Evening star., 1925-04-14
NEW AIR EXPRESS
SURE TO SUCCEED
Ford Interests Guarantee
i Freight to Give Planes
DE- Business at Start.
BY j. C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 14.-Develop-
ment of the air mail. and the benefit
10 business interests of all sorts there.
from, is held responsible for the move
TO criSS-cross the continent with heav-
fly traffiCked airways inaugurated this
week with express service between
Chicago and Detroit. The founders of
the service anticipate that the serv-
ice will be made countrywide before
the year is out, embracing transpor-
Eation of both passengers and freight.
Ford Promises Business.
The Ford interests have guaranteed
the service at least 1000 pounds of
freight weekly, and other business in
Jerests have promised enough busi-
ness that shortly the service will have
TO be extended until several airplanes
will leave Chicago and Detroit daily
on regular schedules. The Ford Co.
expects to have at least one airplane
leaving its Dearborn flying field daily
transporting Ford parts. The COM
pany now is using practically all
forms of modern transportation, in
Guiding steam and electric railroads,
motor busses, lake and ocean going
ships and airplanes.
Edsel Heavy Stakeholder.
At present about 81 900 900 worth of
the stock of the American Airways,
Limited, the $4,000 900 company oper-
ating the new service, is held by Edsel
Ford, the remainder being owned by
other prominent business men. For a
time, at least, Chicago will be the
main base of operations of the COM
pany. and until there is definite de-
niand for passenger service the planes
al W ha a 6pSiUn
adapted for carrying heavy express.
Insurance companies in this city are
delving into the subject of airplane
liza bilities to determine the cost of car
rying the risk involved by passenger
airplane traffic. AS soon as these costs
are determined, which is being done
through study of the commercial
aviation records of Europe, rate sched-
ules for passengers Will be fixed.
Chicago Has New Field.
The vision of the pioneers in Ameri-
can commercial aviation see the pos
sibility of tremendous development
throughout the cities of the country
tn every direction, radiating first from
Chicago.
That city, to meet its part in the
plan, has established a new municipal
aviation field, which will serve the
needs of the service until larger
field can be secured and fitted out.
other cities are expected to follow the
lead of Chicago in establishing mu-
nicipal landing fields. Among the
centers to take such action shortly,
according to present plans, are New
York, the Twin Cities, st. Louis,
Omaha, Kansas City and Denver.
Plenty of Funds Available.
The financial position of the new
company is so strong that no diff
Guilty is anticipated in financing oper-
ations throughout thoroughly ade-
duate trial period. Several other
companies are in process of formation
today as a result of the interest shown
in the first round-trip flight. 1t is
asserted the American Railway EX
press Co. is planning to enter nego-
tiations with these concerns to handle
some of its express shipments in the
same way the railroads now perform
this service.
The questions of how fast an air
plane will go, how high il will
climb and how much it will carry are
now the only things worrying men
connected with the new industry.
During the coming season IS air
planes, under the command Of Har-
old r. Harris, pilot, will begin an
boil weevil throughout the cotton
growing States.
Will Push Weevil Fight.
The IS planes have been specially
designed for this work, and will
carry from 600 to 500 pounds each of
calcium arsenate, which will be dust
ed over the fields at the rate of $50
acres an hour. The plane will make
from five to seven dustings of the
fields so treated. according to the
prevalence in each section of the in
sect pest.
One of the new Navy planes which
will make a fight from California to
Honolulu in June has just been com
pleted at the League Island navy
yard. and a companion plane now is
nearing completion. A third plane
of similar type is being built at a
private factory in Seattle.