Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-13
INCREASED AIR
SERVICE BRINGS
PROGRESS HERE
Reduction of Plane Fare For
Month and Doubling OF
Service Keeps Las Vegas
in Step with Growth OF
Aviation.

The city commissioners Will
held a special meeting Tuesday
night for special consideration
Of the question of action to-
ward a municipal airport il
was announced today.
A committee including DIR.
Roy w. Martin and George
Ellis is making a survey Of the
situation and will make re-
pert to the council at this
meeting.
With the cutting OF the rates
of the Western Air Express
beginning today, and the dOub-
ling of air express and mail
service with night planes, Las
Vegas is feeling her share of
the benefits of the growing ef-
ficiency of air transportation
and the growth of "air- mind
edneSS."
Air mail leaving Las Vegas has
increased more than $50 per cent
in the last year, according to
Postmaster Robert B. Griffith,
having aggregated 163 pounds 13
in March 1929, as compared
to 63 pounds II ounces in April
1928.
At an average of 35 letters to
the pound, between five and six
thousand letters are estimated to
have been sent out from this city
last month.
Air Mail Growing
Within five years rs per cent of
all first class mail carried 600
miles or more vii bic sent by air,
to an estimate published
by the Second Assistant Postmaster
General
The Associated Press is con-
stantly bringing to the Age re-
ports of landing fields being in
stalled by municipalities the coun-
try over.
A franchise for an air line be-
tween Las Vegas and Reno has
been granted, and is to be initiated
soon.
Commercial flyers are continual
ly scouting this city with the idea
Of locating here.
Private planes have landed here
within the last week from King
man, Los Angeles, Santa Monica
and several other points.
Dispatchers will work on some
of the main line mail planes, with
in this fiscal year, Postmaster
Griffith prophesied today.
Air passenger rates have been
cut Cne-third, by Western Air EX-
press, to begin today, and to be
effective for one month, whcih will
bring the fare to only $40 for the
trip from Las Vegas to Los An
geles. This is certain to cause
increase in demand
chich will justify the increased
service and is likely soon to war
rant additional Of still more planes.
This will make per capita cost
of air transportation cheaper. And
thus air service will continue tc
grow,
Fare Rates Given
A complete schedule 70 the ex-
cursion rates over all of Western
Air Express lines follows:
Los Angeles to Oakland and San
$33.
Los Angeles to Oakland and San
one way by airplane and
return by steamer, round trip $44
Los Angeles to Salt Lake City,
$40.
Los Angeles to Las Vegas, $40.
Los Angeles to Catalina, $3.50.
Los Angeles to Tia Juana and
Aqua Caliente, $12.
Denver to Colorado Springs
$500; to Pueblo, $3.50; to Chey-
enne, So
New Schedule
The following Western Air Ex-
press schedule will go into effect
at that time:
Les Angeles to Salt Lake
Day Night
Lv Los Angeles ..7:35 a. TOO p
Ar. Las Vegas, .1O:40 a. 1905 p
Ar. Salt Lake. ...... LAS p. las
Salt Lake to Los Angeles
Day Night
Lv Salt Lake -. 9:10 a. $50 p.
Ar. Las Vegas. -. 2:25 p. 2:45 a.
Ar. Los Angeles. -. 5:25 p. AIS
1t is expected Las Vegas will
have air mail service to Reno in
the near future.
The Western Air Express has
been operating the Los Angeles
Salt Lake line for three years
without a casualty or loss of a
plane, People are getting more and
more confidence in air travel. Air
transportation is growing by leaps
and bounds. The nation is grow
ing air-minded.