Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-11
May Be Terminal
CONTINUED from Pace One)

Approximate Costs, states that seven
important main airways have been
charted ard by utilizing Government
airdromes already existing these
airways make the air net complete
tor the United States. The route
from the State OF Maine to the tSate
CT Washington covers the following
stations: Augusta. Me-. Plattsburg
n. y, Pinghamton, N. Y, Buffalo,
r. T., Cleveland, O., Detroit. Mich,
Bryan. Ohio. Chicago. H.. Winona,
Mimi; st. Paul. Mimi; Fargo. n.
Oak, Portal. n. Oak, Miles City,
Mont, Nissouia, Mont, Spokane.
Wash. and Carp Lewis, Wash. The
other air rcu:e in which Augusta
is mentioned runs north and south
on the atlantic coast as follows:
Augusta Me-, Boston, Mass, Mitchell
Field. l.. l.. Eustletown. Pa, Aber-
deem, Md. Baltimore. Md, Washing
ton, ID. G., Langley field, Va, Camp
Bragg. n. c. Camp Jackson, s. c.,
Savannah. Co.. Jacksonville. Fla,
ratona. Fla, Carlstrom Field Fla,
anu NtldHtt. Il Id.
The other five airways charted are
az follows: Transcontinental route
from Washington, d. c., to San
Francisco, CAL; route from Savan-
nah, Ca, to San Diego, Cal: route
along the Pacific coast from Camp
Lewis Wash, to San Diego. Cal;
middle route from South to North
from Laredo, Tex. to Fargo, n
OAK; and the route from the Lakes
to the Gulf, from Chicago, ILL.,, to
Baton Rouge. La.
In his letter to the mayor and
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, Major Lyon of the Air Serv-
ice asks for information as to
whether or not q municipal landing
field has been established in the
city. and as to what has been done
towards this project He points out
that the first thing is to get the
landing field.
Mayor Fogg is out of the city for
few days and has not as yet seen
the letters from Major Lyon and
Adjutant General Collins, but he
will give the matter his Immediate
attention on his return to this city
in few days.
Letter from Adiutant General Collins
The letter from Adjutant General
Collins, which is dated July IS, 1921,
and which accompanied the letter
sent by Major Lyon, reads in part
as follows:
From: The Adjutant General of the
army.
ITO: All Cc~~s Area Commanders.
Subject: Al Routes.
Il. Under the provisions of a
special report from the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics.
as approved and forwarded by the
President to Congress on April 10,
1921, as Document No. II, House of
Representatives 9th Congress, the
Air Service Is charged with the
prompt establishment of national
continental airways and in coopera-
ton with states and municipalities.
with the establishment OF local air
dromes. landing fields and other
necessary facilities" In further
ance of this idea, seven proposed
routes have been charted covering
the most important usually travelled
routes across the United states.
These asrways are as shown in APP
pendix IA" to this letter and were
Incorporated in the special report
mentioned above. They are submit
ted largely as a guide to indicate the
general direction of these routes
across the country and are subject to
change insofar as the cities to be To-
Gated thereon are concerned, as we'll
as in their more genral aspects, as
their development progresses.
"2. In general. the following factors
have governed the location of these
routes. They should be borne in mind
in the selection of cities for main and
stations; A. Unusually
travelled routes across the continent;
b, Main trunk railroad lines; C, Im-
portAnt interstate ana tranaconti-