[no source, December 1940]
TNT AREA CLOSED TO
SIGHTSEERS
[handwritten: Dec.
1940]
Residents And Those
Having Business To Transact To Be Given Passes.
From Wednesday’s Daily:
Highway 94
through the TNT area was barricaded against sightseers this morning as first
efforts were launched to “control traffic.” Guards were stationed to enforce an
order limiting the use of the highway to only those who have business to
transact.
Barricades
were erected on Highway 94 at its junction with Daniel Boone Highway near
Weldon Spring and at a point three miles south of Hamburg. Residents of the
area will be given passes good for two weeks and these may be renewed from time
to time. Persons living in Defiance, Augusta, St. Charles, etc., who because of
business activities must use the highway, are also being issued passes.
It was
pointed out by Capt. Dutton that this measure is only for the purpose of
controlling traffic and that the ruling will not cause residents of the area
any inconvenience.
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[no source, December 20, 1940]
Thirty Miles of Wire
Fence Seven Feet High to be Built
[handwritten: Dec 20
1940]
Around the TNT Plant
Enclosure Fifty-Two Guards on Duty
Construction
of about 30 miles of cyclone wire fence around the entire TNT area will be
started next week, Capt. C. R. Dutton of the Ordnance Department said last
night.
The fence
will be seven feet high and will be topped with three strands of barbed wire to
“discourage intruders.”
A crew of
52 guards, under the captaincy of Sheriff Joseph Borgmeyer will patrol the area
and guard the gates 24 hours a day.
Construction
of the plant proper should get under way between Christmas and New Year’s, the
delay now being in the final selection of the site by the Atlas Powder Company.
The Atlas Company is making a careful study of the contour of the ground to
determine the best possible location.
When plant
construction gets going about 3000 men will be employed. It was estimated by
Capt. Dutton that 2000 men will be employed in the plant to manufacture the
TNT.
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[no source, no date]
CAPT. DUTTON FINISHES
HIS CONFERENCES
Expected Back From
Washington Tomorrow; Construction Work On TNT Area Fence Started.
From Wednesday’s Daily:
Capt. C. R.
Dutton, who is in charge of activities in the TNT area near Weldon Spring, is
expected back in his office at Howell tomorrow. He has been in Washington, D.
C., attending conferences on area problems.
Construction
of the 7-foot fence which will circumvent the area has progressed rather
rapidly. Workmen several days ago started setting posts along highway 61,
starting at a point nearest Wentzville. Along the top of the fence will be
strung several strands of barbed wire.
There have
been no recent additions to the working forces in the area, the plans for the
plants [one or more lines missing]
