El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-06


under US are all the engineers offices
which have just been complete ed and be-
youd. running back frcm the planked
roads are frame buildings Of two stories.
enough 10 make a good sized city There
are acres OF barracks for housing the men.
great stables for hundreds OF horses and
. mess halls where 1000 and more can be
fed az one time. Very near US IS the
7. ~ C. A., which. when in fun swing.
viii be the largest industrial T NJ C. A.
Of the world II viii have a moving pic
ture theater. a large auditorium. q pool
room. with 10 tables and halls for bowl
ing boxing and wrestling. 4 great deal
~ welfare work has already been started
The laborers who come in from every
where are constantly changing. and al
ready more than 100000 men have had a
hand in the work on one day Of last
month $4,000 men were on the job
Looking from the rop OF the admins
tration building you see the postoffice and
fire stations. The tire department is
equal 10 that or q large city. with chem
lcal engines and all modern appliances
Running here and there through the
the wires OF the Transmission power
lines and you see steam trains flying
over the railroads which cut through the
yards.
Great afaSsing or Services
Beyond the buildings ssirtinr the
Delaware river. are many tail dcrricl-e
They make you think OF On oil field
They are the ni1edrivers which force the
TO give the sound foundatio needed FOR
the ship ways The ways run along tho
river. and the whole distance is marked
out by the derricils. The length is al
ways, when the plant IS al going. which
viii enable them 20 make that many ships
al one time
Now take your glass and look af the
great yards below u.s. The vast tract IS
spotted with building supplies. There
are thousands u piles which have come
here from the Pacific coast forests, and
great beams and planzs which have been
brought here from the south IN all.
more than 5000 200 feet Of lumber will
be required FOR the construction and over
10000. 900 feet viii be used IN the ship
ways themselves. These are 20 acres Of
buildings now under reef
Il is interesting 20 look az the net
work o. railroads. In the yards them
more than enough II stretched cut in one
line 20 reach from Washington 70 Bait
more The iron rails wind 81 and out
Of what at first seems 20 be 2 maze Ike
that Of Rosamond's bower. As you look
close however. aided by the plan OF your
guide you see that g is one great s-s-
ten OF Classification. and that the whole
connects with the trunk lines coming In
from an parts Of the country and with
the shipwavs on the Delaware rivsr That
viii be one % rhe largest railroad yards
in the United States
The lumber and steel IN the great
variety OF parts used fer the ships come
in from the factories where they are fshri-
Gated. and are here classified and the
cars sent right 20 the shipTay where they
are needed. There IS no double handling
% supplies The rivets from the factories
Of pittsburg are not unIoaded unt1 they
are put in the hands OK the worlImen
Who are 70 pound them into the ships.
This ls so OF bolts, plates and all sorts
Of materials The cars 90 right 70 thu
ways. and the steel is not touched hy
hand from che time It leaves the fabri-
eating factories until 10 goes into the
vessel
More Than a Mile OF Was
But come with me 20 the shiDWayE.
That IS where the CHEZ work IS now
going on. and it win increase steadily