The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-22
Government Sends out a Full! State
ment OF the Report of the Com
mission on the Naval School.
KENoSHA is TWICE MENTIONED.
This City is one of the Three Towns THAI
was Twice Visited by the Commission.
Requirements of Location Selected.

The details Of the interesting report
made by the board of expert naval Of
fcers who investigated the question Of
locating Naval Training school on
the Great Lakes, furnish some facts
that will surprise residents Of this Sec
tiou Of the country. The report has
Just been issued from the Government
printing Office. Am my other things
it contains some maps showing the
population districts and centers of the
Great Lakes country which will be
found of interest by the people of the
States bordering on the fresh water
seas of the Northwest.
The Board estimates that the center
of population of the States of the dis
trict under consideration, which in
cludes Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky,
as being within radius of country
that would furnish Naval recruits to
the States bordering on the lakes, is
about fifty miles southwest of Chicago.
The population center of Michigan is
located practically in the center of the
southern peninsula southeast of Sag
NAV; of Wisconsin about forty miles
northwest of Fond du Lac; of Illinois,
about twenty miles northeast of Bloom
ingtou; of Minnesota, about sixty
miles northwest of St. Paul.
1t is upon this basis of centers of
population that the Board recommends
the region embraced within the south
half of Lake Michigan, both shores of
the lake beingaincluded, as best suited
for the location of the station, other
things being taken into consideration
as we'll. Maps of the district are fur
nished showing scircles of population
centers
Part of the report specifying the
local conditions required at the pro-
posed station follows:
"The local requirements desirable
may be enumerated as follows:
''First-The amount of land avail
able must be sufficient for all purposes
and should not be less than 100 acres.
'Second-The population within the
Immediate vicinity from which large
percentage of the recruits will be
drawn) should be large, which would
enable the station to recruit as we'll as
to train the men.
''Third-There should be city in
the vicinity large enough to afford
amusements to the men and boys when
given leave of absence.
Fourth land should be high
and dry, partially wooded, fertile, and
healthful, with absence of swamp, and
reasonably free from mosquitoes.
"Fifth--The water front should be
not less than one-half mile.
"Sixth-The site should be prefera-
bly, on an island close to shore, or on
peninsula, easily isolated.
"Seventh-The cost should not be
prohibitive.
Eighth-Extensive grading should
not be required to secure level ground
for drill and recreation purposes.
'Ninth--Water of good quality
should be available in large quantity.
"Tenth-There should be bathing
beach.
"Eleventh-Th land should not be
crossed by railroads or public high
ways.
There should be convenient rail
road facilities for both freight and pas
sengers.
"Thirteenth-There should be good
natural or artificial harbor convenient
for both large and small vessels, hav-
ing not less than eighteen feet of
water, and easy of egress and ingress.
"Fourteenth-The hart > or channel
should be self-maintained and should
not require continual dredging.
"Fifteenth-There shonld be facili-
ties for target practice.
"Sixteenth-The site should not be
in a manufacturing district"
AS possibly affording some evidence
of the impression made by different To-
calities upon the minds of mem bers of
the Board it may be we'll to note from
the appendix of the report the facts re-
garding the itinerary of the Board dur
ing the investigation. The full Board,
comprised of Admiral Taylor, Lieu
tenant Winslow and Mr.. Rousseau,
the civil engineer, visited ali the prin-
cipal points on the different lakes.
The only places twice visited by any
member of the Board are Lake Bluff
Winthrop Harbor, Kenosha and Ra-
cine. The full Board visited these
places and Waukegan also on Aug. 4,
and Mr.. Rosseau returned to examine
the same sites, except Waukegan, on
Oct 81.
The promoters Of the Burlington &