| OCR Text |
Show ENLAROINO FOKT DOUOLAS Oovernincnt Aichltect Here to Plan Change. t'nele Pam has bepun the xpendlture of 120 nno In Ihe Imprntement nnd enlargement en-largement nf Tort Doughis r A flirt-ner flirt-ner Ide aupeilntendent of construction for the quariei master a dtpirtment of tho I'ederal Ootsmment Is In the city working nn sketches plana and teporta uiKin whhh hla department will work In raising Port Douglas to nn eight-inmpnny eight-inmpnny imat and it regimental hend-iiuartera hend-iiuartera Sf eaklnn nf the mitter Inst etenlng Mr Oartuer aald TO DOVIILn CAPirilV 'The general plan la to double the lapnrlt) nf the iist In nrder tn do thla four new lmrrni ka will be added to the fnur w nlreudy hate The nld onea will becnmptetil) remn leled In anmc tasea nddltlonal atnrlea will be n.lded and In nttur rasea ulna, will i. n,iA,i All will be thoroughly mo lernlzed lat-nlnilea lat-nlnilea heating npporntua nnd all other molirn tontenlemea will be added All Ihe frame buildings will be torn out Nothing will be done with the olleis' inartcra nt this time but ome Held nf. Hcera' quarters will he ndded nnd bind headquarter" will be built or the old lieidqu irtera remn.lelod A enntteu will nlm be built! All Ihe buildings will he Ilrat cliiaa nnd when the) nre nil enm-I enm-I lend the tiipnclt) of the pnst will be Just double what It ia now 1S0(KW roll MOItIC .,o.Tl '"".depurtment hns set nsl.Io Jisoono for thla work but this amount will he cxpunled for the bullddiKa nlone The coat nf nil ihe heating, plumbing nnd Bewer work, amounting to perhaps Jinnoo will come out of another fund, nnd none of the furnishings la Included In ttie JlJOOini I w be In the city for nlKiut two weika wnrklng nn the I Inns Hnd speiltlcutlniiB At the end of that Unit' I shall go in Denter mil re-I re-I nrt In Co! I'm e the , hlef iiinrtermaa-ter iiinrtermaa-ter of the District of Colornln under whoae general suportlslon the work will be itom Aa soon na the plina hitc been nccepted by the depurtm, nt bids fnr Ihe wnrk will be adtertlsed fnr and the wnrk will lugln It la my understanding under-standing that ncilte building will be atnrtel within twnninnths' lti:OI.Mi;NTAI. POST nVKNTl'ALLV Thla work of Improtlng Tort Douglna Is In line with Ihe gen, nil pi in of rils-Intr rils-Intr the fort to a rcrlmentnl fost The work now stnrled will not result In this at thla time but It will rnlse tho fort from u four tnmtnn) lu nn elght-ifm.any elght-ifm.any H,t nnd n.ll tn It the dignity of being n leglmentnl heidquirlera In nd.lltlnn to thl" nil the work to be done nt thla tlmo will be In line with ninklng I ort Doiifclna a reglmentnl post ulll-mnttl) ulll-mnttl) Mr nnrtner Is nn expert In his lino of work, he hna been lu the Ootern-intiit Ootern-intiit Bert lie for u lung term of )eara and Ida ik part ment plncea complete roll ro-ll nice In hla reports He Is stopping wh e In the clt) at the New Intlaor hottl |
