Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-04
GOVERNMENT IS
! RUSHING PLANTS
Morgan Industry Progressing
Rapidly as is Raritan Ter
minaI at Germantown.

The two government projects ior
Gated rear this city are progressi1
with leaps and bounds. the UnitSs
States shell loading plant at Morgan
having been rushed to such an exten,
that the T. A. Gillespie Loading Com
pany's employees. together with gov
ernment men who have had offices IN
the Raritan building here. moved into
their new quarters at Morgan yester-
day and buildings at the Bonhamtown
terminal are going up rapidly. Al
the Raritan Terminal in Bonham-
town the United States government
has taken over all of the property
beginning on the trolley line a,
Nixon's road leading to the river
down to Bonhamtown and for 60O
feet east toward Perth Amboy, in
! Guiding everything along the Raritan
branch of the Lehigh Valley to east
of Bloomfleld's tract. to Red Root
creek and west of Red Root creek to
Nixons works. All occupants. OF this
territory have been ordered to vacate
by February 8.
Records for speed in construction
are being made at the Morgan she'll
loading plant, there being at the pres
ent time $500 skilled workmen a.
work in the uilding of what VIII De
the largest government shell-loadlng
plant in the country. Up to this week
all of the time has been devoted 20
erecting office buildings and barracks
for the workmen. This has been COM
pleted to such an extent that the great
office force of the Gillespie company
and the government have been en-
abIed to move to the scene OF actual
work. This will greatly facilitate mat
ters and result in quicker work than
has been done heretofore. The par
racks are now in q condition to re-
ceive the men and the work on the
loading plant itself is eing started.
Large consignments of material FOR
use In the erection Of the ulldings are
arriving daily. the Ernston spur mar
ing 1t possible to run the cars dlrecty
to the scene of the work. some DAYS
as many as twenty cars loaded with
material arrive for use IN the COLI
struction. ,,,,
of workmen Is erecting the buildings
at tho Morgan plant may be reailzeo
when IT is stated that an average OF one
hinge building a day is being put up.
E,mnloyes at the plant who nVe III
tbIs CITY have requested the Jersey
Central Traction Company TO run
car from this city at $3.50 O'CLOCK eaeh
morning so that they may reach tne
plant by 9 o'clock.
A. the Raritan Terminal at Bon
hamtown wonders have been accom-
nlished since December j. The Whole
tract along the waterfront ana ex-
tending back for constderapie uis-
tance has been Transformed. bulia-
ings have sprung up as II by magic:
the ground has been leveied ana
heavy rails nave peen '"iu ~
waterfront.
II Is estimated that more than
q 600 men are at work on, the termi-
nal. the payroll now running from
$4,000 to 100000 a week. There
are now 400 soldiers on the site and
400 more are expected this week;
Heavy guards are to be posted aii
over the newly acquired tract which
becomes the property of the United
States on February 9. at which time
all occupants of that property VIII
have vacated.
There are from 500 to 400 buildings
already erected at the Raritan termi-
nal and it is understood that the gov
has ordered the number
doubled.
Not waiting for the warmer wealth
er to come in order that piling for
docks might be driven, the men In
charge of the plants construction are
blasting the Ice in the river in order
that they may drive the piles for the
and docks.
Lightering will be commenced Us
soon as the Raritan river Is free of
ce. A survey OF the river has show
I'd that there are only two bars which
will interfere with channel OF nine-
zen feet all the way from the Great
beds Lighthouse TO Bloomneld's dock.
With these two bars dug out to. 4
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