Show SALT lAKE TO 7 L A. A AlA AIR MAIL CONTRACT lET Awards Mark Epoch in History of Post PostOffice PostOffice Office New Says LOS ANGELES Oct 7 The T The air airmail mall mail service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City vi via Las Vegas Nev Nov will vill be Inaugurated before the first of the year the Western Vestern Air Express Inc successful bidders for forthe forthe forthe the air air airmail mail contract announced today Seven huge planes capable of carrying pounds of mall mail at a speed of more than miles an an hour will be put in service A conference conference conference con con- ference of officials will be held this week and the order placed placed- for tor planes probably to the Douglas Dougas Aircraft Aircraft Air Air- craft corporation builders of the navys navy's world the flight night planes William May Garland Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles millionaire heads the com com- pany Other members are H. H M. M Hanshue Apperson Motors company company com corn pany B. B L. L Graves Ford l Motor Car company Col S S. J. J Hall of tn th the Scott Hall-Scott company de designer designer de- de signer of the Liberty motor Geo M. M Holly Detroit capitalist G. G E. E Noll Lo Los Angeles capitalist and Lieutenant C E. E Mosley local ator H Passenger transportation between between- the two cities will be Inaugurated as ag soon as possible Hanshue stated stated stat stat- ed that for the present the company corn com pany would confine contine itself to the transportation of mail mall but that that that-as as they became acquainted with airway airway airway air air- way conditions between the two cities planes accommodating four fOUl or more passengers besides mall man would be placed in service The Thc company bid for the service was wa on a basis of four-fifths four of t. t l-J l revenue WASHINGTON Oct 7 AP- AP AP Awards of the air mall mail services service's first contract routes were made today today today to- to day by Postmaster General Ne and included the New York Boston route to ConoHan Air Lines Inc Naugatuck Conn Chicago Chicago- St. St Louis Robertson Aircraft corporation of St. St Louis Mo Dallas Chicago Worth National Nation Nation- al Air Transport Inc of ot Chicago Salt Lake Los City-Los Angeles Vestern Western West Vest em ern Air Express Inc of Los Angeles An- An geles Pasco Elko-Pasco Walter alter T. T Varney Varney Var- Var ney of San Francisco No awards were made for the Chicago Bir mingham and St. Chicago Paul Paul- Minneapolis route The bid of ot Vern G G. Gorst for the Seattle-Los Seattle Angeles route Is under consideration Postmaster General New declared the a awards wards marked an epoch In tho the history of the American post of of- of fice I have required that every biddEr bidder bidder bid bid- der should satisfy this department that it has immediately available the means necessary to suc successful performance of its contract he said Certain bids have been re rejected rejected rejected re- re because those offering them have either failed or to tomake tomake tomake make financial statements that en entitle entitle en- en title them to consideration SAN FRANCISCO Oct 7 AP Walter T. T Varney is ready to start his air mail mall service between Elko Eko Nev and Pasco Wash within thirty days he announced at the time he made his successful bid for the service Using two planes of the swallow type his lila fl flyer er would leave Elko Eko In the af afternoon afternoon af af- making the mile mlle flight to Pasco in less than five hours The Tile schedule provides for one stop at Boise and calls for service six days das dasa a week |