Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-13

upon which to erect bronze figures or
statues. Upon one of these the bronze
statue of Frederick the Great, presented to
this country by Emperor William. will be
erected and unveiled.
The Engineer School of Application will
be somewhat longer than the War College.
but not so wide. 1t will be about 425 feet
by 60 feet. two stories in height, above
a basement There will be wings at each
end. and in the center extending in front
and rear about fifteen feet. The two bar
racks are each about 80 by % feet, Two
stories and basement.
The two mess halls for enlisted men are
about ID feet by 100. having a basement
floor and one upper story. They have Two
wings. in each CT which one company WIZ
take its mess. The construction or the
east barracks building will be tly de-
layed because the post hospital now occu-
pies a portion of the site. and Congress has
made no provision for it's removal or re-
placement.
The quarters for commissioned officers
form a row of most pleasing dwellings.
They are in the American colonial style,
two stories high with cellar and attic. The
two main floors of each have nine rooms.
besides which there is kitchen, pantry
and store rooms in the cellar and servants
quarters in the attic. The floors are COW
cred with cement and the partitions are OF
expanded metal and cement. In the draw
ing and dining rooms there are open fire
places. The construction is of dark brick,
with black bricks at irregular intervals,
and limestone trimmings. In front is a por-
tico of six white pillars reaching the height
of the building, and around the portico Will
be placed iron railing about four feet
high. In the rear of the buildings facing
the river porches have been constructed in
closed with ornamental lattice work. The
officers mess hall, which is situated at the
southern end of the row of quarters, is built
in the same style. 1t is about 40 feet by Is
feet. two stories high but the main en-.
trance opens south instead of east. as In
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1t. however. has an entrance on the east
and west Each of these is similar to that
of those of the officers quarters. This en-
tire group will be ready for occupancy by
the end of October next
A large wharf is being built on the river
front near the north end of the reservation,
at which the boats and vessels attached to
the post will be kept. and where landings
may be made by ships bringing material or
passengers to the station.
No Contractors Employed.
This entire undertaking is being accom-
pliShed under the direct supervision and
control of government engineers, and with
out the INTERPRETATION of contractors All
the men engaged upon the work are hired
directly by the government and are paid
by the day. All material is bought directly,
and its utilization superintendent by men in
government employ. - =
Capt. John s. Sewell. Corps of Engineers,
including the erection of the War College,
the Engineer School and the secondary
buildings. His chief assistants are Mr..
Mark Wilmarth- civil engineer and Lieu
tenant Edward NJ. Markham Of the Engi-
neer Corps. The former assumes direct
charge Of the work on the War College and
the latter devoted his attention to the con-
structiOn of the buildings of the Engineer
School.
The work has involved the removal of a
large number of old buildings which be-
ginning in 1903. when supply depot was
established on this peninsula, have been
erected from time to time in a haphazard
way. without regard for the present uses of
the post. The sea wall had to be built en-
trely around the reservation, and during
the past two years about seven acres have
been added to the extent of the reservation
In the reclamati ton of submerged areas
making the total area about eighty acres
One of the most Objectionable features of
this location-the close proximity of the
James Creek canal-wil be removed within
the next year. when. by the completion of
the new sewage pumping station It the
loot OF New Jersey avenue southe St the
sewage of the city will be carried " COW
cred mains far down the river, and the
present unsightly ditch may be filled in A
small sewage pumping plant has been con-
Structed within the grounds which carries
the savage of the post into the canal at
present. but upon the completion of the
New Jersey avenue plant connection will
be made with the mains Of the municipal
system