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Show SHORTAGE OF CARS. I1 " OIL Industry In California Seriously Handicapped by Present Conditions. I . Los Angeles. According to an --. evening newspaper, probably tho gjcatoet'handlcap to the oil Industry In California at this time Is on the shortage of tank oil cars, which has grown until It Is said thero are not more than half enough of these In 1 commission to handlo the product Six hundred additional cars are said to be bidly needed at the present tme In '. . their absence It has been necessary to provide expensive Btorage accommoda- ) tlona or to keep vast quantities of oil locked in the ground by means of tightly plugged wells. |