The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26
Mexican Merger Spends Eight
Million Dollars.
Twenty Locomotives Included
in Their Order.
MORE TRADEHANDLED
Heavy Steel Track to Be Laid
on All Main Lines.
other Items of General Interest
to Traffic World.

mexico City, Mexico, July 26.-Equip-
ment orders OF the National Railways
OF .1exico, placed just before the close
or the company's fiscal year, represent
100000. w.
The orders include 20 Mallet articu-
lated compound locomotives of heavy
type, to be delivered in October next:
40 nrst and second class coaches, mail
baggage and express car delivery of
which is to commence next September.
and 5000 freight cars of all descrip-
tons, including box, stock, flat, ballast
and tank cars.
Inc passenger cars are on the most
approved lines, being the latest models
Each of tie cars has six-wheel trucks.
steel platforms and composite under,
framing. being the newest thing in
passenger equipment building, the same
as Is being adopted as standard by
many OF the trunk lines in the United
cred as offering the best possible pro-
lection to passengers. The first and
second class cars are vestibuled.
Steel Freight Cars.
The freight cars ordered are either
all STEEL or of steel underframes Their
capacity varies from 40 to so tons each.
Notwithstanding that by the merging
of all the lines now in the merger sys-
tenn, thereby pooling the equipment
which belongs to each of them, and
getting more service out of each car,
the company has placed orders for the
new. equipment so as to improve the
service, both in the handling of passen-
gers and freight. At the same time the
National Railways of Mexico are keep
ing abreast of the large increase in
traffic and are preparing to handle the
business which the management ex-
poets.
A prominent official of the National
Railways Of Mexico, in discussing the
order and conditions now prevailing,
said yesterday:
There is every indication that bust
ness generally has entirely recovered
from the setback given it by the finan-
cial disturbances throughout the world
within the past few years and which so
seriously reflected themselves in Mex
| leo.
''It is confidently expected that from
now on there will be great development
in the resources of the nation, all of
which will go to make large trafflc
for the railways"
A Business Barometer.
There is no better barometer to show
business conditions throughout the re-
public than the railway earnings The
| financial report of the National. Rail-
ways of Mexico for the fiscal year end.
| ing June 80 last showed a very decided
| Improvement over the earnings of the
| year before.
Since the astute management of the
merger company has placed such a
large order for additional rolling stock
| for early delivery, it can be taken as
/ the best possible indication of con-
tinuance of good times, and that Mex
| leo is entering upon another period OF
great prosperity.
In addition to the equipment orders
now awaiting delivery, the Nat1onal
Railways of Mexico have received from
the Monterey Iron works during the
past 10 months 10000 tons of 85-pound
steel. which has been laid on the COM
pany's main lines. The Monterey WORKS
are now rolling an additional oroer o.
| On mn IONS of rails of the same weight
as tr ose of the previous order.
1t is the intention of the management
of the company to lay all its main lines
and principal branches with heavier
steel. and the work will be done as fas'
as possible without interrupt1ng tralnc