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Show LIONS TURN DEAF i EAR TO PROPOSAL THEY BUILD HANGAR AIR EXPRESS SEEKS ACCOMODATIONS FOR HOUSING A PLANE At the meeting this week of the Lions club, held at the Atkin cafe. a discussion came up relative to ; whether to build a hangar at the airfield. air-field. A communication from the general superintendent of the Western Air Express to Clarence Sweet, local manager for the Standard Oil company, com-pany, was read by Myron Lewis. The letter said that as the air express ex-press contemplated using the field a great deal this winter, they wanted a hangar for their Fokker planes, or one that would house at least one plane. It was suggested that the I planes could then stop overnight in , Milford; the letter asked Sweet to sail it to the attention of proper I authorities here. It was decided to not take any steps toward building the' hangar ; for two reasons: first, the govern- j ment would likely include it in its work on the field; second, as the air express had the contract to carry the . mails, it was up to them to look after af-ter the hangar proposition. It was believed here in Milford that the inquiry was the result of the fifty per cent reduction in air mail rrltes, causing much bigger loads. One plane through here on air race day stopped with 900 pounds j of mail. The government is going to spend $7,500 in fencing, lighting and otherwise improving the field. It was believed by the Lions club that they would not stop before constructing con-structing a hangar. Doug Fotheringham Fother-ingham has the contract to fence the' field. |
