Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
MTY WARDS
CONTRACT FOR
AIRPORT WORK
Clearing and Leveling
Starts Monday; Port
To Be Completed in
September

Brownsville's airport will be COM
pleted by September 1, according 10
an estimate By J. NJ. Van Law, man.
ager, who announced Saturday that
the work Of clearing, %grubbing and
leveling $40 acres Of the 480-acre
tract will start Monday or Tuesday.
Contract for this work was award
ed Friday by the city commission to
II. J.. Willis, who stated that his
crews were ready to start the work
and push il TO completion.
In addition to the 240 acres 10 be
finished, "a acres additional will be
cleared and grubbed and can be
utilized as an emergency runway.
The area included in the initial
development is 1920 feet south of
FL Jardin boulevard and is approx
imately 1000 feet east and west by
5000 feet north and south. This will
provide for 3,000-foot runways in all
directions. AS soon as the work is
completed application will be made
whit the United States department Of
commerce for B rating.
Present plans are 10 sod the en-
tire tract with Bermuda grass, and
IL may be necessary to construct
gravel nway A water system
will be installed, water to be pump
ed from an Ell Jardin irrigation ditch
half a mile to the west. Electric cur
rem will be brought to the grounds
in underground condgits in order TO
avoid the menace Of overhead wires.
VI The airport buildings, including
Angars and administration offices,
LII! be constructed on g line $50 feet
4nst of Minnesota venue, the road
dong the west side of the airport.
This will provide ample space for
4 T~wrsshiles which will not be per-
= tted on &ke area allotted for run
n slsHs. PlarW VIII not be permitted
rb,And withR this area.
wnv Call Bids on Hangar
deIa,A city commission has called for
of: On a steel hangar so by 100 feet,
II 1S-foot clearance and concrete
MIR. doors at both ends. This will
vide room for five to ten planes.
r lditional hangers will be construct
q as the need develops.
Plans for the administration build
ing are now being prepared by archi-
tects, and will conform closely to the
type proposed by the department OF
ommerce. This structure will be
40 by % feet, two stories, and in adj
dition TO the administration offices
will contain pilots dormitories, large
waiting room, offices for customs and
immigration officials and a ticket Of
flee. 1t will be equipped with all
modern conveniences. An observa-
tion control tower, 10 by 10 feet in
size, three sides glassed, will be ron
structed on the flat roof.
This repair shop and service depart
men will occupy a space Is by 20 feet
at the rear of the hangar, and the pit
service for planes will be installed
on the taxi-way, 125 feet from the
hangar. The taxiway, $50 feet in
length, leads from the hangar to
the Both aviation and
standard gasoline, two grades of oil
and softencd water will be provided
Nhy the pit service.
Bids have been called by the city
commission for all lighting equip
ment other than field flood lights.
The equipment will consist of a re-
volving 100000 candlepower beacon
on a 50-foot standard, the light Wis
lble % to 80 miles under ordinary
weather conditions. Boundary lights
Of 200-watt, spaced $50 feet apart
will surround the field, each placed
on a 5-foot standard, with all wiring
underground. An illuminated wind
cone. Is feet in length is included,
End this will be visible at an altitude
OF 1000 feet. Flood lights setting out
the buildings will be provided to give
night pilots the proper perspective.
"Every effort is being made to hold
construction and installation costs
down to the minimum" Mr. Van Law
said. IF we encounter no more de-
lay / am confident the work can b.
completed by September /, and
Brownsville viii have the best equip
ped airport on the eastern end Of the
Mexican border.