The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-01-11
The People are Taking a Lively
Interest in the Matter Now.
II is Believed That the Necessary Ground
Gould Be Secured Without Much
Trouble.
WOULD MEAN A BIG BOOM TO PADUCAH

The talk Of getting an army post for
this section Of the state, to be located |
near Paducah, is becoming quite alb /
sorbing. Nothing has been heard from |
tho war department by the CONNER
cisl club, but it is believed that some
thing definite will be learned in few
days
The intention Ct the war depart |
ment is TO have four army posts IN
this country, and the standing army,
except that portion not in active ser.
vice in our insulaI possessions, will be
concentrated at these posts.
II is customary to have only few
hundred acres for a post, but on &C
count Of the change Of the govern.
ment's policy, a much larger tract Of
land will be required.
Twenty thousand acres will be
equal to tract five by six miles It
will be large enough for maneuvering
a large army, and from Eve to fifteen
thousand soldiers will be- locate on it.
Barracks will be built houses for the
officers, sheds for the horses, a rifle
range, and, in fact, everything neces.
sary for a large post. To got such a
large tract Of band is At present some
thing that is causing the officials who
are wokrinr for the post some little
anxiety, but it is believed that it will
be am easy matter 10 find it and get il
at reasonable figure. Mr. Clip
Husbands says it can be found in his
section Of the country, south Of Pa
ducah, and that living in that SEQ
tion will give soldier qualities
that make him fight until he dies,
because it is a place where they raise
fighting stock only.
The Commercial club, as stated
several days ago, has had the matter
up for two weeks, and is now waiting
for Congressman Wheeler to return TO
Washington, in order that he NAV
use his influence in obtaining the de.
sired information. Nothing can be
done until it is ascertained whether
or not the war department would con-
slider proposition from this section
Of the country.
If it does, it will then be neces-
sary for the Commercial club and |
city council, which with Mayor
Yeiser is cooperating with the |
club, TO obtain options on the land. .
They will then have to go before
the secretary Of war and lay before .
him the papers containing the OPP .
tons, showing that 10000 acres Of
land, as desired, can be secured here
for so much money, and If the price .
and other essentials are satisfactory,
we should no doubt get the post.
As the enormity of the advantage
becomes to be generally realized by
the people, the interest in the pro-
iect grows, and now most everybody
is interested.
To spend several thousand dollars
on the start, building and equipping
the post, and the subsequent month.
ly distribution of pay to the soldiers
is something that would increase bust
ness in this section to an amazing
degree, and would build up Paducah
in a short time, until il would be-
come the most important city in the
state, with Louisville gradually
dwindling into second place, where
she belongs.
Ii is not believed that the govern
ment, should it purchase land, would
necessarily dispossess everybody liv-
ing on it. There would doubtless
be tracts of it that would not be
traveresd perhaps in years, and would
remain in cultivation, and it is not
believed that there would be any
trouble in getting the twenty thous-
and acres.