Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-21
THE E'NI-AleG ED TERMINAL


completes its extensive improvements
now under way. it will have. the largest
and best equipped terminal in the
country. With one or two exceptions
It VIII also have the largest railroad
yard IN the country.
Work was started some time ago on
the tcw elevator and the new coal pie
as Well rs the extensions included in
the general plan of Improvement and
rapid Roadway IS being made In the
past few days. work has begun on the
new railroad yard. which has been laid
of in order TO feed the new piers and
to provide sufficient car storage room
Tor the ever increasing business OF the
Chesa peake & Ohio.
When the tracks in the new ward are
Gown. the Chesapeake & Ohio will have
siXty-one miles in use and there will
De nine miles put down at once leading
to piers No. s, and 10 and the trans
fer bridge.
main lines and eight tracks for storage
the latter having {; capacity for 200
cars at all times. The merchandise
Ward at Pier No . will have ten tracks
for storage in addition to the main line
and there Will be room for $50 cars
The coal pier. tNo. 1O) yard will be
we'll arranged and will have separate
yards for the loaded and empty cars.
The main line will run between the Two
to the pier. On the north will be the
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be conveniently run down to the pier.
This yard Will have room for 201 cars.
South Of the main line Will be the tracks
for empty cars. which will be stored
there as fast as they are run back from
the pier until taken away There will
be room for l20 cars on these tracks.
The main line leading to Pier S and
some Of the transfer bridge track is
down. There are two spurs to the
transfer bridge line. Including this
new yard Tor S75 cars. all of Which will
be kept clear of the main tracks.
The main lines leading to Pier and
the new elevator are vet to so down.
\ large quantity of material has ar
rived in the yard for the new elevator
and piers and already about $50 car
loads have been unoaded. This in
cludes timber. crushed stone and some
little machinery. The main machinery
for the elevator, it is understood, will
come from abroad and is expected here
every day. Several temporary tracks
have been run down to the scene Of the
improvements in order that the mate
rial can be deposited there Immediately
on arrival without delaying the Work.
Pier No. 8 will not be started until the
ether work is we'll under way When
completed this will be the largest mer-
chandise pier in the country. 1t will be
double deck structure. even larger
than Pier No. 4. which to-day has more
storage room than any other pier.
Pier No 8, which is being extended
Will be covered and fitted with grain
conveyors similar To the arrangement
Of Pier No. 5. 1t will be about the size
Of Pier No. S.
Pier No. 10 will be used exclusively
for coaiins bunker steamers. The gen
eral coastwise trade will be supplied at
the old coal piers, NO. 2 and 3. which
Will be extended and greatly improved
Various estimates OF the cost OF the
extensive improvements being made by
the Chesapeake & Ohio arc mercy
speculative. as the officials have not
given out any information on this point.
I is gen RAJ v believed that from s1.5oO :
600 to $1,000, coo will be expended before
the work is completed.
THE demand for cars is the greatest
ever known said a Chesapeake & Chic
official in Richmond yesterday. THE
supply is inadequate. and the railroads
are rushed to their limit. The freight
on our lines is the heaviest in our his
tory. and this statement aprlics to both
through and local business. Train afte,
train is rushed from the West TO our
Eastern points, and the traf Iic is some
thing enormous. Our road is not the
only one doing a Dig business. The
railways OF the entire country arc all
In the same way. and there are not
enough cars obtainablc to supply the
demand. Coal shipments have also
reached enormous proportions and the
chesapeake & Ohio rs hauling more. OF
this commodity than it has ever done