The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
SIX NEW BUILDINGS
WILL BE ADDED TO FORT SCREW
EMS VILLAGE.
GUARD HOUSE AND QUARTERS
FOR OFFICERS CALLED FOR IN
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

omeers Quarters VIII he Two
stories and Equipped with All the
Modern Appliances Electric
Lighting and Het Water Heating
system Will BE Installed Through
out-Ro0fs VIII BE Slate and
Plumbing Will Be Of the Best.
The Guard House VIII BE One
story and Well Equipped--New
Coal Shed Will Also BE Erected.
Many improvements are to be made
at Fort Screven in the near future. The
plans and specifications have been
drawn, and in few days bids will be
asked for from contractors for the
building of the additions to the post
quarters. There are to be six new
buildings, quarters for one field off,
Ger, one lieutenant, one captain, one
non commissioned officer, guard house
and coal shed.
The buildings will be built after the
most approved modern style and Will
be especially designed for the comfort
and convenience of the officers who
are to occupy the quarters. The other
buildings will be built with a special
attention to the purposes for which
they are to be used. The spaci1ca-
lions call for the best quality of build
ing material, plumbing and heating 'ap-
paratus, and when the improvements
are completed the fort will be one of
the best equipped in the entire coun-
try.
The Guard House.
The guard-house will be a one-story
frame structure with a cellar under the
front portion. The foundations and
underpinnings will be of stone and the
cellar will have a concrete floor. The
prison room and the prisoners lavatory
will also be concreted. The roof will be
covered with the best quality of unfad-
ing black slate with the exception OF
that over the porches which will be
covered with tin. The building will be
heated by the hot-water system and
electric lighting will be installed
throughout.
The cells and cages will be made of
open hearth, homogeneous steel. The
window guards will be made of z-inch
steel rods spaced ga inches apart, and
passing through 2-inch bars with the
ends turned up. and secured by bolts.
All the exterior finishings Of the build
ings will be in heart cypress.
The building win contain one basin
and closet in the guards lavatory, and
in the prisoners lavatory there will be
two basins, two laundry tubs, one bath
tub, and one shower. The specifications
call for the best plumbing known, and
before the building will be accepted the
work in all departments will be in
spected by the officer in charge, and
unless be approves the government win
reject them.
The OHicers Quarters.
The field officers quarters will be a
two-story frame building with attic and
basement. The foundations and UNDER
pinDings will be of stone and a con-
crete floor will be laid in the basement.
The ceilings of the first floor rooms
will be steel, while the regular ceilings
will be placed in the rooms Of the sec
ond floor. There will be a porch built
in the front and the rear. The roofs
will be slate with the exception Of the
porches which will be covered
with tin. The specifications for the
plumbing call for two bath rooms on
the second floor, and a boiler and
sink in the kitchen The hot water
system will be used and electric light
ing installed.
The captains quarters will also be
a two-story frame building with attic
and basement a concrete floor In the
basement, and slate roof except that
for the porches, which win be Of tin.