South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-19

Tor private purposes ana Florida ana
the West Indies have come 10 rec
ognize flying az a most important
method OF communication,
Is Makers In u, ).
AT present there are in the United
states Is manufacturers of aircraft
and aircraft motors and So manu-
facturers OF accessories. During the
past few months 20 new airplane
distributing agencies have been es-
tablished throughout the country and
new aerial transport operating COM
panies have been formed in New
York City. San Francisco, Long
Beach, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Oakland, stockton and Alameda,
Calf, Minneapolis, Minn.i Philadel-
phia, Bluefields, w, Va, BettendOrf
and Shreveport. La. Ponca City,
OKLA, Seattle and Spokane, Wash,
Detroit, Mich, Arkansas City Ark,
bridgeport Conn, Aurora, H.. Far
so, y. n, Cincinnati, o., Newell :,
D., Birmingham, Ala, Asbury Park.
y. j., Livingston, Vt, Brooklyn and
Syracuse y, Y, and Railway, y, 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
mountain ranges and series of val
leys, The plans for such lines, now
in preparation contemplate connect
ing San Francisco with Los Angeles
San Francisco with Del Monte, San
Francisco with Portland, Ore, over
the Cascade range, and Portland
with Tacoma and Seattle, Wash,
with an almost certain extension OF
this line eastward 20 Spokane, A
10 passenger airplane service al
ready Is in operation between San
Francisco and Los Angeles and a
seaplane mail and package express
line between Seattle and British Col
I'm bian points will begin operations
within a few weeks
Oil Fortunes Buy Planes
AT present there are some $50
1 airplanes in commercial use in Cali
/ fornia and so more in Oregon and
| Washington, while a number equal
/ TO hat Of California are in operation
\ in Texas. Most of the machines in
/ Texas are privately operated BY per
sons who made fortunes in oil, but
/ contracts recently were let for air
\ craft to be used in transporting sup
plies between cities and the oil fields.
/ Mining and oil companies desiring
/ emergency supplies or the replace
! mont or special tools have come &c
\ depend on the airplane which, with
I the level lands and natural landing
\ fields OF the country and the Ions
J distances over which the railroads
| are unable TO make quick time. has
/ provided an impetus TO commercial
/ adoption Of the airplane i'm Texas.
Flying Boats Popular
"A score Of flying boats are In
| operation on the Mississippi and
other rivers of the Middle West, and
/ > on Lake Michigan, with every i'm
/ dicatiOn pointing TO Il substantial in
/ crease of the number before winter
! Negotiations also are underway for
10 American built flying boats OF
: the recently produced 1 . and 5 pas
| senger type for use over the Great
Lakes and the st. Lawrence river.
Two companies that last winter
operated a flying boat service from
/ Florida 20 Bimini, Havana and Mas
saU, and carried more than 5000
/ passengers. are now employing be-
tween 10 and 10 machines in a fair
~ regular service between New
ork. Boston and Atlantic city. Both
1 of these operating companies have
/ been financially successful and have
[ announced that they will double
their equipment this winter"