Show Fort Ert Douglas I Improvements Launched Under I-Under Under Month 6 Rehabilitation oil Program a t I i I One Ouie of the he l largest swimming pools in the city has been completed completed-at ted at Fort Douglas as a part of the fall reha rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- re- re ha habilitation program Inset Miss liss Catherine McCarthy M Carthy left and Miss Betty McCarthy l right daughters of Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Colonel C. C E. E McCarthy l at Fort D Douglas gl s prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare for a swim A six months months' rehabilitation program pro program gram grant has been started at Fort Fod Douglas for the beautification of buildings and grounds Colonel Walter C. C Sweeney commander officer of of- fleer tIcer announced Tuesday More than in P W A funds have been received Colonel Sweeney Sweeney Swee Swee- ney reported to be bo used in minor repairs to buildings and f for r landscaping landscaping landscaping land land- projects A swimming pool poor on the eastern edge of tho fort has be been n completed ted wIthY with post exchange tu funds and Isone Is Isone Isone one of the largest In the city Colonel Sweeney said sidi The Th Improvement program also includes c construction o of bf a gravel ro road d eight and on onh one half h I miles mile up ip p pR R Red d Butte Bulte canyon canyo as as a protection to Bu res reservoir and th the Vasa Wasatch national forest C C 00 C la lab labor la- la b bor bor t is eing J g used sed and t four ur miles of roadway already ady has has- been graded Grading of f. f roads also was started in the C C C area C-area area rea west of the army post together with the construction of administration buildings barracks barracks bar bar- racks racks- mess hall infirmary and ga ga- rages This project calls for for- forthe the expenditure of of C C C funds and the buildings will wUl be oc occupied occupied oc- oc cc c- c c pied upon completion As a part part- of th the landscaping more moro than acres between between- Fort Douglas and the University ity of Utah will be planted in Mongolian grass this fall tall and a new new parade ground of 40 acres north of Fifth South street and west of the tho post will b be bc built Several hundred Chinese elms Russian olive trees and creeping cedars cedars ce dars also will be plant planted d on on the thc reservation with a view to beautifying beautify beautify- ing Wasatch boulevard rd According to Colonel Sweeney these thelle improvements are arc but minor ones in view of the needs of the post He said th that t since the tho building building building build build- ing of Fort Douglas in 1862 very few repairs have been made and the buildings arc are completely outdated In structure re plumbing and sanitary conditions Colonel Sweeney reported that improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im amounting to more than were vitally ne needed ded at the army reservation They include two new barr barracks to house addi additional t tl nal recruits to be enlisted this fall taU rehabilitation of virtually all living quarters building garages for residents a new hospital headquarters arters ar- ar building oW officers officers' ers ers' quarters and gymnasium |