The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-18

about four square miles. Every foot of this territory is guarded by civilian police employed by the Air Nitrates corporation. It is an efficient force made up of men who have had much experiences in work of this kind. The congregation of thousands of workmen and the expenditures of millions of money could not he Accomplished with out attracting some undesirable citl- zens These imm ediately have been ap- prehended and removed from the prop erty and the place is made quite un- attractive to them.
 The construction of quarters to house the labor and other general con- struction and plant building is being done by the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. Gnc.) of New York. The J. c. White Engineering corporation is building the large power house and the Chemical Construction company is building one portion of the manufac- turing plant and doing other work along lines in which this company spe- eializes. All of these are subcontrac- tors under the Air Nitrates corporation.
 ELECTRIC POWER
 The plant will be operated from the beginning with e1ect.ic power obtained from the governments large power house and from the Alabama Power company's lines. The cyanamid process will be used and the plant will be one of the most extensive of it's kind in the world. About 5000 men now are employed. The peak load will prob ably be about 15,0o0 men. Miles on miles of water pipe, sewer pipe and drain pipe are being laid within the four square miles of territory to be occupied. A hospital with capacity of 40 to 50 beds is nearing completion. Many miles of street and roadway arc being built. Piles of s1ak at the ironl furnaces, the accumulation of years, are disappearing, and the slag is being used to ballast the highways and fon other constructive purposes. A rec reation hall has been completed where the men read, write, play checkers and rest.
 SANITARY METHODS
 Sanitary methods employed at the temporary camp are those in force with an army in the field and the Hlnitary regulation are enforced by the corpora tion's police force. Every man em- ployed on the job Is given careful physical examination and is vaccina ted before he goes to work. All waste and refuse are destroyed by fire with the use of straw and crude oil Every scientific measure is being taken to prevent disease. Places where flies might breed are cleaned up, mosquito hatcheries are treated with oil, mess halls and bunkhouses screened When required prophylaxis will be employed to prevent the spread of disease In the enforcement of wise and necessary sanitary measures the city of Florence and other civil authorities have shown fine spirit of cooperation.
 To have made the progress that has been achieved in the building of the plant would have been almost impos sible except for the use of heavy trucks and other mechanical road transpor- tatfon. The big trucks are seen every where. Whole fleets of them are used in conveying chert from the hillsides and slag to spread on the roads they are to use, or hauling lumber from the network of railroad tracks that run through the reservation. They haul employees to and from their work md meet all trains to convey workmen from the depots to employment head. quarters. Next to the human actiy lty that of the auto truck and the automobile is the most striking feature of the work in progress at Muscle Shoals.