David
The reason was that the POW's and US personel would be
hauled in and out by train, i.e. revenue.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- dwfiedler <David.Fiedler@L...> wrote:
> Hi everybody:
>
> I am writing a book about the World War II era
> prisoner of war camps
> in Missouri. As you may know, about half a million
> Axis soldiers
> captured in fighting overseas were sent to the US,
> and approximately
> 15-18,000 Germans and Italians ended up in Missouri.
> How is this
> involves the Chicago Burlington & Quincy is that I
> have come across
> the following information in the course of my
> research:
>
> -------------------
>
> During the government's review of potential sites
> for locating
> new
> prisoner of war camps in the Midwest, the Chicago,
> Burlington &
> Quincy Railroad offered land for a camp at several
> possible
> locations, including Maryville, Missouri, and
> Centerville, Iowa. The
> government declined the railroad's offer, based on
> guidelines in
> place at the time for locating internment camps that
> said facilities
> to house POWs should not be located in areas with a
> mean annual
> temperature of less than 56 degress Fahrenheit,
> citing savings in
> construction and heating costs gained by placing
> camps in more
> moderate climates. (DRURY)
>
> -------------------------
>
> Do you have any idea why the CBQ would make such an
> offer to the
> government, and/or if there are any historical
> resources that might
> address this activity that I should check with?
>
> Thanks for your help, and best regards-
>
> David Fiedler
> St Louis, Mo
> 314/956-7353
>
>
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