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40 will be provided along the front of the sheds arranged to protect either the wharf or the shed. Floor Levels Above Floods The sheds will have a floor of rein- forced concrete, 6 inches thick, rest- ing directly on the fill. It will be laid with a grade of 0.5 sloping both ways from the middle of the shed. The foundation conditions are such that piles are required under all heavy loads. Below a depth of 10 or 12 feet NAL BANK” MARINE REVIEW be provided a landing for tugs and small boats. This will all be con- structed of creosoted materials. To give good railroad connections, there will be a joint interchange yard, with every railroad entering Mobile having tracks therein. This will be used for interchange of cars between railroads as well as bet%een docks and railroads. A Mobile & Ohio switch engine, for instance, can bring into this yard all cars for the docks and the other railroads and place such Photo by McGill Studio, Mobile ROYAL STREET, MOBILE, FROM THE CORNER. OF CONTI STREET the underlying material is sand. The column footings will be of concrete down to the permanent water level carried on untreated wood piles. The range of tide at this point is only about 1% feet, but in times of great storms the water level has been known to rise 9 feet. The piers will, therefore, be placed at an elevation of plus 11 feet, which is well above the highest water from storms, in or- der to protect cargo that would be damaged by water. The ends of the slips will have a bulkhead wall in front of which will cars on a receiving track of any par- ticular carrier. When ready to re- turn to its own yard, it will find on its own receiving track all cars from the docks and other railroads. This interchange yard puts all railroads on an equal basis in handling freight to and from the docks. A Large Cotton Warehouse There is under ‘construction a class “A” cotton warehouse, 900 feet long by 230 feet wide, which will be the first unit of the Alabama state docks placed in actual use. August, 1926 The warehouse will have five stor- age compartments, each 150 feet by 160 feet; a receiving shed 50 feet wide running the length of the ware- house; a passage way 30 feet wide by 800 feet long; a compress room 60 feet wide by 180 feet long; and rooms for boilers and shop. The storage ca- pacity of the warehouse is 25,000 bales of compressed cotton in compartments exclusive of that in the compress room or receiving shed. Immediately back of the receiving shed will be two railroad tracks for receiving cotton by rail while at the end of the receiving shed provision will be made for receiving wagon cot- ton. The warehouse will be located immediately back of a 120-foot transit shed on pier No. 1, which will bring the cotton within stevedoring distance of the ships. This location of the warehouse allows cotton to be re- ceived by barge or river boat, deliv- ered to the warehouse, compressed and reshipped on ocean going vessels with minimum handling. The walls of the warehouse are of reinforced concrete, the roof of cor- rugated iron, the floors of reinforced concrete resting on sand fill, the doors through the fire walls, in general, of the rolling steel type and the entire building is protected by automatic sprinklers. There will be installed a Webb high density compress of the latest type and such other auxiliaries as may be required to make a complete and mod- ern installation. Progress of Construction The Louisville & Nashville railroad began permanent operation over its. new line through the Alabama state docks site on Feb. 18, 1926, and on the same date the contractors were notified to begin actual construction of pier No. 1, the first work.for which contracts had been let by the state docks commission. Concrete piles, 40 to 60 feet long, had been cast, and the driving of these was nearing completion on July 1. More than 300 lineal feet of concrete. apron had already been completed on. that date. The masonry will be com- pleted about Oct. 1. Ewin, of New Orleans are the con- tractors. Work on the construction of the cotton warehouse is well under yay. Concrete foundations for the com- press have been completed and the walls of the warehouse are going up rapidly. will be available by the time cotton begins to move, on or before Sept. 1. The site of the cotton warehouse is just back of pier No. 1. The original Doullut and Some storage space therein