Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1930, Page 4

ACTION ON AIRPORT DEFERREDBY G OF . Absence of Lieut. Hinton With Report Delays Final Decision. Following a lengthy discussion of the Joint Congressional Airport Commis- sion's recommendation for the develop- ment of a municipal fiying fleld at the south end of Highway Bridge, the direc- tors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce last night decided to defer any definite action until more complete information is obtained as to the details of the proposal. Waiting for Report. ‘The decision not to act was due, it was explained, to the absence of Lieut. Walter Hinton, chairman of the avia- tion committee, who was to have fur- nished the board with a complete re- port on the airport plan. Presenting the airport question to the board of directors, President Charles W. Darr said the ultimate proposition with which the board is faced is whether the Chamber of Commerce is willing to withdraw its support of & Gravelly Point airport and indorse the site sug- gested by Senator Bingham for a per- manent airport. “We will never get Gravelly Point,” he declared, “even though they promise that this new development will be only temporary, if we agree to the compro- mise. “It has been pdvanced that the pur- chase of the land would be a good in- vestment. I say the taxpayers have no right to engage in speculation. So far as I personally am concerned, I hope the taxpayers will never be saddled with this huge debt.” It was said that the site across High- way Bridge would b controlled by the State of Virginia and subject to the Jaws and taxes of that State. President Darr pointed out that the new site would require almost as much fillicg as would Gravelly Point and in addition three to five years would be necessary to remove all the vegetation from the Department of Agriculture experimental farm, a portion of which the report proposes to have donated by the Federal Government to the airport project. ‘Will Discuss Playgrounds. Announcement was made that the next meeting of the chamber will be held next Tuesday evening in the May- flower Hotel and will be devoted to discussion of Washington's playgrounds. The directors adopted a resolution of sympathy to the family of Sigmund , prominent merchant, who died two days ago. ‘The meeting last night was held at the chamber headquarters. | HEBREWS TO STAGE ANNUAL JAMBOREE' Brotherhood to Raise Fund for Benefit of Unemployed, Hospi- talization and Immigration. The Btotherhood of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, composed of 350 members, will stage at the Willard Hotel Sunday evening its first annual “jamboree” the of which are to be used for the benefit of un- employed Jewish youths, hospitaliza- tion and immigra- tion. the Washington Ad Club, 15 to pre- side, and ~Alvin Neumeyer,. attor- ney, is to'direct R Kaufman- and his “Brotheérhood Boys” t, the Mr. Neumeyer. “Kid i com) ‘membet Glick; Irv sons and daughters of the | Diener, the Virginia tener, lener, ti tenor, and ballet.' will be - included on the program. Prizes will be distributed and there will be dancing until 1 am. SEAPLANE RECORD BELIEVED BROKEN i = Russian Veteran, Now U. 8. Citi- | zen, Sends Loaded Ship to 19,500 Feet. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 5—Driving his | $win-motored amphibian to an apparent altitude of 19,500 feet, Capt. Boris Bergievsky, late of the Imperial Russian | Afr , brought back to his adopt- | ed country yesterday the altitude record | for seaplanes carrying a useful load of | 2,000 kilograms (4.409.24 pounds). | Although it will be several days be- | fore the barograph can be calibrated at Washington, the National Aeronautic | Association ‘observer present said he thought there was little doubt that the record had been broken by several thousand feet. The old record, held in Prance, was 15,837 feet. . Yesterday's record brings the United Btates one step nearer to the head of the procession in the peace-time race for air supremacy, the score now stand- ing: Germany, 43} United States, 35. The ship used by Sergievsky is a Sikorsky amphibian S-38, from which the wheels were removed. The plane, vered with two Pratt & Whitney | al Hornets of 575 horsepower each, carried about 120 gallons of gasoline, | the plane and load together weighing around 11,000 pounds.w' i EXPLORER GOES 1,350 FEET DOWN IN CAVERNS ¥rank Earnest Nicholson Descends to New Low Level in Caves. By the Associated Press. CARLSBAD, N. M., March 5.—Frank Earnest Nicholson, New York explorer, has attained a new depth level in the Carlsbad Cavern—1,350 feet below the surface. Thas main level of the cavern is 750 feet below gurface and the lower level is 900 feet. Nicholson and his party yes- terday took an almost rpendicular drop through a tunnel wn from & mt near the restaurant in the “Big m” end went 450 feet lower than any previous explorer has gone in this Government-owned underground won- derland. Nicholson and his men came out of the cavern at midnight Monday night, after an all-day expedition. Their cloth- ing was torn and their legs and hands ‘were scratched from the arduous ascent ::segnucenz',‘m th went back mw‘g: yest y ‘try to follow tunnel to & new low level. Belgian Ruler Leaves for Egypt. BRUSSELS, March 5 (#).