. Electric railway journal . f con-crete, brick and tile, each 160 ft. wide by 1680 ft. 13 miles of track are used here temporarily bythe contractors. Housing is being provided for about4500 of the men, but this does not prevent practicallyall of them from going to Norfolk when they have themoney. It is hoped to complete construction workhere before cold weather sets in, thus calling only forthe use of existing open cars as hereinafter noted. Tripling in size of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in- volving an addition of 35,000 to 40,000 men to the popu-lation of Portsmouth. Construction o
. Electric railway journal . f con-crete, brick and tile, each 160 ft. wide by 1680 ft. 13 miles of track are used here temporarily bythe contractors. Housing is being provided for about4500 of the men, but this does not prevent practicallyall of them from going to Norfolk when they have themoney. It is hoped to complete construction workhere before cold weather sets in, thus calling only forthe use of existing open cars as hereinafter noted. Tripling in size of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in- volving an addition of 35,000 to 40,000 men to the popu-lation of Portsmouth. Construction of U. S. Engineers Depot in Norfolk,at which about 1500 stevedores are employed. Deepening of harbor to increase the width of the40-ft. channel from 400 ft. to 800 ft. Amusement travel of soldiers and sailors from New-port News. Changing 20 Miles of Track to Wide Gage One of the greatest difficulties which faced the Vir-ginia Railway & Power Company in giving service tothe outlying developments was the fact that the lines. Indicate Track Changed from Standard to 5-2<5ageIndicate the only remaining Standard Gage in Norfolk CHANGING THE TRACK GAGE IN NORFOLK FORWAR PURPOSES to the Jamestown Exposition (Naval Base) groundsand to Ocean View, 14 miles from Norfolk, which af-forded a second route thereto, were 4-ft. 8i-in. gagewhereas the Norfolk city lines were largely 5 ft. 2 have attempted to change everything to standardgage would have involved at least three times the ex-pense and far more time than to change these lines tobroad gage, inasmuch as most of the special work wasof the latter gage. Moreover, most of the standard gagetrack was open construction. This made it possibleto change the gage of 12 miles of track—Norfolk to theNaval Base—in two days. Another 8 miles will bechanged over soon to care for the Bay Shore line toOcean View, making a total of 20 miles changed leaves only 2§ miles standard-gage track ownedby the Virginia Railway & Power Company
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