Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1929, Page 12

Tel2™ . AIRPORT SITE PRICE .~ BOOST IS CHARGED Underhill Declares Quotations Increased From $500 to $1,000 Per Acre. Hearings on establishment of an air- port for the National Capital virtually came to a close yesterday afternoon, with one member of the commission, Representative Underhill of Massachu- Setts, urging owners of proposed sites to deal directly with the Government instead of giving options to others. Representative Underhill ~ declared just before the commission adjourned _ that “since these hearings commenced certain available sites have been op- tioned.” He said that lands which the commission previously had been told might be obtained for $400 or $500 an acre now are held at about $1,000 an acre, “T suggest those who own sites might do well to refrain from giving options,” the Me< wsetts Representative con- o We do not want to have a 1 estate scandal or the additional cost of real estate speculation.” Details Are Discussed. © ' Following the public hearings the commission late yesterday held an executive session with the Government engineers who have been gathering de- tailed information as to the cost and availability of various locations in the surrounding countryside, to be com- pared with the estimates of the Dis- trict Commissioners as to the cost of developing the airport at Gravelly Point. Gifwelly Peint would not ne- cessitate rgrchase of land, since it is a water on the Potomac that would be fillea un by dredging the channel. Chairman Bingham had nothing definite to announce following the executive session, but indicated the com- mission would continue to confer at intervals with the engineers while going carefully over all of the testimony that has been taken. Maj. Young to Be Adviser. Senator Bingham said that Maj. Clar- ence M. Young, director of aeronautics in the Department of Commerce, who testified yesterday afternoon, will act as adviser to the commission while it is weighing the evidence and reaching a decision. Maj. Young told of his recent in- spection of the leading airports of Europe and predicted that Washing- ton will have plenty of aircraft busi- ness as soon as it is provided with adequate terminal facilities. activities, He did not think that there would be room enough on a busy air- port for both student flying and regu- lar schedule air transport service. Maj. Clayton Emig, chairman of the utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens' Assoclations, filed with the commission a copy of the study of the airport situation made by the federa- tion. Some idea of the task confronting the commission was indicated yesterday, when_Senator Bingham placed in the record a statement, showing 42 separ- ate steps necessary to be taken in es- tablishing an adequate airport. They included selection of a site, preliminary surveys, collection of technical informa- tion about atmospheric conditions, lo- cation of runways, erecting of buildings and installation of safety devices. During the final hearing before the airport commission yesterday several sites in mearby Maryland and Virginia were described by witnesses. Among them was Elwood P. Morey, an attor- ney, who described one of the sug- | gested sites near Chillum, Md. Mr. Morey said he represented Jesse E. Pot- bury and the firm of Sullivan Bros. He | testified that those whom he repre- sented had option sale contract on approximately 500 acres. Brown Gave Estimate. Representative Underhill inquired as |to the price and Mr. Morey said he thought it would average about $1,000 or $2,000 an acre. Mr. Underhill re- | plied that when the hearings started {land in that vicinity was generally quoted at about $500 an acre. Further | questions developed that the $500 esti- mate was given by Maj. Carey H. Brown of the Park and Planning Com- mission. called to an area on the Leesburg-Al- exandria Pike about eight mile: ® You ~ The commission’s attention was also from Washington for an auxiliary fleld by S. M. Warren, jr. Another witness was W. E. Hutton. who suggested a tract on the south side of the Potomac just below Alexandria containing 1,260 acres, Statement Is Issued. In connection with the Chillum tract a statement was issued from the office of Sallivan Bros,, this morning, explain- ing their connection with the project and defending the price. It was sai that they did not know who gquoted the $500 per acre price to Maj. Brown, “Sullivan Bros. have an exclusive sales contract for the tract in question for airport purposes only on the usual brokerage commission,” the statement said. “The prices quoted to the com- mission were the prices named by the various owners. Sullivan Bros. have not increased the price over the price submitted to them by the owners to the extent of a single peany. They endeavored to, and did, obtain contracts at the minimum price, Unfortunately the conclusion might and was, drawn from the testimony that Sullivan Bros. held an option to purchase this land and were submitting it to the Government at two or three times in excess of the price which they agreed to pay and that conclusion is empha- sized in the press. It is a positive fact that Sullivan | Bros. have had a majority of these con- tracts for the past 19 months and they started procuring the contracts with he view of submiting same for private air- port enterprises: Ready to Appear. “Three years ago a tract of 86 acres included in this particular tract sold at $1,250 per acre. This unquestionably shows, even if Sullivan Brothers had option contracts instead of sales con- tracts, that the price quoted to the com- mission does not indicate profiteering or SHOPPING WITH JEAN HODGE With our readers’ love of beautiful things everin mind, Miss Hodge makes an adventurous tour of the New York shops each month. She tells of her dis- coveries, which are always unusually lovely and often unusually reason- able, in “Adventures in Shopping.” r Home a! STAR, WASHINGTON, D. © - TURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 20 SAFER PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS SOUGHT Police to Watch Motorists at Intersections to Enforce Regulations. ‘Ten bicycle policemen attached to the Traffic Bureau will be used as a mobile force to be sent around to vari- ous street intersections in the city in intensive drives to enfore traffic regu- lations having to do with pedestrian safety, it was decided today at a_con- ference between Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and Assist- ant Supt. E. W. 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The work of the bicycle men is not expected to interfere with the regular run of arrests made by other officers for such offenses as im- proper parking. The campaign will start in a few days. The squads will police one in- tersection for a while and then move to another. It is planned to use the squads at intersections where complaints arise of motorists violating such regu- | lations *as running past “stop” signs, running through safety zones. speeding jgnoring traffic signal lights, and the like. The men are expected to coi FOR SORE M over bridges or in front of schools,. :xm"‘u on one type of violation at a me. - Traffic Director William H. Harland originated the idea of a drive solely against blocking crosswalks some days ago, but since then the scheme has grown to include the other safety vio- lations. 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