The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
LAYOUT FOR ARMY
CAMP APPROVED
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earth. Big drainage lines of cor
rugated iron pipe r being placed
far below the surface of the soil
to take the water to the railroad,
from where it will be allowed to
flow through culverts already in
place, toward the ocean.
Drainage is important at tn e
camp site for until it becomes
operative difficulty will be n
countered in keeping the roads and
streets free of water and mud
which slows trucks moving ma
terials.
At the same time the drainage
pipes are being laid, the water
lines are being put into place, pre-
paratory to the making of connec-
ions when the permanent build
ings are erected.
Grading is proceeding at a rapid
pace also and good progress is
being made on the administration
building located near 18th and D
streets. .
At the southern end Of the camp
site contractors sheds, which will
serve as portable offices, are be-
ing erected. These sheds are be-
ing built of skids and will be
moved from place to place over
the huge camp site as work pro-
crosses.
Machine Sheds
Far from the railroad and near
to the Maple Hill road which runs
perpendicular to the railroads, ma
chine sheds are being erected.
Here rolling equipment will be re-
paired, and gas tanks 70 supply
that rolling equipment are placed.
Well diggers are proceeding to
sink more wells, looking to the
day when IA wells will supply TO-
900 men with water for drinking
and sanitation purposes as well as
fire protection after being carried
through the extensive system OF
water mains which is being laid
in the wake of the big ditch-dig-
ging machines which are cutting
gorges in the almost level land.
In another week, army officers
said today, the camp will show an.
even greater increase in work
done than it does at the mt OF
this week and soon work will strike
that peak everyone or the job is
striving to obtain.
It is difficult to get a compre-
hensive picture of the work being
done at the camp site. In the first
place, the site itself is huge.
Secondly, various gangs are work
ing at various task all over the
site. Railroad tracks are being
laid, areas are being graded for
warehouses, dirt from the ware
houses areas is being hauled to
fill in wet places in some OF the
mucky roads, pipe lines for water
and drainage are being laid, tires
burn as workmen continue to clear
the site, temporary and permanent
are under construction,
are being unloaded from
railroad cars and piled, and then
from piles and hauled to
those spots where they are needed.
A telegraph office has beer open
ed in the railroad depot by West
ern Union. The wire has been
there for some time but permits
sion has been obtained from the
federal communications commits
sion only this week to operate 1t.
Will Be Closed
At present most of the activity
is conferred along the road which
from Holly Ridge to Maple
Hill. . "a road which will eventual
ly be closed to the public which
will be routed southwark around
the camp site over a new road
will meet U. S. Highway
II south of the camp site.
It is along this road that offices
of the administrative personnel on
the job are located. To the north
Of this road most of the grading
work to provide sites for ware
louses and a concrete mixing
plant is being done. TO the south
# it the administration building is
being erected at a point just north
of the four-room first aid center.
A mile south Of the Maple Hill