Show NA m T A TOR SMOOT IN ROLE OF PACEM PEACEMAKER AKE k J c a 61 j AI j jIS SALT SALI LAKE 1 IS ASSURED AIR STATION Representatives of State Count County and City Pr Promise s Aid to Business Fen 1 re l in Financing Bu Building Field Salt Lake will be one of ot the six re relay relay Te- Te lay Jay stations In the mile per ho hour r movement of malls mails b by airplane from froni New York to San Francisco which will Officials commence early ear in September ready to dais and other citizens are arc sign the contract that will assure this designation As soon as Col Gui John A A. A Jordan chief chic of the tho construction and extension de department do- do of or the tho aerial mall mail service returns returns re re- turns from San Francisco representatives tives of ot the business Interests of or the state county and municipality will sign the agreement guaranteeing to field and a provide pro a a. suitable landing hangar for six mall mail planes This equipment equip equip- meat ment under the terms of or the tho agreement agreen agree agree- n meat ment nt is to be leased to the postoffice department for tot tota a a. period of or fIve years at an annual rental of ot 1 a year The Tho government Is to have tho the exclusive use of ot the hangar for tor tho the year five period and Jurisdiction over ver the landing field although it is anticipated that the landing field ma may be used b by other ether than the man mall planes To CUT Sentiment in favor of the project was crystallized at tho the luncheon at the Commercial club yesterday After full tun explanation was mado made of Colonel Jordan's Jordans Jordans Jordan's Jordans Jordan's Jor Jor- dans dan's proposal conditioned upon favorable favor ta able action by Salt Lake interests anti anil discussion by local business men of or ji 1 it advantages Salt Lake would derive L' L N NIts Its designation as a rela relay station the meeting y voted ted unanimously In t f or o a committee being bein authorized to enter ent t r into the tho contract with the tho government and to arrange for the tho financing of or th the th proposition The committee selected consists of or Mayor r E. E A. A Bock chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man Gov Coy Simon Bamberger Charles CharlesF F F. chairman of oC the board of ot county commissioners Lester D. D Freed president of ot the Freed Furniture company company com corn pany and former president of ot the Commercial club Joseph Decker presIdent president pres pros ident Patrick Decker company compan and Fred C C. Schramm president of the Schramm-Johnson Schramm Drug company will Build DOUa HanKar Colonel Jordan ft Was as expected to speak at the luncheon but was unable to be present owing to being detained at San Francl Francisco co where he went wont to complete completo arrangements for Cor the terminal of the transcontinental line G. G I. I B. B Hawley president of ot the Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial club T who ho presided pret at al the tho luncheon lunch called upon Robert Young city treasurer who was one of ot the men who conferred with Colonel Jordan while hile here to give the meeting an account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of ot the tho negotiations to date Mr Young explained that the proposed line would permit mall to reach Salt Lake Lako In eleven cleven hours from Chicago and twenty hours from New ew York The service that was expected to commence com corn mence menco early In September would start with two planes dally daily In both directions one during during- the daytime and another an- an another another an an- other at night Salt SnIt Lake was called upon the tho speaker said to provide pro a landing larding field feet long running north and south and triO 1450 feet teet wide east cast and amI west The Tho city was also asked to provide a n hangar for six planes The Tho government Mr Young said was pro- pro pared to erect a machine shop for the repair and maintenance of ot the tho planes requiring an outlay of approximately and to maintain z a staff state of r twenty five mechanics The government government govern govern- ment would also maintain the landing field Im I'm or J or Site Sylvester Slvester Cannon city engineer Ineer ex explained explained ex- ex what had been done towards securing a n suitable location for tor tho the field and he stated that Colonel Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan had been shown a site which h he he- believed was sas available and which Colonel Colo Cole Del aol Jordan characterized as the tho b best st st. location for Cor a landing field In III Amer- Amer lea Ica ca The tract embraces 17 acres acre acres of ot which Is owned by one person erson 30 acres by various owners and d 20 acres by the city elt being In streets and amI alleys The Tho tract could be bo purchased purchased pur pur- ch chased Mr Cannon 1 said t 1111 at nt a figure ranging from WO to an acre for various arious parts of tho the tract Mr Freed explained that tho the present proposal was as the tho result of ot months of effort erfort on the part of ot Salt SnIt Lake business business business busi busi- ness Interests to secure the tho aerial man mall relay elay station for tor Salt Lake and that other intermountain cities were anxious anxIous Ious ous to acquire the station if Salt Lake Lako overlooked the tho opportunity that was now presented to It The matter of extending extending- financial as' as as- as to the tho project will bo be formally formal formal- ly y presented to the tho proper authorities as s soon oon as tho the contract with tho the gov gov- 0 is signed |