Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

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nehses and annoyances OF small con-
signmehts. but the stock carried will
DC In the fun sense Of the word cur
rcnt--ahot dead lumber.
The Bureau OF Yards and Docks is
erecting nine ether perraanent store
houses OF siniileI' construction at vari-
Gus yards to meet similar needs. Those
at Philadelphia. Boston. Puget Sound
and Hampton Roads all have floor
Areas of quarter of ryillion square
feet ana over. and will cost half
million dollars apiece. The smallest
Of the forty projects Is Il four-story
structure at Pearl fIarbor. Hawaii. $50
by GO feet. with n cubic capacity sufh-
cient to discharge three good sized
ocean freighters.
Total figures for the whole group
including the buildings begun curing
July and August at Mare island
Charleston and New London and "a large
extension at the Newport torpedo sta
ton now being advertised for bids.
make an imposing array. For view
OF the whole permanent storehouse pro-
gram. there should be added Rgures
Tor the marine and advance base store
houses at Philadelphia tnow under
at Hampton Roads tplans completely.
The Aggregate foor space inside of
walls amounts to two and quarter
million square feet. or strip of city
property a block in width and over a
mile long. Their cubical content foots
up to twentysix and half millions
OF cubic feet. Dcductine 20 per cent
from this total for clearance. office
the stores housed will aggregate 5ao.-
600 tons ships measurement equivalent
to the gross tonnage of twelve ships
the size of the Titantic. To move such
an accumulation would require geo
trains OF nifty loaded freight ears each,
rolling caravan 100 miles long with
three miles CT locomotives intcrspcrscd.
These fourteen storehouses Will cost
the government close TO si,5cQ,QU0
Their state of completion is now rcpre-
scented by so per cent. and all that large
forces. risiiant engineering direction.
md close cost accounting can do to
Insure rapid and economical construc-
ton IS being done. Tho average time
Of completion is $50 days per building.
so that the average expenditure over
the project fails not far short of s35
per minute during work hours.
HAMPTON ROADS Plant
HAS LARGE CAPACITY
The cold storage plant at Hampton
Roads Is n 100000 enterprise to be
completed within 100 days from date
of contract. 1t Will comprise 47b. 900
cubic feet Of space on floor area of
approx matcly 10000 square feet. and
will furnish refrigeration for 1000, 900
pounds OF meat. 100000 pounds of
vegetables. 100000 pounds of butter
and 100000 dozen eggs at one time,
in addition to Il daily leo output OF
100000 pounds. 1t will thus be
capable in an emergency of provision
ing and icing q dozen mcn-of-wa from
stock on hand.
II will be esse' TALLY a box of cork
anchored to an exterior box of re-
enforced concrete, with a continuous
layer of dead air between. Even the
floors will be independent OF the ex-
terror concrete for support to avoid
possible heat conduction. No windows
of any kind will be provided, but all
lighting and air circulation will be
artificial. ~ temperature ranging from
10 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit will be
maintained continuously; meat will he
mechanically unloaded from the re-
friserntor cars. frozen solid. and stored
for an Indefinite period until needed.
Construction like the foregoing. no
matter how rapidly supplied. is INSULT
cient TO keep pace with the uneNampled
requirements of the war period. and
must be supplemented by large scale
emergency storage of a ;o-called tenn
porary character, on which the work
may be rushed TO the limit. The in
tention has been TO provide frame and
Sheet-iron weather-proo structures OF
sufficient area to meet impending needs
and strong enough to give service
through an indeterminate period. until
tho country reverts to 4 peace footing
and the material may be salvaged in
reasonable preservation.
Rented storage In vast areas has also
been rcsorted to In order TO tide over
emergencies. 100000 square feet i'm pier
Warehouse. and factory space having
been obtained in one port and two city
blocks of wharfage in another.
The erection of fifty large temporary
storehouses at practically every yard
In the nation is either complete or being
actively prosecuted. This total does
not include all storage at the twenty
naval training camps. airplane and
diriGible hangers, nor minor misccl-
laneous shelters By lump sum" or
cost plus" contracts or yard labor.
however, the work can best be handled,
the bureau and its public works officers
have been engaged in :. race against
time. Housing has been supplied for
tubes, tools. steel, oil and paint. mis-
cellaneous and fleet storage SalvaC-