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iMnnin nn rmnni wwnumui'uwiiiiiiirTiminrini mi SUXIUT MARCH THE PITTSBURGH PRESS. OTHER DEPABTMENTS. COTTRT 5450. NETVS SECTION' SETf 19 3ft wvt fTrinAriCTTfle rATUT 1QAA which will Include three boilers and CLIFFORD BALL pioneer in local aviation industry a 60,000 kilowatt turbine. PREDICT SPRING HOME BUILDING BOOM HERE Aririitinnnl units will be added as the demand for service increases in the district, it was said.

The output of the company, nearly doubled dur AIR LINES WIN COLLEGE STUDENTS LUNCHEON GUESTS Heinz Co. Entertains Duff's College Folk ing the past 10 years, wiu De increased materially by the new sta II Illl rrrry r-r-- i i -fe i REPORT PROGRESS ON NEW ELECTRIC PLANT Believe Brnnots Island Plant Near Completion. Consistent progress in construction despite cold weather has virtually assured completion of the first unit of the new James H. Reed power station of Brunots Island by June the date set several months ago. officials of the Duquesne Light Co.

announced yesterday. More than 1,500 men have been employed day and night during recent weeks to insure completion of the unit by the date set, it was said. When completed the station will represent an Investment of neariy $40,000,000. The sum of $10,000,000 4 71 tion. Company officials contend the new plant, coupled with the Colfax plant, will provide the Pittsburgh district with electric service com-, parable with any locality in the country and at rates lower than those in effect in many other places.

A Hot Shot. Gardening enthusiast notice it is possible to grow flowers by electricity. Architects. Exhibit -Draws' Many Local Residents f- A spring house-building boom may be in store for Pittsburgh this year, according to observers who visited the Architects and Builders' Free Permanent Exhibit at 514 Seventh ave. last week.

Among persons who visited the exhibit during the week were numerous local contractors and a. large percentage of local renters who admitted they contemplate building homes in the" near future, it was said. The exhibit includes virtually everything that goes to make up a home, including mill work, furnishings, plumbing, heating and ventilating exhibits as well as building material of all kinds. Rapid growth of the exhibit during the past year Students of Duff's Iron City College were guests of the H. J.

Heinz Co. at luncheon last Wednesday. The luncheon is an annual affair. It was Instituted H. J.

Heinz, graduate of the college, prior to his death in 1919. "It is not so much what Peter Duff taught me as what he was, that, made me what I am today," Heinz told the college students' in his last address to the student body in 1919. More than 540 students taxed the capacity of the school auditorium during a meeting prior to the lunch Is represented in the first, unit, .4 Above are shown members of a pioneer PittsDurgh aviation Arm, the Ball Airlines and some of the equipment used. Top Photo of a new Fairchild monoplane in service by the Ball Airlines. Lower The first ship used on the Pittsburgh Youngstown Cleveland nail trip, Miss McKeesport.

Standing by the ship are, left to right, K. F. "Curly" Love joy; Dewey Noyes; and Merle A. Mol-trup. Inset Clifford Ball.

Local Aviation Firm Achieves Success After Long Struggle story of a long struggle, disappointment after disappointment and then final, outstanding success is the story of Clifford Ball, whose name is interlinked with the story aviation development in Pittsburgh. Operator of the Cleveland-Youngs-town-Pittsburgh air mail route as weu as the Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington "Path of the Eagle-passenger air route, Ball is recognized today as oner of the leading Egures In national aviation circles. It wasn't always that way, "Cliff" admits. There was a time when mends of the aviation man literally took up a collection to get two parachutes "out of hock" for Cliff in order that the first air mail flight Irom Pittsburgh be staged as scheduled. Now, local aviation men admit, Ball could buy many of the rest of them, and still have money in the bank.

Started in 1925 Back in 1925, Ball, then an automobile man, got the aviation bug." In August of that year the property now known as Bettis Airport was purchased. Flvine was done off VHGIT PHTTCBUEiGHPS POWER PLANTS eon Wednesday. More than 300 of the students were conducted through the Heinz plants after the luncheon. Among the speakers during the affair were J. Clifford Franz, of the school traffic department; Josephine Gibson, of the home economics department: Mrs.

Fred Wherle, hostess for the H. J. Heinz and P. S. Spangler.

president of the college. Vocal and instrumental entertain lias necessitated installing of some exhibits on the second floor of the building. Officials believe the near future will see all floors in the building. Officials believe the near future wi'l, see all floors in "the building occupied with exhibits of home-building materials and acces carried 56 pounds of mail, on the sories. YOU are invited to visit two of te greatest power generating stations in the world, the Colfax and Brunot island plants.

There you may see the mammoth electric generators and the development ot electricity from coal to current. The Allegheny County Steam Heating Company's monster plant, the Stanwix plant, is also open for your inspection. ment numbers were given by the student body and faculty musical organizations prior to the tour of the plant. DUFFS-IRON CITY COLLEGE 424 Daqaegnc Way, Pittsbarjh U. S.

