Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-01
TRAVEL SHOWS
 MEXICO BEING
 SET UP AGAIN
Evidences Can Be Seen From Train Windows, Says Man ..
 Who Saw Ruins
BY pR. J. A. WATTS N. E. A. Special Correspondent

Ns 6. A. special correspondent
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 31.- Regeneration of Mexico is visible from the train windows all the way from Nuevo Laredo on the border to Mexico City.
 That trip is fascinating for tourists as we'll as investigators. The one train day from Nuevo Laredo for Mexico City leaves promptly at 10 a. m (MeXican time). It is a mixed af- fair, consisting of rapid freight cars, first and second class coaches and single buffet-sleeper, similar to the Pullman but made by Dayton (O) company for the former English own CTS of the road. Because there are so few sleepers, the Mexico City train never carries more than one for the accommodation of the public. One must make reservations days in ad- vance as the travel is heavy.
 Conditions Better
 It was fortunate indeed to get a reservation on short notice. (st
 The trip from NuevO Laredo to Monterey was vastly more comfort- able than the one made over the same stretch of road in July, 1913, on the first train that came north after the road had been destroyed and the country through which it passes had been laid waste by the Constitutional army. Then the rafl- road had no bridges, no right of way, no telegraph wires and travelled over the virgin prairie very much like a rattlesnake following the contours Of the trail. Stations were all burned mp and ranch houses in the distance were in the same condition and the country was desolate and bare. Not living thing could be seen.
 Now, on the contrary, the roadbed of the National liSe is in good condi- tiOn. Even the stations have been rebuilt or are being rebuilt and the train schedule is maintained regular l ly. Ample signs of life show the ranches are again inhabited While 1 there is scarcity of cattle one can see herds and droves of small stock |
 Station Restored
 was greatly surprised upon my | arrival in Monterey to find the mag nificent station, which was a total | wreck in 1913, restored to its former splendor.' |
 Monterey is a busy city, one of the most prosperous on the frontier. This is due to the fact that it is cosmopol- | 4Idh dhu IS lHc gateway LO as is San Antonio. It has enjoyed | more than a year of prosperity con- tributed in a large measure by the Tampico oil boom. development of rich surrounding Agricultural country and resumption of glass, steel, smel- ter and brewing industries that make residents call it the Pittsburg of Mex ico. The brewery advertises it's pro- duct as the beer that made Milwaukee jealous.
 That Monterey would be in even better conditions is due entirely to the fact that it has been handicapped by transportation facilities, due to destruction of railroads and rolling stock in the last revolution which landed CarranZa in the presidential chair.
 Important Problem
 Indeed a vital, perhaps the most vital. problem in Mexico today is that of restoring the transportation sys- tenn to basis adequate to the needs and opportunities for peaceful deyel- opment of rich natural resources.
 The train arrives in Monterey. late in the afternoon and after a short stop proceeds to Saltillo, capital of the state by the same name, where is spends the night because of dan- ger of attacks by a persistent bandit of the Jesse James type.
 All along the way the first and sec ond class passengers depend almost wholly for sustenance on the food vendors who throng the station plat forms in all sizeable towns. selling all kinds of native food. One can buy q hearty meal of really good Mexican dishes for far less than similar meals can be purchased while travelling the |. uf