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Show ' SHORTAGE OF CARS Oil Industry in California Soriously Handicapped by Present Conditions. LOS ANGELES. Dec. .1. According to an evening newspaper, probably tho greatest handicap to the ojl industry in-dustry in California at this time is on tho shortage of tank oi! enrs, which has grown until it is .'aid tl.ore are not more than half enough of these in commission com-mission to handle the product. Six hundred additional cars aiv said to bo badly needed at the present time. In their absence it has boon necessary to provide expensive storage accommodations accommoda-tions or to kocp vast quantities of oil locked in tho ground by mc-nns of tightly tight-ly plugged wells. Oil operators and railway officials agree that it is a, deplorable condition. The latter claim that it is something that cannot bo remedied immediately. The Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake railroads have each orderod additional equipment, but they are not hopeful of an immediate betterment of conditions. |