The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-14
Many Improvements Will
Be Made With Appro-
priation of $5o0,0o0.
MAY BUILD NINE
NEW HANGARS
Other Buildings Planned to
Increase Efficiency of
Station.

An allotment of 100000 has been
made for the aeronautic station here
In the naval appropriation bin for the
fiscal year ending June so, 1917, and
VIII be Immediately available, accord
Ing to letter from Secretary Dam
iels to Senator Fletcher which was
sent to G. Il. Dobson yesterday. ON
cial announcement was also received
at the aeronautic station
The amount. It was stated. is in adj
dition TO the regular appropriation for
the aerial service and is exclusive OF
the $4,000 appropriated for storm
damage. the total amount to be spent
az the station for this fiscal year iS
brought to nearly a million dollars.
Immediate improvements planned
With the money include nine new
hangers similar to the three peru1a-
nent steel hangers recently completed
at the station, the construction or
which viii afford accommodation for
So airpianes in the hangers alone. not
including other facilities for storing
machines.
Three OF the hangers. it is an
nouneed, will probably be constructed
outside the old walls of the station.
on the site from which many homes
at Warrington and Woolsey were
moved. To the rear OF the three pro-
posed hangers viii be constructed a
line of three more and to the rear of
the present structures VIII be estab-
nshed three new ones makifg two
rows of six hangers each, fronting on
the beach and entirely surrounded by
q concrete court
new and larger erecting saop is
also planned in the tentative list Of
expenditures as the present one Is
stated to be inadequate for the needs
Of the school. With the arrival of new
machines the present shop is taxed
to its capacity and other arrange-
ments must be made.
"a Ia Larger and more complete watch
tower is about hundred feet high, OF
steel and with a small platform on
top accommodating several observers.
This is used for tracing the flight OF
the airplanes when many are In the
air at the same time. and for holding
weather Instruments
Two new floating derricks viii prob-
ably be included in the improvements
of the station, similar to tie one which
was brought here on the Arethusa
about three weeks ago. These der
riclxs are the first of the kind ever
built and are used Tor salvaging over
turned airplanes. Being equipped
with motive power, the derrick is not
dependent on other craft and can he
readily moved from place TO place.
Under the last appropriation many
improvements are being made ~ the
station. and practically all Of tbs
streets and roads in the yard proper
have been paved. New docks ara
planned. and special piers for the ac-
commodation Of suhmarines VIII
probably be constructed
Many new machines have been re-
| ceived at the school and activity there
| has generally increased since appro-
| priation was made, and it Is expected
that under the new appropriation the
| work Of the station will far exceed
that of the old navy yard AZ any
period of its existence.
New classes of officers are being
instructed at the yard. and an extern
sive maneuvers are being conducted
daily.
The large appropriation is believed
to aIlay fears that the station is 70 be
moved, and much Of the credit Of the
work is given to Mr.. Dobson and Cap
tain Muslin, both of whom have been
| unffrfne in their efforts