PHOTOGRAPHERS VISIT AT DONAHOE'S average, every trip during the first month Needs More Mots "Our business grew at the rate of about 10 per cent a month," Ball said. "Today we average better than 200 pounds daily. Of course, costs have increased proportionately. More pilots are needed, and more ships. Bigger crews of ground workers are employed, day and night." Merle Moultrop, well known here, was chief pilot for Ball at the start.

K. F. (Curly) Lovejoy was a pilot. Dewey Noyes was reserve pilot and mechanic at the Cleveland terminal. Many times during the history of the line it has been completely re Uucjuecnc Light Co.

Card of admission may had from the Central Office, 43S Sixth Avenae 25-acre cleared nlot at. that-' tim 1 Atlantic 4875-4876 The Pioneei Business College in America Cutting trees and- filling ditches Film Showing" American Marketing Methods Being Made. Donahoe's Fifth Ave. store was photographed last week by government moving picture photographers for. inclusion in a film depicting American market methods, which 4P.jl -fMH-vH Superior Steel Corporation Emblem of th Efficient School 'The DoT Student' of Today i thr BastnK Man of Tomorrow.

will be shown throughout the world. General Sales Office Grant Building Pittsburgh, Pa. Works Carnegie Pa. habilitated with new equipment. The first ships in regular use were Waco with OX-5 motors.

ti i ii i -g HOT AND COLD ROLLED STRIP STEEL Sales Agent for Rustless Iron Corp. of America HOT AND COLD ROLLED RUSTLESS IRON STRIPS, COPPERWELD STRIPS FREE COCOA mitting, the sleek monoplanes ply the airways along the "Path of the Eagle." Usually the ships carry pay loads, passengers going safely and swiftly on their way. And now Ball has a new "wrinkle." It's the Adams Air Mail Pickup, a device which enables a mail pilot to pick up or discharge mail without alighting. ONE PACKAGE OF Eatmor Zay-Tek Icing With the Purchase of One Pound Eatmor Zay-Tek Cocoa yiemea ih acres more for flying. Late the same year the American Legion air meet was held there and funds were secured to bring the flying acreage up to 85 acres.

The first plane stationed at Bettis was a war-production Standard J-l, equipped with a 90-horsepower OX-5 water-cooled engine. Passenger flights brought $5 each in those days, the field receiving $1 of that sum. Ball did not own nor operate that plane. He ran the barbecue and staged stunts, clearing in all about $250 weekly for a time. Took L'p Plane Agency The next ship was another Standard, this time with a 200-horsepower six-cylinder motor.

The motor was an excellent one when it would run, Ball said. Ball next took over the district distributorship here for Swallow planes, with "no success at all," in his own words. Several ships were sold. "I came to the conclusion about that time that if we were to make the business a success financially we couldn't carry the burden of the airport and transport system," Ball said. Accordingly, with lb.

Barr Peat, another prominent local figure in aviation. Ball divorced the interests, and sold his interest in the airport property with the understanding; it to be continued as a port for at least five years. Then he began to look around for "a steady job for an airplane." About that time Congressman M. Clyde Kelly of Pittsburgh was getting the Kelly Air Mail Bill through Congress in Washington. Awarded Mail Contract "We took advantacre of that.

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Oliver Bldg. Plant Neville Island Three of those ships were owned and operated by the line. Next the line secured Pitcairn "mailwing" biplanes, later sold to an operator on the Gulf Coast. Two Ryans and later three Fairchild monoplanes were used. The most recent move was replacement of the Fairchild ships on the mail line with New Standard biplanes, equipped for night flying.

"Since the first our pilots have worn chutes," Ball said. "And maybe it wasn't tough to buy those 'chutes in those, days." When Cliff talks of some of the struggles of the past there's a twinkle in his eyes as though he was mentally enjoying the comparison. Banks weren't so good to him then in the way of loans. And today? Well, Ball's credit is rated as "excellent" by many of those who used to shake their heads and tell him "It can't be done." First Trip Nearly Last "Curly Lovejoy nearly had to "bail out' his plane on the first trip," Ball reminisced, "He ran into a lot of thick fdg, had engine trouble well, most everything that could happened to him on that flight except that he made the trip." In more than 1,500,000 miles of crack-up. He was told Sievers was uninjured, had done everything in his power to save the ship, and that the ship was a total wreck.

"Buy another plane," Ball ordered. "Send Harry out in the reserve job tomorrow." Confidence in his pilots and their judgment is one of Ball's characteristics. Passenger Business Booms Last fall passenger business began booming. Ball bought several big new Fairchild cabin monoplanes, and opened "The Path of the Eagle," Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington passenger service. Experienced pilots who had seen daily and nightly service on the mail route were chosen to pilot the ships.

