The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-09-08
HE LIKES MEXICO
GENERAL MANAGER OF MEXICAN
CENTRAL VISITING IN CITY.


Front-lndustrIes Developing Kapidi
Notwithstanding Silver sgoney-Presi
dent Diaz and the Mexican Central ar
Just All Right " as in Cuba Enrout
and Understands the Situation--H
Thinks the Insurgents will Win.
Mr H r. Nickerson, general mana.
ger Of the Mexican Central railway
with his wife, son and daughter, are in
the city the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. G
j. Hartman at their home on North
Lawrence avenue. They will leave this
morning in Mr.. Nickerson's beautiful
car, one of the finest on wheels, for To-
peka and after brief visit there Will
return to the capital of Mexico.
| Mr.. Nickerson is gentleman with
whom conversation is a delight. He,
while a self-made man, a gentleman
who has been raised step by step to the
highest official plane in the railroad
world through his own efforts; he is a
man of culture and seems 10 have a
fund of information relative to all mod
ern subjects, especially the subject of
commercial life.
| NlChSIScH Is Sllll q young man
and II is nothing short of surprise to
think that a man of so few years should
have climbed the great long and slip
perry ladder of success from bottom TO
| top. He is bright and active and has
not yet reached the summit of his car
eer. Like all men of brains and ca
| pacity he is thorough gentleman and
| is more agreeable TO interview than
nine out of ten of the common little two
by four politicians that look so wise
and who know less than Mr.. Nickerson
| forgets every day.
When a reporter for the Eagle met
| him last night he was enjoying the
pleasant breeze in the spacious veranda
| of the residence of Mr.. Hartman. This
seems to me- he said, ''like one of those
beautiful evenings characteristic of Old
Mexico. The climate there is simply
delightful 1t is neither warm nor cool,
but retains a pleasant and agreeable
temperature all the year round. 1t is
a land of flowers and fruit. delightful
people and delightful scenery. We buy
strawberries in the market there every
day in the year and as for vegetables
they are perennial and not only very fine
but very cheap"
'It is reputed to be a very fine city"
''It is simply delightful. 1t has a
population of about $4,000 and an ad-
ditional suburban population of 0,000,
making about half million in all. 1t
has all the modern improvements in
Guiding over 100 miles of street trans
portation. There are some magnifi-
cent residences, palaces in fact. that
vie in grandeur with those of fable and
fairy lore. Then the gardens and
fountains are simply enchanting. 1t
ic ~, nrolifio in laac r~:n in
natural and artificial scenery, simply
extravagant in its resources and bright
in its future prospects,
What is the financial condition."
"Silver is the money of the country.
The white metal is the bone of the re-
public. You can buy as much with
Mexican silver dollar in Mexico as
dollar will buy anywhere"
How about it's effect on the COM
merce and industry of the country"
Mexico is making great progress in
the development of industries. II is
making wonderful progress. We have
in Mexico the largest smelters in the
world and many of them. 1t is COM
ing to the front also in the establish
ment of machine shops, the manufac-
ture of their native cotton and there are
a great many domestic articles made
there and for which the Mexicans have
developed great genius
How is the Mexican Central road
getting along?"
THE Mexican Central IS in the most
prosperous condition and the enterprise
is on very solid basis. We have 1900
miles of road extending from FL Paso
10 the capital Of the republic and a
branch extending to the Gulf. 1t has
given a remarkable impetus to the de-
velopment of the country and its re-
sources, including agriculture. The
officers. clerical force. conductors and
most of the engineers are Americans.
All the men who perform manual labor
are Mexicans, and we find them to be
first-class workmen."
Mr.. Nickerson spoke in the highest
praise of ". d. Murdock, for so many
years connected with the Santa Fe in
this city. He called him a man of
splendid capacity and is filling his Of
fee with the Mexican Central in the
most creditable and satisfactory man.
ner. He says that one of AR. Muir
docks boys can rattle off the Mexican
language already as If he was born
Don"
Regarding the social features Of the
republic he said the American influence
is getting to be very strong there. In
lue DIliltlDdl StOltS fiie-ll dAt fLH ifstfE tI
who speak the language and in the
schools the American language is look
ed upon with favor as a necessary ac-
complishment. The school system is
very good and education is placed with
81 easy reach of all.
Mr.. Nickerson is great admirer Of
President DiaZ. He IS a great man
for his people," he said, and is a bless
ing TO his country. He is thorough
Democrat and 2 patriot. You or I
can approach him as easily as a min
lister plenipotentiary and he Will give us
the same consideration. He is doing a
grand work for Mexico and not only
his people but the foreigners realize it.
He is a very broad and liberal man and
not only that. but he is up 10 date in
all the issues that combine 10 make an
administratio of { republic
When Mr.. Nickerson left Mexico he
went TO New York via the Ward line
of steamers and he speaks eloquently
of that method OF travelling If one has
the time. the trip being about four days
longer than by rail. He SAYS the trip
by the Gulf and Atlantic is a very de-
lghtful one and that il was much en-
joyed by him. Enr0ute he stopped
about thirty-six hours in Cuba and
learned a great deal about the rebel
lion. He thinks the insurgents will
win not only on the strength Of their
arms and their cause but by the aid OF
their climate and the effect il has on the
Spanish troops. Not being acclimated
they die off very rapidly. He says there
are three classes OF people in Cuba
one class favoTs Spanish domination.
another class favors Spanish dominion
with home rule, while the third class
favors complete and absolute indepea-
dence. The latter class is composed
largely OF the commercial interests.
They mean business and Mr.. Nicker-
son believes they Will be successful
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