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Show W Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 7-9, 2018 The Park Record AY WE WERE A journey interrupted Green Tips Living green the Irish way DAVID NICHOLAS AND STEVE LEATHAM Park City Museum researchers Our story begins on Sunday morning, March 10, 1929 in the Mission Hills District of San Diego when a Mrs. Emma Nelson mailed a letter to her husband in Chicago. Mr. William Peter Nelson (WP to his family and friends) owned a successful construction company based in Chicago. The company, F.P. Nelson and Sons, was founded by his grandfather Florian Peter Nelson in the 1860s. During the winter months Mrs. Nelson preferred their residence in San Diego. Of course she missed her husband and wrote him frequently. When mailing this letter on March 10, Mrs. Nelson did not hesitate to pay a premium for air mail delivery, though the cost was five cents versus two for first class mail. Little did she know that her letter would experience a “journey interrupted.” By Monday afternoon, March 11, Emma’s letter arrived at the Salt Lake City airport, flown in by the Boeing Air Transport Company. The Boeing Aircraft Company had established this subsidiary in July 1927 to run Contract Airmail Route 18 from San Francisco to Chicago. The contract was administered by the United States Post Office Department. In 1929 commercial aviation was considered risky business for mail and passengers alike. The primary aircraft on Route 18 was a Boeing Model 40A. It was the first Boeing plane designed to carry mail – up to 1000 pounds – and passengers with a maximum seating capacity of two. The passengers sat on wicker chairs in an enclosed compartment. The pilot was in an open cockpit. Navigation - night or day - was by Contact Flight Rules, known today as Visual Flight Rules, based upon human sight. HALEY LEBSACK Recycle Utah Ireland, the land of emerald hills and green leprechauns. Also, to some great green living practices. Say no to plastics Just like the U.S., Ireland had a plastic bag problem. Bags were floating into waterways, flying out of garbage trucks and clogging up recycling machines. So, in 2002 Ireland passed a bag fee in response. Consumers are now required to pay 22 cents for a plastic bag. Retailers switched to paper bags and consumers to brought their own to avoid the fee. These efforts decreased plastic bag consumption by nearly 90 percent! Household waste Curbside pick up in Ireland varies by county. But, in most, homes pre-sort their waste into glass recycling, mixed recycling, compost and waste. Families pay by weight, and the cost of waste is greater than the cost of recycling. Highly contaminated recycling bins will not be picked up, and in certain areas, households are fined if their recycling is contaminated with non-recyclables. Irish families now find value in reusable items and are taking actions to decrease the amount of waste they create. Packaging materials In 2014 the European Union implemented packaging regulations requiring that suppliers and producers of packaging and packaged products support the recycling of the materials. Working with local nonprofits, Ireland now repurposes or recycles 71 percent of packaging waste, keeping 10.1 million tons out of landfills since 1994! We may not be Irish, but we can control the waste we produce. Bring your own bag to the store and your own cup to the coffee shop. Make sure you know what you can put in your curbside bin to avoid contamination, and always bring your glass, plastic bags and packaging Styrofoam to Recycle Utah. Recycle Utah, a community nonprofit and drop-off recycling center, provides these weekly tips. Visit recycleutah.org for more information. PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM The above letter from Emma Nelson to her husband was salvaged from the wreckage of a mail plane that crashed in Park City in 1929. Salt Lake City Post Office Inspector Dutton stamped the envelope to acknowledge the damage. The plane was constructed primarily of spruce with a tubular steel frame. In the event of a crash, the wood became kindling with potentially deadly consequences. In 1929 there were fifty-one recorded airplane crashes killing sixty-one people. Using the same ratios, that would equate to 7,000 domestic airline-related deaths today. Fortunately the safety of air travel has improved significantly. Since February 2009 there ESTATE SALE have been no fatalities on any US carrier. The plane carrying Emma Nelson’s letter departed Salt Lake at 6:00 p.m. with 42 sacks of mail and one passenger, Mr. K.A. Kennedy, a banking executive en route to Naples, Italy. Mr. R.T. Freng was piloting. Though he was the youngest pilot on Boeing’s roster, he was considered one of the best. He intended to refuel in Rawlins, Wyoming. The plane never made it. What does all of this have to do with Park City? Come back next week learn about the dramatic detour into our mountain town that Emma Nelson’s letter took and the heroic efforts of Parkites to save pilot, passenger, and post. Also join us at the Park City Museum’s Education and Collections Center (2079 Sidewinder Drive) at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13 to hear more about this story, the beginnings of air mail service, and the history of early aviation. We helped Maverik save $130,000 a year by being wattsmart . That’s energy on the go. 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