The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-23
TRY COAST-COAST
AIR MAIL SERVICE
Continued from Page One)

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day morning. Pilot Art Smith left
for Chicago at 4:16 p. m. on the
second leg of the western flight.
One Each Way
Hampstead, N. Y, Aug. 21.-Wlth
one mail plane winging its way from
San Francisco to New York another
took off from Hazelhurst field, on
Long Island for the Pacific coast on
Tuesday, in the first of five days
tests inaugurated by the government
| to demonstrate the feasibility of per
manent transcontinental air mai
service. The start was made at
II :01 eastern standard time, unofh-
cially clicked.
Pilot C. Eugene Johnson carried
only "a pounds of mail, consisting of
3,444 letters from New York and a
few papers and official communica-
tions. More than 10000 special de-
livery letters had been received at
the New York postoffice for this trip
but it was found impractical to carry
all of them. Other patches of let
tiers will be picked up at various
points along the route. One of the
letters was written by Johnson to
his mother in San Francisco. There
were several communications for the
mayor of San Francisco, but it was
not announced who they were from.
Johnson, who had been suffering
from a bronchial attack and a fever,
said he was in good health Tuesday.
Wind Causes Delay
Cleveland, O., Aug. 21.-H. B.
Shaver, field manager of the air mail
service here, received a radio report
from Bellefont, Penn, that Pilot
Johnson landed there at :23 p. m.
and left for Cleveland at :32, after
taking on a supply of gasoline. He
is due here at 3:45 p. M. but Mr..
Shaver said the high winds might de-
lay him 20 minutes or more.
Has $4,000 Letters
New York, Aug. 21.-Loaded with
$4,000 special delivery letters bear
ing complimentary stamps and weigh
ing 575 pounds and a few first edi-
ton afternoon newspapers, one of the
five mail airplanes was ready Tues
day to inaugurate a fve-day test of
aerial mail express and t%ransconti-
mental mail service, the success of
which will determine its permanency.
Regardless of weather conditions
a plane will hop off daily from New
York and San Francisco from now
until Saturday. At IL a. m. Pilot
c. Eugene Johnson, in spite of the
fact that late Monday night he suf-
fered from a severe bronchial at
tack with high temperature. will take
flight from Hazelhurst field, l.. :,
on the first westward fight of the
test. Johnson will pass an east
bound mail plane pilot in mid-conti-
nent, barring accident.
The mail plane leaving here tomor-
row will be plotted by Shirley ].
Short; that on Thursday by w. L.
Friday, P. P. Collins, and on
Saturday, Brooke H. Pearson.
81 Minutes Ahead -.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 21.-
Air Mail Pilot Paul Scott reached
here from Elko, Nevada, at :18 p.
(mountain time) with mail which
left San Francisco-630 miles to the
west-at $3.50 a. M. Pacific time). :
Departure eastward to Rock Springs
and Cheyenne, Wyoming, was made
by Pilot Robert Ellis at 1877 p. m.
The east-bound mail was 81 min
utes ahead of prepared schedule on i
II 49, f,o.. c. I1,~a~s-oa H. Colt
Lake City. Arrival here had been {
timed for 2:15. Pilot Scott said he q
encountered some rain but otherwise !
flying conditions were ideal. {
Conditions Perfect r
Reno, New, Aug. 21.-Pilot Will $
son, carrying the first consignment
Of cross-country mail from the coast +
landed at the Reno air mail station 7
at 7:46 Tuesday morning and four q
minutes later Pilot Blanchfield hop "
ped off on the second lap of the G
to Elko. Perfect flying condi- I
lions exist and schedule time is be- +
ing made at this end of the country. h
Pilot Blanchfield took off 25 minutes
ahead of schedule. !,
He said he expected to reach Elko
two hours and 20 minutes or less.
Elko is not a scheduled stop and as
it will require a few minutes to :
planes there, no time vas lost :
at the Reno landing field in order to :,
make up for the necessary delay at =
Elko.
Wilson began his return trip to >
San Francisco at 8 $40 a. m. with Pilot !
Vance as a passenger. Vance will =
begin the eastern fight from San E
with transcontinental mail !
Wednesday morning. !;