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Show UAL OFFICIALS' VISIT AIRPORT Possibility that the Logan-Cache airport may be used in the postwar post-war period by one of the major airlines, was expressed today by local officials following an inspection in-spection trip made Wednesday by officials of United Air Lines and members of the airport committee of the Logan chamber of commerce. com-merce. They discussed a survey that will be made of Logan and Cache county to be presented later at a hearing to be conducted by the Cviil Aeronautical Board for the purpose of granting franchises for air service. Harvey Hancock, of San Fran-sident; Fran-sident; William P. Feiten, of Chicago, Chi-cago, 111., head of economic research, re-search, and Stanley O. Halberg, of Salt Lake City, district traffic manager of the United Air Lines met with the local officials and committee. Mr. Feiten explained that various var-ious air lines are making surveys of cities and routes to determine which airports .will fit best into their fields of operation. ''The airlines are making plans for extensive ex-tensive operations for the postwar period, to include mail, express, freight and passenger service. Many feeder routes are being planned to connect with already established lines." The local delegation meeting with them were Mayor William Evans Jr., City Commissioner Geo. B. Bowen, County Commissioner A. J. Fuhriman, Dean George D. Clyde, Frederick P. Champ, M. C. Harris, M. R. Hovey, Russell S. Hanson, Thomas F. Green, N. D. Salisbury and Adrian W. Hatch. The committee aUo repo ted that T. L. North, research director of Western Air Lines has asked the local chamber of commerce for information about Logan and Cache county to be included in a brief his company is preparing for their application to serve this territory. Committee members reported that the information will be assembled as-sembled immediately and prepared in the required for for use by any of the air lines interested in obtaining a franchise for air service ser-vice at the local airport. |