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Show HEX. R. R. LINK BADLY WRECKED Rehabilitation of Industry Awaits Rebuilding of Systems Jl'AUKZ. Mex.. Sopl 4. Rehabilt-itatlon Rehabilt-itatlon of Mexican Industrial life wll! lar(oly depend on the railroads which,' j now at one of the lowest levels of um iiHT.'la ! and lriilnstrl.il activity ItSMlnOt adequately car for the coun-( try's nteds. according to Mi-xlcan rail-f .road officials and employes. I. IM s BK REOKD A trip through Northern Mixlco i from tho district about Torrcon shows I tho traveler this apparently is true.! 'Alonp the tracks thousands of tons ofj rails, twisted, curved and cut ly rcvo-j ; lutlonlsts who sought to cut communl-l cation to hinder purtu:t or harrass' llielr enemies can bo seen. Tics need ri-idaclnB; roadbods arc In terrible shape and must havo much work i done, bridges, permanent ones and, j temporary structures built to repine-i repine-i those blown up by revolutionists, musti he replaced or repaired; new rolllnc' .stock must be bought ln great quanti-j ties and the old repaired; motive power is lacking and the majority of Bmm locomotives are declared ready for tho scrap heap. H Not only are destroyed rails aeen la. Wmm mm but time after Um In the course of- i day1! travel will be seen the skele- . tons of passenger and freight coaches,. ,; burned w)en trains were captured on - Hi'. I when tralni were wrecked b' MMM dynamite or m collision 223 H Shippers declare freight service la Lmm exorbitant In price and uncertain in LW dellvi ry to the extent of being almost Lj. leas to a shipper. Most of the mmm country's business Is said to be carried on through express shipments which Lmm add greatly to the cost. There also mmmt Is a dearth of workers duo to the rail- road employes flocking to United Stataa to olualn h'gh wages. , i Bl S OARS Some large, concerns like the Amerl-can Amerl-can Smelling and Reflnln company own cars of their own, furnishing cars. irotive power and crews to transport MMM tl. r products. Shipments like hay and. other agricultural products have not been movlntf In months because MMM Ol i olutlons, lush cost of transporta- tlon and lack of rolling stock exeept mmm tor milltai pbrposes. The cotton mmm growers of the Lagun.i dLstrlct about H Tom on ni the great cotton grow- Ing sections ni tho world, tras year mmm are wurrvfne. about how they will mmm move -their product to tidewater for, MM exjiort to Europe " The propcnt government, it was said. H realizes the necrwlty for Improveinent in the railroad situation and plans mmm largo purchases of rolling stock and other necessities, but railroad officials ro these pupehesea will fall to be M felt for months because the railrbad of the United Ftatfs from where ma- mmm terlals must come wll need all that cun b manufactured for years. M |