Evening star., 1938-01-09

CnarleSCOn, w. va, on the way 70
Cincinnati and Chicago.
Newest Of the air transport routes
out Of Washington Is that inaugurated
October 26 by Central
Airlines between the Capital and Buf-
falo-flrst section Of q route even
tually to connect tho capitals Of the
United States and Canada. New con-
struction Is evident all along the route,
stops being made at Baltimore, Har-
risburg and Williamsport, with York,
Sunbury and Olean to be added when
work is completed on airports there.
At Harrisburg an aerial crossroads, q
great deal Of construction has been
completed during the past year. Will.
Transport has added itself to the Ma
tons airways network by virtue Of
an entirely new airport laid out on
the Suspenhanna River flats Just east
Of the city.
On its route to the Northwest, Penn
sylvania- Central also makes earth con-
facts on new flying fields, ranging
from the largest terminal in the world,
at Cleveland, to Pittsburgh's new
mountain-top airport and many
smaller fields along the route. Harris
burg, also q stop on the transconti-
mental route from New York through
Pittsburgh, has received two w. P. A.
grants, totaling more than $l,l50,0 900,
and as part Of its program has paved
three main runways 5000 and 1000
feet in length.
At Cleveland, there was single W.
P. A. project amounting to $2,770, 500,
and there since have been three others
amounting. in all, to nearly as much
again. With its huge National Air
Races plant, Cleveland. in effect, has
two complete airports in one. Half OF
the fields sufficiently large to handle
all the ordinary traffic of one OF the
worlds most active air terminals. while
the other half is caring at the same
time for the greatest Of annual avia-
ton meets.
Pittsburgh, which completed its Al
legheny County Airport several years,
has sponsored $456, 900 w. P. A. pro-
ject for modernization work and the
Bureau OF Air Commerce is completing,
in addition, the installation Of q new
instrument approach system, often re-
ferred to as blind landing" system.
|ONE of the airport projects along
this route Is unique. At Cuyler-
town, Pa, a Commerce Department
intermediate landing field was under
mined by the sinking Of earth into
abandoned coal mines. The Bureau Of
Air Commerce abandoned the field and
is building another at Black Moshan-
non, employing on the job number
Of unemployed coal miners. some OF
them probably instrumental in the
operations which doomed the former
field.
Eastern Air Lines also Is earth
based on new airports along its routes
from Washington to Florida and from
this city to New Orleans and Texas
Atlanta has obtained several large w.
P. A. grants, and with this federal aid,
the city and Fulton county have
created 2S7,-acre air terminal Of
major importance to Atlantic sea-
board travel and to the Southern
transcontinental service. The Atlanta
airport also houses a military air e1-
ganization.
Jacksonville, on the Miami run, has
completed three projects aggregating
some $4,000 and now Is completing
an additional $4,000 job which in
wolves additional clearing, grading and
resurfacing Of runways. Charleston.
S. c., is another stop on the coastal
route which not only has made major
improvements to its land air transport
terminal but which is completing q
new base for oceangoing air transports.
And SO it goes. Everywhere the air
traveller encounters airport construc-
tion-until finally he arrives In the
capital city Of his nation. where he
finds only the fruits Of . decade of
governmental stagnation sitting the
growth Of mans newest and fastest
means Of transportation.