Show di S. S L. L Airport Ranked High j 1 l l i HS Sa Salt aIt t Lake Lak airport rt is s the eq equal al of df any I on t the e Pacific coast i i Coming from rom David avld S. S Ingalls aS assistant l r secretary l of at the tIte navy in charge of aeron aeronautic u tics Statement tat is isa a most gr gratifying and authon J rt t ve Secretary Ingalls has seen all kinds of r municipal airports he is himself an exper experienced ie f flier ier Its It's s s safe f h la to say siy ay th that thit t li he cant can't be befooled fooled led or coax coaxed into info voicing DiCing su such l sweeping praise ruse unless he Jie means if It When he hc declares that th the Salt Lake fly flying ring ing li field ld is as modern and as ideally cOI con con- t a as any Joy up tip and d down wn th the west v st coast lie is con comparing the I local cal airport t with ones co costing fing in many inary times what w was spent here For less than S Salt Lake fLake has gien itself an ai airport as is go good d as many metropolitan c cities ties that tha ha have have- d of thousands O of C dollars ollars Whereas this hi cit city pid paid at t the very most 80 80 So an n tc ac acre for airport land an J Los los' An- An must pay 1 more r th than n an au acre f for forthe r the site sHe it plans a a n municipal l J field And then it will will be miles farther from rom H the tenter of the city than Oi 11 Salt Lakes l At th the little tittle town t of f Ben Davis Ind md airport i contracts contracts' for au an all' c expenditure u c of pop have liay been let lct St. St Louis is s sp spending g twice e. e as in much cI on the mere grading of f its ils field as s c has invested in its ils entire project Mifflin Pa Pt is spending 57 OO for forthe or tho f e grading ading of Us its county flying field So Sot Soi o i Jf t c can be r readily adil seen that we have gott gotten f tremendous tre ne value out of every veri penny spent Se Secretary r tary Ingalls in m J fact ct c compares mpa our field l with it airports ts that have cost more than 1 io V i- o Salt Lake take had bad many fortunate circumstances circum stances es tal take c place in Connection with Hh its Hs airport air air- port city was at al the crossroads s of the government er t airmail service several years jears before be- be fore aviation burst into mb its phenomenal nal naI larity When Commissioner Irry Harry L. L Finch took over ovet the operation op of the fj field ld on oil behalf behalf be be- be half alf of f the he cit city he started staffed a sound program am pf f development Jt It II was go good d fortune that cheap lr p so o near the bear of th the city ity could b ob that would be ad adequate fory forbears ars to fo come 0 1 A splendid work has has' be been n c om- om m- m d. d Con Commissioner Finch is not satisfied to call calI th the job fi finished and it is well that he has thas been ee kept in n office to 10 carry carry on the the good work Next ext spring the city's contracts r tI the e various aviation companies expire That will willbe willbe willbe be a propitious tin time e for d deciding ding many points the the- he future of the thee airport The i companies o p ieS sh should le able to get together ther with the city commission c nurtis ion on a program for sharing the cost o of a a. a union ai airport port depot an ai mer gency and f fire station and of pf other improvements at t f the field Aviation is on a b business ss basis where the companies ies will 1 be e. e S wU to pay a t reasonable f fee e. e f f for r th the te city to expand its its' held field services s Some day da ay the p w r tomp company ny will i remove its high tension lines In In fact fac it 11 Should hould be possible before long I for or the tie city ity it to to apply Jo to the goyen government t. t for a t. t rating rati ig o on on its and t to obtain a a. an t approval 1 under class CIa A uA It is go good goodnews d news 5 to knowS know t that at Salt Lake is keeping pace pe ti t is t airport developments Progress must oot l be e ved to lo lag |