Durham—The contractors in charge of the construction of the
Geer building have employed a night force, and in the future will use about a
hundred hands on the excavation for this building during the day and half that
number during the night.
Hundreds watt incandescent have been stretched across the
building site, and these make the night about as bright as the day for the
laborers. No trouble was experienced in getting negroes to work during the
night for they like the cool nights better than the warm days. The construction
forces are using two forces of horses and are hauling the dirt from the
excavation as fast as the negroes can get it up.
Putting on the night force was made necessary on account of
the nature of the soil six feet under the surface. A kind of sand stone was
encountered which made the progress of the work so slow that the contractors
had to resort to the night work in order to get the building completed on
schedule time.
The work of dismantling the First National Bank building is
being carried forward rapidly and the contractors announce that as soon as they
get the old building out of the way they will use a day and night force to get
the excavation dug.
The novel sight of a half hundred Negroes working under the
glare of electric lights attracted a great deal of attention. People hearing
that a night force was to be worked came up street especially to see the
sights.
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