| Show mm WESTERN AIR LINE TO OPEN IN I AP APRIL IL POSTAL AUTHORITIES READY TO ACT ON MORE COMMERCIAL AIR WAYS Salt Lake Leke To Los LOl Angeles And Elko Nevada to Pasco Washington To ToBe ToBe ToDe Be De Among First To Operate Is Report Washington With With seven air mall contracts already awarded to private companies the post office department will open bids for two commercial lines The Salt Satt Lake to Los Loll Angeles Angelea by hy bythe bythe hythe the Western Air Express Inc of Los Angeles and the Elko Nevada to Pasco Washington lines will probably probably probably ably start In April All new lines oper operated ted by private companies will be allowed to carry passengers and freight in fn addition to transporting mall The revenues the carriers derive from the postage acts virtually as a government subsidy to promote commercial aviation In the United States When all the lines Unes are are operating the United States will have about miles of air mail malt service The government operated transcontinental line covers about miles mUes and the new routes will act as feeders for forthe forthe forthe the government system Postmaster General New will open proposals to operate the Chicago to Minneapolis and St. St Paul via Milwaukee Milwaukee kee and WIs and the Cheyenne Colorado Springs and Denver Denver Den ver routes Contractors of all aU air all airmail malt mall lines will be required to start operations this spring officials of the department said Contracts call calt for Inaugurating service service service ser ser- vice within ninety days but additional addition addition- al time was was allowed to prepare landIng land land- Ing lag fields and get new equipment for carrying the maiL malL Henry Ford who will operate the Chicago to Detroit and Cleveland to Detroit tines lines has net returned a ed contract to the department as a. yet Ford officials said is having his attorneys attorneys at torney look over OTer the contract and aad will return it signed in a few days These lines will start operation within operation within a month after the contracts are executed ted |
