San Juan Record | 1931-07-09 | Page 2 | Back to Primitive Age

back to primitive age aga chinese railways and consequently the farmers are always the first to suffer when civil war breaks out the first task for the military chieftain Is to seize as much rolling stock as lie he can tor for tile the transportation ot of his troops this means that most civil wars are ought fought along the railroads and passenger and freight traffic Is paralyzed the extent of this can be imagined no trains have operated along the lunham luchal line for weeks except troop trains farmers turn to the peculiarly constructed ted wheelbarrows to haul their produce into town coming for miles over the trails thirty miles outside the city Is a quarry noted for its building sand for days streams of coolies have been hauling this sand on wheelbarrows along the railroad tracks distance 30 miles washington star