Show w r Pacific and Atlantic Co Coasts sis Linked by Six Rail Air Air Lines i I 1 j 4 2 f 11 r rr co ItiL h. h t 1 p t 3 I 2 Y laws t t t 1 0 1 T TA A R I I n I i L 4 C fast j Copyright 1325 by Air Transportation and the American Map loop Co r This ma map s shows the the tho rail air transcontinental systems now in operation The circled beside the he tho route lines identify the various systems as follows No 1 Boeing Air Transport No Nci 2 Universal Aviation n corporation No 3 Transcontinental Air Transport No 4 Western Air Express Noi 5 Southwestern South South- Southwestern western Air Fast Fut Express No 6 Standard Air Lines A. A NEW EW YORK July Tuly C Coast G-Coast Coast to coast travelers anxious to make tho the trIp rip In hi the shortest possible time ma lay now take lake one of sl six rail air routes outes from New York to San Francisco Fran Fan T Fancisco cisco isco 01 or Los Angeles and amI get to their heir destination in from 44 to 67 ho hours rs The fastest time from coas coast to coast by rail raU is SO hours By taking to 10 o tho the air ah during the daylight hours and nd to the rails raUs by night this time can an be cut almost in half haIr S Soon on it ith its J h s predicted at least ono one of oC the air transport lines now operating in conjunction with the tho railroads railroads' for tor this his cross country journey will Wm ex- ex extend tend end Its air fleet leet all the way across and nd so cut down do even this remarkable remark remark- able ble time t to as s as 34 h hours urs Six rail air routes are operating at t present Before the tho gear cal J Is over two wo more arc are expected to join Inthe in inie the Ule ie COmI competition l to to hasten passengers er ers rs from rom tho the Atlantic to tIe Pacific and IntI nd back Tho Thol wJ te plan pion Is vc- vc the first time b by Andrew Andres AndresS S. S Stewart In the tho latest Issue of or Air All Transportation week weekly trade joural journal journal jour- jour nal al of ot commercial aviation u At t present l. l says Stewart a business man ma may leave New roon York ro on n Saturday and arrive in Los An Angeles Ange- Ange ge gees les es on Monday 1 without loss of ot a a. business lay day The fhe cost Is little m more ro than twIce railroad fare tare Tho The time Is better than two and a n half halt times as fas fast I Following Is the list of or lines operating operating oper oper- aUn- aUn aUnat at present the connections made and cost of trip 1 Universal Aviation Corpora Corpora- tion Nety Uon New v York Central al railroad from New York to Cleveland by air C Cleveland veland to G Garden uden City Kan 1 by byway byway way of ot Chicago and Kansas City by rail again on tho the Santa Fe to Los An Angeles Total time 67 hours 70 Total tal fare tare including Pullman Pull Pull- unI un- I yuan man Juan accommodations 2 2 Western Air Au Same Express Express Same route as ns Universal lines JInes to Garden City then by j Santa Fo 10 railroad to Albuquerque and by Western Air Ah Express to Los Angeles cutting the lime time down to 68 hours A shorter I alternative Is to take the Western Air Ah lines at Kansas l City and fly ny all aU I the wn way through to Los An Angeles Angeles- cutting another 1 12 hours off arc the i time Total f fare rc by way of ot Kansas Kansa I City is 2983 3 Western estern Air 1 Express New Express New NewYork NewYork York Central to Chicago o Chicago and amI Alton Allan to Kansas City thence by air to Los Angeles Total time 48 46 hours Total ota fare tare J. J Southwestern Air Fast Past Express The The Safeway System By System By Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania from New York Work to St Louts Louis thence tl by air to Sweetwater I Tex thence by Texas and Pacific railroad to El Paso where passengers ers take lake planes of the Standard AirLines AirLines Air Lines to ib Los Angeles Later in the year the tho Safeway Lines will wUl have their own planes from El EI Paso Tot Total l time 6 65 hours Total tare 15 5 1 5 Tra Transcontinental Transcontinental Air Transport t By By Pennsylvania railroad a to t 0 Columbus O. O air to Waynoka Okla Santa Fe Fo railroad to N M. M and air to toLOB Los Las Angeles Ans or r S San n Fran ci Cisco ch co Total time 48 hours Iare Fare 6 6 BO Boeing ln Air Transport Ne New New NewYork v York Central to Chicago thence b by alp air lr night and day by way of ot- Sal Salt Lake Lako City to San Francisco Passengers Passengers Pas Pas- transfer at Salt Lake City for tor Los LO Ang Angeles J s by W Western t rn Air Ex pre press s Total faro far to San Francisco to Los Angeles Angelca Time 44 hours bouls Another transcontinental rail air line now in the process of or formation 6 says S 'S Stewart route passengers by way of ot St. St Louis Lou Tulsa Dallas and nd El EI Paso to S San n Diego The eighth els lIne t line to be Is s that of ot the National Na Na- lIonal Air Tra Transport sport with ah an an air route between New York Yolk and Chica Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o and only two transfers along the way to tho the coast Every route Is well wen mapped nn and marked d for iol the safety o of the the- passengers pas pas' a and d accomplished hed transport pilots man the man the ships Night flying Is part of rth the Boeing trip between Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cage cago cago and nd San Francisco but the route is w well lI lighted a and anA d radio beacon beacon beacon bea bea- con equipment Is being Installed being Installed tot for further safety lafety of ot th the planes and passengers |