The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-22
WORK STARTS ON
 CONSTRUCTION OF
 ANNISTON CAMP
New Orleans Firm Secures C0ntract-L0cal Concerns Will Furnish Much of
 the Material

Anniston, June 21-(Special.)-Th big contract for the construction of the army camp in Annston has been awarded to
 John o. Chisholm & Co.,. of New Orleans.
 Work was begun today on clearing off the trees and underbrush on the 1Q-acre
 site selected by the military authorities
 for the camp. Hundreds of laborers will
 be at work before the end of the week | grubbng out the underbrush and grad | ing the ground for officers quarters, sol
 diers' barracks, library, chapel, gymna- sium, natatorium hospital and all other buildings that are parts of the usual army
 posts.
 J. w. Markell. superintendent of con-
 struction for Chisholm & Co.,, arrived in l Anniston Wednesday night and imme-
 diately started in on the big job. He closed contracts with Anniston firms for ! as much material as could be obtained ] here to start the work and sent addi | tional orders to Birmingham. It is his | intention to patronize local dealers, so far as possible, in placing orders for the vast amount of material that will 1 be needed for the great work of building accommodations for 2O,OoO men.
 | A local firm, Little Clerkler & Co.,, will have the sub-contract for extending the water mains and part of the excavation work, as they have machinery on the ground and are in communication with | sufficient labor about to be released from other jobs to be transferred here at a moments notice. Another local firm, Goodrich Construction company, was l awarded the contract of grading. Part of the work of the contractors will be to clear tract of land about 2000 yards wide by about 1000 yards long of all trees and underbrush This will be ! in addition to the 10 acres required for the clearing and grading for buildings and will be for the reserved space to be used by machine gun companies in target practice
 l There will be six machine gun com | panies here as soon as possible after the quarters are provided for them, and they will be started into training immediately 1 after arrival Their targets will be | placed on the side of Blue mountain and
 guards will be placed along the line to 1 protect pedestrians getting within range | of the bullets.
 1 Southern railway officials were in the city Thursday to confer with the army officials in regard to the movement of | troops and the extension of railroad fa- l cilities, so that supplies to be used in
 the construction of the camp could be
 handled as expeditiously as possible. | The supreme court has reversed and
 rendered the case of the Anniston Bank 1 ing and Loan company against A. A..
 Lapsley ct al. The case grew out of | litigation involving property owned in
 Anniston by Mrs. Sara Lapsley and un-
 der the decision of the court Blackwell & Agee. attorneys, are denied fee all l lowed by Judge Hugh D. Merrill before | whom the case was tried.
 l The campaign to raise s25,0OO for Red
 Cross work in Calhoun and Cleburne
 counties is progressing favorably under the direction of o. H. Parker, general chairman The merchants of the city have decorated their windows in Red Cross displays and the city has been or ganized thoroughly for the campaign for funds, which will start Monday. A union service will be held at the First Presby- lterian church Sunday evening, at which
 a national Red Cross speaker will be present.
 l Tie city street department with about
 a dozen convicts, is busy with the Job
 of resurfacing north Noble street. The new street scarifier is being tried out
 and apparently gives good satisfaction. and the north end has been exceptionally
 heavy and with the establishment of the new army camp, this will be the main thoroughfare from the business section of Anniston to Camp Blackmon. the au- thorities are straining every nerve to
 make it frst-class highway.
 A rally of the Baptist Young People, S union will be held here Saturday morn- ing beginning at 10 o'clock. Lunch will be served in the auditorium at noon This will be especially for the leaders of the Young Peoples Missionary union. Mckinley Cooper, who was wanted by the police of Alabama City to answer a charge of grand larceny and burglary, was arrested here Wednesday night by Detectives Fred Freeman and Martin Shields and turned over to the Etowah county authorities at Gadsden Thursday
 morning.