64 OUTRAGES
ARE REPORTED
FROM MEXICO
Railroads Losses $50,000
Freight Taken With
$250,000
Washington, Jan. 30 Sixty-four in
stances of attacks, derailments and
dynamiting of trains in Mexico dur
ing the last year are classified as seri
ous in an official report, a copy of
which reached Washington today. The
instances reported were chiefly in the
northern part of the country and on
the Mexican line, between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz, and the isthmus line.
The report, makes a point of the
fact that most of these wrecks as a
result of rebel activities, occurred
during the first half of the year, and
officials here regard this as due to the
refusal of the United States to permit
shipments of arms And munitions, in
cluding dynamite into Mexico during
the second half of the year.
The (decrease in the number of these
outrages was credited In the report
however, to changes in the personnel
of the railroad administration, the
appointment of General Manager
-Fontes to handle the railroads and
his activities on inspection trips in
various parts of the country. The
building of a series of block houses
along the Vera- Crus-Mexico City line
occupied by soldiers is given as a rea
son for the decrease on that line.
The railroads suffered losses of
$50,000, eight locomotives and 170
freight artdi passenger cars as a result
of the rebel raids, the report said. In
addition to this more than $350,000
worth of freight and baggage was re
ported to have been destroyed or
stolen by rebels.
COMMANDEER
120,000 TOM
OF STEEL RAILS
Washington, Jan. 30 At" the re
quest of the railroad administration.
