Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30

SOund OF the great Wlnu OloWlH6
through their branches.
In the harbor the dredging Is con-
tinuous. The two years accumulation
OF mud and debris which was hinder
ing large ships has been cleared by
the American engineers. All along
the docks there are some minor works
going on.
AZ we left them We motorcd along
the new railroad lines connecting with
the great yards the engineers are
building for the direct supply OF the
American army. We passed a group OF
surveyors and men putting in a new
switch. The captain got out OF the
car and looked over the job.
YES" he said, that's so. Right
through. Through that brick house.
You go right through"
1t was a little red house on the out
skirts, the hearth and palace Of some
French workman. and It had to go,
because the engineers cannot Aiter
railroads for sentimental reasons. But
they can and did pay for that red
brick house before running rails
through its ruins.
do you have many cases Of this
sort? ?" asked the captain.
Village Cancelled.
We'll, no." he replied. but further
up little we had TO cancel village
because we had to have that ground
fc- part OF the main yards. and these
villages in France are 80 thick you
can't build anything without humping
into one or two"
The village Is no longer there. In
it, place are miles Of new track and
cars and materials for war.
There will be $50 warehouses, each
~ ty 400 feet long. each built on con-
cIcte piles and with concrete floors
.,ld steel roofs and sides-75 kilome-
tens OF mctalled roofs. a sight to amaze
.he birds and the aviators.
SIGNIFICANT Of Achievement.
Railroad yards are railroad yards
the whole world over, and the yards
we soon entered in this center were
like those in many American cities
But while the work Is the same. al
the difference lies in the fact that er-
erything here Is operated by men In
khaki, who, like all the materials they
use, came from the states. This IL q
wonderful thing. A carload Of locomo-
tive parts is no special marvel In
Altoona or Fort Wayne or st. Louis OF
Butler, Pa, but here 1t is significant
of achievement in ocean transporta
tion, q success over the submarine, q
promise of long and vital assistance
TO an army. The electric crane in this
yard picking up an acre OF kegs oi
railroad spikes becomes an instrument
OF war against the common foe and
therefore a thing of fear and wonder
There Is also this difference. that
everything completed means greater
odds and handicaps overcome than
face the engineers at home. For ex-
ample, It Is notorious that locomotives
are a. hhss,' -sa4.... Mn the wateF a
this place is not only unfit for hu-
man consumption, but 1t is dangerous
to the health OF the engines. so one
day the order was given to build n
reservoir along a creek where an
ample supply Of good water could be
obtained. That was done. They now
have 100000 cubic yards in the re-
servoir.
Extensive as these yards are, the
mode of operation Is to be on n very
simple plan. The entire traffic il to 90
along q loop, the stores for the army
entering from the seaport at one end
and departing for the American front
on main line connection at the other
end. In between will be the $50 ware
houses with rows of track between,
where by day and by night there will
he loading and unloading, sorting and
packing and the making up OF train
loads to the order OF the staff of Gen.
Pershing.
While ] was at this center. saw a
train made up and dispatched to the
American front.
Between this port and the ultimate
destination there are other centers OF
warehouses and storage plants. more
complete than this. In one town, for
instance, the ready warehouses will
hold more food and other materials
than the Pennsylvania freight terminal
in Chicago. that new and enormous
building. At this inland center, also
the foundations have been laid for the
largest refrigerating cold storage
plant In the world, and construction IL
proceeding. The manufacturing capa-
city for ice will be several hundred
tons, thousands Of tons OF fresh beef
will be handled daily and besides there
will be a storage capacity for more
thousands OF tons Of beef and addi-
tional thousands OF tons Of other edi-
bles. thus assuring the army with
fresh foodstuffs at all times.
In this center there are being erect
ed a number OF huge storage houses
for ammunition and other inflammable
materials, and the buildings are Of hol-
low, fireproof brick, all made In Amer
lea, and a freproof system Is being
built safeguarding the munitions and
involving a pipe system of hundreds
of miles.
All this work has been and Is being
done by one regiment Of engineers,
one regiment OF foresters and COM
panies detailed from regular regi-
ments. No boom munitions town in
America ever grew faster. And. OF
course. there are other ports and 9TH
er inland towns In which similar pro-
gress has been made.
Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill,
minister Of munitions, told the British
house Of commons last week that a.
though EnRland had lost great quanti-