Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1917 — Water Conditions Are Being Righted at Camp Shelby. [ARTICLE]

Water Conditions Are Being Righted at Camp Shelby.

Today may witness the pumps at Camp Shelby in full operation, according to an announcement of the Hattiesburg, Miss., Traction Co. Transformers and all other necessary material has been received and a large crew of workers is rushing the electrical work to the utmost. Messages will be flashed to. Indiana and Kentucky as soon as it is evident that all will be in readiness "to receive the thousands of men from those states now mobilizing and packing up ready for tne journey to the sunny southland. Two crews, comprising about 35 skilled workers, are working on the line to Camp Shelby. The pojes have been in place for the past two weeks, and with the arrival of the insulators last week and the transformers more recently, the finishing touches are being made as rapidly as possible. The pumps for the two wells are in place for immediate service. A great part of the grounds and buildings have been wired and the camp grounds may glow with lights for the first time soon. Two pumps of 75 horsepower each will pump the water to the tops of the wells and two other pumps of 30 horsepower each will pump it into the tanks. Each of the well pumps is expected to have a capacity of 750 gallons per minute.