“ROAD OF LIGHT.”

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1924, Page 4

“ROAD OF LIGHT.”

AA; A' NFW AIRWAY. Sr'RANI iK.I*. -Inly I. •My mg m;t(!i:n.’. carry'll" I uiied Stall's in.id hnpp-.tl oil' IT'om .‘hill Fr.-’iei-:.) and Alieeul.i (L. 1.) Iliinio.dug in lonnal inaugural inn ol the li ,t l rtii'M'oiii lUeut.’.l ilay-iind-niglit p i e -ey s an American exi i a.' -,.’i. I’m iiptlv ;;t ti i V!, , k i'ilo; ( htire K. \’alive, hi- 'plan:’ leaded to o.ipuoiiy. v. nil -Y ll pm,id- ni mail. i!"w Irein ( ris-ey Field here on the lirsl loutii'e Hig'il in R im. relay point. F itv-s :: hrui s is due in I■• i :it tioio the 1: :.• -1 railroad iiind t ran-pfrtai i-m s..T» i ■"•.’ I.i-'ii :- beta.’, nuii I for the tun east. an I I hour- tor lhe west. A I’t; ■" ol ’-'tiug ;mm t lie ('ity id Sa.n l-'raiici’.; a to I’(■*.■■-;•!( r. I ooliilg" was i eniliel a-- tiie "lir-.l h tier," re gulaily mail.'d, ati’.mne:!. aid pm.l - in:. t!,- -d. to tie larried !y mean' cl' this ll’.v i-eri ;i <*. i,uTli a cargo , i I p.jmni-. look *ti j tit I Isoa-lpo’ir -t Fid 1 ■’ orliy in ter II j oTT'.ck. head.’ll tor San Francis-o tin j l|.> nudd Mi wa-.t’.var.l !"til ol this icet r,! t i-ast-to-coasl in’dl trail d'ef sy .- j le m. They ll.’tv toward (levelamij where l It- lir-.i i-’iange if crews mil 1,01, ldi.es v. itl 1..’ male. (Tiieag.i, j (tm.ihii, ( h ■veiiiie. Salt Lake Cilv. and Reno will lie relay t.ii’nts with the siheduie eidiing for arrival at th’ west:-ni tercmotl in HI hours and i-i toi:,-.:;.'". CRFAT V.'lilTK WAY. M- t ol tlte moil was eonsigiie.l toi San IT.iM'-ison. thiiiigh ti e a: roi'lcu “i i will ei.ri v let ter-- and part- K iv illg .M) pnimds or Its- addiv-. -! to ! ild ermediate lioint. l'!-t:i hLshlc-’iit ■'( tie iren-crutin -ntiil air mail servi • ’ its a pciuia.ucnl lixtuce in 11::r ni:;l i ransp.rrtaltoil tva- nre.iieted I y I nil: I States mail oMicia! -. (In a li:tsj- ol s; 1 l poumls el a id averaging Li cents to the letter, on it run will pay TIJi) ileMar.. it Wits nto r- (■•! cut. This average, it is csfim.utd, will yield receipts in excess of expenditures. till'd the I .ltd!),(ti!d dollars agproplicalioii for one year tlaily and Suntla.v service shoultl not be entirely needed to inaugurate the sy-'tem. It is estimated that III.) pounds ol mail carried daily will pay lor the service which has cost to date (!."i cents a mile lor all

expenses for operation excepting (oust ruction. Appropriately characterised as the wor’d’s greatest "White Wavy SHo miles of unbroken light Irom f iiieagn to C iieyeiuie, Wyo.. will ha nut into operation as the mail-laden 'planes continue their llight. Three kinds of light mark this route; .ilaslit’s set every three miles, landing lights ai 31 regular lauding lields, mnl live "midnight suns - ’ made by mounting on .‘P-foot towers searchlights of .ritt,(.Oll.(i;:(l titntlleiiower each, at ( ititago, lowa City. Omaha. North Platte. Neb., and Cheyenne. CCARDINC PM.DT.n' LVF.S. The (lashes operate about as rapidly its the human eye tan he made to wink, hut with tlte effect of a small flash of lightning. On clear nights the live land lighthouse searchlights are visible for Kin miles and at Ini' miles made a roaiw.iy in the air two miles wide. The night-flying 'planes lone s-p.-i-iul devices to guard the pilots' eyes from the effects nf glare on clear nights, including treatment of the propellers to rehtce their reflection of light. The 'planes them, elves—JO of thorn ill regular or reserve service—carry ]o,on'.L----00) canllepnwer lights. As tin- summer Hiortcuis. the "Croat White Way" will he extended at both ends to cover tt Mono 1100 miles long, j extending from. Cleveland to Dock Springs, Wyo. Twenty aeroplanes in readiness in Chicago are in reserve in the Mississippi Valley for use in case of emergency. The aircraft used for these trips are do Jhiviland biplanes, equipped with TCn-horsc-power Liberty motors.