The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
CITY WILL GET
!, DAILY SERVICE
NORTH BY AIR
Capitol Always to Start
Passenger and Freight
Line to Detroit.
FIVE PLANES BOUGHT
Other Routes to Be Opened
j Later to Cincinnati,
| Chicago, St. Louis.

Plans to inaugurate daily airplane
passenger and freight routes extend
ing. in all directions from the city
were announced today by Lieut..
Elmer H. Jose, president of Capitol
Always, Inc.
Jose set Oct. % as the tentative
date for start of comfortable cabin
airplane service, with round trips
daily, between Indianapolis and De-
troit, stopping at Ft. Wayne and
Toledo.
Within few weeks the company
expects to offer Indianapolis citi-
zens and business houses similar
service to Louisville, Chicago, Cleve-
land, st. Louis and Cincinnati.
First of five new Ryan Brougham
monoplanes, sister ships to Lind
berghs Spirit of st. Louis, purchased
by the company, was delivered Sat-
urday by Lieut.. G. A. Jones, flying
sales representative of B. F. Ma
honey Aircraft Corporation, San
Diego, Cal, which built Lindy'S
transatlantic plane.
Other Planes Ordered
A second Ryan is to be delivered
this week and three others within
two weeks. The airport has ac-
cepted sales rights for the Ryan in
Indiana, in addition to the Eagle
rock agency.
The airport has purchased three
new type Eaglerock biplane to be
added to its present fleet of two
Eaglerocks and one Swallow biplane
for shorter, unscheduled freight and
passenger trips.
The company is bidding for air
mail contracts on the routes.
Capitalization Of the corporation
has been increased from $4,000 to
$250,000. Work on a second ten
plane hangar was started today,
and upon its completion, Jose said,
third is to be constructed.
Floodlights and border lights for
night landing will be installed in the
next few weeks and available land
ing space increased to 110 acres.
The new type Ryan Broughams
purchased for the air lines are
among the most comfortable planes
available. Deeply upholstered, easy
seats for four passengers, side by
side in pairs, just in an expensive
sedan, are provided, in addition to
the pilot seat in front. The ships
are powered with Wright whirlwind
J-5 engines, 220 horsepower.
Routes of several transport lines
planned include: indianapolis, Ft.
Wayne, Toldeo, Detroit; Indianapo-
lis, West Baden, French Lick, Louis
vile; Indianapolis, South Bend, Chi
coga; Indianapolis, Anderson, Rich
mond, Dayton, Columbus, Cleve-
d land; Indianapolis, Connersville,
= Cincinnati.
Will Continue School
Besides the transport lines, the
company will continue to operate
its flying school.
Capitol Anyways, Inc, was incor-
porated March 20. IncorpOrators
and stockholders included Elmer
H. Jose, Mrs. Helen Jose, Lieut..
Edward M. Johnston, L. w. Hotel,
indianapolis; Ray E. Davis, Homer
McCray and E. E. McCray, Ken
dallville, and Stanley Chelmainaik,
South Bend.
The company moved to its new
airport, w. Thirtieth ST., west of
Lafayette Pike, three months ago
officers are Jose, president; Da-
Wis, vice president; Hotel, treas
urer, and Johnston, Secrtary and
! chief pilot.
Plans for an airplane factory to
be located on the field next spring
are being worked out. Jose said.