New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

house before running rails through its
ruin.
DO you have many cases of this
sort?' l asked the captain.
well, no." he replied, "but further
up bit we had to cancel village be-
cause we had to have that ground for
part of the main yards, and these viii
lages IN France are so thick you can't
build anything without humping into
one or two
The village is no longer there. In
Its place are miles of new track and
cars and material for war.
"A mile or two out we came to iunc-
tion of two new rail lines, one leading
to the inlet which before very long
VIII be the site of four large docks
where sixteen of the largest ships afloat
may rest at ease at any time while
they unload their stores, made doubly
precious by the submarine menace they
have escaped.
All about this inlet there is prcpara-
ton. Here barracks are going up:
near by barges are being built. There
IS the pile driver resting idly now on
the earth, but soon to journey out into
the water for the simple purpose of
forcing $4,000 piles into the earth as a
foundation for the docks. The railroad
men are at work. Tracks are being
laid. Long trains filled with sand are
arriving over them and discharring
their fine cargo. / asked what the
sand was for.
I'VE are raising this country eigh-
teen inches," said my guide. Further
on we are removing mountains of sand
Tor this purpose. I will show you that
work later"
How much sand are you bringing? ?"
"Six million cubic yards" was the
reply.
We climbed the barges. One, to house
the pile driver, is 70 by 100 feet, and
the cargo barges are 20 by 14o feet.
soldly built of great timbers which
came from the forests of Northwestern
United States and from Russia.
in gold" said the captain.
American Work
Covers the Country
From this point on the country for
miles about is covered with American
work. From the tops of the barpes we
could see yards and warehouses. some
only IN skeleton form; cranes moving
and locomotives putting, trains coming
in with materials, and groups of mon
as Tar as the eye could see, all engaged
IN the erection of this central terminal
and warehouse system. When these
yards are completed there will be
enough rails in this one place to Law a
direct road from here to Paris.
There viii be $50 warehouses, each
% by 400 feet, each built on concrete
piles and with concrete floors and steel
roofs and sides-75 kilometres of met
allied roofs, a sight to amaze the birds
and the aviators.
between this port and the ultimate
oestlnation there are other centres of
anu oLofdRe plants, more
complete than this. In one town. for
instance, the ready warehouses will
l, noid more food and other materials
man n, the pennsylvania freight terminal
IN Ch1cago, that new and enormous
% p,ullclng. AT this inland centre also
lhe foundations have been laid for the
largest refrlgerating cold storage plant
IN the world, and construction is pro
eeeed!lg. Inc manufacturing capacity
7 or Ice Will be several hundred tons.
thousands OF tons of fresh beef will
De handled daily and besides there will
De storage capacity for more thou
. sanos OF tons of beef and additional
thousands Of tons Of other edihlee
thus assuring the armv Of frasb
foodstutFs at all times.
In this centre there are being erected
A number of huge storage houses fo,.
and other infammable rna-
sserials, and the buildings are of hollow
lreproof brick, all made in America
ana hreproof system is being huiIt
the munitions and inyoly
ng pipe system OF hundreds OF miles
All TINS work has been and is being
zone by one regiment of engineers, one
eglment OF foresters and companies
1etalled from regular regiments. No
boom munitions town in America ever
grew faster. And. of course. there arc
'1her ports and other inland towns in
Splch similar progress has been made.
Az tnese things the captain who was
'onductlng me on his round onlv hint
a. Tor he was too busy with his own
york even to speak of his neighbor,s.
30 we climbed into his auto and. Ieav-
ng the main yards behind US. rode bv
he reservoir
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