Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix C (1918)
“ Repairs to all the lines in the Republic have been prosecuted diligently and zealously even during the worst periods of the revolution, and it has been unanimously conceded by foreigners who have travelled over the various lines, government as well as private ones, that their condition compares most favourably with lines in the United States—is, indeed, well up to the standard in such matters. ”
Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix C (1918)
“ Bridges have been rebuilt, tracks relaid and reballasted, and except for the presence of an occasional pile of bent and twisted rails or of iron work from burned cars by the side of the track, one might well believe he were travelling over one of the best roads in the United States. ”
Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix C (1918)
“ General Agent De Hoyos, who represents the Constitutionalist railways in New York, is responsible for the statement that within the last six months there have been purchased 600 freight cars, 80 passenger cars and sixty locomotives. Three thousand cars are now under repair in the company's own shops, which when completed will bring the equipment practically to the same point as in 1913—in fact, it is larger so far as regards locomotives and passenger coaches, and but a trifle less in regard to freight cars. ”
