Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 13 | Loose Gravel Injures Ships

AIRPORT RUNS' RUNS LOOSE GRAVEL INJURES SHIPS Official Reveals How 4 I 1 Propellers Suffer in Landing I j. j By BILL McDOUGALL I Evidence that Salt Lake c City's L' L municipal airport not only is Js Inadequate made made- quate for tor accommodating larger larer aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft but Is Js In a 0 condition that causes damage to present planes was brought here Thursday by the fJ head bead of ot an air transportation com com- t f pany Alvin P. P Adams president of ot the W Western tern Air All Express corporation cd the need for improvements f at the airport when he revealed that motors and propellers of the theAir theAir Air Lines' Lines planes were suffering t damage because of the loose surfacing ing log of runways r. r Mr Adams was a a. luncheon guestt guest rt t the tho University club with members of ot tho the chamber of commerce airport air air- t port committee and City Commis- Commis Inner abner P. P H. H Goggin In char charge e of parks and public property f I c In urging immediate development of the airport Mr Adams said propeller blades on our planes have suffered considerable damn damage e which we wo we attribute t to the cinders and nd gravel Ivel avei thrown up by wind created by the propellers Plan New Service Mr Adams revealed that If It an nn airport is built In southern Utah the company plans to inaugurate sight sight- eing e passenger service over southern south south- ern era Utah's scenic attractions particularly particularly J. J Bryce and Zion national parks J. J E. E Garn regional supervisor for lor forthe the department of commerce told The Telegram that W P A funds were being sought for lor the Bryce L 1 airport which would amount to 6 The county would have to match W V P A funds used in the construction he explained The recent growth of ot air travel was indicated in m figures given by Mr Adams He said Novembers November's doubled that of November I 1934 that express poundage had trebled and that air lr mall mail poundage showed a corresponding increase