Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-04 | Page 9 | Funds to Light Airways to S. L. Provided in Bill

I fUN S J lI LIGHT T I AIRWAYS T SI L rR IN DIll BILL Beacons on West Lines May Be Installed by July 1 Assurance th that t. t the government go Will commence work on the establishment of ot additional beacon lights radio stations landing fields and other improvements on all air mail mall lines connecting with Salt Lake was seen Wednesday by officials of ot the various arIous companies In an Associated Press dispatch from Washington D. D C C. to o the hc effect that the annual appropriation bill lU provided funds for that purpose The program contemplates es the maintenance of ot miles of ot lighted airways at a mile mile- and the maintenance of ot twenty-four twenty radio stations at per year At present there are government beacons on the Western Air Express ss line lino between Los Angeles and Las Vegas but none between Salt Lake and Las Vegas The government has established rio no beacon lights be between he- he tween Salt Lake L' and San l Francisco but a preliminary survey is being made There are beacons on the Varney line tr rem from m Pasco Wash Vash to Salt Lake but it is said that th the government contemplates th the use of funds for foi other improvements alon along this line It is understood that work on in installing installing In- In r stalling bea beacons ns on the lines to Los Angeles and San Sari Francisco will commence as soon as the weather we-ather permits and an an- attempt will be made to complete the work by J June ne 1 1 Of c. I W WASHINGTON Jan 4 AP AP- AP Funds for for forthe the construction of miles mlles of airways throughout the country were provided today in the annual appropriation bill for tor the state justice commerce and labor departments which was reported to the house by Its appropriations com corn The bills bill's total of ot represents represents represents rep rep- rep resents an Increase of over last years year's measure measure but a decrease decrease de de' de- de crease of ot under the budget bureau estimates It allots to the state department to the justice department to commerce and to labor In addition to the tho funds for th the construction of new airways the measure provided for the maintenance maintenance nance of ot of the miles of ot airways ways already quipped equipped Included am among ng the approprIations appropriations appropriations for the state department were were for tor buildings for the American embassy in Tokio International exposition at Seville Se Se- ville vUle Spain statue of at I Henry Clay In Caracas Venezuela I S Among the funds to justice justice justice jus jus- tice department activities were for enforcement of the antitrust laws for detection and prosecution prose prose- cution of crimes The commerce department appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap included for tor promoting commerce in South and Central America