Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 16 | Aeroplane Factory may be Built Here

AEROPLANE FACTORY Mir REBUILT HERE Harry N Atwood Proposes to Put Up Half the Capital Harry N Aood, the wealthy a iator who did much of the pioneer work In flying Is considering- t Lake c as the site for an aeroplane fa too and training school He has wr en to the Manufacturers Association of t a a. k. Inar that the proposition he male be submitted sub-mitted to business men here Atwood became famous through o e of the first lonj, distance fllgl s e er n ade In America. In 1911 he new from Louis to New iork and ater made otl er notable flights In the Great Lakes reg on Possessed of considerable weak he a de oted his career to ser ous wok oal vance the art of ftving and as ne e been interested in freak or ex! b t o fl Rhts. In his letter to the Manufa t npr as soclatlon Mr Atwood cal s at en on to the fact tha a ta on now presen s ai unusually attract! e b s ness field he cause of Its growing Importance n n tary operations. The few facto ie ow operating In the ln1 ed states are nable o hand e the olume of b s ness ofte en! them and the de elopn ents of n th aeroplane ueB con emp ated f r the lS tti. s,ates armj w-11 further enlarge the field Mr Atwood outlines his project for a fac orv and est mates t at the plan with all equipment wo d cos J t. 000 He asks that ocal flnanc er! n es one half the amoun whlelents nte other alf of the cap tal Tie factor he conten pates wo d emp o se en two n en ad n a latlon trai ng s oo woW be operated In conjunct on w th t.