Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-11
CREATE GREAT NETWORK or
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

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.scif-y, 0.a:e.si and personnel.
E5sE mas nT ns%s 'Ae Me essPsisa q.
:, ne-e close cooperation has been
5se,,o t5h h sGisa P 20 with ma
e..al has supplied during tho va.
$50 miles OF track. 3.tol locomo-
es ass a anl - sSeak Of stores and ,cois
Tor nralntenance The personnel sen;
overseas since the formation or the
e DenEis,s Of issi oneers. 1890 british
snd :l,o$7 colonial soldiers, All OF
them skilled men. trained on the in
South Africa and New Zealand troops
have operated The railways, and can;, =.
war construction gangs in France.
Material and personnel Cor ira elk
,;y!as and mainte2anco IN EGypt:
!hs! used from. salonika came from,
laid around Basdad in Mcsopo,amia.
AFFORD peace-;imo facilities through
Northwestern Persia. AZ Bagdad and
iiasra center railways whose outward
~eek in las, January 10 $4,000 IONS
Il week IN October.
$4,000 SQUARE YARDS
OF NEW ROADS BUILT
..lbou, $4,000 square yards OF new
toads have been built in France. with
every week. the British quarry output
having risen from 10000 TO 10000 tons
weekly. Las; January, 5000 miles Of
lads were being maintained in France
~ the british army; last September
i,veo miles. During last year. the
3:.ores carried on the military railway
from $4,000 TO S2.oo0 tons week
~, Certain SLI :, exreoiionai cases which
ne scope Of ,hiA. depa glmcn, should
$50 De mentioned ,2,ate in 1915. when
tho completion of the Thurman rail-
va, .eemed uniikely before the win.
!ac'iitate its construction. Recently
eXHcTts have been Gent TO Nladivos-
Il,.. working of the Siberian ALWAYS
iIcip in railway construction in fo-
,9Nimg up inc great siberian advance
";.s given 70 the Serbian military au-
.na;Anec OF the French coal mines
uaTi% IN 1917. ii was considered urgent
-! o. fa &c ai,, n eve1y way the, work
as wete within british areas. and also
20 urepare for the reopening OF those
~ IN. German areas Assistance was
i"hinE stock and ,rackage provided
"a. hasten the resumption OF output
n Inc Eord and Pas de Calais The
i;9iice5 Tor removing the water from
eae mines in the Lens distric, viii
y.n.'tute she blgges; operation OF the
NfHo eve! undertaken
DIRECTORATE OF MOVEMENTS
EMPLOYS ENORMDIs ToRcc
the third section Of the oeice ~
"'!ccioEL'H OF movements attends 10
.2hNeyancc TO- iron! ana between an
,- ..itm-I. o. war IN which thc British
h-1; ninc months OF 1917. It's work is
.t2reS@nted by tho transportation Of
800 Msa .,Sss sa animals, aio.l5i;
ToIiinE stock, etc, 20 France S7.ss5
n.y. "oFh' OF course, increased very
cAtIy With Americas entry into the
rhe directorate OF inland WATERWAYS
ano ,. oocks controls Al canal transport
I3f; constitution and dock pers1nnei
- overseas Ii is this director.,c
n!ch mas created the cross chann.i
oafse se-':cn and tram ferries ard
- oecn III charge Q: the construction
sre-t war roris Of Marlborough,
49, -Ia, and laramie, Italy.
So oe3hting WITH The department
.'t'c D=en numbcr % depar trlents Of
ot-cr ministries. The railway -nm,g
.,ohs branch OF the Ministry OF Mn.
Tons hss been responsible sor 49,.
o:iaoipal materials, such as iocouio.
,tvfes track and plan. For h.s,.,
aEa iHsEection purposes Il la had :"
.ise OF ltN!ns arm OF oonsu!ii7.