"The construction of a hangar for the Thomas Brothers' Aeroplane Company on the shore of the lake on the industrial track is now well under way. The hangar itself will be a steel and frame building, 50 by 50, containing room for several machines.
A big door opens on the side facing the lake, from which the company's hydroaeroplanes may be taken out onto the water, while another large door opens on the south side of the building upon a big runway running from the hangar, three-quarters of a mile back. This runway has been plowed, graded and rolled. It is 200 feet wide. The airplanes may be moved out of the back door to this runway and ascend from there. Thus both branches of the Thomas service are to be accommodated by this hangar."

“Thomas Hangar Well Underway,” Ithaca Journal, June 18, 1915, 3.