The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-07
Busy DAYS at Wriphrstown

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These are busy days atethe Wrights
town cantonment. Not only is an army
of workmen busy within the camp
ground erecting buildings, but con-
siderable work is going on outside to
provide water, electric light and tele-
phone facilities.
The Public Service Corporation is
! erecting cables and other feed wires to
furnish electric current for the entire
camp. A city of over $4,000 inhabit-
ants requires thousands of electric
lights, and this is the case at the can
Torment, where that many soldiers
will be quartered. At present the
camp is a gloomy place at night, the
primitive system of using kerosene
lamps being the only method of illu-
mination now available. This will be
changed soon, however, when the cleo
trio lines are completed.
The Bell telephone company is max
ing rapid progress with its work of fur
nishing sufficient wire connections
with the outside world. A building
has been built by the company which
will contain large switchboards for
local and ,outside use. There will be
quite large amount of telephoning
inside the camp ground on account Of
its large size, besides the outside COM
munications.
The erection of the water supply sys-
tenn is now being pushed. Founda-
tions for the two large boilers and
pumps are being built along the south
branch of the Rancocas creek The
power plant is located few hundred
yards south of the New Lisbon station
on ground belonging to William H.
Reeves. About a mile of the Is inch
water main leading to the camp
ground has been laid, and the pipe to
complete this work is lying along the
road, ready to be put into trenches.
A ten inch artesian we'll has been
sunk along the edge Of the creek and
bodntiful supply of pure water obtain
ed at depth of 200 feet. The first
stratum of water was reached at 81 feet,
but the drilling was continued to get
larger supply. The well is to be sunk
about another hundred feet, to strike
still another stratum, after which strain
ers will be put in and an effort made
to collect the water from the three
strata. In all about Is wells are to be
drilled.
An intake from the creek to the
pumping station is being arranged.
The supply of water will be taken
from the creek until the system of
wells has been completed. Both sup
plies may be required to furnish all the
water necessary after the camp gets in
full operation.
An examination of the wells on the
farms comprising the cantonment, has
resulted in an order to dismantls some
of them, as the tests showed the water
to be unfit for potable purposes.
Among the business places to be
opened here in the near future are
branches of John Wanamaker and
Jacob ]. Seeds & Co., OF Philadelphia;
the United Cigar Stores Company,
drug store, and photograph gallery.
The work thus far completed COM
prises about 80 per cent. of the total
reouired. Saventv-one of the 200 bar-
racks buildings and seventeen latrines
and ten large warehouses have been
completed. The plumbing work and
sewer system are in the embryo state,
The sewers are only ten per cent. COM
pleted.
The railroad facilities have been pro-
crossing so rapidly that sidings now
extend within reach Of every part of
the ground where building material is
required.