The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-24
REVOLUTIONS G ON
MEXICO'S INDUSTRIES
Sources Of Employment for 5000, 900 People Virtually
Cut Of-Millions Lost in Railways-Mines
and Oil Fields Meet Disaster.

the remnants Of the railroad there was
no equipment anywhere save "A few gon-
dolas and box cars such passenger
coaches as remained were In Use as 'pri-
vate cars" for the various bandit chiefs
as for the stations, all had been burned.
The Mexican Telephone and Telegraph
Company was financed in Boston, Mass.
II had twenty-one exchanges and 10,2SS
telephones in use In 1918. Many of the
exchanges are now shut down. for wires
have been cut and most OF the subscrib-
ers driven from the country by the ban
dts. With the exception OF a land line
from Vera Cruz to Mexico city the prop
critics OF the Mexican Telegraph Com
pany. also an American corporation.
consist of three cables in the Gulf of
Mexico. so far inaccessible to the So
called Constituencies.
Being already in the hands OF receiv-
ers under default of interest on first
mortgage bonds. the plight OF the stan
dard gauge unfinished Kansas City.
Mexico and Orient Railway was not 40
d~eplorable corporations in Mexico with
their construction and projects confined
to maps are rejoicing these days, How
ever. this independent railroad. pro-
NOTED by A. r.. Stillwell, and in which
Theodore T.. Shonts. l.. +. Loree and
w ibi NIUE y blAtNNoi ~ nv y
800 miles In operation out OF Chihuahua
city. and this stretch has greatly suf-
fered. When completed the line will
cross northern Mexico, from Alpine on
the Rio Grande to Topolobampo on the
Gulf OF California.
The Mexican Northern Power Com
pany. a $4,000, 900 Canadian corpora
ton. formed to supply electric energy to
cities ard towns in Chihuahua, control
ling two sites on the Rio Conchos, an
nounced In June. 1918. that they lind It
necessary to defer for the present pay
ment OF the bond interest due in July
owing to the serious Interruption of the
company's work caused by revolutionary
disturbances" Three months later all
operations were stopped.
mother Canadian corporation which
has undergone extensive damages Is the
Puebla Tramway. Light and Power Com
pany. which furnishes Puebla and seven
adjacent own with light and power AMI
owns the surface lines In Puebla and
various urban lines.
Southern Pacfnc's Loss.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany Of Mexico represents $4,000. goo
OF good American money expended In
the construction of a high class rail-
road from Nogales. on the Arizona
line. southwark along the west coast
OF Mexico s31 miles to the city of Topic
When ninety-nine and a half miles addi-
! tional have been built eastward from
Topic connection will be made with
GuadalaJsra n Mexico city.
This great enterprise. which IN Jan
uary. 1912, had an operating payroll OF
| 1891 employees, mostly Mexicans, has
been so ravaged by the contending fac.
tions of the so-called Consritutionalist
hat in February, 1915. bun 1866 EN-
ployees remained in the service of tn,
company. Many have been dropped
since.
Mrs. F.. II. Ia rriman. widow Of tn,
great financier. Is the chief owner o.
the bonds issued covering the oonstruc
ton of this line. which was plannet
by Mr.. Hartman and his adviser II
the Southwest. Col. Epes Randolph o.
Tucson. Ariz.. TO form the Mexican linl
In a great line extending from Puge'
Sound 10 the Panama Canal. Col
, Randolph is the genius who saved TIT
Imperial Valley, in southern California
from flood. and has no peer as a rail
road constructor and pioneer developer
in the world.
As fas; as the Mexlcans dynamite,
out the bridges Co. Randolph replace,
them by "shoofies"-temporary track,
run Town from grade and around tn,
damaged structures n up TO grade OIL
the opposite side.
When the uprising - Villa, Carranzi
and Zapata began this railroad pos
sessed an equipment OF 81 locomotives
90 passenger cars, 3S7 work cars an,
1896 freight cars. with an investmen
In buildings and shops of $4,000. 900 a
Empalme and division shops at Mace
and Mazatlan. Docks were owned a
Guaymas and Mazatlan. F~ortunazel,
for the company. the stations wer
largely temporary structures.
Since the outbreak OF revolution II
Mexico this line has had 4s2 bridge
destroyed. a~ggregating 81 miles, an'
has further sustained the total loss o
eleven passenger cars. seventeen frelgh
cars and seven work cars. In none!
the damage o n sums sl,420. 1851 4
March /. 1915, subdlvided ~ follows
Bridges. si.Ol6. 294.53 tracks. building,
and contents. s1l5.S57.22 telegraph ant
telephone lines. s~7.3S1.53; equipment
O5.767.s4. and miscellaneous losses
sl3o,335.69.