Orders- were to provide the utmost safety for passengers. Emergency fields were "spotted" along the Pittsburgh-Washington leg of the journey. The northern half of the line was already equipped with emergency fields. Day in and day out, weather per Si Eatmor Chocolate Co 5850 Center Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa.

0 Aerial Photography-Ships for Sale "Pittsburgh's Largest Psckagt Delivery" "PROMISES" Fvery day some emerpenry arises requiring- a promise of nnustiai service. A merchant pi onuses quick delivery of a garment a shop promises to send oat a necessary pattern a contractor promises to return a set of blue prints. Our Service Makes This Possible At Nominal Cost. LIGHTNING PACKAGE EXPRESS CO. ATLANTIC 5434.

TW. Ivri II AT.OSSS fuk ur Gu.r.n(. (Ull AT. MS flying on the mail route since its inauguration, there has been one fatality. Two planes have been "washed out." Harry Sievers, one of Ball's pres CROSS COUNTRY TRIPS FLYING SCHOOL: All students employed during daytime will be given instruction after work hours and SUNDAjYS.

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Serves housework. Adds ent mail fliers, "cracked up" a ship one night near Beaver Falls when he ran into dense rog, the engine stopped, and the pilot went overboard in a parachute. In the face of the total loss of an expensive plane and motor, Ball's first question on being told of (the affair, was: "Did Harry hurt himself." Attendants at Bettis Field called Ball on the long distance phone in Washington to inform him of the and succeeded in having the post-office Department ask for bids on a line from Pittsburgh to Cleveland," Ball said. "I was the only bidder, and I bid the maximum rate allowed under the act. At that time bidding was on the 80 per cent plan we were to collect 80 per cent of the postage for carrying the mail.

"Under that arrangement the possibility of financial success was so remote Congress changed the law and paid $3 a pound instead. Even so, it was found air mail was so scarce it was not practical even then. We spent four months working up sufficient business to make the proposition pay before we began actual operations. We knew we had to carry. 45 pounds a day to pay expenses.

Results of the four months' development work were apparent from the day the first plane took off. It Stocks Bonds Grain Bought Sold uoted A. Mas I on Co. EmtablUhed I SO I 323 Fourth Avenue COurt 8 'XX) 204 Koppr Building GRantS300 Pittsburgh, Ta. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE PITTSBURGH STOCK EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE NEW YQRK CURB MARKET (Associate) R.

D. Thomas Go. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Paving Sewers Concrete Work TI2I Jenkins Areade. Atlantic 8246 John Eichleay Jr. Co.

FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL PLAIN MATERIAL IN STOCK Heavy Structures Moved, Raised or Shored permanent Talue. Ask as iboot Brntt floor, Uid right over th old worn floors mi yoo Iiobk. Writ or phone th sixa ot ytmw room. Yoa will mtr-prised at the low cart. FOUR-DRAWER LETTER FILE Full Roller "Olive Green Finish ReKHlarly at $38.00 Specially Priced 529.00 BRAY OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO.

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John Dewar Co. 339 AVOOD STREET PITTSBURGH Court 3727 3728 PATH of the EAGLE t. WASHINGTON CLEVELAND More than 1,500.000 miles flown Black Hawk Press Ruler s-j-Printers 1201-5 Penn Ave. ATlantic 2574 mad and passengers A Superior Line of Dairy Products Arm Sold By Liberty Dairy Products Corp. Call Grant 6900 For Service tvith air OIF lass of a single letter or USlMV-i flighted injury to any passenger Locomotives, cars and other work; annealing boxes and bottoms; machinery castings; Miscellaneous castings of avery variety.

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in lv! pimb.inth 7.no It An M. Ar. ClevrMana i.u WashinVton to Cleveland ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS Fre I IT Permanent A show room for distributors and sales agents. 514 Seventh Ave. Atlantic 7557.

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Pittsburgh S18.M ui Ar. $17. im CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT Neva and Rebuilt- For Sale or Rent GRANT BUILDING PITTSBURGH, PA. WAREHOUSE ASPINWALL, PA. GRANT 1132 re Cleveland la Exclusive Manufacturers and Distributors "For Low Cost Hauling" INTERNATIONAL MOTOR R'li to 5 Ton Capacity International Harvester Company of America 5200 Penn Avenue Montrose 6670 Clifford Ball, Inc.

of GENERAL CONTRACTORS Sewers Roads Streets West Perm Sand Gravel Co. national -jji Mi ucADOUARTERS BETTIS AIRPORT METAL STAMPINGS Ours is a completely equipped plant especially adapted for META1, STAMPINGS of all kinds We woold appreciate tke epportonity at aetint an yaar.reajoiramants "Pure Distilled Water" Consolidated Ice Company Service on Every Street Supper Dancing Nightly in Pirate Hall HOTEL WILLIAM PENN Tom Gerun and His Brunswick Orchestra P. Wall Manufacturing Supply Co. MIKE MANNELLA Oliver Building ATlantim 5288 3126 Preble Ave. 1 Mnden 36(M) Since 1884 1 it.