Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-13 | Page 19 | Feature Ogden in 'Red Book'

llEDGOEN ' i: I , - r featured in the I PJ , i" " come off the I rC r h r n J vrs.-n:.l -n.J . h krc, ,!: , f Vn,: I- I tr ' ' "kth- ngden Arsenal ; I p ' ' e 1 r iM.de of t,,, Proposition 1 ft- v I lb-1 I 1 r v ' ,' ,c, i . II i '"J , I K Snplh. roa.-l.lne '1,. roast 9 m HI K- f jf(!i".' Iv fl"' ii'-'m Mm-i rlty to remove all danger from explosion: explo-sion: on n wmly foundation which does not Transmit vibration from . plosion. i ' I ii R i R. k. "The proper! i i routs on an ele, trio lino which is a feeder of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad ami provider hourlj service between s..u jakc and Jgden. "Contracts for the construction of buildings and utilities at the ngden arsenal was awarded September ii il&20, and time .r completldn for the entire project being June J. UJ21. "The entire project comprise approximately ap-proximately sixty buildings thirty-three thirty-three of these being ammunition stor-ee stor-ee m:u'izini'x r. i x l 1 1 feet. 0)- ,.n. .-rote and hollow iiic construction w'th a capacity of 11. Out) squurc feet floor space each; these buildings to be used for the storage or loaded shells in bi transported from eastern storehouses The remaining group of building ' ompi Is an administration building fire .and guar.i heuse, locomotive house, heating plant, garage general warehouse and other buildings, practically prac-tically all to b construi ted ol brick Further construction in the nature ..f thlrtj small warehouses foV smokeless smoke-less powder storage In contemplated However, fundi; are not available at Tliis lime. "The present storage capacity when filled Will take wire of upprnxi ma U I . 3.000 oars of ammunition. "if an explosion should occur, the tile could be blown Into small fragments frag-ments which do not carry far and will do little damage In failing. As the storehouses are about 200 feet apart and not over about I'JO.OOO pounds ..f shell will be stored in ouch, it is n,,i probable thai an explosion in any un,. building will be communicated to tho others. About lf,u men will he permanently permanent-ly employed as guards, caretakers ajul workman. No great turnover .of ammunition am-munition stored will lake place although al-though certain renewals will be necessary, neces-sary, m OMI-I.i I I SIM R TRACK "Al this time the spur tracks are all completed and In use by the in-! r.il contractor lor transferring of materials to tip. .-,rious building sites 1 The foundations are all finished ihe! concrete floors nei,:. .-.11 laid, .iboutj one-half of the walls" up and a few roofs are on, tH,. contractor being well1 iiheud of hir schedule. "As soon in any of the storehouses ire completed, ammunition will bo Ihlpped from the at to fill them. I rhe government Is now paying high rentals' for ihe flimsy buildings in whch the surplus ammunition is housed. "Captain Ora Uundy. a civil engineer, engi-neer, is the officer in charge representing repre-senting the United states government luring the construction of the arsenal 'Supervising engineer A W ICInnev I already on the ground, will have eharge of the igden arsenal when it is completed "