Evening star., 1933-07-08
SALE Of AIRPORT
| SETFOR July I
Capital May Find Itself With
out Transport Terminal
After Auction.

The holdings of Washington Air
port, Inc, in Washington Hoover Air.
port, the National Capitals only air
transport terminal and one of the
worlds most active air fields, will ba
sold at public auction Monday. July It.
The sale will include the portion CT
the landing field now used for all
scheduled air transport operations. thi
terminal building and offices, two hang
ars, the airport restaurant and airport
swimming pool. The sale does not az
feet the Hoover Field holdings, which
include the portion of the field between
Military road and the Potomac River.
a small brick terminal building and
two hangers.
Should the property be purchased for
other than airport purposes the Ma
tional Capital may find itself without
any air transport terminal, since there
is no other flying field in the vicinity
of the Capital suitable for air pas
senger. mail and express service Of the
type now carried on at Washington
Hoover Airport.
There are understood to be several
aviation concerns interested in the
property, however, and it is regarded
as probabl the opera ton of the airport
may be continued under new owner
ship.
Auction to Satisfy Mortgages.
The present owners, Washington Air
port. Inc, acquired possession of the
| property on June 25. 1929, from syn
dicate headed by H Rozier Dulaney,
! jr., and former Representative R. Wal
| ton Moore of Virginia. The trustees
who are putting the property up for
auction to satisfy mortgage holders are
Dulaney and C. S. Taylor Burke, Alex
andria banker
Efforts to save the airport to the
National Capital have been made dur
| ing past sessions Of Congress, two diff
ferent proposals. one calling for pur-
! chasing and the other for leasing OF
the property by the Government. hav-
ing failed of enactment during the past
year.
Part Of the responsibility for the
! financial failure of the airport is laid
at the door of the Federal Government,
which has laid claim to part of the
Washington Airport landing area. The
claim involves a determination Of the
location Of the high-water mark Of
1873 and has been pending in the
courts and the Department of Justice
for several years.
$4,000 Deficit Reported.
Because of the Government claim,
Necessary Improvements Of the airport,
regarded as necessary to make the en-
terprise a financial success. could not
be made. 1t is understood that during
the past year the airport was operated
at deficit, said to amount to s35,0O0
or more
Although Jurisdiction over the prop
erty. a large part of which is made"
ground. has been matter Of conflict
between the Federal Government and
Arlington County, Va, for a number of
years. the deed us recorded In the Ar
lington County Court House and taxes
have been paid regularly 10 Virginia
tax authorities.
/ The Federal Government recognizes
Hoover Airport as the air
terminal for Washington and has eG-
tablished there Government airways
weather bureau station and Depart
ment Of Commerce remote control radio
range beacon and broadcasting station.
1t has not been determined what effect
the sale of the property Will have on
the Federal operation of its aids TO
airmen travelling the airways to and
from the National Capital. The mat
ter of operating concessions to airlines
using the airport also is in question.