Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-03


ed to haul supplies to points near
where they can be put into the
buildings without much truckage.
Vast sums of money and large num-
hers of trucks and men will be saw
cd by bringing the railroad to the
point as near the construction work
as is possible.
The work is moving rapidly
and already nearly a mile OF sails
are down. The grading was begun
tuesday and the whole thing will be
completed by the close OF the week.
it would have gone more rapidly,
Captain Carpenter one of the men
on the job said. if it had not been
for a shortage of men to drive
s.r,keS Good wages are being
paid for the work but men of the
kind needed are few. The rails that
are being used were consigned to
the Russian government and would
now be doing duty somewhere west
of Petrograd had not the United
States government seized them when
il became apparent that Russia is
out of the war.
When Major Morova and his
staff arrived on the ground they
found no quarters ready for them.
so they simply shooed the cows out
of the big barn half way between
New Cumberland and Marsh Run,
busted out the upper floor and rig
ged up offices of a temporary char
acter, where the force is working to-
day. Within "a hours. however,
they will be in the new office build
ings, located near the main highway
on the big tract some distance below
New Marke'. These are being put
together as rapidly as a force of
nearly 100 carpenters can work and
next in line will be the frame bar
racks and dining halls.
Big trucks are at premium in
the vicinity of Harrisburg and for
the 5-ton variety costs about SS3 q
day without the driver. To save
this sum to the government many
times multiplied Major Morova has
procured from the War Department
Is big army trucks. which are now
parked on the plot, with the prom
ise of IL more should he need them.
Tho whole transportation problem
is giving the men in charge food
for thought and in particular is it
important to be able to get work
men too and. from Harrisburg
1000 men will be on the work and
many of these will reside in this
city.
NO matter what they may think
Of jitneys in other parts of the
State. I will welcome them here. .
said Major Morova today. I'VE will
he glad to grant them entrance to
the grounds if they bring the work
men down in the morning and take
them back at night" The Valley
railways lines run as far as New
Cumberland but at present between
that and the construction plot there
is no passenger communication.
The water problem will not enter
into the calculations of those who
build the New Cumberland plant.
Already plans are being made foi
connection with the filtered water
supply of the Riverton Consolidated
Water Company, which supplies al
the West Shore towns. and an un.
limited quantity of pure water is
assured.
A large amount of water is ar
essential not only for drinking pur-
poses but for use of the concrete
mixers, as all of the many buildings
10 be erected will be of reinforced d
concrete. The plan is to make this
a permanent development for the
supply fthe Army after the pres
ent war, and not only the buildings
but the railroad construction is de-
signed to that end. The Pennsyl-
vania railroad is preparing to run
a siding along the tract long enough
to hold 65 cars to prevent blockine 9
the main line.