Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-04
Extension Of tsre Augusta Arsenal-ErccfiOG
of Powder Mills.

We are pleased 10 see that the Confederate
| government has taken steps for the immediate
| erection Of works for the manufacture OF the
! materials of war on a large scale. Augusta a
highly eligible point, has been selected as the site,
and il is designed TO construct forthwith spacious
buildings and suitable machinery for the manu-
| facture Of everything pertaining to ordnance,
such as carriages cassons, harness, etc, and also
others for the manufacture of gunpowder.
For the former purposes, extensive additions
are to be made TO the arsenal on the sand hills,
some three miles from the city We had an op-
portunitv of inspecting, some days ago, in the
Office of Messrs. Fulton & Muller, engineers and
architects Of this city, who have the work IN
charge, the drafts Of the new Improvements.
The machine works, when completed, will be 3u3
feet front and ~ feet in depth. The central
building viii be 50 feet square and two stories
high; the end wings one hundred feet IN length,
80 feet deep, and two stories high. Between these
wings and the centre building the gap, oneither
side 1870 feet is filed with a range one story
high end - feet deep. Ia the rear OF this nam
building is = large ware and store house, the
length Of The front building parallel with il, and
~ feet in depth, forming recianTlc OF 4lY ieet
bv GO. IN the centre of the court yard formed
by the buildings, . chimney lla feet VIII be
erected for tie purpose OF carrying on smoke
from the boiler, fires, furnaces, torges, etc.
The machine works viii comprise n harness
shop. carpenter shop, malulactory of small arms,
as wcH as everything pertaining TO ordnance;
the whole machinery to be of the most improved
modem patterns and driven by an engine OF
seyentv-iiye horse power. The roof viii be COW
cred with slate laid on very strong truss fam
inc The building win be constructed after the
consolidated form of architecture, and viii pre-
sent most imposing appearance ON so admira-
BILE a site The foundation was commenced
Wednesday last, and a large force viii be put on
the work 50 rs 10 complete It at the earliest day
practicable 1t IS estimated that one million two
hundred thousand bricks VIII be required 10 com
pet. the Improvement The work is in charge
of Lieut. Col. Gin, OF the Uunfcde.ate army, and
Mr N. = Muller, Of this city, is the engineer.
eI1i1.-rr-1 -yf IN his F4rateeion.
The powder mills viii also be complete work
of their kind. They are to be located on the
canal, about nIile and half from the machine
works, and viii comprise a series of buildings,
and then machinery, scattered along at intervals
over space Of a mile and a half. This work is
In charge Of Major Rains, and will also be COM
menced forthwith and pushed forward to an early
completion. Mr.. Miller Grant, sLilful and in
genious young engineer, also Of this city, has
the arrangement of the plans, etc We have
not had an opportunity Of examining the draft,
but understand the works win be equal TO any
in the States.
We congratulate our Augusta friends on the
government establishments, and hope Our coten-
poTares there viii keep the public posted as they
progress to mpletion.-SdcGHRah Republican