Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-21 | Page 9 | Two Lines Seek Mail Contract

r rw 5 L W i two linES J MAIL CONT roo W WASHINGTON ott Oct 21 21 The Tho Southern Southe Sky Ll Lines Lines- e i Jn Inc and ancl the Southwest Air Ate F Past Fit Express Jn Inc today i submitted d a proposal o to i the tho postoffice e department t to parry carry air mall man f from om f om th tho Atlantic U ty tho Pacific coast for tor folD per cr pound William G. G McAdoo former secretary see sec ec- ec of Qt f tre treasury representing the tho Sky lines linen and Earl P. P Tulsa Okla r representIng the tho I a ast t Express pointed poInt d out Cut that at Dt present re ent the government pays contractors per pound for for carrying air sir sir- mall mail from Washington to Los Angel Angele An- An gel gele and received only only- ez per pound revenue nue f McAdoo said the proposal w would assist I in eliminating tho postal deficit fJ- fJ cit eft and allow an operating profit of ot 15 15 cents a a. pound und to the he p st tf o oon on this type tYve of ot man mall Two transcontinental tran proposed routes were submitted by the two companies as follows 1 1 1 i i New York ji fe Los Angeles Angeles' Angeles Jw via Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg St. St Louis Loul Tulsa I Oklahoma City Wichita Falls P Peo so Tucson Phoenix and San and San Diego I AJI 2 V NC York rk to Los Angeles sl via ia Baltimore Philadelphia Washing ton Richmond Raleigh Columbia Augusta AUguS R Atlanta Birmingham Jackson Shreveport Dallas lort or ort Worth Sweetwater El El 1 Pui Tucson Phoenix hoenI a and d SanD San Dle o o. o