Show U 7 S A 1 I riny creates real boom town towne rort FORT BRAGG N C in his sweetest dream probably no secretary of any chamber oi of commerce however ardent a booster he might be has visualized a 1200 2200 per cent increase in the population of his town during a single year yet that is what is being achieved here although this post long has been the largest military reservation in the country insofar as area is con berned ned there were only a lew few more than soldiers hero here last june next june according to the army schedule there will be troops stationed at the post but even that is not the whole story ot of the boom which has this section of the north carolina sandhills sand hills iUs busier than ever i before fort bragg for years has been a sort of military suburb of the town of fayetteville population approximately that was still true six months ago but now the suburb has more than troops plus approximately workmen not only Is the tall tail wagging the dog but its growing and wagging faster every day its a madhouse esthe favorite description of fort bragg today there ire 2478 buildings just corn com plated or under construction no official bragg figure one day can be counted on the next soldiers Sold lera are coming in by the thousands the workmen to be exact one day last week live in tourist camps and every available room for miles around what is an undisturbed stretch of pinewoods one day will ll 11 have a road through it the next A week later a hundred or more buildings each housing between 60 and 70 men will be half finished undoubtedly it is a madhouse but probably it is as efficient a madhouse as ever operated abed the contractors and the army builders them themselves are well ahead of schedule on their 2478 new building program the military police keep abreast of each days developments to the point they can help heip old timers stationed here tor for years to find their way through the new roads and streets and over in fayetteville the soldiers on leave grin cheerfully as they stand in line waiting for a spat seat in a cafe just as they stand in line for chow here on nn the post |