The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-16
CAMP TRAVIS
NEARLY FINISHED
Big Stone & Webster Cantonment JOB
Near San Antonio, Texas Rep
idly Nearing Conn.,
pIetion.


The big Stone & Webster canton
ment job at Camp Travis, near san
Antonio, Texas, is nearly completed,
according to newspaper cllpplns
from the San Antonio Light, sent to
The Gate City by J. J. Miley. formerly
1 of this CITY, A number Of keokuK
men have been, employed on the work
in various capacities. The Lights
article follows:
] Every one of the 100 two-story
barracks at Camp Travis cantonment
l. is finished and ready for occupancy
with the exception of what Thomas A.
Carr, general superintendent for Stone
& Webster, characterfzes as "details.
These details include some plumbing
and appurtenances for the kitchens.
The big ranges, one of which will go
into each building, have not arrived
tyet, but are understood to be on the
way.
! The big barracks being finished,
the labor of 5000 men has been turn
led toward construction Of the one
story buildings and the various equip
lment houses and other small houses
that go to make up the total of the
/! contract. Plumbing supplies are COM
ing slowly and are being installed as
they arrive. The majority of. the 200
men buildings are thus equipped, the
aim being to get the infantry barracks
finished first. All these have been
lequipped electrically, the wires being
Installed almost as fast as the houses
were completed.
Fire protection for the cantonment
has been installed throughout the -FOUR
Infantry divisions. Big water mains
form a loop around the infantry sec
Ition, with lateraIs radating, and at
|. regular distances fire plugs are locat-
ed ready for business.
/ Smoking about the cantonment has
been prohibited, warning signs being
placed, and two troops Of cavalry are
stationed about the work to enforce
the order among workmen as well as
visitors.
II Superintendent Carr has been adj
| vised that the big pumps to hand1e
. the sewage into the city mains Will De
shipped August 10 by express and
should be here within two days. BY
August 20 or 81 Mr.. Carr believes
they will be installed and connected
, up. thus permitting the use OF the
/ sewer system throughout the canton
!, ment. A special representative Of
| Stone & Webster will accompany the
pumps and see that no delay occurs.
I, Although the hospital unit for
, Camp Travis has been authorized and
? practically all the lumber is on the
, ground, Mr.. Carr said the site has not
!, been chosen. All other material for
, 1.-THE hospital also has been ordered
t land is enroute. Mr.. Carr said when
1.-THE site is selected little time will
{ elapse before that necessary adjunct
: to the cantonment will be constructed.
, Painting of the buildings composing
t the cantonment has not been author.
lied as yet, but is expected, according
Ito Mr.. Carr. The first requisite, he
said, is to get the buildings habitablei
: after which the identifying and pres
ervation of them can be considered.
Y "As a matter of fact said Mr..
, Carr, some of the 200-men barracks
e are now being occupied by the soldier
Y guards"
: Streets throughout the cantonment
: have been graded and named and
Y some of them have received the first
e treatment Of tarvia This is separ.
t ate contract given by the government
;. Ito the Finley Method company, which
: concern has done considerable work
: for Bexar county.
n The pay roll, as made up for Sat-
i urday at Camp Travis, shows that
+ slightly more than $4,000 will be
: paid out Saturday evening for the
: weeks work. For the week previous,
|. lit was S2O5,O00 and for the week be.
f fore that it was s1S0,000. The ascend
/ ing scale was caused by the fact that
0 the number Of employees has increased