El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-18
GET COAL
VIA TAMPICO
Mexican Central Does Not
Depend Upon
THIS MARKET FOR FUEL
No More Captain Coal To Be Used
Reported Contract With the 6.
H.-New Mexican Freight Rate
LaW-Mr. NlCkerson Talks.

H.-New Mexican Freight Rat
LaW-Mr. NlCkerson Talks.
SIT is true that we have been running
. little short of coal'' said Genera
Manager b. r. Nickerson in hi
private car this morning, but we art
getting in shape now, and we are pro
Iron company that, in addition to the
coal they are sending us from Cerrillos
3hey will, beginning tomorrow, deliver
20 us fifteen cars additional from their
mines at Blossburg, N. M.
1--WE do not ordinarily depend at all
upon this end Of the line for coal, and
IL is an actual fact that we can and do
get coal from Pennsylvania laid down
1t Tampico for about a dollar q ton
less than we can get it here. We have
our own line of steamers and they ar e
delivering coal there ali the time.
Our freight business, and our business
generally has so increased in the last
year that we areGat times, as now,
urgently and unexpectedly in need
of coal, and so we must get it where we
can without regard to price,
THE FREIGHT RATE CONFERENCE.
1--WE are not receiving any more
White Oaks coal, and 1 don't think we
shall. This il not because we do not
want it, but because we can not get. |
understand that-the E. P. & N. E. peo-
pie have made contract with the G.
q. to take all their output.
ST am just returned from the con-
tersnce 10 New York City OF the re-
representatives. of the Mexican railroads,
and the representatives of lines in the
United States making nneotioD. This
10 the same meeting announced in the
HERALD early in January. Its OBJECT
was to make clear to the men having
IN charge the freight business of the
lines in this country, with Mexican
connection, the real aud full mesning
of the new Mexican law governing
freight rates which went into effect
the fret of the year.
THE new law Is not really tnlmtcal to
the Central or to any other Mexican
roads, and while the government is
sndeavoriEg to secura advantageous
local rates for the interior towns along
ours and other lines, it will not object
10 our making two sets OF rates, the
one for local, the other for through
business.
1.-THE matter was satisfactorily ex-
planned at the New York meeting.
CENTRAL BUSINESS BOOMING
Business on the Central has in
creased wonderfully, and both in the
passenger and freight departments we
show a big per cent of Increase. So
pended a million in the purchase of
new equipment during the last year,
We sh all spend almost an equal amount
during the coming eight months.
'Although l have been away for
more than a month, l have kept IN
touch with the road, and in all depart
ments L find things in fine shape and in
far better condition that they have
ever been before with u.s."
THE CAPTAIN COAL CONTRACT.
Both the president and the general
manager of the Ell PasO and Norshest-
ern are out of town today, and no gen.
eral officer of the road could be seen
in regard to the contract reported to
have been made with the G. 81. in re-
gard to the delivery to the latter road
Of the bulk of the Captain output.
1t is known that when Mr.. Van
Week, general manager of the Attain
tic ssystem, was here he was in con-
ference with Mr.. G. B. Eddy regarding
,he using Of all tue New Mexico Fuel
eompany's output. Nothing definite
was then given out, but an agreement |
Is thought to have been prac ideally ar
rived at.
Superintendent Martin, of the G. H,
S3lQ tnlS mOr0lQQ, mo, no con rACG
has yet been made though 1 believe |
that negotiations are under way. |
There will be no contract formally |
signed for at least two weeks. AT the |
same time we are getting seven aud |
eight cars day from the White Oaks /
people now"
CAN FURNISH MORE.
within six weeks said General |
Greig of the E. 2. & /
y. E yesterday, 1--WE shall be putting /
Out forty cars of coal day, and we can
furnish all the railroads running into |
Z Paso.'' II this be true, and everyi
thing else -the number of new miners
going up each day, the employment of
IN experienced superintendent, the
increase of the output each
5ay-Cspitan coal may be fur
aished to the Mexican Central /
rs we'll as the G. 81. The demand is so
great that there is no reasonable ex-
ne CLANCY OF a reduction in price. Bus
mess conditions are such, however,
ID az, as Mr.. Nickerson says, the Cen
fral prefers to pay more for coal at this |
end, If it can get il.
LEAVES TONIGHT.
Mr.. Nickerson, accompanied by Mrs.
and Miss Nickerson and friend, goes
Io1n the Central tonight. Mr.. Nick /
srson said this morning that he had no /
iuten ton of resigning, but that ne has
30 idea how the report of his resigna-I
ION recently circulated originated.