—King Al- bert and Queen Elizabeth left here to- day for Egypt. It is understood Marie Jose, who recently became md Prince Humbert of Italy, will her parents at Genoa. | These included distance from the civic PROPOSED the Federal ( THE EVENING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT [?’I;};um,“uh; To Be Purchased by the District To Be Turned Over for Use of the District hy i jovernment., STAR, Map of the Washington airport as proposed in the Bingham joint commission report. The District would buy Hoover Field and Washington Federal Government would contribute all or part of the experimental farm, Military Island and the mainland would be filled in. The heavy dotted line outlines the proposed field. road, & portion of Columbia Island WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1930. (CIIZENS REJECT The and the water area between Columbia Plan Proposes U. ‘The full text of the report of the Joint Commission on Alrports for the District, which was made public last Monday, follows: “Organizing at once upon the ap-| proval of the resolution, the commis- sion immediately began its study of the problem in hand with the view of formulating recommendations to Con- gress for providing the National Capi- tal and the District of Columbia with suitable afrport facilities. The commis- sion una: ly took the position that these facilities should be not only suf- ficient for present and anticipated needs 50 as to serve Washington's maximurh aviation requirements, but should also ultimately be of an extent and com pleteness to reflect a creditable leader- ship on the part of the Capital in the development of this science. The com- mission readily recognized the prospec- tive strategic importance of Washing- ton as a focal point for far-flung air lines, and the board was keenly alive to the fact that as prompt action as pos- sible on its part was essential in view of the phenomenally nsld growth of aviation and the desirability of putting the Nation's Capital on the airways map with the least possible delay by the establishment of an adequate commer- cial airport. Series of Public Hearings. “In its quest for expert opinion and advice bearing on its problem the com- mission not only consulted with offi- clals of varlous governmental depart- ments concerned, including the govern- ment of the District of Columbia and the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, but proceeded in April, 1929, to conduct a series of pub- lic ‘hearings, which brought together & notable mfle of fur;m‘?t airport ena gineers seronautical experts an noted Government and airmail .flyers. Their testimony was embodied in & volume of nearly 200 pages, constitut- ing & valusble compendium of -informa- tion on the subject of municipal air- ports. “Among the outstanding features of this evidence, stressed by substantially il of the experts, and empl par- ticularly by Col. Lindbergh, was the fundamental principle that the relative success of an llrp\'n‘r': is dep:tnd:;n t: @ large extent upon its proximity to anc accessibility from the center of the municipality which it serves. ‘One the most important things in relation to the modern airport,’ said Col. Lind- bergh, ‘is its distance from the city. If it requires an hour or sn hour and a half or more to go from the Tt to Washington, and vice versa, takes away to & large extent any advantage from a city such as New York ‘or iphia to the Capital, inasmuch as. the time r to go to and from the airport 80 much to the flying time that there is very| little advantage over rail travel. * * * 1 think distance from the city would be of primary importance.” “The joint commission early found itself confronted with no inconsiderable undertaking in making a survey of sug- gested sites for an airport in the vicin- ity of the Capital. These sites num- bered more than a score, many of them presenting advantages of one kind or another, but comparatively few of themn obviously suited to the needs of the Capital, as measured by the various factors entering into the equation. and business center of the city, accessi- bility by highways and means of over- land transportation, contour of ground, drainage, atmospheric conditions, pre- val ‘wind directions, cost of land and probable expense of grading and devel- opment, etc. The commission addresscd itself to this task earnestly and pains- takingly, with technical and engineer- ing assistance, and studied the problem from all angles. Comprehensive Plan Needed. TEXT OF REPORT ON AIRPORT Government Contribute Part of Columbia Island and Portion of Experimental Farm to Hoover Field and Washington Airport to Be Acquired by District. aviators and engineers and the studles conducted by the commission there emerged the conviction on the part of that body that the Capital City's air- port needs embraced a prehensive plan that would provide, in the final picture, & close-in landing field and t, as a loading and unloading term!