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has b e en appraised at $3 million. ; -, .... ...-- outine f. tA.t;'lH ' ' 'I "> -< ~ f.'""""' Shay joined the Port in 1947 and has been with the airport from the start. He was assistant manager and superintendent of operations before becoming manager . . The expansion of the air- port has been marked by • • growtng .pams., · Starting about 1950, the Port began to feel the wrath of neighbors who did not take kindly t~ the increased noise. The wrath took the form of lawsuits, seeking compen- sation for damage and low- ered property values. SINCE 1960, when jet planes began using the air- port, - the ·Port has faced about a dozen suits, involv- ing some 300 property own- ers. All maintained the value of their property had diminished because of the noise. . Claims totaled more than '$2.5 million. ,, ~ ' • - r ,( f c • • • c c "BACK IN the early 1940's, when preliminary planning began, no one could foresee the fantastic growth of air travel that was to come fol- lowing the Second World War, and· particularly with the advent of the jet age," Don Shay, airport manager, laid yesterday. Since the State Supreme 1 Court ruled in 1964 that the · Port was liable for any de- crease in value of the prop- erty of 200 of the claimants, several individual cases , have been tried to deter- mine the amount of…

' •. I • • •• • • I a1n Ul ow a e a Jn.g ) • ' I ' j l • Pouring concrete for wings of the administration _bui.lding at the Seatti~-Tacoma Airport at Bow Lake was completed last week, and the contractor has begun removing wooden forms from the north and south structures. This aerial 'photograph shows the en- tire project, which will be completed in 'March, 1949. Inset, a • . AIR TERMINAL: This aerial picture shows the administration I ·bu,ilding at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport at ·Bow-Lake; which rapidly · = model q,~ the completed model. The wings will be finished and ready for occupancy in four or five months, according to George T. Treadwell, chief engineer for the Port of Seattle. Next .job on schedule is the concrete pour for the ·center roadway and first floor of the main building. ' '~ I ' ------·-·· ' • is nearing completion. Dedication eerempnies for the field, one of the most modern in the nation, are expected early in July. ·· · t