Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-02
TRAVEL SHOWS
MEXICO BEING
SET UP AGAIN
Evidence of Rebuilding Can Be
Seen From Train, Says
Tourist.
SCARED BY WARFARE
By DIR. j. A. WATTS.
Newspaper Enterprise Association Spe-
cial Correspondent.

Newspaper Enterprise Association Spe-
eial Correspondents.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 2.-Regener-
alton 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 rs
Well as Investigators The one train
day from Neuvo Laredo for Mexico City
leaves promptly at 10 a. m. (Mexican
time) 1t is a mixed affair. consisting Of
rapid freight cars, first and second class
coaches and a single buffet sleeper, SINH
lar to the Pullman, but made by Day
ton (O.) company for the former Eng
lish owners of the road. Because there
are so few s1eepers, the Mexico City train
never carries more than one for the ac-
commodation of the public. One must
make reservations days in advance, as the
travel is heavy.
1t was fortunate indeed to get a reser-
walton on short notice.
GREAT CHANCE
NOTED SINCE 1913.
The trip from Nuevo Laredo TO Mon
terey was vastly more comfortable than
the one I made over the same stretch Of
road in July, 1913, on the first train that
: came north after the road had been de-
stroyed and the country through which
Il passes had been laid waste by the con-
stitutional army. Then the railroad had
no bridges, no right of way, no telegraph
wires and Travelled over the virgin
prairie very much like a rattlsnake fol-
lowing the contours Of the trail. Sta
lions were ali burned up and ranch
houses in the distance were in the same
condition and the country was desolate
and bare. Not a living thing could be
seen.
Now, on the contrary, the roadbed Of
the National line is in good condition.
Even the stations have been rebuilt or
are being rebuilt and the train schedule
is maintained regularly. Ample signs
Of life show the ranches are again in
habited While there is a scarcity Of
cattle one can see herds and droves Of
small stock.
RAILWAY STATION
IN MONTEREY RESTORED.
was greatly surprised upoh my ar
rival in Monterey to find the magnin
cent station, which was a total wreck in
| 1913, restored to its former splendor.
Monterey is a busy -eity, one Of the
most prosperous on the frontier This is
due to the fact that It is cosmopolitan
! and is the gateway to Mexico as is San
| Antonio. 1t has enjoyed more than a
I year OF prosperity, contributed in a large
measure by the Tampico oil boom, de-
yelopment of rich surrounding agricul-
tura, country and resumption Of glass,
| steel, \smelter and brewing industries
! that make residents call it the Pittsburg
/ OF Mexico The brewery advertises its
| product as the beer that made Milwau-
| kee Jealous
That Monterey would be in even bot
! ter condition IS due entirely 10 the fact
that it has been handicapped by trans
portation facilities, due to destruction
of railroads and rolling stock in the
last revolution which landed Carranza
in the presidential chair.
Indeed n vital perhaps the most vital,
problem IN Mexico today is that Of re
storing the transportation system to
basis adequate TO the needs and Oppor-
tunities for peaceful Development of rich
natural resources.