- nd one or more auxiliary and ports somewhat further removed, facilities for maintenance, serv- ices, overhauling and storage could be had. With these requirements in mind, the range of possibilities was consid- erably narrowed. “Salient advantages for the speedy development of a municipal airport seemed to rest in property situated im- ‘mediately to the southward of the Highway Bridge, on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, embracing two fiying flelds known as Washington Air- port and Hoover Fleld. These are vir- tually adjoining tracts, being separated only by Military road, a highway lead- ing from the bridge terminus to Arling- ton and Alexandria. Adjacent to Hoo- ver Fleld on the west is the Agricul- tural Department experimental farm, & considerable portion of whose land is reasonably level, while to the northward of the property bearing the President's name lies Columbia Island in the Poto- mac, separated from the mainland by & narrow and shallow strip of water. “The acquirement of the two private- ly owned properties, when thrown to- gether and augmented by a portion of the farm lands and a part of the island, both Government owned, it was found by the commission would provide a tract of some 280 acres. Furthermore. it was learned that both the flying fields in question.-could be purchased by 8 were already operated as flying fields, and that therefore their further and unified development as a municipal air- port would be a relatively simple under- taking compared with the task of put- ting virgin lands to such uses. As an additional feature, the fact that these flelds are within 15 minutes of the bus!- mess and hotel Nn:l’ o‘tmwuhlnlmn carried a further and potent argument in their behalf. “In the process of developing these properties, it would be neceéssary to re- of | Foute a portion of Military Highway, so that there would be no dividing line between the fields, a change that would add very materially to the acreage of the tract. A comparatively. small amount of filling would - be ‘required also between Columbis Island and the mainland. Engineers’ Report Is Considered. “These improvements made and the entire area, thrown into one tract, air- plane runway facilities half a mile in length in the direction of the stronger winds, and four-fifths of a mile in the direction of the lighter winds could readily be provided. “During all of its deliberations, the joint commission has not been unmind- ful of the airport possibilities latent in that tract bordering on the Potomac known as Gravelly Point, located about one-half mile below Highway Bridge on the Virginia side. In the considera- tion of this possible site, however, the commission was forced to take into account the evidence given by Army engineers to the effect that if Gravelly Point were developed only through the normal rate of filling with material would take 40 years to provide land for an airport that might be available to the n!}&t xener;tlmm “Testimony from engineering experts showed that if the Gravelly Point tract were already filled today, it would re- quire at least five years before the fill would settle sufficiently to warrant the construction of concrete runways, or “Out _of the mass of information sembled from the statements of le rivers—canals warrant a proper development of grass. Nevertheless, the commission belleves eily Point possesses highly The Fvening Flar offers its readers A New Map 22x28 Inches—Five Colors Together with all important information— areas and populations—names of cities in native | language and in English—national wealth and | monetary units—war debts to the United States of Europe 11th and Out-of-town readers mountains 1 airplane routes—old and new boundaries, etc. A Handbook in Most Convenient Form Price IOC Cents At the Business Office Counter of The Stat railroad mileage— Pa. Ave. Similar maps of South America and the United States also may be had at the same price. sending TEN CENTS to Frederi¢ J. Haskin, 21st and C Sts. N.W., will receive any one of these maps promptly by mail. encouraging possibilities for the future in the Capital airport problem, and its gradual development is favored, to the end that the future growth of com- imercial air transportation at the Na- ;hnll Capital may be amply provided or.. “In considering any property border- ing on the Potomac River for airport purposes, the factor of atmospheric and | weather conditions, particularly fog, l]-‘ though not a controlling element, must | be reckoned with and duly weighed. It| is belleved that in view of the occa- sional, though relatively infrequent, oc- currence of fog in sufficient volume to render hazardous the use of the sug- gested tract for airport purposes, addi- tional property situated at a materially higher altitude and some distance from tidewater, although as convenient as g:ulhle to the center of the city, should | acquired and developed as an auxil- fary airport. Recommendations of Group. “In view of the foregoing observa-| tions, and having given careful consid- eration to all of the manifold elements entering into the problem of providing timely and adequate ai facilities for the Nation's Capital, the joint com- mission recommends the following steps to t{!l';r?lnd, mmelys 3 e pussage ¥ Congress of legis- lation similar to the Cramton bill (H. R. 26, Tist Cong.), providing for a loan by the United States Government to the District of