Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-08-23 | Page 5 | Aviation School near Salt Lake

AVIATION SCHOOL I' IB SALT LIKE SALT LAKE, Aug. 23. That an aviation avi-ation training school will bo established estab-lished near Salt Lake City, involving tho attendance of 1,000 students and about 2,500 officers and enelisted men, is practically certain, according to telegraphic word received in this city from Washington yesterday. The dispatch sayB that Representatives Representa-tives Mays and Welling ealled on Captains Cap-tains Grant and Edgar of the United States signal corps yesterday and urged the location of an aviattlon school between Salt Lako City and Saltair, along tho line of the Saltalr railroad. They assured the Bignal corps officials that all the requirements require-ments as to transportation, water sup-, plyt drainage, sanitation and other matters would be met by the citizens of Salt Lake. Recently the officials of tho signal corps submitted to the Salt Lake City committee which is promoting the school, and of which L. B. McCormick. Is chairman, a list of questions concerning con-cerning lands for site facilities, transportation, trans-portation, water supply, sanitation, etc. Action will be taken. It Is said, as soon as the answers to the questions ques-tions are recoivod. The matter of establishing an aviation avia-tion base in tno vicinity of Salt Lake was first brought to the attention of the war department officials at Wash ington by F. C. Richmond, president of the Salt Lake Commercial club, during a recent visit to Washington. Plans and specifications, which took weeks to prepare, were shown to the officials at that time. On his return Mr. Richmond appointed the following comnyttee to take charge of the work: L. Tif McCormick, chairman; C. F. Groesbeck, O. .J. Salisbury. Merrill Nibley and L. R. Martineau. Jr. It Ik understood that tho committee is working on tho answers to the questions ques-tions received from the officers of the signal corps and that they will be sent to Washington in the very near future. fu-ture. . oo