Show BEACON liGHTS TO PILOT AIRMEN J GOVERNMENT MAKES PLAN PLANS V FOR CARRYING MAIL DAYt DAY k ki t AND NIGHT Stretch Between Cleveland and Rod Roc t Springs Will Be Light At As Day Emergency Fields Field 0 Prepared Chicago A A mile 1400 stretch between between between be be- tween Clevelend Cleveland Ohio and RockSprings Rock RockSprings Springs Wyoming is drenched with overlapping pools of light and beacons Lea Lea- cons circling horizons which Intercept Intercept Inter Inter- one ono another combining to pro duco duce a total of candlepower candlepower candle candle- power to assist the day and night air mall service gervice Th The night flying section has ha been divided into three units and that between between be be- tween tw en Chicago and Cheyenne measuring mea men luring suring miles mile will bo be lighted at ate e once nce The east cast and west wings will willbe willbe be utilized as summer wanes wIlDes and days day grow shorter In the central division main stations sta sta- are located at Chicago Iowa City la In Omaha Neb North Platte N Neb b. b and Cheyenne Wyo Between the main terminals are divisional fields twenty two twenty two to twenty five miles apart At the terminal fields four o r candlepower beacons will bo be the centers of illumination and one of or the same type typo beacons beacons' at each divisional field Every three miles miles' In la between main nain and divisional fiel fields ls s ac acetylene tyle e flash flash- 1 ason son on six foot foo platforms have been installed Th These se were were located last August during the tho night flying ex cx- There is il a land landt Ing field every three miles along the mile milo route from Chicago to Cheyenne The big candlepower beacons aro are set one half of one ono degree degree de degree de de- gree gree above the horizon They revolve re reo re- re volve completely around three times limes a minute and are visible for ISO miles mlles Other er Cr incandescent beacons similarly set make mako the tho circuit every ten seconds and are visible for at least lt miles The acetyl acetylene ne bea beacons beacon ons of c candlepower candlepower can can- n- n are aro visible nine miles and flash times a minute Divisional fields are located as follows fol lows In Iowa Iowa Dixon Atalissa Williamsburg Wil Wil- Montezuma De D Des s Moines Earlham C Casey sey Atla Allah Allah- tl tie tic Oakland In Nebraska Yutan Nebraska Yutan Wahoo David City Central City Grand Island Shelton Elm Creek Lexington PaXton Fakton Big Dig Springs Ch Chappell Dix In Wyoming WyomIng Pine Pine PineBluff Bluff and Burns Durns i Emergency Emergency- fields each equipped with mth one c tower beacon illuminated illuminat d wind cone scone telephone and other equipment arc are 10 located in Wyoming lit it Federal LaramIe Lar- Lar arnie amIe Bosler DosIer Rock River Medicine Bow how Walcott alcott Cherokee Wamsutter Bitter Ditter Creek T and Salt Wells |