Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-18
TWO-DAY SERVICE
TOCOAST PLANNED
Southern Sky Lines, Inc, to
Link Capital With Other
Principal Cities.

The National Capital will be given
direct airplane or air-rail connections
with most of the principal cities of the
United States when airmail, express
and passenger planes of Southern Sky
Lines, Inc. begin operations during the
next IL months over Always totaling
1924 miles in length, it was announced
in report submitted by James c.
Edgarton, vice president and operations
manager. to William Gibbs McAdoo.
former Secretary of the Treasury. who
is chairman of the board of the new
aviation giant.
This city will be given 48-hour serv-
ice to Los Angeles. Calf. 20-hour serv-
ice to Miami, Fla, and less than 10
hour service to st. Louis, it is revealed
in the report of Mr.. Edgerton. who has
been resident Of this city for is years
and who was the first airmaiI pilot in
the United States to complete an official
flight over Government airmail line
Southern Sky Lines not only will f1y
nearly 6,000 miles of airways, according
to the report. but will engage in other
aeronautical activities.
subsidiary corporation or corpora
tons. Mr.. Edgerton said, will be organ
lied under control of the company. to
acquire patents and inventions along
aeronautical lines which may be Of
value to air transport organizations.
Will Develop Five Routes.
The company will develop five routes,
the most important of which will be an
air-rail service from New York to Los
Angeles by way of Washington. Rich
mond, Va; Raleigh, N. c.; Columbus,
S. c.: Augusta, and Atlanta, Ga: Bir-
mingham, Ala; Jackson, Miss: Shreve-
port. La: Dallas, Fort Worth and FL
PaSo, Tex: Tuscon and Phoenix, Ariz.,
and San Diego, Calf. the report states.
Between New York and Los Angeles
48-hour schedule will be maintained
by train and air.
In addition to the transcontinental
route, air lines will be established from
Augusta to Miami by way of Savannah
and Jacksonville; from Columbus, Ohio,
to Dallas, Tex, by way of Cincinnati,
Louisville, Nashville, Memphis and Lit
tie Rock: from st. Louis to New York
and the National Capital by way of In
dianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh,
and from Chicago to New Orleans by
way OF st. Louis and Memphis.
incorporated Recently.
Air-rail service from New York to
Miami will be provided on a 24-hour
schedule. Between New York and St.
Louis 10-hour flying schedule is con-
templated, with a branch line from
Pittsburgh to the National Capital, CIV
ing this city direct 812-hour service
to st. Louis by air. Tri-motored trans
port planes are to be used on the
Allegheny Mountain section, and the
most modern radio communications and
direction finding apparatus will be used.
Incorporation of Southern Sky-Lines,
under the laws of Delaware, was an
nounced recently. Mr. Edgerton, who
will be in charge of operations, was an
Army pilot during the World War. He
piloted the first plane on the Washing
ton-New York air mail line, when serv-
ice was inaugurated May IS, 1918, by
the Army Air Service in cooperation
with the Post Office Department. He
became the first chief of flying opera
lions of the Post Office Department
when operation of the air mail was
taken over by that department from the
Army.