Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-06 | Page 17 | $239,036 Fund Petitioned for City Airport

FUND J PETITIONED FOR CITY AIRPORT I Project ct in Campaign I Against Dust Goes to Washington By ny AL FERGUSON A works progress administration administration administration admin admin- pr program gram for the munIcipal airport including elimination of dust on on the runways has been forwarded forwarded for tor- warded to Washington D D. D C C C. by city officials In addition to square yards o or of concrete square yards of oi oil all mulch pavement and anda a tile lile draIn drab system m calling for lineal l feet fee of tile Ule the project cont contemplates pl planting nt ng to 10 end the dust problem on the entire field The application for o of federal aid tun funds d has been approved by the district W V P A office and city commissioners It was announced an an- Friday at the office o of City I Commissioner P. P H. H Goggin in charge of the airport Pa Pa cd cd s Sought The rest of the cost about Is is to be borne by the city for materials an and l for tor rental of equipment The petition calls caUs for construction construction construe construe- tion of concrete blocks completion of a foot concrete concrete concrete con con- con con- crete apron in front of the admin admin- straiton building laying of ol oil oll mul mulch mukh h pavement on runways construction construction con con- of bf a foot ot oil mulch apron w west st of lof the concrete apron in n front of the administration building building build build- ing laying of foot 25 gravel shoulders shoulders shoulders ders adjacent to runways Installation Installation tion of a six-Inch six tile tHe drainage system tern tem with 94 boxes repairing repairing repair- repair ing ng of the city hangar at the south southend southend southend end of the field which was dam damaged ged several weeks ago ago by wind vind and planting of at shrubs Experiments are being conducted by Julius Keller chief park d department depart depart- part part- ment meat florist with shrubs for planting plant plant- ing ng at the airport It is believed vegetation can be found to grow grow on parts of the field not actually utilized by runways yet offer no Interference to planes which by chance stray off the runways 1260 Man lan Months Mouths of Vo Work k Hopes of ever making the present field suitable for use as a national defense air base virtually have been abandoned one official said because because because be be- cause cause of the already high development development development develop develop- ment of the location as a commercial commercial commer- commer commer commer- cial dat airport Ie v i Neither the commercial interests nor the army aviation corps desire desireo to o attempt to utilize the same landIng landing land land- ing field because of interference certain to arise in maintaining strict arrival and departure schedules of planes If and when A ft national air defense defense defense de de- de- de base bas is established here it is likely that it will occupy a much larger and exclusive field probably near the present airport site officials officials indicated The airport P A program vill iII provide 1260 man months of em em- Breakdown of the program program program pro pro- gram as to individual al project costs shows 2 cubic feet teet excavation S square yards concrete square yards oil mulch 19 lineal feet teet drain tile We laid 04 94 boxes for tor drainage system o Hangar langar repairs repair Wanting Planting of shrubs L. L l I 1000 Miscellaneous us To Total al