Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1917 — 16 AMERICAN CITIES BUILT BY ONE MAN [ARTICLE]

16 AMERICAN CITIES BUILT BY ONE MAN

Washington. —If ever there was reason to be proud of American determination, speed and ingenuity there Is reason now to be proud of the remarkable accomplishment of one man — Maj. W. A. Starrett, who built' 16 cities each to accommodate 40,000 persons, complete with light, heat, ventilation and sewerage systems, all in three mo’nths. Maj. W. A. Starrett was an architect before the United States got'lnto the war. When congress severed relations with Germany Starrett became chairman of the committee on emergency construction of the council of national defense. As soon as the conscription bill was passed Starrett set to work to construct the great cantonments that are now housing the drafted men of the National army. The feat is unequalled in history.