Show GIANT AIR VESSELS CARRY PASSENGERS I Service Between Key West and Havana Is Success KEY WEST Fla ria June 15 Be Be Be Beneath neath the smiling sun o of our southern climes six giant flying filing 1 cruisers have just completed the record o of a a. new page In the history o of transportation Their remarkable performances are arc the answer to the oft oCt repeated question question question ques ques- I tion Is Is commercial avIation a possible possible possible pos pos- sible sible These giant vessels o of the air all which have been turned into aerial I vehicles o of commerce commer e through the cooperation co cooperation cooperation co- co operation o of the United States Slates navy with wIlh the Engineering and Sales corporation have for six months maintained a daily passenger and freight service between Florida and Havana with a regularity that should arouse the envy o of the great railroads o of the East Throughout the period of ot the operations upon tho the dally schedule they made a total o of flights to and from Havana Fighting terrific head winds that approached Che fhe he ferocity of o a gale and at other times speeding forward with the wind upon their tails talis they completed th lr seasons season's schedule in the average time of ot one hour and thirty-six thirty minutes per flight or flight or in other words ninetysix ninety- ninety six minutes under all 1111 conditions for tor each flight o of nautical miles Throughout the period that the theley Key ley West Havana service was in operation 1044 passengers I and their baggage were carried In absolute safety safely and comfort In addition to this however 24 pounds o of United States and Cuba government mall mail was carried between two cities In addition to the Key ey West West- Havana service the six flYing cruisers also main maintained other services aswell as aswell aswell well as making flights under special charter These brought the total number o of flights up to which kept the flying cruisers hours Inthe Inthe in inthe I the air and during that time they covered nautical milts Each o of these thele giant flying lying craft has an pullman cabin which seats eleven passengers Not a single accident occurred during the hours these flying craft were in the theair theair theall air all PHILADELPHIA Juno June 15 John John DrIscoll 82 said to be the sole survivor of ot the U U. S S. S S. S. S Monitor famous for tor its battle with the tho confederate confederate con- con federate Ironclad Merrimac I is s dead dead |