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Show MEBA PICKED JS NAVAL BASE Bay City Recommended as Center of Activity for Pacific Fleet WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The full membership of the rongTewdotial Joint commlttco created to select Pacific coast nnvnl bases today unanlmously recommendod Alameda, on Pan Francisco Fran-cisco bay. as the general fleet naval base. Other bases recommended were San PIcko arid Pand Holnt, for aviation, avia-tion, inJTn, T'fdro Mr n rub marine bnse. Vj - Th.- sunrTrarlriy haa at Jan Pedro. Oal.. the coirtfnltte I recommended, Jfhould I - i i'iyollsbe :ii a coJ' n"1 Fexci edlng H.WO.'mm, s7 toT (Y RRADING SfJTK. The cost of clearing and grading the iiand l'olnt site was fixed at approximately ap-proximately jsoo.ooo. but complete development of this project was not considered by the committee necessary neces-sary at '.he present time. The committer com-mitter ae-serted that the expenditure necessary to equip the site for use BS n, flying field would depend upon the extent of development desired by the navy department F.Jiz Hook, Port Angeles.. Wash, wrj ret omntended -' remain as an operating op-erating station for small units, including in-cluding aircraft, destroyers and submarines sub-marines "In ease of emergency." but. thej committee' said, "no further Improvement Im-provement should be undertaken at this time." The rnmmlltr? stated that "not-wlthstendinS "not-wlthstendinS many advantngea of Hunter's Tolnt (on Pan Francisco bay), and the persuasive reasons advanced ad-vanced In Its favor. It bH!evs that the Alameda site on tho opportte side of the bay is preferable " FACTORS IX DECISION. r-r' liliig for tho Alameda Bite, tho committee said: "The large acreage nt Alameda mnkop pop.vihlo a naval baeo whlrh will pormlt not only of dn' docks on satisfactory pile foundations, berthing berth-ing space, repair shops, etc. but also of shipbuilding facilities to ny extent deslrod base for fuel oil and coal and other naval supplies, aviation fields, training and other stations. This v.'ould give amplo opportunity for the development of the navy'o air oorv-lea." oorv-lea." The committee: added that If aruch n base were developed at Alameda, the exhding dry docks at Hunter's Volnt would mill be available for government govern-ment use In cams of emergency. Nearly all of tho Alameda site. ac. cording to the committee, la mbinorg-sd mbinorg-sd and It will cost about $0000 an acre to drodge and fill the land. The silo contains 6340 acres hut only BftO acres will be developed under tho present plans. oo |