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Show SHORTAGE OF CARS. OH Industry In California Seriously Handicapped by Present Conditions. Lou Angeles. According to an evening newspaper, probably tho greatest handicap to tho oil Industry In California at this tlmo Is on tho shortago of tank oil cars, which has grown until It Is said thero are not more than halt enough of these In commission to handlo tho product. Six hundred additional cam are said to be badly needed nt tho present tmo. In their absence It has been necessary to provldo exncuslvo storage accommodations accommoda-tions or to keep vast quantities of oil locked In the ground by means ot tightly plugged wells. |