Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-05-31
ARMY OFFICERS
CONSIDER SITES
in SOMERSET
Select Two Tentative Locations
For The CCC Drainage And
Mosquito Camps
CONTRACTORS SHOULD SEE
COUNTY AGENT KELLER

Il
Last Friday the army officers in
charge of selecting sites for CCC
camps in the Third Corp area visited
Princess Anne for the purpose of Sc
lecting a location for the CCC drain
age camp.
In the party were the following of
ficers: Captain w. H. Colbern, of
Fort Meyer, Va, and Lieutenant H.
B. Damron, Beltsville, Nd, Ray Car
penter. specialist in agricultural en-
gineering of the Extension Service al
so accompanied the officers. County
agent c.. z. Kellar accompanied the
party on the inspection trip to the
several sites which were offered dur
ing the past few weeks.
The following locations were con-
sidered before the final selection was
made: Cohn and Book tract on old
State road to Salisbury, near Meal
lens mill. Timber tract on Chas.
Fitzgerald Farm, located on Deals
Island road. Field located on east
side of Beechwood on road to West P.
O.. Long Bros. offered three differ
ent locations in and around Westover.
The advantages and disadvantages
of each location were carefully con-
sidered by the officers and by Mr..
Carpenter wholw was interested in the
location from the standpoint of being
convenient for the drainage work to
be conducted in the county.
The officials decided that site Of
fered by Long Bros, Westover, had
the best possibilities and would meet
the requirements that they feel are
necessary for camp.
The site which has been leased by
the government for one year with an
option of two years extension was
signed by Long Bros, last Friday af-
ternoon before the party left Prin-
cess Anne. The government will pay
a nominal fee of $1.00 for the rent of
the tract of land for the three years
period.
The site is located on what is
known as the Lewis Layfield farm
The site consists of an area of ten
acres and is located along Back Creek,
at a point where there is circular
growth of trees on three sides of the
site. The drainage is fine and the
soil is some of the best in the county
for agricultural purposes. There is
an elevation of about ten feet from
Back Creek to the camp site.
The location is on the Princess
Anne to Pocomoke road, about five
miles south of Princess Anne and is
located close to power line and rail-
road siding.
A new road will be constructed
along the Back Creek branch, from
the camp site to the new state road
close to the Westover Junction.
The officers state that the site will
compare very favorably with the 9TH
er sites on the Eastern Shore and
should make a very attractive camp
Mr.. Carpenter states that the camp
will be centrally located for the drain
age work to be carried on in the tax
bitches of the county.
1t is expected that the army off
cers in charge of the construction
work on the camp will come to Prin-
cess Anne within the next few weeks
to give plans to the local contractors
and builders for the construction Of
the fifteen buildings which will prob.
ably be erected late in June or early
in July.
Contractors who are interested il
bidding on this work, should get ir
touch with the County Agent, who
will give their names to the officers
in charge of the construction of the
Camp.