New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29

First estimates were that 10000 men
would be housed at the camp. The ad-
dition to the first draft and allowances
! for instructors and various auxiliary
organizations bring the grand total
much nearer to $4,000 men who will
live in this Arabian Nights city. Nearly
a thousand buildings will be necessary.
| There will be more than 200 barracks
alone-one for each company. The Y.
! NJ. C. A. Is TO have nine buildings, in
! GLIDING an auditorium seating 1900
people. The association will have fifty
employed secretaries on the ground.
There are to be power house for
electric lighting, an EGGPLANT, sewer
system. water system, heating plant,
scores Of administrative buildings, sta
bles for 7,00O-odd horses.
The entire reservation covers 1900
| acres, or about eighteen square miles.
Less than half Of this is to be cleared.
| The land was leased free to the gov
I eminent for the period Of the war
! and this free lease, combined with the
! large acreage and the reasonable ac-
feasibility to New York, was RESPONSE
Bile, it is said, for the location OF the
camp. True, the railway to Camp Up
ton is single-track, but such roads serve
, much larger communities IN the west,
! and the company Is spending nearly
| 5000 900 In local improvements. This
| includes nine miles Of trackage laid on
| the reservation. The Long Island Rail-
way is getting the much-needed lumber
70 the camp as fast as 1t arrives In
| New York from the pine mills OF the
South. One day recently sixty-seven
cnrs arrived, cutting down by that
! much the 1925 cars which make the
total requirements for construction.
Camp to Cost 100000
Latest estimates indicate that slight
" less than 100000 will be spent in
constructing the camp. The original
figure was around SO, 100000. The con-
tractor, the Thompson-Starrett Com
pany, Is doing the work on q cost-plus
basis. It's commission on the amount
actually spent Is based on sliding
scale, which ranges from 10 per cent
down, until the average Is about per
cent. There is a provision also that, no
matter what the cost, the maximum
commission to the contractor shall be
S250,000.
Ali work is carefully inspected by
government officials under the direc-
ton of Major OK. Myers. U. S. R,
Everything involving money Is doubly
checked. The contractors have their
own staff Of timekeepers, auditors and
other checkers, and for each Of these
the government has q man to do the
same work
Persons with statistical leanings
may be interested in learning that in
addition to the 1925 cars of lumber
there will be needed 3l3 carloads
Of crushed stone for roadmaking, 90
Of roofing, 20 Of plumbing, 1872 OF
tanks, heaters, stove ranges, etc; 80
of ties and other timbers, 20 Of spikes
10 of telephone and electric light poles,
70 Of cement, $50 Of stone, l7b Of sand
$50 Of hospital supplies, 20 Of con-
struction tools and 65 Of sewer and
lighting supplies.
And II those are not enough figures
then the weekly supplies when the
training camp is in operation will in
clude 1860 gallons of milk, 100000
pounds of fresh beef, $4,000 pounds OF
fresh pork, $4,000 pounds Of mutton OF
goat meat, $4,000 pounds of butter and
$4,000 dozen eggs.
This ought to be good time to 20
into the poultry business on Long ISL
and.