Show CARRANZA EAGER TO I I I X BUILD RAILROADS p IN MEXICO r I r Congress Called in Extra Session to Take Definite Definite Definite 1 nite Action By Associated Press 4 President 4 WASHINGTON 1 April Carranza has asked aske the extra session jor Hof of the tho Mexican congress which has been called to meet May 1 to authorize tho construction b by the tho fe federal eral government government gov- gov of ot three railroad lines and the acquisition of or another railway system IJ I The congress cons will m be asked to appropriate I pesos for tor the tho pur- pur v chase of oC the Yucatan railway wa system I Inow now own owned d by the tho One of ot the new lines will link tiis system with the territory of or Roo which at present has no railroads The line lne will tun run from Crom Peto Yucatan to Bacalar In the southern part of or the territory and to Santa Cruz the chief harbor of ot the territory Ii-territory territory on the east cast co coast st st. l. l I This line was contemplated b by Porfirio Por- Por firlo Diaz and surveys were made under under un un- der his orders order r ff 4 Another line the plan for which also dates back to the Diaz administration adminis- adminis Is proposed to run from Santa In the state of ot Vera Vcra Cruz fon on the line lino purchased a ar short r time ago from the Pearson In interests ln- ln to Campeche where It will wll connect with another branch of or the Yucatan system This line Une will trav- trav orso a portion of the tho th state of or Chiapas Land jand and all of ot the tho state of or Tabasco t 1 The third proposed line will run from some point on the Southern P Pa- Pa Pacific of Mexico between Magdalena and fand and to Ensenada the cap- cap of ot Lower nia This road will enable Mexico to transport troops aby b rail from central Mexico to Lower California c without entering the United I States |