Evening star., 1945-07-25
Ruling Delayed
On Maryland
Airline Permit
Heavy Competition
Indicated as a Lines
Plan Operation
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July rs. - The
Maryland Public Service Commits
sion decided yesterday to continue
at later date its hearing on an
air service application by Pan
Maryland Airways, Inc, simultane-
Gus with additional hearings on
petitions by several other airlines.
The pattern of air competition in
Maryland began to develop at a
lengthy session yesterday when
Pan-Maryland told the commission
1t was ready to start passenger
service at cents per passenger
mile, and counsel for other carriers
demanded that the commission
withhold any decision until similar
applications by all interests con-
cerned have received hearing.
Two major concerns besides Pan
Maryland have been formed to
operate on nearly identical routes.
They are Columbia Airways, Ins.,
headed by L. o. Bombay, Baltimore,
and White Airlines, Inc, headed by
Edwin White, Baltimore aeronauti-
cal engineer and airplane parts
manufacturer.
Also Plans Service.
The Red Star Motor Coach Lines,
Inc, operating along the Eastern
Shore, indicated it would seek per-
mission to establish a plane service
While none of the companies, all
Of which were represented at the
hearing, expressly said they would
block other permits, the director of
one of the applying airlineS told OBJ
servers that admission of all four
concerns would mean increasingly
heavy competition, with the ultimate
survival Of the fittest of one or two.
Pan-Maryland Always, whose di-
rector, George Bernard Fenwick, is
former employe of Mr.. White, said
it planned to operate hourly flights
along routes touching Annapolis,
Leonardtown, Ocean City. Cumber-
land, Hagerstown. Salisbury. Elkton,
Cambridge, Chestertown, Frederick,
and other cites.
To Use New Type Plane.
Nh. Fenwick said his company
would use new type Taylorcraft
three-paSsenger planes cruising at
lis miles an hour and equipped with
a 125-horsepower engine. He said he
had two planes ready for immediate
use, and within two years expected
to fly as many as 40.
He told the commission that his
hourly schedule would be supple
mented by taxi service at the
same passenger rates. If, however.
only one person chartered a plane
he would have to pay three times
the regular passenger rate.
A sales manager for the Taylor
craft Co. of Defiance, Ohio, testi-
fled that the planes cost S8 per hour
to operate, including insurance and
depreciation estimate. He said the
craft, costing $3.50 each, had spe-
cially designed wings that enabled
them to carry four persons and bag
gage up to 100 pounds.
Negotiate for Airports.
Negotiations for airport facilities
at all cities have been initiated and
in number of cases completed, Mr..
Fenwick stated. He said he would
be ready to begin operation by Sep
tember.
He gave a list of sample rates,
which quoted a Baltimore -Annapo-
lis trip, lasting IA minutes, as s1.62:
Baltimore-Cambridge, "a minutes,
1895; to Chestertown, II minutes.
Sl.85; to Cumberland. one hour four
minutes, $40; to Crisf1eld. s7.40; to
Easton, s2.37: to Frederick. 1928;
to Ocean City, 1854, and to Sails
bury, 1854.
Mr.. Fenwick, queried on the wit
ness stand by Pan-Maryland's coun-
sci, George Constable. said his con-
Germ will begin operations with $50,-
900 in capital, $50, 900 of which has
been subscribed to in stock and the
remainder being in notes.