. Electric railway journal . the United States SteelCorporation, through its subsidiary the Tennessee Coal& Iron Company, bought a wooded tract of nearly 21square miles (13,500 acres), bigger than Mobile itself,at Chickasabogue (Chickasaw Creek) 5 miles up theMobile River. Although clearing did not begin untilNovember, 1917, a recent visit to the property dis-closed the fact that scores of buildings for the workers NEW SHIPYARD LINE PLANNED FOR MOBILESolid lines, existing railway; dash lines, proposed extension had already been completed. The housing developmentalone calls for two self-contain
. Electric railway journal . the United States SteelCorporation, through its subsidiary the Tennessee Coal& Iron Company, bought a wooded tract of nearly 21square miles (13,500 acres), bigger than Mobile itself,at Chickasabogue (Chickasaw Creek) 5 miles up theMobile River. Although clearing did not begin untilNovember, 1917, a recent visit to the property dis-closed the fact that scores of buildings for the workers NEW SHIPYARD LINE PLANNED FOR MOBILESolid lines, existing railway; dash lines, proposed extension had already been completed. The housing developmentalone calls for two self-contained towns, 1000 dwellingsfor negroes and 600 for whites. At this plant theChickasaw Shipbuilding Company, the subsidiary ship-ping company formed, will build 9600-ton steel shipsfor the export business of the United States SteelCorporation. Thus this development is not primarilyfor the present war alone. About 6000 men will beemployed here soon, and eventually 20,000. To give electric railway service in this district the. 1186 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 25 Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company has built a 2-mile lineon its own property to connect with the Prichard-Magazine-Whistler suburban line of the Mobile Light& Railroad Company. This suburban line is a single-track route up to Prichard, the end of the 5-cent the line bifurcates, one branch going to Whistlerand the other to Magazine Point, the rate on eachbranch being 10 cents. The shipyard connection isbeyond Prichard, making a third fork. Until recently the private 2-mile line was incomplete,no copper having arrived. In the meantime the shippingcompany was giving a temporary service with two opentrailers, leased from the Mobile Light & Railroad Com-pany, and hauled by a steam locomotive. It is expectedthat on June 24 the line will be operated by the MobileLight & Railroad Company. This will permit the throughrouting of cars and make it unnecessary for the ship-builders to maintain a railway organization. As
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