Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-18 | Page 2 | Two Planes Needed to Carry Mail Westward

Two Planes Needed to Carry Mail Westward For the first time airmail was carried westward in two planes on account of the volume of business Friday W. W E. E La Follette superintendent ten ent western division announced an an- The traffic was hea heavy v all aU the way westward from Omaha I Pilot John W. W left for tor Elko with a full tull load while Pilot J. J M. M Barnes left an hour later in inthe inthe inthe the same direction Only once before did two planes leave leae westward but that was the opening date of ot the new postal airmail airmail air air- mail man service and hd die occasIon I was atas as asmore more for celebration than heavy business it appears Eastward business from San Francisco has increased by an average average aver er age ase of from fifty to sixty pounds of mail mall daily dally since Luther K Bell traffic manager went there to urge business men to use the service There are approximately forty-five forty letters to the pound Mr 11 La Folette Follette Fol Fol- lette ette said