The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-17


speedy recovery. Deceased was at
tackled with typhoid fever, and did no
have the strength to throw the disease
off.
Busy Days at WrightStown.
All kinds of construction work is pre-
ceeding rapidly now at the Wrights
town cantonment, due to the arrival OIL
more mechanics and particularly on
account of better deliveries of lumber
and other materials. Buildings are
going up in every direction and the
railroad spur and numerous sidings are
being laid rapidly. Cars are now run
direct into the camp ground.
1t is doubtful, however. if the camp
will be ready for occupancy early in
September, as was planned. There
probably will be delay of month OF
six weeks before all the work is com.
pleted.
The water system, sewers and plumb.
ing will be the slowest part of the work
to be finished, as those are tasks of con.
siderable magnitude. An eight-inch
artesian well has been drilled inside the
cantonment to furnish an immediate
supply OF water. The main supply, as
heretofore stated, will be taken from
the creek at New Lisbon, where a
pumping station is being erected.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has opened temper
ary headquarters in a tent, until a
large wooden building has been COM
pleted. The association intends to
supply place Of recreation for the
soldiers, where games, reading matter,
stationery, etc., will be found.
A number of the farmers have been
gathering their crops on the fields that
as yet have not been occupied for
building or other purposes. On a
few of the farms, it is thought, nearly
all the crops will be harvested with the
possible exception Of corn. During the
past week the owners have received
checks for the first installment of rent
due under the leases. Some of the
farmers refused to allow their premises
to be occupied until the first payment
had been made as agreed. The checks
for the rent were issued by the state of
New Jersey. which later is to be recon-
pensed by the national government.
Two mammoth warehouses are stalk
ed out along the railroad. The en-
gineers are considerable in advance of
the workmen in stalking the sites of
buildings. The construction work is
now becoming so scattered that it pro-
badly will be necessary to erect an
other dining house to prevent long
walks by the workmen when they
want meals. These stands are known
as cafsterias, a euphonious title brought
all the way from the Pacific coast.
Notwithstanding the fancy name they
are nothing more nor less than plain
eating stands.
The Bell Company is making rapid
progress in the work Of connecting the
camp with with adequate telephone
facilities. Many new poles are being
placed across country, over public and
private rights of way, to connect with
its trunk system lines. The Bell Com
pany has bought and now controls the
Farmers Telephone Companys sys-
tenn.
The Public Service Company also
is putting in new poles and wires to
supply the cantonment with electric
light current from it's Trenton power
plant.
The official title of this camp will be
Camp Dix. The troops to be quartered
here will be those of conscripted men
from New York state and northern
Pennsylvania. The camp is named
after Major General John Adams Dix,
U. s. ", former governor of New
York.
The conscripted troops from New
Jersey will be modified at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va, in connection with
those from Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware and the District of Columbia.
1t is intended to have 10000 soldiers
at Wrightstown.
The buildings of the camp have
been arranged in the form of bent
horseshoe, which is two miles long and
three-quarters of mile wide. The
barracks have been planned in regi-
mental group, which is followed out in
all the environments. The supply
train is to be on the eastern end of this
horseshoe, adjoining the ammunition
train. Then comes the three regiment
al blocks forming the light artillery.
Adjacent to these are the five regiment
al blocks Of five regiments of infantry.
The other five regiments of infantry
will be quartered in the barracks direct
lily facing the western wing. The
division headquarters will be located
on the high ground on the middle of
this western wing. The field signal
corps units will be erected between the
headquarters and the railroads, as well
as the two balloon companies, the
sanitary battalion, the heavy artillery
regiment and the two air sQuadrons.
The engineer unit aud regiment will
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end of the horseshoe.
The sewage disposal system which
will require about fifteen miles of pipe
has not been decided upon yet, but
filter bed disposal plant which will re
quire two hundred acres of ground will
be used.
In addition to the dirt roads now in
the cantonment which must be topped
to bear the heavy hauling, five miles
of permanent roads will be built in the
camp. One main road will circumvent
the cantonment dividing the barracks
from the stables which form the rear oil
the entire block. Lateral roads will
run through each block and at several
points cot the parade grounds.
Spalding's base ball and tennis sup
plies, L. S. Boyce, stationer. adv