The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-24

OF the WoFu powers following the american
the navy has been growing at rapid The compile
ton of each batteshp the employment of nj least
500 additional seamen and occasionally was necessary
to resort to strong measures to get sufficient recruits
The heads OF the department took the problem In
hand, and recognizing that the greaake district had in
the past furnished large number of navy
dt was decided to establish station at the
most favorable site that could be obtained Accordingly
after dozen sites had been submitted examined the
Lake Bluff site selected the centrally located
and as possessing more natural advantages than any
other
The site of the new institution is about an hour and
has ride by railroad train from the center OF this city
and little by electric line The ride Is through
the arisocratc suburbs of Evanston Lake Forest High
iand Park, Wmete and Winnetia. The station is To-
Gated about mile and half beyond the station of Lake
Bluff and is marked by trim little depot of the electric
line. You first appraised OF the fact that Uncle Sam
As engaged project the signs which pen
fully adorn the boundaries of the reservation warning the
passeby that he is in the vicinity OF government prop
erty and that he should keep off.
The larger buildings of the station completely
hidden by that the general public passing by
trains on the way Milwaukee Waukegan would have
idea of the extent of the institution II for the
of the administration building which itself
from the lake front The hills and intervening trees of
the neghborhood almost completely the large
buildings from view.
Extending from the fence which separates the main
enclosure from the main thoroughfare the smaller
brick buildings in which will be housed the applicants for
admission to the station pending the time when their
qualifications and general health examined into.
There some half dozen neat twostorIed brick
buildings. admirably lighted and finished in which the
recruit will be housed comfortably at any average
Chicago hotel They extend in row toward the lake
'front.' where the larger buildings located in which
will be housed the regularly admitted members OF the
institution
The first structure which one approaches at the main
entrance of the grounds is the general Office building,
which is occupied by the inspectors.
tractors and engineers in charge of the work This is
compact twostoy structure and is situated in proximity
ola lima ,uka h ,,Hk 4,.a
grounds to facilitate the transportation of the construc
ton materials
All last summer and fall more than 1000
engaged upon the greatakes naval station is desg
in the official reports of the secretary of the navy
The result OF their efforts is in the practical
completion of the "a buildings OF which the station is
composed and this spring and summer will the
completion of several more large structures
Proceeding toward the lake from the inspectors
Offices gradually descends deep ravlne bordered
each side by large trees Nature has been exceedingly
generous the neighborhood about Lake Bluff and 1t is
doubtful IL a picturesque region anywhere about
Chicago could have been choseH At the bottom OF the