Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-20
TO DESIGNATE
BROWNSVILLE
BORDER PORT
Airport of Entry To
Be Established Here,
Head of Aeronautics
Division Declares
Especial to The Herald)

NEW YORK, Jan. i9.-Browns-
vile will be designated as a port
Of entry in the extension Of air
traffic between the United States
and Latin America, was the state
ment Of Major Clarence M. Young,
director Of the aeronautics branch
Of the department Of commerce. in
. signed article in the New York
Times.
He stated that other ports of en-
try on the Mexican border would
be San Diego, I'll Paso and Laredo.
Designations will include Miami,
Key West. Albany, New York, st.
Paul, Seattle, Los Angeles and De-
troit, the major said.
Commenting on the development
of foreign air lines, he said: "To-
day there il an airplane service to
Montreal, another TO Havana and
Porto Rico, one to Nassau and an
other to Panama. There u~ndoubted-
ly will be a service to Mexico City.
The indications are il will be a
joint service, from Mexico City to
Brownsville or Laredo, and then
with an American service TO Dallas
connecting with the Chicago run"
Speed Develops Business
mo problems to speak Of will be
found in international flying be-
tween the United States and Cen
trail and South America" MajoE
Young said. The majority Of the
Central American countries have not
established regulations. Some Of
the South American countries have.
Some are parties TO the information
NJ convention Of 1919.
1T takes. on the fastest train, five
days and nights TO cross the United
States. The scheduled service for
air mail IL thirty-two hours. From
Key West to Havana is ninety miles.
By boat it is a six-hour trip. By air
plane il takes one hour. A steam
ship service 70 some OF the Central
and South American countries some
times is measured by weeks. BY
airplane, a service is being made
available that is measured by hours.
mo transportation service that
brings countries or communities
closer together By from rs 70 100
per cen in point OF time can fail
TO develop not only business for
themselves but also for the coun-
tries they serve.
That very situation arose rather
definitely in the Hawaiian Islands,
where inter-communication has been
by boat IL was shown that nm air
plane service would bring them
closer together by a 75 per cent sav-
ing Of time over existing methods Of
transit.
That same possibility exists in
many Pan-American countries -
either Of Central or South America.
The longer the air line the greater
IL the apparent saving OF time, and
il multiplies when there Is ~interven-
ing water transportation TO be con-
sidered, because water transporta-
tion II much lower than that by
train.
Becoming indispensable
"Air transportation has become n
dominant factor i'm the general
transportation scheme Of the world,
and 1t is rapidly becoming as in
.dispensable 10 further industrial and
social progress as n any other
method of transportation.
Real business with adequate fl
nanees Is back Of aviation and Moth
Ing ~ going 10 retard its immediate
development to the point where. Il
will be absolutely indispensable.
we continually read about air
craft accidents. but here IN this ID ~
said: Commercial aviation IL trans
~portation, whether Of mail, passen-
or ezpress-juSt transportation.
Nothing else when 70 "a used for
any other purpose and ! have in mind
such things as aerobatic flying, un-
usual maneuvers, or flight by mex
perieHeed pilots. you could liken IL
to staging a collision between a
couple Of locomotives at a State
fair. III you confine aviation 10
transportation 1t In a safe, speedy,
reliable service.
The coming year undoubtedly will
wee a greater public confidence i'm
flying. because the public realizes
the safety steps that are being tax
en- 20 make aviation just as prActir-
MI ne any other transportation. and
fax sDesdisr."