The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
HOLLY RIDGE WORK
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night that no further developments
have arisen in the camp construc-
ton.
He said that just as soon as plans
for streets and sidewalks have been
approved by the quartermaster corps
area commander, that work will be
started along these lines. Streets
and sidewalks will have to be laid
off before any building construction
can be started, he said.
Good Speed
He said that good speed is being
made by the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company which is putting
in additional lines to Holly Ridge
from both Wilmington and Jackson
vile, but added thai before phone
service can be installed, an office
must be built at Holly Ridge and
that it will probably be several
weeks before the expanded phone
service is completely installed.
Two crews of linemen from the
Tide Water Power company were
also making fast time on the in
stallation of an 1000 volt, three
phase line, being installed tempo
rarily for construction purposes. The
work was begun Monday morning
at Topsail Church, a village south
of Holly Ridge, where the first pole
was put in place.
South of there workmen were
busy installing the third line for
the three-phase line and north Of
there others were busy stalking out
a right of way, clearing it, and
erecting poles.
In all Is tons Of copper wire will
be used on the project and a large
number of creosoted poles. The
work is expected to be completed
in ten working days in the absence
of bad weather.
Yesterday afternoon A. E. Jones,
general manager of the Tide Wa
ter Power company, and Claude H.
McAllister, superintendent OF the
transformer department of the
company, went over the line and
found work progressing speedily.
The line is being run up the side
Of the Ocean Highway and will
provide ample power for all con-
struction purposes at Holly Ridge
as soon as it is completed.
This line is not to be the per-
manent line which will supply the
camp when it is completed but is
being run solely to provide power
for construction purposes.
Col. Montgomery said there are
"rumors" a bus line will install pas
senger service between Holly Ridge
and Wilmington and between Holly
Ridge and nearby towns but there
has been nothing official said about
it yet as far as he knew.
However, he said, he anticipated
that railroad passenger service will
be instituted and indicated that such
service will be along the lines re-
ported recently a. tentatively con-
sidered-three trains a day from
Wilmington, through Holly Ridge
to Jacksonville and return.
Indications are that wells already
drilled on the camp site will be suf-
ficient to supply the camp, he said.
Monday workmen were working on
one Of the wells located near U. 5.
Highway II but north Of the dirt
road which runs to Maple Hill:
Though there is nothing OF mill
+arv Importance on the camp site
vet. visitors are not allowed to go
over the site. A guard is kept on the
road leading to Maple Hill, winch
has been closed to traffic from here,
except trucks bringing materials Tor
the camp.
Working on Spur
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
company forces yesterday continued
their work of installing a 50-car
storage spur tIdNh ASANNJ
Yesterday workmen were unloading
heavy grading and ditching equip
ment and unloading rails for the
track.
And while all this activity was
going on real estate values mere
doomed. C. C. Hines reported that
he had been deluged with offers
from men who wished to rent or
buy my property, some Of them of
fering me even more than I was
asking but I had to tell them all l
couldn't do anything right now."
Hines is planning a bit of build
ing himself. He said he expects his
architect to arrive soon and that in
a few days he will be ready to move
his store, which contains the postof-
flee, back from the highway and be-
Gin sonstruction Of q large building