Atlanta tri-weekly journal., 1924-12-25
Plans for Additional Lines
Are Made as Revenue
From Government Venture
Increases
BY LARRY BOARDMAN

WASHlNGTON, Dec, 1"-Night
a!ymal service between New York
and Chicago will start April |,
The las gap in the way of light
is being closed now from Cleveland
eastward,
And a few months more probably
viii see night FLYING extended from
Rock Springs, Wyoo to san Fran
cisco.
Gigantic 600million candlcpower
booeons, illuminating the skies in
every direction, will guide the pilots
oven ON the darkest nights,
"Whcn ranscoutnental through
service WAS maugurated last July ~
explains Luther *, Belh atrmail
sewice traffic manager, might fly
!rg was contemplated only between
Chicago and Cheyenne, Wyoo u dis
tanee of SSo miles.
"But as the days grew shorter we
had to extend the lighted pathway
of, each end-9i0 miles from CheN.
enne TO Rock Springs, and $40 miles
from Chicago to Cleveland,
Locals" to Fly Nightly
"The llO.mlle stretch between
Clevelmt and New York is being
hghted now, leaving mly 1l5 miles
out OF the 2.720 across the country
slill unlighted. That is the lap from
Rock Springs to san Francisco.
And Our experts are drawing
plans for that now. Just as soon as
traffic demands it and the work can
be accomplished. night flying will be-
gin between these two points also
Night local service will supple
ment the regular daily flights be-
tween Chicago and New York. The
locals" according to Bell, will leave
Chicago and New York at and 10
y. M, arriving at their respective
destinations at 6 a. IN.
And when the San Fraucisco-Rock
Springs night route is finished,
planes will leave New York and san
Francisco nightly on their trips from
coast to coast.
'Estanlshmet OF the new night
route is result of the demand for
increased airmail service" says Bell.
Beginning to Make Money
Last July we received congratu-
lations by the score. But | told the
consratulators. Never mind the
cheers and kisses. What we want
is cancelled stamps
We'll, that's what we Cot. The
first three months the airmail turned
in revenue Of $4,000. Then il
jumped to 100000. And now It
amounts TO considerably more.
Its principal patrons are banks
and financial houses, shipping and
transportation companies, import
ers and exporters and manufaCtur-
ing firms with their own imports
and exports.
Three days after transcontinen.
ta' service started, these users were
ciamortns for night service between
New York and Chicago. And It will
not be long now before they have
t."
But night flying is not all the air
malt service is worrying ahout
Right now it is devising plans for
the creation of new branch routes
New Routes to lie Created
An act ot congress-" saws Colonel
raul Henderson. second assistant
postmaster general. lis necessary ho-
iore we can establish these two lines
But VIXEN thes demand is stronx
enough. You can be sure congress-
VIII pass the act"
One line probably will operate
trom New York to Boston. carrvinr
New EnGland mail. Another will he a
loop between ChicaSo and Omaha
takinS IN St. Louis and Kansas Cif>.
a third will he a fork Of the trans.
Continental' line and run north 70
PORTLAND and Seattle from Salt Lake
CITY, ana south to Los Angeles and
San Diego.
After that there probably will he
routes from New York 10 PhiladeI.
phia' Baltimore, Washington and
Atlanta; from Chicago and Omaha
to Milwaukee, 81. Paul and Min.
neapolis on the north. and Memnbis
ana New Orleans on the south.
And then-ot course il viii nroh.
ably he a Ions way off-there may
eo three tr3nScoutinentsl lines
northern, central and southern.
For the demand is growing day
by day,