Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-02
Officers of Enterprise.

Officers of the new enterprise are:
DR.. X. T. Ferguson. president; II. G..
Vicory, vice president, and j. A.
Granger. secretary-t treasurer. The
company will be known as the Capitol
Airlines, Inc, and the nearly 300-acre
tract secured has been named Lake
view Field.
The site is said to be ideal for fly
ing instruction, and the planes are of
the newest and safest construction. 1t
was said the company will maintain an
aerial taxi service to neighboring
cities, and will conduo. an accredited
flying school. Service is expected to
begin within the next month.
Maj. w. E. r. Covell. Assistant Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner, will en-
body in his report to the Commission
ers an offer from the National Aero.
nautical Association ito Immediately
tackle the attempt to meet any re-
quirements, either financial or other
wise, which may be necessary" to Sc
cure the temporary use of Boiling
Field by air mail planes ON the New
York-to-Atlanta route.
The offer was made to Maj. Covell
late yesterday by Porter Adams, presi-
dent of the National Aeronautical AS
ISOLATION, and John f. Victory of the
associations national legislative COM
mittee. Mr.. Adams will put the offer
of the association before F. Trubee
Dawson, Assistant Secretary of War
for Aviation, upon that officials return
to Washington next Tuesday.
Assures National Cooperation.
Mr.. Adams announced that he had
learned with great regret of the &C.
Of TOT III A,,c
organizations in their express lack OF
interest in securing the air mail for
Washington and obtaining tenn
porary airport for it's use"
He assured Maj. Covell that the
association will work through ~
chapters. scattered throughout the
country, as well as through the local
chapter and the national headquarters
here. He denounced the failure of the
recent business meeting to indorSe the
airport project as mot rejecting in
any way the true sentiment of the
citizens of Washington"
In the meantime Maj Covell Is
still hopeful of obtaining use of a
hangar at Boiling Field, whether any
actual cash guarantee is put up or
not to meet the stipulations of the
War Department. 1t appeared today
that the Department of Commerce
hangar at Boiling Field will not be
available for airplane use. William
T. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce for Aeronautics,
explained that the hangar is pretty
we'll filled now and that the Post Office
Department had made demands for
certain use of the hangar.
Sees Big Mistake.
Since the Department of Commerce
has no voice in granting use of Boil
ing Field, Mr.. McCracken said he
could do nothing to help out the stu.
alton at the present time so long as
the War Department denies permits
sion of mail planes to land at the
field until its requirements are met.
In the opinion of Mr.. McCracken.
however, Washington is making a
great mistake to leave the country to
believe it is not interested in the
economic life of the CITY,"
He added that in view of the pres.
ent situation and until it is ironed
out satisfactorily, the Department of
Commerce must slow up work on the
aerial survey. of the permanent At
lantic coastal airway section between
Philadelphia and Richmond. 1t is nee.
essary to complete this survey before
August /. when the mail service is to
be inaugurated. he declared. If Wash
ington has not provided an airport
within the next two weeks, Mr.. Mac
Cracker warned that the survey be-
tween Washington and Richmond
would be dropped in favor of a route
between Baltimore and the Virginia
capital.
Unless the War Department turns
over one of it's Army hangers at Boil
ing Field, or unless the estimates for
hangar costs at the field are scaled
down to what local business men re.
gard as a reasonable figure for tenn
porary use, 1t ii possible that the offer