Salt St lake Offices Opened For Fo Defense Expansion An area office of the U. U S S. S district district district dis dis- engineers corps San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Monday was opened at 10 W. W 1st 8 South uth to handle construction construction construction tion details of a multimillion dollar dollar dollar dol dol- lar development at Dugway and Deseret in western Tooele county The project part of the stepped stepped- up national defense program will willbe willbe I be under the direction of Col H. H G. G I I Gerdes army engineers corps who arrived from Washington D D. C. C to open the office l It is hoped to begin construction I work by b next t spring it i t was announced announced an an- flounced from the new area area engineers engineers' engineers engineers' engi- engi 1 office which will occupy the entire fifth floor at the specified specified specified fied downtown address Plans Plan announced from Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington nearly eight months ago indicated the military public works authority bill in in- in I eluded for or the development development development develop develop- ment at Dugway and Deseret Among initial expenditures according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to earlier announcements were for housing for work buildings S for utilities and roads and for recreation and community facilities Most of the staff of the U. U S. S Pacific zone transportation center which was recently closed at 10 W. W 1st South office will be be absorbed ab absorbed absorbed ab ab- in establishing shing a staff for forthe forthe forthe the new area engineers' engineers office said Col Gerdes Additional engineers and draftsmen draftsmen draftsmen drafts drafts- men will be employed through normal normal normal nor nor- mal c civil cil il service channels located in m the federal building Ashton Evans and Brazier architects have been appointed engineers architect-engineers for the project project project said Col Gerdes