Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-09
BIDS FOR CANTONMENT LUMBER WILL BE
 OPENED MARCH 13

DOUGLAS. March s. Special to the EeView)-Bids will be opened here Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock for 2.5e0, GOO feet of lumber for construct ins the cavalry cantonment at Camp harry J. Jones. Bids are expected flOEI all over the southwest as it is not believed there is enough lumber available at once in the whole state of Arzona for the big job.
 When the bidders are able to fur nish this lumber and other material depends the beginning of construction work It is not thought likely that any ci the bidders will agree to furnish the material in less than 30 days. Capt. w. w. Curtis, constructing quar- termaster in charge said this morn ing he expected to have the buildings finished 60 days after he starts in.
 While 250 carpenters and 100 labor CTS will be needed on the job. which will be done by the government by day labor, these men will not be need ed before April at the earliest.
 Will Change Landscape
 People here dc not as yet realize what a walloper of job building this caEtonment will be.
 it will take 100 car loads of lumber and 60,0O0 pounds of nails.
 Most of the nails used are eight-pen- nies, which are 1-2 inches long. This means that if they were placed end to end they would reach 240 miles, or g mics beyond Fl Paso.
 Original plans called for 24O build iIss in all but this number will prob ably be cut down 2S. This can be done b. doubling the size of 2S buildings, that is. by making them PAS feet long instead of 124 feet long. Thus they Will accommodate the same number of men and at the same time save ground lunIn.
 Where Eleventh Used to Be.
 "A" camp will be on the site recent ly vacated by the Fifteenth cavairy and at one time occupied by the Elev- Cnth infantry. Just where the other camp will be is not definitely known. hut probably it will be directly west of this camp. The buildings will be frame provided with water and light and con si-t of the usual barracks, stables, of ficcTs' quarters, latrines and office buildings and storehouses.
 There will be no houses for officers fa:i.ilies as was provided in the origi- hal cantOnment planned for Douglas. There will be comfortable quarters for all officers, but on the basis of field sCry.ce, that is. as if the families were not present Officers with families will have to continue to rent houses iu Douglas. The buildings wilt not be pc 'nted for the Tresent. The officers quarters will be situated south of the main camp. about on a line where the army officers dancing pavilion and parade grounds are now situated. There will be quarters for 100 officers in all.
 Rooms Real Estate
 Because of the cantonment cOnstruc- tion. there has been a considerable boom in local real estate. and lot of residential building is under way or contemplated.
 Capt. Curtis, the constructing quar- termaster. belongs to the quartermas- ter relief corps. He enlisted last May Hts home is Chicago. where he was formerly in the electrical business. With Capt. A. J. Capron, his assistant On the Douglas job. he has just fin isbed building the motor group of buildings at Fort Sam Houston. He also built the aviation buildings at Kelly Field, San Francisco, and was engaged in the construction of the Le- on Springs training camp.