Columbia for airport development purposes of $2,500, ‘without interest, to extend over a period of 10 years, and to be paid back by the District of Columbia in 10 annual in- staliments of $250,000 each. “2. The acquisition, under the most advantageous terms obtainable, by the | National Capital Park and Planning| Commission, for immediate develop- | ment, of the properties situated at or near the southern terminus of the High- way Bridge, known as Washington Air- port and Hoover Field, as best suited to | the immediate airport needs of the Capital. “3. The passage of legislation pro- viding for a change in the location and routing of that part of the highway known as Military road lying between ‘Washington Alrport and Hoover Pield 50 as to afford uninterrupted continuity of these lands for airport use. “4. The passage of legislation per- mitting the government of the District of Columbia to use such portion of the e 0 Ue SUCH portion of the “Little by Little" S | opening so-called Agricultural Experimental Farm lands lying east of the railroad tracks and adjacent to Hoover Field as may be required for municipal airport purposes. “6. The gradual development of the tract known as Gravelly Point. “7. The acquirement by the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion of a site situated on high land, as near as possible to the center of the city, for development as an auxiliary airport, to be available for use whenever weather” and atmospheric conditions render inadvisable the operation of air- craft at the main municipal airport.” BANKERS INDICTED. Nebraskans Named in True Bills Are Not Apprehended. V¥ NELSON, Nebr, March 5 (#.— George 8. Aldrich, son of former Gov. Aldrich of Nebraska, and Joseph Weir, former president of the State Bank of Superior, Nebr., were named in two in- dictments returned by the Nuckolls County grand jury yesterday. The in- dictments charged the two men with making false entries on the bank’s rec- ords and with accepting deposits after the bank became insolvent. ‘The bank was closed in 1927. Aldrich was cashier. Weir and Aldrich have not been apprehended. When last heard from Weir was in Colorado and Aldrich 000, | in California. U. 8. to Attend Law Conferences. GENEVA, March 5 (#)—Jay Pilerre- pont Moffat, American charge d'affaires at Bern, yesterday visited the secre- tariat of the League of Nations and stated that the United States will par- ticipate in the League conference for the codification of international law on March 15 at The H-g. & delegation from the State De- partment at Washington accompanied by technical experts would represent the United States. He sai Till 7:30, Au Revoir mbm are but four styles of belts by HickORY—always dependable— yet gently secure. Your dealer has the style and size you want. Hickory Belts are sym- pathetic to modemn fashions . . shaped to fit . . never bind or constrain . ., recommended and approved by medical authorities. 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Charles I, Stengle, Wwho drafted the council’s report, told & Star reporter that he was acquainted with this feature of the report. “This is & proposition on its face to give us some land,” he said, “but what it amounts to in practical effect is for the Federal Government to give itself the land. The reopl: of Washington will have very little interest in this fleld. As a practical matter it will be used mostly by Government planes. We have the situation now where the Gov- ernment takes water, police protection and the like from the District without paying for it. Is it to be imagined that it would pay the District govern- ment for servicing its planes? “There are two private airports over there now, and they seem to be get- ting along all right. What can be the reason for calling on the District | to put $2500,000 in the pot and taking the enterprise over? Buffalo Airport Cited. “I am familiar with what happened in the Buffalo municipal airport. For several years they have spent $50,000 & year in operating expenses out of the city’s funds, and in no year have they taken in as much as $5,000 gross rev- enue.” The full text of the council's report is as follows: “The Citizens’ Advisory Council, ever mindful of its duty to the half-million citizens of the District of Columbia, and not forgetful of the burdens which ex- cessive taxation places upon those called upon to bear them, and believing that increased taxation will be an add- ed load which will bring about economic disaster, which will come soon, unless more conservative methods are employed in the improvement of Wi 3 hesitates to join with any other group that might desire to rejoice over the Bingham airport report and recom- mendations. “We believe in progress and stand ready at all times to further any move- ment for the benefit of our citizens, if based on justice and equity, but we do not feel that the entire airport cost should be saddled upon the yers of the District of Columbia, when the substantive law of the Nation provides that the division of District costs of government shall be borne upon a basis of 60 per cent by the éitizens of the District and 40 per cent by the National Government. 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