| Show f r J I NI M AA H t N AN t IMI AMLI I MII t I IVI I WW f 1 I a Fort to lo Cost a cz o y tn tU NJ M II are boo be booIng fug Ing pushed with nil Jle 1 tit t I Fort ort Construction la III active on the tho lIeW and the tho lum on the tho southern part of the poet grounds and laborers fur for weeks linen tearing up the tho and roads or of the poet new lIew lIeI rl and water r dIe gai r lug Ing and laying nil all In pro pre for the r ot of Fort Douglas from what would hart tl havu havo been enough 20 years Ro ngo to n II vomit lion that will meet th the requirements of throe the great grent that to he placed hero here when the rebuilding shall have been heen completed i HISTORY When Mai 1 Connor loaded the tho silo It ot of the tho tort fort In 1863 the Willi n 1 dry and barren Connor Connors men lived In III tents tentH until log huts could bo be built for thou thell convenience and the tho next in III the tho Improvement was cone adobe which today tOlay soul i ibe be called s hucks It required rc q uIa r d ears cars for r the tho era orn of tono n houses to ho be a 1 i find when tort Fort Douglas wa sus brought t tl what It was up to the tho hc be beginning ginning or of the tho ern of Improve mont ment It wens regarded II n a vcr very nt at attractive that time hn has Bono by IY and what wane It net lIot palatial then Is 18 out of date mud ante J I N now The Tho necessity of 1 a complete overhauling ant enlargement Young of at the tho Infantry came hel here with his hI am and two light were stationed here he c There were welo corrals only for ono one hattory and It was wall to build WOoden ones for forthe forthe the and the tho of Infantry wan waA en ao that men man were sleeping on al I the of just JUHt 1110 Mexican until v provision could bu bo mode far tor rhen t for some omu time the tho lack lackor or of modern In the tho barracks have been felt and the tho same Iamo was true In the tho quarters around cers raw 1011 The In nil of the buildings 18 l n de t and ho floor 1001 lag Ing poor If not rotten rolten and there thoro was II a that thing would fall Into II a general decay tad protests have been from time timeto to time but nothing of a radical no 1111 turn turo undertaken la III the WI way of at Im ns nn It realized that II a general rebuilding must come shortly and It has TO 1310 Efforts that met with success were made malic at Wn h by Utah In III Congress hacked hackell by the tho from army last JURt anti the Iho rev reo cult sult wan nn an appropriation h by the nn 11 tonal lIonal legislature ot of for Cor the tho complete rebuilding of the tho old tuna army poet Even EVell in III Inn lis antiquated con It has hns been I a great attraction to M NW and nien meni and hl have vo striven for Cor tran fon here from less lie dew posts nn and men mell whoso whose terns terms of expired elsewhere have te re MIJ r I W NW for tor n stationed It at Fart when the thc new III ready for tor occupancy It will le Ie one of the moet NI M J JJ mill military tal posts either In this or 01 lu In uny country TIIt rm rho fht detailed enumeration of havo already been heen law decided de on and will of the whole a 1 t SIx Kreut Au building laix setH of quarters Four seta ot of field qua tern of present quartos hoes WOO HO I oa t Stables bakery etc club and bachelors Martell n n u of of water mans build building Ing Rowers roads and general Improve OOoo Non r tors Total roll I lI NI L POST The Tho foregoing Improvements ha have j b been en approved nl at Washington and Inti I other Improvements ore In liot which will whit exhaust the tho lion of The Tho POW Frt Dou Doulas Doug Douglas las will he be when completed n II 12 COlli puny or full regimental post pel with n a population of shout 1600 souls fouls The Tho cost CaRt of will I MOO O The present ground N N NN lr f tI n A I will ho bo doubled and Inti consist of nil an upper d 1 I t for tor dress guard mounts r and other dally daily not calling r I I ii for extended operations and n a lower I section for requiring II a more J extended pace t NI W CONDITIONS 71 All 11 old barracks rare 1111 to be removed and street car termInals changed to r moot the tho new conditions The Tho now new r quarters for tor cat tams u rd nelll fold will ho he north ot of the thu u present entrance to the garrison and will v Ili make n a IIno of nt tent or o f morn 1 The northern ono eau of at quarters wilt will r extend to 1000 feet teet ot of Popperton Place The fhe Penrose drive will front r these quarters they thoy will bo be zed and al will v bc m ado the t he fashIon n bin r drive from Snit Salt Luke to the tho garrison ap t j rho fhe target range will 1111 ho be t south of the old tort near the military cometH cemetery tho present target range will 11 used CO tar the tho building of a I line IIno of and captains quarters The Tho drive will strike the tho limits at the heM head of Fort Jort 4 Douglas avenue which of Itself le III an extension ot at Third while the tho macadam road to 10 the tho south meets the tho 1 lel of Houth street just youth of The building of oC those two II line 11 I macadam toads londa will ho he s of material std to the entire northe northeast t ot of the town and tend to thu there then of lino residences The Tho I Irod are now well tinder way rod for tor the tho next two years the al on the tho In the tho way war of reconstruction will hl he very market |
