Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
D. c.. Has Share in One of
Biggest Announcements in
Commercial Systems.
BAD WEATHER FAILS
TO HALT NEW ROUTES
Ludington Adds Ten Planes to
Daily Schedules Between Wash
ington and New York

| Though hampered by bad weather
| over large part of the country, Amer
lean air transportation today inaugu-
rated one of the greatest single expan-
sions in the history of American avia-
ton, adding 1880 miles each "a hours
to the total flown by airmail-passenger
planes
The National Capital benefits heavily
| from the increased schedules, with the
| Postmaster General and other high
officials participating in the Inaugural
| ton of new lines and increased service,
The new schedules which became effec-
| tive today increase daily arrivals and
| departures of airmail and passenger
planes in the National Capital TO Sc
and make of Washington Hoover Air
| port one Of the busiest air terminals in
| the country.
Cuts Time to Florida.
Postmaster General Walter F. Brown
and a party of distinguished aviation
| officials participated in the. Inaugural
! ton of airInail-passenger service over
| the new Richmond Jacksonville "cut-
| off," which will reduce travel time be-
tween the National Capital and Florida
! by nearly five hours.
| This party, at Jacksonville, witnessed
| the departure of the first plane over
the cutoff at 800 o'clock this morning,
according to reports received by Eastern
| Air Transport officials here this morn
! ing over the company's communication
system. One of the passengers on the
first plane was w. Irving Glover Assis-
tant Postmaster General in charge of
air mail.
Though the plane is scheduled to
arrive in Washington at 1855 o'clock
| this afternoon, it is feared that heavy
| flying weather along the coast would
hold up the flight. The plane was
| expected to run into thick weather
! in Georgia
| Under the new schedule passengers
/ leaving the National Capital at IL 20
am. win arrive in Jacksonville at GAO
pm. The planes on the cutoff route
make stops between Richmond and
Jacksonville at Raleigh, NC; Florence,
! S. c.; Charleston, s. c., and Savannah,
/ Ga.
Connects With Miami.
| At Richmond and Jacksonville the
line connects with the present route
from New York to Miami, Fla, by way
Of Atlanta Ga. Mail and passengers
will be carried over both routes, all
through mail and passengers going by
way of the cutoff.
Increased schedules, effective today on
| the New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington Anyways Corporation Line, known
as the Ludington Line, call for an In
crease from 20 to 80 planes a day be-
| tween this city and New York and for
| extension Of service on a one-round-
| trip-a-day basis from the Capital to
Warm Sulphur Springs, w. Va, and Hot
Springs, Va, by way Of Charlottesville.
The 10 additional planes will be put
in as extra section" expresses. the
! present schedule of hourly service in
both directions being maintained One
| additional flight in each direction will
be added after pm. the final take-off
time under the old schedule. Whining
| ton, Del, was added to the list of inter-
| mediate stops, which include Baltimore.
1 Philadelphia and Trenton, N. j. Two
more tri-motored planes are to be de-
iRered to the line this week to aid in
maintaining the increased schedules.
Big Traffic Gain Reported.
Increased service on the Ludington
Line has been made necessary by steady
| growth Of passenger traffic, it was an
| nounced. For several months the line
! has had to operate extra sections on
| practically every fair weather day, in
| addition to the regular 20 daily flights
Figures for the first six months of
| operation on the line, completed yes
| terday, show total of 1926 completed
trips without single forced landing of
| a regular field. A total of 25,863 pas
sengerS have been carried without injury
| to a single passenger The record day
was February 81, when SO trips were
made and. 355 passengers carried.
| Plans are being completed for the
! inauguration of airmail service between
the National Capital and Pittsburgh
/ under the terms of the second deficiency
appropriation bill passed just before the
adjournment of Congress The mail
will be carried in passenger planes and
several round trips will be made daily.
TRANSLATION Service Speeded
| Pennsylvania Airlines now operates a
! round-trip daily between Washington
| and Cleveland by way of Pittsburgh.
| The increased schedules going into
| effect today provide increased air trans
! port service all over the United States.
| Twenty-eight hour transcontinental all
! flying service is provided which makes
! it possible for the air traveller to have
breakfast in New York and luncheon in
! San Francisco the next day.
The increased schedules are largely
| the result of the recent conference be-
tween the Postmaster General and con-
| tract airmail operators held here, dur
| ing which the operators agreed to take
| reductions in pay for carrying the
| mails, the reductions to be applied to
! increased service.