Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-31
AIR EXPRESS IS
INSTITUTED BY
AMERICAN CO

The American Railway Express
"O',on"ry i'ns larnoun@"d in a recent
bulletin that it will operate an
AIR express, service. which viii be3ir
operation Septenlbcc /.
The air express service is to be
. inaugurated over four lines, The Boo
ing Air Transport, in2., between
CHICAGO and San Francisco the
Colonial Air Transport, Inc, between
Bo2ton and NeW York; the National
Air Transport, Inc, New York ahd
Chicago and Chicago and Dallas
Texas: Westein Air Express Inc,
Salt Lake C;tv, Utah and Los
Angeles, California.
Shipments will be accepted for
transportation by ordinary express
service in conjunction with the air
express service. agencies.
a supply of air express tariffs
will be furnished each agency IN
terested. In order that interested
forwarding agents may be able to
assess through charges on prepaid
shipments involving both air express
service and ordinary express service.
All express matter will be loaded
into and unloaded from the planes
by the air /. company at all points
where such loading and unloading
is necessary.
When the express is brought into
the field, the. express company rep
resentative and air companys field
manager, or his designated repre-
sentative, will check over the manifest
form to see that each item listed
thereon is delivered to his air COM
pany. The air company will initial
each item and receipt a. the bottom
of the page. This signed copy will
be returned to the express company
as the receipt A copy will also be
signed by the field manager and de.
livered to the pilot to carry with
the shipments, The latter copy will
travel with the shipments to tho
destination, where shipments will
again be checked by the air COM
panys manager and express COM
pany's representative.
The latter will initial each item,
sign the manifest and leave it with
the field manager as the air com.
pany's record The field manager
will forward this copy to the general
headquarters.
At each transfer point the local
field manager will check over the
express, cmparing it with the original
manifest accompanying goods to
destination to see that everything is
accounted for He will initial each
slip and sign his own name at tbs
bottom, and thus provide further
security.
The air company is responsible for
the express from the time it is
delivered TO it at the point of origin
until the express is turned back to
the express company and the local
tield manager is responsible for its
protection from weather and it's
stowage in the plane.
Field managers are required to
arrange for unloading of express at
destination and transferring en- route
between planes.
The express company will indicate
on the manifest which articles are
to be considered of more than ordin-
airy value, and these articles must be
placed in the safe provided in the
plane for that purpose.
At all times when express is being
loaded or unloaded or transferred
from one plane to another, rep
resentative Of the air company will
stand by with a loaded shot gun fol
guarding.
The field manager will always
notify the express company's agent
when the plane is to arrive late,
also to advise him of the probable
hour of arrival.