, 1924-07-03

morning at 600. The planes
thus the eestbound mail from Raw
Inns is sent by rail to Cheyenne and
there 1t is placed on the airplane.
The westbound planes stop at Raw
Inns to receive and dispatch mail. In
order to catch the eastbound air
mail. letters must be in the post Of
nee in time to catch number four.
Special air mail stamps are for
sale and special air mail drop boxes
are provided for the rapid handling
Of all air mail. The rates Of post
age has been divided according to
so1es-the postage Of eight cents is
charged for an ounce, or fraction
thereof, for each zone, or part of
zone In which the mail is carried by
plane. The transit mail forwarded
by the railway mail service Is rated
to the point carried by the air mail
service. The zones are: from New
enne: Cheyenne to San Francisco.
Thus for . letter weighing one
ounce, the postage from Rawlins to
New York would be t~wenty-four
eeats; from Rawlins to Chicago 1s
casts; from Rawlins to San Fran
cisco eight cents.
Forty pilots are employed to op-
crate IN relays. A plane leaves Now
York daily at 1900 .. n. eastern
dms), and San Francisco at 800
q. -. (pacifjc tfme). There are II
stops on the route.
Night flying will be necessary be-
tween Chicago and Cheyenne during
the summer months and between
Cleveland and Rock Springs during
Water. The postal department has
boen working on the Gas to coast
air delivery for more than = year.
and Il IL felt that the experimental
stages Of the service are over. Last
fall . four-day test proved the prac-
ticAbility OF 5000 mile through
service and II showed that the pre-
pAration for service. the lights and
Aeld equipment. built up during the
10 months wsre broadly satisfactory.
The schedule has been made OF .
6AaiS Of from 10 to % miles an hour
aaA the capacity Of the planes Il
from 400 70 SOC pounds. Whom
eves there 10 too much mail for any
plane. two planes will ny from
either New York or San Franosco.
Because many persons were anxious
70 send letters on the hrst planes.
it VS. necessary for the department
u O0uO tWO Rt8uoo tIou tuO WV
starting points. The hrst plane from
Chandler arrived In Rawlins At 6:55
0. "a. Wednesday morning; the sec
ond plane piioted by ]. p. Murray
cane in At 1880 .. m. Approximate
" SEQ letters were received We'd
nesday morning from the East and
50 letters were sent out. About 10+
LISTERS were sent from RawlinS for
the oastbound plano on Tuesday.
The night flying section has been
divided into three units and that be-
tween Chicago and Cheyenne. meas
using Ss6 miles will he lighted at
ooce. The east and west wings will
~ used ~ the summer days grow
shorter. In tho central division.
maiu stations are located At Chicago
Iowa City. L., Omaha. Nebr., North
Platte. Ncbr.. and Cheyenne. Be-
tween the main terminals are divis-
ional ncids. - to 26 miies apart. Al
the terminal fields four 500 900 900
candle power bencons will be tho
csnters OF illumination and MI OF
the same type bcaconx ~ each d.
visionnl ncld.
Every three miles. In between
main and divisional fields. acctylene
flashes on six foot platforms have
beeu Installed. There IL actually =
landing nold avery three miles along
the Ss6 mile route from Chicago
% Cheyenne. Between Rawiins and
Rock Springs there will be -four
lights Of great power. These lights
E being Installed on 81 foot ftsol
towers and will b In charge Of .
eAsetAksr Of the air mail service.
ne tower on the Rawlins aeld y
SOW nearing completion. Because
q R:wlins bs!se z division point;
- the tower 9Ai0A Wt3l ~ v1atAls
~ mere thaa tWooty-avo nile.