Evening journal., 1918-09-25
Modern Homes for Shipyard Workers Spring Up Like aglc
Union Park Gardens Transformed by Lynch Construction CO.

signs recently put up by the Lyncl
Construction Company, reading as fol-
lows:
superintendent must report on job
at $50 o'clock"
"Foremen must be at their stations
10 minutes before starting time"
Mechanics must be at their stations
ready for work when whistle blows. Be
a workman or a soldier"
'Laborers must be at their stations
on time. ready for work. No place here
for slackers."
Each Of the signs bears she signature
Lynch Construction Company, Inc y
Smoking is not allowed on the grounds
Any city restaurant which served 35
cent meals of the quality given in the
workmen's commissary at Union Park
Gardens for that price, would be SO
swamped with patrons that II would
have to send In a riot call to the Po-
lice Department. The food Is so good
that all the officials on the place lunch
at the commissary hall where a room
is set aside for them. The pretty
girl clerks and stenOgraphers have
their own room, and Il Is rumored the
chef sends particularly good eats to
that room.
When the whistle blows the new
emplOye takes his place with other
men at long Tables. extending down
the sides and center Of three long halls
The tables and floor are kept spOtless-
ly clean by continuous sorubbing. For
supper he has roast beef, boiled pOta-
toes, kidney beans, bread and butter
coffee, chocolate cake and apple sauce
The commissary Is considered one OF
the best arranged and best run In the
Government service. IL has a capacity
Of serving six thousand meals a day
and a staff od 53 people, including
chefs, male assistants and twenty-one
Mattresses. There Is an appalling
number Of potatoes TO be peeled ant
dishes to be washed each day. Ma
chinery makes quick work Of the diRh-
washing, though. The kitchen Is huge
well-scrubbed and equipped with i'm
mense ranges and labor-saving devices.
In the ice-bOx, which IS a room, may
be seen four or five beeves, or great
supplies Of lamb, buckets Of apricots
mlssary stOrehOuse sometimes has ten
thousand dollars worth OF supplies on
hand at one time, more than Is carried
by many a city grocery. The greater
part OF the fOOdstuffs are purchased
from or through Wilmington concerns
The cOmmissasry and likewise the
dormitories are not obligatory. They
are built for the convenience OF en-
ployes who have no lodging and
boarding accommodations In the city
Most OF the men from out Of town
sleep in the dOrmitories. These
long sleeping halls have the same mill
tary neatness and cleanliness as the
commissary. Full length Of each
dormitory. run two rows Of double
TERED single cots, made Of iron. Each
cot is provided with a mattress. pill
low and pair of warm blankets. A
night watchman occupies a cubby-hole
at one end.
The Government Is extremely strict
in its care for sanitary conditions. The
United States Shipping Board main
tains a rigid sanitary inspection Of the
entire grounds and buildings as well
as a fire inspection. There IS fire.
fighting apparatus on the grounds
The field hospital, with pleasant
rooms and ample porch, ministers to
forty or more cases OF cuts and bruises
every day. The whlte-clad male nurse
finds that most Of the injuries are due
TO some bit Of carelessness on the part
OF the workmen themselves, and
breaches a doctrine Of safety first to