Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-21
NJ ADOO TO HEAD
NEW AIR COMPANY
Southern SkyIines to Link
Capital and Pacific by
Plane and Rail.

William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secre-
tary of the Treasury, will be chairman
of the board of directors of a new
aeronautical company, incorporated I'M
der the laws of Delaware, which will
operate Southern tranScontinental
and Atlantic coastal air-ran passenger.
mail and express service and engage in
the manufacture of airplanes, it was
announced today.
The corporation will be known as the
Southern Skylines. Inc. The trans
continental air-rail service is expected
to be operated on a 46-hour schedule
from New York to Los Angeles by way
of Philadelphia, Washington, Danville,
Va: Atlanta, Birmingham. Jackson.
Miss; Shreveport, Dallas, Fort Worth
Midland and FL Paso, Tex; PhoneniX,
AriZ., and San Diego, Calf.
Feeder Line Considered.
There is also being considered line
from st. Louis TO New York by way of
indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton. CO.
lumbus and Pittsburgh, with a feeder
line from Pittsburgh to Washington
The coastal line planned will be operat-
ed from New York to Washington as
part of the tranScontinental route and
it is planned to extend it from Wash
ington to Miami by way of Richmond,
Va; Raleigh. N. c.; Columbia, Augusta,
Savannah and Jacksonville.
An additional rout@siS contemplated
from Chicago to New Orleans via ST.
Louis, Memphis and Jackson, and a
further connecting route from Cincin-
natl to Dallas by way OF Louisville.
Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock and
Texarkana. Tex.
The operating organization is to be
headed by James C. Edgerton, vice
president and general manager. an air
mail pilot and executive of long stand
ing. Mr.. Edgerton was lieutenant in
the Army Air Service during the World
War and was the first air mail pilot to
complete a scheduled fight in the
United States.
Went With Air Mail.
He completed the first mail fight be-
tween New York and Washington on
May IS. 1918, when the service was
inaugurated by the Army. When the
Air Mail Service was taken over by
the Post Office department in August.
1918. Lieut.. Edgerton was transferred
by the request of the Postmaster GEN
eral and became superintendent of fly
ing operations of the air mail system.
Later he organized and became super
lllcnuCIlI Oh IdOlO Oh IHS 1OSJ O1lCe
Department, establishing the first aero
nautical radio stations in this country.
There will be associated with the OPP
Grafton of the company a number of
men prominent in various transporta-
ton, manufacturing. banking and other
enterprises. Mr.. McAdoo, who was the
builder of the first tubes under the
Hudson River in New York and who
was director of the American Railroads
during the war. has been interested in
aviation ever since he made his first
fight during the World War.
Cuts Mountain Hazards.
He has been studying the possibilities
OF commercial aviation i'll the United
States for the last two or three years
and i'll addition to being interested i'll
flying field near Los Angeles, Calf, he
has personally made flights within the
last year over large parts of the routes
to be covered by the new company.
Those interested in the company
state that the principal route linking
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts via
the Southern States will prove highly
advantageous because of the avoidance
of storms and better flying conditions
throughout the year. This route is also
said to afford better terrain due to
the fact that the continental divide in
the West is much lower at the point
traversed and that the Appalachian
Mountains are practically avoided.