El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-15
DESERVED PROMOTION.
Manager j. P. Ramsey of the Sierra
Madl e, Mansger of Creel's Road.

General M an g er Ramsey OF the lilo
Grsnde, Sierra Madre & Pacific road
has been asked by President Creel of
the Banco MinerO of Chihuahua and
president of the chihuahua & West
Shore road, to become general man.
sger of the latter line; and after q
hurried trip to the state capital. hr.
Ramsey concludes to accept this very
pliment offer.
However, this does not sever bis con-
nection with the Sierra Madre road,
and with this he still continues, his in
tention being to spend part of the time
in chihuahua and part of the time in
Juarez Mr.. Ramsey is being widely
congratulated by his many friends on
this well me-ited compliment, q COM
p'imeht of the most practical and
sppreci alive kind. A HERALD repor-
ter called on Mr.. Ramsey this after
noon and verified the above statement
as fact. Mr.. Ramsey had not been
looking for anything of this kind, .and
of course regards the appointment as
an appreciation of his lsbors on the
new line to Casas Grandes.
He has not had time as
yet to post himself on the
physical requirements of the Chihua-
hua & West Shore roa1. But he ex-
poets to take active charge March l
next whon active construction begins.
President Creel has raised all the
necessary capital with which to build
the West Shore, and it will 90 straight
to Guerrero; 1875 miles of
largely very heavy build
ing; bat whether the line will run
to Topolobs mpo or Mazatlsn Mr..
Ramsey said was quien sabe case.
The rails have been ordered in the
east, and the ties will be largely pur-
chased in Texas and Louisiana, go that
when the graders begin, the track lay
e-s will keep sharp pace after them.
No time will be lost in putting the line
through.
Mr.. r ,msey was asked if his appoint
ment consolidation Of the interests is
Of the Sierra Marie. and the West Shore
roads; to which he replied not that he
knew of. He was also asked if it meant
toto Mexico, to which he replied
that all such repors no doubt arose
from the fact that his brother was
general manager of the Wabash; but
that there was nothing in it. His
own sole interest in the Wabash lay
I n the fact that his brother was its
general Manager, that was all.
In reply to further questioning, Mr..
Ramsey remarked that yes, the new
line would undoubtedly be a great
benefit to the Mexican goverDment in
affording direct inlet to the west
coast for troops and government sup
plies of all kinds, instead of being
forced to march over the mountains or |
ship around via the Southern Pacific |
Mr.. Ramsey was asked about the
construction of the Ell Paso Southern,
the new terminal company of which he |
is the general manager also. He said |
from the Sierra Madre depot to begin |
yesterday morning, but the material |
had not yet arrived until this after |
noon, SO that track laying would begin |
first thing tomorrow morning.
it was on y the matter of two days |
work to lay this tack to the river
bank. The line runs from the Sierra
Msdre fire. ght depot, west of the Mex
lean Central, west by north. across the |
property t" within twenty feet of the
Mexican Central and cont nuiug n'rth.
passes within few feet to the
westward of the Sierra Madre railroad
general office building acre So the main
east and west street of Jua~ez for 300
feet north parallel with the Central,
where it then branches off to the right
towards the new international
bridge.
The rails will be laid over the river
rom the Juarez eide to the connec.
tion with the T. & z. belt line on Sixth
street.
When asked about the Santa Fe con-
nection which was broken off, Mr..
Ramsey expressed his belief that that
would be all Strengthened ont salts
'a"tor,ly, and the spur cOmnleted as
Or ginslly intended. He said there
aad been no trouble Whatever with tho
'ta'e authorities over the bridge.
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