New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
AIR MAIL SERVICE
 VIA HARTFORD MAY
 BEAVAILABLE HERE
Erwin To Ask For Truck Direct To Field Ii Demand By BuSi-
 ness Houses Warrants Ii
OF ONE STOP
 WOULD BE MADE POSSIBLE

Postmaster Informs Business Men
 And Manufacturers And Will Keep
 Careful Check of Growth In Cse
 of Facilitics-NIaiI Could Be Post
 cd At Later Hour In Day, He
 Explains.
 New Britain will enjoy practically the same air mail accommodations las Hartford provided local indus u'ies. business houses and others tn- jicate a desire 10 make extensive use Of this service, Postmaster Her bert F. Erwin promised today,
 The postmasar has written d num- her Of letters 10 those who make use of the mails 10 a great extent ad- yising them of mailing schedules .aHl inviting inquiry regarding air mat
 He will note tEa increase in this form Of business destined for ship mcut out of Hartford and if it grows ro proportions that warrant such a step. he will apply to the post office dcparmeuL for permission to have mail taken directly to the fly ing field at Hartford Under the present scheme, letters and pack ages are posted here, then taken to 5hc Hartford post office and last to the aviation field. Elimination of the second stop would make possible handling business posted at a later hour. Postmaster Erwin explained.
 Business to be handled by night air mail must now he posted not later than 4:30 P. m. and for regu- lar air mail at S:3o o'clock. Pack ages destined for Cincinnati, Co., lumbus Dayton Detroit and Springfield, Ohio, are sent by night air mail 10 Cleveland and there routed. Other points 10 which shipment is to be made by night air mail are: Chicago, Dallas, For Worth. Kansas City, Lacrosse, Mil waukco. Minneapolis, Moline, Okla homa City. Peoria. St. Joseph S. Louis Sr Paul Springfield. IT. and Wichita.
 Points now covered by air mail arc: Baltafonta. Boise Bryan. Cheyenne. Colorado Springs, Den . yer Des MoInes, Elko. Fresno, las Vegas. Los Angeles. North Platte Omaha Pasco, Pueblo, Reno Rock . springs, Sacramento, Salt Lake !. City, San Francisco.
 The charges range from 8 10 25 . cauJs an ounce.
 The letter sent out today by Postmaster Erwin follows "Gontl.men:-
 Herewith a schedule Of air mails . which will, no doubt, be helpful to ! you in your mailing department
 "Tbc use of air mail is of marked . assistance in bringing the buyer . closer 10 the market and in view of . our far removal from many Of our . markets the air mail should be ot , particular benefit 10 New Britain.
 "In compiling this schedule We . have euIraycred to make it as com l preheusive as possible. but, ot course | there arc many hundreds Of destin- | afions. to reach, which the air mail | would bn helpful; but with the un- i that connections are ! made with surface routes at every ! landing place. for surface dispatch . in every direction, you can readily . figure whether air mail will be help /. ful 10 any destination you may re- Iuirc.
 As an indication Of the way air mails are handled; when the plane raacnrs C.nyclanj for instance, nouch.s are made up at the air feld . for dispatch in all directions, and . are conveyed directly to the Union Iapot without passing through the post office. This procedure is quite universal and makes for speedy de- livery.
 "Yow telephone call of inquiry in . connection with mail matter will ai- ways be chayrfullv and promptly handled at the local post office.
 "Very truly yours,
 "H. E. ERWIN,
 "postmas,or." l