Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Millions In Air Lines

It Is difficult to grasp the extent of the develop
fnent of air lines throughout the United States and
the development now under way in Mexico and other
Latin American countries, sponsored by the Pan
American Air Lines and its subsidiary, the Mexican
Aviation company.
The which has the mail contract
from Brownsville to Mexico City, is rated among the
largest. if not the largest, International air service
corporation in existence with millions Of capital
available for development and extension of its service.
The Texas Air Transport, Inc, which has the mail
contracts north from Brownsville, and which also has
inaugurated air passenger service, has been merged
with other southern lines forming the Southern Air
ways, a corporation which likewise has ample capital
at its disposal and which is pushing its lines in all
directions. The Corporation Aeronautica de Trans
uportes, S. A. which provide mail and passenger
service from Brownsville to Mazatlan, via Monterrey
and Durango, is a well capitalized concern rapidly
developing air transport on the Pacific west coast.
The air service corporations with their subsidiaries
and connections have announced that it is their pur-
pose to make Brownsville the most important inter-
national airport in the United States. BROWNSVILLE
citizens have demonstrated their desire to cooperate
with them in the development of air transportation
by providing a municipal airport that already has
attained the highest rating Of the U. S. department
of commerce, an airport that will prove OF meal
Culable value to these corporations In promoting an
transport between the United States and the repuo-
lies south of the Rio Grande-
It is interesting to note that back of the develop
ment of air transportation is many millions OF cap
ital, an array Of wealth such as the railroads did not
have available over half a century after the 1rst rail-
lines had proved the feasibility and economy OF that
class Of TRANSPORTATION. This fact signifies thaI
American capital is firmly convinced that air trans
portation is destined to play a very important part III
the future, and American financiers are backing their
faith with their dollars.
Never before in the history of American fmanchg
has capital been SO liberal in developing national ana
international lines of transport. Following LIND
bergh's New York-to-Paris flight millions IN capltal
was made available almost Immediately Tor develop
nent Of national air lines, and this has been sWeleo
to hundreds Of millions. Within two years practlcally
every center Of population has proF ed an airport
and these are being utilized as rapidly as developeo'
brownsville is very fortunate in the TACT IL occu-
MES a strategic position which makes It the natural
pa+ewav through which will flow the air tra11lc pe-
tueen the United States, Mexico and all OF LaIln
America. Also it is fortunate in that It's cltlZehS real
Ized the necessity Of providing ample airport lacnl-
ties and that these facilities have attracted to the
citv the largest corporations operating natlonal ana
international air lines.