The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26

lag that this sh,ra strike viii bs -.
cIarsA by their employees ~ soon a. the
administration returns than their prop
srtiea. ~ there then will NJ No patriotic
considerations to curb the attitude OF
the men. The trsmway management In
esoectlnG 70 have . hard time dealing
with the labor problem ~ presented BY
its many hundreds Of employees.
when Gen. AlvarO O6rs0on abandoned
the city Of Mexico TO the Con~ventionists
on Novsmbsr % q year Ne took
OF the tramcAss - we'll ~ Other appa-
ratus which would hinder the running of
the cars by the ConvmalonAsts. and left
the latter very abort Of material as we'll
~ The company short Of propsrty.
Rslling steck stslcs.
When the C~onvsnkionists evacuated
the capital h24 january 81 they In their
turn took away with them much rolling
stock Of the tramway company as we'll
~ other material In order to hamper
The ConstituttonaiistA, who we're return
ng. n this proceeding has bee re-
peated several times. hat never on so
large q scale as when Obregon first took
away the oontrollers. The controllers
were brought back by the Constitutional
lists from Vera Crus In reap0nse to
American representations, but many
were lost OF Destroyed and the rolling
material Of the tramways has been
dwindling steadily " since through
wear. destruction and neglect.
Al present the number Of cara In use
throughout the Federal distri,t 10 30 In
sufficient that they are nearly always
crowded to thS guards and accidents
are frequent from mon md boys being
brushed on az they cling to the steps
and Projections o. the outside Of the
cars. Recently. In order to compensate
sonewN,at for this deficiency in the num-
Der Of tramcarA the Constituuonalist
management put into use the funeral or
hearse cars. with all their grewsome
black and white paint and paraph.rna-
liza. for passenger purposes. and ON some
OF the lines II 10 a not sight
to see box cars or platform carr being
used for passengers. The crowding Of
the street cars has been q very potent
cause In the spread Of the epidemic Of
typhus fever which rUges In Mexico At
the present time.
In addition to strikes and salary
Raises 70 its employees the Mexico IAght
and Power Company. which has not been
taken over by the revolutionary authori-
ties. has suffered In other ways al the
hands Of the latter. The municipal
lighting for Mexico city and the outlying
towns Of the Federal district has been
unpaid for since July. 1919, when
Huerta was In power. except for roc. 900
pesos which the light and power COM
pany received from the city council of
Mexico three days before the Zapatistas
left The capital the last time. the pay
ment being made in Conventionist notes
which afterward were coniscated BY the
Const1tutionalists n supposedly de-
stroyed by them as counterfeits,
Power Bills Unpaid.
The power used for the municipal
water Jump OF Mexico likewise has
been unpaid for since 1913. The ligh,
and power officials say that they could
stop furnishing power to the city on the
ground Of lack Of fulhlment Of the city's
part OF its contract, but they rave no,
thought Of doing 70. II this were dom
the light and power company's prop
critics probably would be taken over b,
the revolutionaries and run by them
selves with still greater destruction ant
loss to the company. The revolutions
ries In Mexico are In the habit Of light,
ing UP such houses and buildings as the,
choose with current of the light anS
power company. fixing their own con
nections to the street wires and no
advising the company. whose transform
ers are burned out all over the own ~
d result.
On Saturday. November 20. the ami
versary Of the i've years Of revolution
n the country. the police oficiss of tn,
Constitutionalists searched the offices o
the Mexico Light and Power Compan!
presumably for arms and ammunition
which they said were concealed there
None was found. but the officials tool
from the safe Of the company the sur
I $4,000 pesos, most Of which was II
~Conventionist notes. but part Of whicl
was in notes acknowledged to be iega
ender by the Constitutionalists. VIII
issued them.
officials OF the company were able I
explain the taking OF the Conventions
totes. As many commercial houses o
Mexico city had Just been searched b
the authorities n those notes confs
Gated as counterfeits. They were no
,ble to explain the taking away OF tn
Const!tutionalist notes also.
The gigantic hydraulic power plant O
the light and power company In Nexacs
State Of Puebla, as we'll as it's grea
power cables whkh furnish electricit
! to the Federal district as well as to tn
mines Of the Pachuca and Ell Orc mir
! ing districts. also have suffered materis
damage At the hands OF the differer
re~vOlutionaries. The cables have bee
: cut n their sustaining towers blow
up at different points. and on last Ser
, ember 80 the Constitutionalists. unde
Gen. Aejo Gonzales. sacked the CON
= pany's offices. buildings and stables
: Eexaca, taking away everything ports
Die that was Of value.
Workers without Food.
: The company's employees were left 4