Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-10-19 | Page 17 | W AL President Envisions S. L. as Future 'North-South Hub'

WAL President Envisions S. LJ: As Future 'North-South Hub' ths nation Is volume traffls. W A L. he added, is seeking thst ' volume through various low -cost i flight plans. He noted thst 'question was . longer that of getting people ! . to accept air transportation aa a speedy and aafe means eg i getting from ana place to aa- , other. . The queetioa la not fear (of ' flying), but the fare. And the ' industry will continue to reduce . fares," he predicted. ' : Mr. Drink water waa accom' ' panied on his visit here by seven other officials of hia firm. He ' leaves Thursday for Leo Aa- gek. - i ' T. C. Drinkwator, president of Western Air Lines, lnc, Wednesday predicted Bait Lake City erould become tho hub of developing aorth-soaeji trade activity. "To old concept was that this eJty eras oa the path of east-west commeree," Mr. Drtnhwatae said. "But I believe that wlthla the next 20 years, we will see tremendous tre-mendous development ia trade and traffic among centers such as Los Angslee, Salt Lake City,' Twla Falls and PocaUllo, Butte, Billings and Canada." Hs named the atomic energy reactor plant at Twia Falla, Idau, the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. expansions at Butte, Mont, the "tremendous oil fields" of Canada's Can-ada's Alberta province and rapid growth of Los Angeles aa elements ele-ments in this growth. Mr. Dnnkwater said thst WAL had experienced s good year thus far in 1B4(, and was operating at a profit. He added that problem of airisaae aver i T. C. Drlaktrater . . . W A L chief I I esse S. L ae neeth eeetsi hem, 1