El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-29


e-al of the high officials of the Santa
Fe and plans for the future, that will
affect New Mexico greatly, ard cut
down operating expenses on the New
Mexico, Arizona and Ca ifornia lines,
were fully discussed and in great
measure agreed upon. There were
present at the co ference Preside t
Ripley. Mr.. c. NJ. Hi gi son, assistant
to the president, w. CT. Nevin. general
manager of the Calf ,rnia Southern.
and John Playe~, mas er mechanic of
tn system with headquarters at To-
peka.
ATLANTIC & PACIFIC.
The situation concerning he Allan
| tic & Pacific railroad was fl st discuss
| ed and it is more than pr bah e, il =
deed almost certain, that as so n as ali
| the legal steps Necessary for t 1e ab'O!-
ute transfer of the Atlantic & Pacific
to the Atchison. Topeka q Santa Fe
railroad shall have heen comp eted,
which it is expected will take pl zee in
| less t"an two months, the Atlantic q
| Pacific will be attached As a division to
| the California Sou hern and Will be
op rated from Los Angeles under the
ne al management OF Mr. Nevin.
! The transfer Of the MOjave branch of
Southern Pacific to the Santa Fe will
make tn poSS b c. as the Santa F'e will
| then OVID and operate an uubrok- n line
from Albuquerque to Los Angeles and
| San Diego.
This ast transfer, it is understood, is
| a 1 arrang d. and wilt take place at an
early date. The change in management
ana operation Will save in eXpeuS and
in salaries of high officials n the
neigh rOrhoCd Of several hundred thou
sand dollars per year, and will prove -
O eat tn no for the Santa te in the
matter of efficiency and c Onomy. The
NV Me yican is informed That the
deta Is for carrying out this plan are
now b lug considered and arranged.
and at the proper time Will be placed
in active operation.
Mr.. Ripley evidently knows what he
is about and understands thoroughly
that money saved in operating rail-
road is money made. and that con-
centratiOn of IN nagement up TO
certain extent promotes efficiency in
every branch of the service. Mr..
Nevin, who is to have charge of the
management of the line from Albu-
querque to San d ego as general man
ager and as successor to the late X. b.
Wade. is conceded to be one of the
alb eft men on the entire A. I. Il >. +.
system. He has been identified with
ralroadiug in many capacities during
the past % years and for the last five
years has been the purchas agent
of the Santa Fe, in which capacity the
business of his department has lately
aggregated over 81 100000 a month.
Eventually the y. x 2. wi be put
under his charge. and il is certain thai
in that event results can be no h ing
else than satisfactory to the owners Of
this very important link in the great
A.. T. & S. F. system.
IMPROVEMENTS AT LAS VEGAS.
At the conference referred, to above
the necessity for erecting Il new depot
hotel at Las Vegas was also .scuSStd,
and it was agreed thai such a building |
was necessary. Plans for its erection |
were ordered drawn and the building |
is to b. erected on the vacant ground |
OPPOSITE the warehouse OF Gross. Black |
well & Co. 1t i to be IL thre story |
bulldog of e ther b lex or stOne, and |
will face the Gross, Blackwell es
ablishment. This will prove of great |
benefit to Las Vega, as JnaJ city needs |
a fir>t-clasS hotel very much. The Hot
Spring propo,ition was also cpusider-
ed anu the New Mexican's iufOrma ton
is to the eff ct, that the Mon ezuma
horel will be re pencil short y uud +
the managem Mt OF De-. b -iley. now in |
charge of the Mountain Hou-e, which |
at this tim contains abDul 10 gu SITS.
The Nj Mt yuma Is to be mana ged in |
first class lyle. and wit sucn ii man
treatment Of patrons, especially rri- |
tOrial patrons, there Is 10 good reason !
why it should rot pay. Inc trouble
under the manag mint of |
the ce rated John Oliver Plank and |
o her fe Tvs OF that stamp, has been.
that the territorial patronage was not !
10 )ked after as it -hOu have been,
and was neglected or llJreate1. Dur
the summer mon h- especially, the :
of 81 q
west-rn T-Xas might be had for the
Mon eZuma with proper advert stag
and goo handling.
THE RATION COKE AND COAL COMPANY.
This comp any held meeting during
the visit Of t e Officia' 5 named as above
at Las Yeas. TIE following being Of
ficers AID d re tors Of that company:
Directors: Frank Springer, Harry
Whigham, J. Van HOulen, G. NJ. Hig-
ginson and r. E. Tw tchel.
Officers: Frank Spri ger, president,
:. NJ. Hlgginson, vice PRESIDENT, II try
Wing ham. general manager and L. A.
5chaumberg, auditor.
The output of this company now
amounts to about 200 tons per day,
operated by the Santa Fee. but will be
operated by Mr.. Wigham as general
manager for the Maxwell Land Grant
company. Fifty new coke ovens at a
ost of nearly $4,000 are being con-
tructed near the company's mines at
3lO5sburg, and plans for the cOnstruc-
ion of 200 more coke ovens were
greed upon, and VII be carried out in
he near future. An e ectric plant and
n electric road for the handling of the
oal and coke p. O1uced are also under
ontemp' alton, and it is believed that
he construction of the latter will take
lace this sumner. This means Il great
of the vat property, t
yhich will prove of much benefit to {
,OlfaX county and New Mexico, in Civ
ng hundreds of men additional employ
lent, mere asing taxable properly, and Z.
iding the general prosperity OF the | /
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SILVER CITY & NORTHERN. II
Today the mauag ment and operation
f the Silver CITY u Nortbern railroad, t
uuning from White Water to Hanover r
/ Grant county, a distance of Is miles, i
as turned over TO the Atch son, To- =
eka and Santa Fe, and will be Operat- y
d hereafter as branch line, under
he supervision of Mr. j. h. Hurley =