Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-11-18

A all for bid for carrying the air
mail between Great Falls and Salt Lake
via Helena, Butte and POcatellO, has
been made from Washington. The call
is dated Oct. "a. Bids must be In by
Dec. 2S.
An average speed of 100 miles an hour
will be required to maintain the schedule
says the announcement, but allowance
will be made whenever weather condi.
lions make this speed impossible. A bond
of $15. 900 will be required from the bid
ders. Certified or cashiers checks will
not be accepted as a bond.
The successful contractor Will be ex-
pected to allow other connecting mai
contractors to use his landing field when
actually engaged in carrying the mails
The bidders must state the number OF
planes they will use in the mail service
the number in reserve n the total
quantity of their equipment. The plane
compartment in which the mall will be
carried must be rendered lreproof.
The schedule is outlined IN the bic
but which, local postal officials state, Is
subject to change, provides thai the
southbound planes will leave Great Falls
each day at 9:50 a. m. and arrive In that
city each afternoon at 1855. The south
bound plane will leave Helena at 1890
the mort hound to arrive at 2:55- The
time for leaving Butte, s~outhbound, will
be III :05. Tit time of the arrival OF the
northbound plane will be 2.10 O'Clock
The southbound plane will reach Poca-
tello at IL so and the northbound at l:25
The time for arrival in Salt Lake from
this northerly route is ESQ each after
noon. A northbound plane will leave
Salt Lake each day at 1910.
This schedule provides for direct con-
nection with eastbound air mail. Mail
leaving Butte by air mail at ii LOS a. m
today would reach Chicago at 5:45 tomor-
row afternoon. This Is a saving OF about
80 hours, 1t is stated.
There is a similar saving on time from
the East to Montana. A letter leaving
New York at IL o'clock today would
reach Chicago at 7:50 this evening and
Butte tomorrow afternoon at 2:10.
Connection etween the Great Falls
Salt Lake City route and the Pacific coast
is not as direct and therefore not as
speedy; however, it is said that the mails
between Butte and the East are the ones
which offer a premium for speed. This
particularly applies to banking matters.
Eastbound planes leave Salt Lake City
at $40 and 4.05 each afternoon, this
being 80 minutes and rs minutes. re-
spectively, after the arrival of the Mon
Jana mail.
Los Angeles planes leave Salt Lake City
each morning at 9:10. Mail for San Fran
cisco leaves at 9:20 each morning SO that
Montana mail for Los Angeles and San
Francisco, which arrives at ESQ p. m,
must lie over until the next day. Mail
arrives in Los Angeles from Salt Lake
City each day at 5:25 In the afternoon,
which means 8 hours and is minutes
flying time. Mail from Salt Lake City
reaches San Francisco each day at 4:30
p. MI hours and 10 minutes flying
time. The San Francisco mail must lie
over in Salt Lake City overnight, but will
nevertheless reach Butte faster than by
train.
The air mail will leave Los Angeles at
7:35 a. M. n arrive in Salt Lake City
at $50 D.. m. Like the San Francisco
mail, 1t must also lie over all night but
will reach Butte quicker than by train.
On account of the west coast air mail
schedules out of Salt Lake City, it will
still be possible for BUTT residents to
save time over the air mail bv using the
Short Line. Letters mailed in time to
catch the southbound evening train will
reach Salt Lake City in time for the
morning air mail to San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
The postage on air mail, the post
master is 10 cents for each
half ounce or fraction thereof. No stamp
save an air mail stamp is required, but
enough of these must be used. II a let
ter weighs three-fourths OF an ounce. 1t
requires 20 cents postage. II 1t weighs
two ounces. the postage is 40 cents,