The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-28
TO MAKE FORT NECESSITY
OUTSTANDING SHOW PLACE
Relief Project Calls For Much
Improvement at Fayette COun-
ty Shrine, Near Garrett County
TO BE FINISHED IN 1885

TO BE FINISHED IN 1885
The Fort Necessity Relief Work
project, in Fayette county, Pa, for the
completion of the State and National
Park at the scene of George Washing
toms defense against the French and
Indians in 1854, provides for $4,000
for the payment of labor and an al
most equal sum to pay for transporta-
ton of men to and from their work,
the labor being provided by the Penn
sylvania State Department of Forests
and Waters.
AS many readers of The Republican
will recall and as many have observed,
Fort Necessity is located near U. S.
Route 40, the National Highway, west
of Keyser's Ridge, near the Braddock
monument, and only within the last
two years was it restored and repli-
ca Of the old log fort erected by the
State of Pennsylvania and the Federal
Government. The fort may be seen
from the highway and is located in a
meadow fanked on the west and the
north by low hills.
Before the opening of the vacation
touring season next summer this ma
tional shrine will be one of the out
standing show places in the east.
Included in the work to be complet-
ed before that time is a comfort sta
ton, size 80 by 60 feet. 1t is to be
built of logs, in keeping with the fort
construction, but the inside will be
finished. Plumbing and fixtures are to
be of the most modern type. In provid-
ing for this the Department had the
foresight to plan for the future by
adopting plans calling for sewerage
system ten times larger than the pres
ent requirements, thus allowing for
growth in popularity Of the historic
site-something that is most certain.
The main gateway is to be complet-
ed. This is to be 81 feet wide, includ-
ing its wing walls, and Is feet high.
1t will be constructed from native stone
and will be wired for electricity.
A masonry bridge of the same type
and construction as the smaller ones
near the fort, but sufficiently large to
accommodate two-way traffic, will be
erected.
Three park pavilions of rustic con-
struction, measuring 20 by 80 feet,
will be built at different points in the
park. They will have floors and roofs
but no sides and are for picnic pur-
poses.
Twenty park tables and shelters
with a stone fireplace at each one are
to be built. These are for individual
picnic parties.
Thirty-four hundred feet of hard top
macadam road is to be constructed to
the top of the hill in the rear of the
fort and two miles of Summer road"
from the end of the hard road to the
property line.
The reservoir on the hill back of the
fort is to be repaired. This is expected
to provide sufficient water for the main
comfort station and for drinking pur-
poses from eleven springs which are
to be enclosed in masonry.
Dead timber and brush on the 100
acres of woods are to be removed and
the property made safe from fire haz-
ards. Four miles of bride paths will
be constructed; 10 quail shelters and
/ 80 other bird shelters, all rustic, and
10 log dams are to be built; five shell
ter cabins erected; 40 swings and a
large incinerator provided.
In Memorial Circle, directly facing
the fort, a small pool and steps are to
be constructed and extensive land
scaping completed. Four thousand
pine trees are to be planted in addi-
ton to 5000 other trees, shrubs and
plants, costing approximately $4,000.
The project also calls for construc-
ton of a concrete and masonry dam
at the fort for the pool under the two
small bridges leading from Memorial
Circle.