Show EPOCH IS IN MAIL SERVICE THIRTY HOUR MAIL SERVICE IS inaugurated FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC COAST air mall mail officials conducting tests to demonstrate feasibility of transcontinental air mail service Y with one mall mail plane winging its way from san francisco to now new york another tool took oft off from hazelhurst Hazel burst field on long island tor for the pacific Ia ciCic coast tuesday in the first of five days tests inaugurated by the government to demonstrate the feasibility of permanent transcontinental air mall mail service the start was made at 1101 eastern standard time unofficially clocked pilot C eugene johnson carried only 84 8 t pounds of mall mail consisting of 1 letters from new york and a few papers and official communications more than special delivery letters had been received at the new york post postoffice office tor for this trip but it was found impracticable to carry all of them other batches of letters will be picked up at various points along the route one ot of the letters was written by johnson to his mother in san francisco there were several communications tor for the mayor of san francisco but it was not announced who they were from in order to facilitate the handling and movement of the mail the country has been divided in enli three zones new york chicago chicago cheyenne and cheyenne san francisco basic rates are eight cents for the first zone 16 cents for or the second zone 24 cents for the third stops will be made at six stations station s cleveland chicago omaha salt lake cheyenne and reno ben 0 tor for mail deliveries to insure the complete success of the service 42 landing fields and a number of relay stations have been designated at strategic places throughout the country extra planes will be held in readiness at main relay fields to take up the flight it if the regular carriers are crippled |