as rapid
~ - traffic warrants we will estab-
linfI feeder lines to our four stopping
points a1ong the route. With the ex-
ception of Cleveland we have not
definitely decided upon the other
cities TO be made main line stops"
The company includes some of
Americas, finest technical experts
and pilots. Colonel Joseph A. Jor-
dan, who mapped the air routes for
the first aerial mail service: Com
mander p. N. L. Bellinger, pilot of
the historic NC-1 in her t~ransatlan-
TIC fight, and Colonel r. S. Hartz,
pilot of the Martin "round the rim
rSlonn arc ~ n11er fhn N1.a%f~ IN
ciafs.
No Passengers
"It Was the success of the gov
eminent air mail service that de-
cided US to form this COMPANY
Walker says. Mail Is now being
carried cheaper and faster by air
than by train. We have assured
Of 100 per cent. load by the Amer
lean Express Company, but it is
probable hat we will bid on come
mail contracts also"
No passengers will be carried by
the transport company's planes.
h planes purchased by the COM
pany for the most part are DeHapi-
land type planes with a cargo ca
pacity of $50 pounds, but there are
a large number of Handley-Page
planes with a capacity of 1900 TO
1000.
To Keep 80 Planes In Air
our transcontinental service will
require us to keep about 80 planes
in the air all of the time" says
Walker. I'VE have gone back to the
old overland stage systematic pony
express. The load will start in one
plane and be shifted a dozen times
to other planes in it's way across
the continent. Well cut at least
a day and probably more from the
railway time"
Coloonel Hartz thinks that, with
in a few years there will be planes
able TO make the transcontinental
flight straight through"
Four cross country lines arc
planned. One will run from New
York through Cleveland and Detroit
20 Chicago, thence to Fargo, N. D.,
@ Bismarck, N. D., Glendive, Mont,
Heiena. Mont, Occur de Alene, Id,
spokane, WASH, and to Seattle and
Victoria, B. C. Another route will
run through Chicago, Des Moines.
iowa, Omoha, Neb., North Platte.
Neb., Denver, Col, Salt Lake City,
Jtah Carson City New, Sacramento,
md San Francisco.
Route Has Branch
Still another route is planned from
New York. Pittsburgh, Harrisburg.
ooiumDus, u, Indianapolis, st. Louis
Aansas City, Topeka, Kan, Wichita.
Kan, with a branch through Dali
las, waco and Houston to Calves
ton. Tex.) through New Mexico to
a Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno.
stockton and Sacramento.
The fourth route would skirt the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, include
New Orleans and join with the third
route IN Arizona.
n company plans to concentrate
it's efforts first at ESTABLISHING nrsc.
teal service in what it calls ''Zone
One" the New York. Chicago zone.
with Its feeder lines covering the |
eastern middle west states. cat the
same time 1t is probable" says Walk
eE, that within three months the
n8E77F g to sea freight carrier will
leave its eastern air port"
nFNanER