Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-01
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
At FORT ETHAN ALLEN
Quartermaster Young Carrying
out Orders to Make It the
Equal of Any Post in Country
Near a City of $4,000 Popu-
latiOn

Fort Ethan Allen is not only TO be a
permanent military post, but 1t Is to be
one of the most up-to-date military posts
IN the country. A short time ago, Lieut..
w. ID. Young. post quartermaster. re-
ceived a message from headquarters say
ing Make your post equal to any post
In the country in the vicinity OF a city
of $4,000 population" These orders are
now being carried out under expert
supervision, and Fort Ethan Allen is
rapidly taking on a much improved APP
pearance.
Among the more important improve
ments which are now being made, or
which Will soon be started at the fort,
are the putting in Of 5000 square yards
or more of reinforced concrete road ex-
tending for more than a mile and cover
ing the entire front of the post: re-
building the macadamized roads within
the post: painting both the interior and
exterior of every building on the post.
together with all necessary repairs of
same; building a new rNinforced concrete
loading platform where the old wooden
platform now stands; putting the rife
ranges and the fire apparatus into first
class shape, and building a cemetery.
Major II. G. Brubaker of the Washing
N'' ''S, h'ho viz - - vioAoit VI put
ting Fort Ethan Allen in first class shape.
He already made several trips here to
look over the situation. and he is ex-
pected here again during the second week
in May to see how repairs have
progressed and to superintend further
improvements. At the post, Lieut.. w. d.
Young, post quartermaster, has general
supervision of the plans, while Fl. D.
Mcintosh is in charge of the construction
work.
John w. Duff of Boston has the con-
tract for building the reinforced concrete
road in front of the post, and he will
begin work Wednesday of this week. The
contract to rebuild the macadam roads
inside the post has been awarded to the
Administration company of Springfield,
Mass. This company will begin work
about the middle of May. according to
present plans. All these roads have to
be finished by August l. as the contracts
state. 1t is expected that they will be
finished some time in July, if not by the
latter part of June.
Lieutenant Young has received the as
%surance Of the State engineer that the
State of Vermont will assist in putting
into condition the roads leading up to the
post. both from Winooski and from
Essex junction. and it is also understood
that the town of Essex will help in this
work. so that first class roads between
Burlington and Essex Junction will be
the result.
1t is thought only fair by Lieutenant
Young and those associated with him in
this project of building up the most. that
the State should meet the federal govern.
ment half way in putting in good roads
in the vicinity of Fort Ethan Allen. and
with the assurance that the government
will 60 ahead with the buildine of tho
road in front of the most. there seems
to be no doubt but that the other roads
adjoining will be put in shape by the
State and surrounding towns.
Road rollers, concrete mixers, sewer
pipes, lumber and in fact all the material
needed to carry on the work CONTEMPLATED
is being shipped into Fort Ethan Allen
from other camps and cantonments which
have been abandoned since the CLOSE NJ
the war, and it looks as though the gov
eminent is taking up the work at the
post in earnest.
Among the repairs now being made in
the buildings are the installation of
} furnaces. plumbing and heating an
paratus of various kinds. plasteripp
~brickwork, cement work, and everything
which will make the buildings the most
up-to-date possible.
The rifle ranges are all being banked up.
new numbers put on and everything in
connection with them put into Upton con-
dition. Additional hydrants for fire pro-
lection are being installed, and an order
was placed yesterday whereby the pres-
ent hydrants will be fitted out so that the
hose connections of Burlington fire DEPART
ment will fit them. something which has
not booo ..ta~ l..
An entirely new thing al the most ia the
cemetery. There has been no cemeterv In