Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-14
Extension OF the AFseHHI--
ErecfInn Of PnWHer Wills.

We are pleased 10 see that TIE Confederate
government bas taken steps for The immediate
erection Of Wol ks for the manufacture Of tie
materials os war CT a large scale. Augusta,
4 highly eligible point, has been selected az
the site, and Il is designed TO construct forth
viii spacious buildings and suitable machine
" for tbe manufacture OF everything pertain
ing to ordnance such as carriages c%aissohs,
harness, etc, etc and also others for the ran
u~fsctuTe Of g~uBpOwder.
For the former purposes, extensive additions
are to be made &c the arsenal on the Sand
Hills, some bree miles from the city. We had
an opportunity Of inspecting, some days ago,
in the Office Of MessFs. Fulton & Muller, en-
gineers and architects Of tbs city, wuo have
tbe work in charge, he drafts Of the new in-
provem-Bts. The machine works, when COM
pieted, viii be sos feet front and ~ feet IN
depth. TIE central building will be IS feet
square and Two stories high; the end wings 100
fpei in length, 80 feet deep, and two s OrIes
high. Between these wings and the center
bu-'ding, tie gap, on either side, 80 feet, is
filled with a range one story high and a. feet
dep. IL tie rear o. tins usiu building is q
large ware and store house, the length OF the
front building Parrllei with it, and 42 feet in
depth, forming a Teetsngle Of 40 feet BY 60
To the center OF the court yard formed by the
buildings, a chimney 10 feet, will be erected
- fr- uurFese Of arriving of smoke from the
boiler fires, furnaces, FORCES, etc.
Inc machine works will comprise a harness
shop, caI penter shop, mandatory Of small
arms, ss well az everything pertaining to ord
nance; the whole machinery 70 be Of the most
improved modern patterns and driven bv an
engine Of IS horse power. Tbs roof viii be
covered with slate laid on veTy strong truss
flaming. The bu ldiRg viii be constructed az
ter the consolidated form OF architecture, and
will present q meat imposing appearances on so
admirable a site. The foundation was com
n,enced Wednesday last, and a lsTsefoTce viii
be put on The work so as TO complete il at the
earliest dsv practicable. Il is estimated that
a million two hundred thousand bricks win be
required to complete the Improvement. The
work is in charge Of Lieut.-Col Cell, Of the
Confederate army, and Mr. N. p Muller, Of
this city, is tie engineer, a gentleman wen ac-
complished in his profession.
Tie powder mills Will also be g complete
work OF tbeir kind. Trey are 10 be located on
the canal, about a nile and a bali from the
msobine woFks, and viii comprise a series OF
buildings, and their machinery scattered
along at intervals over z space Of a mile and a
half. This work is in charge CT Major Rains,
and will also be commented forthwith end
pushed forward TO an early completion. Mr..
Miller Grant, a skillful and ingenious young
engineer, also CT this city, has the arranged
Usnt Il be plans, etc. We have not bad an
opportunity # examining The draft, but under
stand the works will be equal to any in the
States.
We congratulate our Augusta friends on the
selection Of their beautiful city for such Im-
portant government establishments, and here
our contemporaries there will keep the public
posted ss they progress 10 cOmpletion-Sa-
raHEab RegubtieaH.