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


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 maui
contracts north from Brownsville, and which also has
inaugurated air passenger service, has been merged
with other southern lines forming the Southern Ar
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 rapldiy
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 sr
transport between the United States and the repuo-
lies south of the Rio Grande-
It is interesting to note that back OF the develop
nent 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 ran
lines had proved the feasibility and economy OF that
class of TRANSPORTATION. This fact signifies tnaC
American capital is firmly convinced that air trans
portation is destined to play a very important parC III
the future. and American financiers are backing tner
faith with their dollars.
Never before in the history OF American 1lnanclls
has capitaI been SO liberal in developing natlonal ana
international lines of transport. Following Lno-
bergh's New York-to-Paris flight millions IN caplUal
was made available almost Immediately Tor develop
ment Of national air lines. and this has been sWelleo
tn hundreds Of millions. Within two years practlceiy
every center of population has provided an airport
and these are being utilized as rapidly as developed
brownsville is very fortunate in the fact IL occu-
MES a strategic position which makes 1t the natural
gateway through which will flow the ar tralIc oe-
tween the United States, Mexico and all OF LaClh
America. Also it is fortunate in that its citizens real
ized the necessity OF providing ample airport lacni-
ties and that these facilities have attracted 70 We
citv the largest corporations operating natlonal anu
international air lines.