Evening star., 1938-12-29
Capital 10 Have
Air Terminal
First in u. ).
GroveIIy Point Field
Will Pioneer in
Functional Design

1oAlt, Will Oe JNe IlrSC real air
i terminal" in the United States, Civil
i Aeronautics Authority officials said
= today in discussing preliminary
q plans now in course of preparation.
: They explained it will be the first
E IN this country designed through
7 out in every detail from the func-
tional viewpoint of an air trans
Y port terminal and will mark the
d beginning of new day in air
J terminal design. They held the
> sopinion that many of the largest
Z and most elaborate airports so far
Z built are good landing fields" but
y that building and terminal facilities,
x based on railroad experience in some
Y cases, have not yet been made who'll
aly efficient for their intended pur-
opposes.
= No effort is being spared to make
sthe new national airport here a
&world model in every respect, not
sonly from an aeronautical stand
spoint but from the standpoint of
,Smaximum efficiency in handling of
q passengers, mail and express and
kother functional duties of an air
hterminal.
A Pilots Study Site.
Pilots of the airlines operating
gout of Washington, following
fflight of an hour and half over
ythe airport by chief pilots of the
sthree airlines and c. A. A. officials,
ynow are completing Recommended
Ssions as to aeronautical features of
Sthe design. Similar groups are at
swork on every other conceivable de-
Tail OF the project,
4 A new crane, swinging 2-cubic-
yard clamshell bucket, has just been
added, under contract, to Army En-
gineer Corps dredges and other
equipment at work on the airport.
This crane is at work between
Mount Vernon highway and the
Potomac River shore, just south of
Roachs Run, leveling the ground
and building up an embankment
along the highway to retain the
airport fill.
The clamshell bucket dredge Ben
ming also is at work on the shore
line at the northwest corner of the
airport, leveling the area and con-
structing levee from the shore line
out into the river.
The hydraulic dredge Dalecarlia
has begun actual filling of the air.
port at the northwest corner on
the Virginia shore just below the
mouth OF Roachs Run.
Dredge Builds Levee.
The large hydraulic dredge Tai
colt, recently brought here from the
James River, has completed the
river end of levee along the north
end of the airport, joining the old
levee parallel with the Potomac
River Channel, which was built
several years ago with dredgings
from Washington Harbor. Within
few days it will be turned around
and will begin the work of connect
Ing this levee with the shore and
portion now being built by the Ben
ming.
Bids for two very large hydraulic
pipeline dredges to join the Gov
ernment fleet will be opened Janu-
Ary 10 in the local Army engineer
office.
. The local engineer Office has just
signed an option agreement for the
I7-acre Hopfenmaier tract on the
Virginia shore at the northwest cor
iner of the airport with permission
of
the two privately owned tracts with
in the airport boundaries. Much
1of the present work now is going
.on on this tract.
q Negotiations for the other tract,
stotahng approximately 80 acres,
now are being concluded between
the engineer Office and the Smoot
sSand g. Gravel Co., and the trans
fer is expected to be completed
within few days. it was an
lnounced. The Smoot tract is just
ito the south of the Hopfenmaier
etract. Much of it has been worked
by the company to produce sand
land gravel.
y Boundary Dispute No Bar.
: c. A. A. officials disclosed today
@that the long standing Virginia
District of Columbia boundary dis
pute will have no effect on the air.
port construction.
I After years of dispute Boundary
Commission several years ago SUBJ
mitted to Virginia and the Fed
eral Government report recon-
mending a basis for settlement of
the controversy. This report has
! been approved by the Virginia Leg
islature but not by the Federal
Z Congress.
!. All of the airport buildings, no
! matter where the boundary line may
i be established, within the extreme
7 limits which have been considered
= at any time, will be wholly within
s Virginia, it was explained Within
the airport area itself, fortunately,
= the boundary has been fairly we'll
established and is so marked in
:. the most recent Geological Survey
j map. To both north and south of
4 the airport, however, the boundary
: is marked as indefinite"
No matter what construction may
!, be placed upon laws governing the
/ exact establishment of the boundary,
however, C. A. A. officials said,
: virtually all of the airport fill will
: be within the District of Columbia.
There will be no further diff
culties because of the boundary
question" it was explained at the
= C. A. A. "The plans as they now
: stand take care of any situation
Z which may arise as result of fix
E ing the boundary anywhere between
Y the possible limits"
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