El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-10
A CHANGE In TIME
The Texas & Pacific Passen-
ger Will Go Out
MUCH LATER nun

W In wv
To Leave At Seven .Thirty-An Ar
ranqement Advantageous To FL
paso-The Roads Business Is
Improving-The Chances For a
New Union Depot.
GEL Paso IL improving more than any
city. in Texas, aui II Is matter OF
wonder to me every time L come out
here to see what strides have been
made"
This il what ]. w. Everman said
this morning In the down town Office OF
the Texas and Pacific, of which ne is
general manager.
"We have occasion to visit, periodi-
cally," continued Mr.. Everman, "every
city of importance, and In the case OF
this city | get here once every two or
three mouths, at intervals just far
enough apart to realize the wonderful
growth of the city that is being shown
Il observe that the coal from the
Captain mines Is coming down now In
gratifying quantities, and saw also In
the HERALD of yesterday q statement
that the first bar of iron manufactured
in Ell Paso had been turued out, and II
this iron is of good quality as under
stand il is, and the supply In the ia
rrillas is what reports make 1t. with
coal and iron in abundance, FL Paso Is
destined to be the grandest city In the
southwest. With these two products
her future is absolutely assured"
This from the general manager OF
one of the most important systems of
road entering Ell raso is most graft
tying evidence of the interest of That
road il the clty's welfare.
The present plan of the Texas and
Pacific in coming into this city in the
evening. and leaving in the morning
will not be altared so far as the passen-
ger traffic is concerned. The arrange
ment ss it now exists, is an advantage
to the city.
But there will be slight and a
favorable change AS soon as L re-
turn, l think we shall so arrange 1t
that the morning train will leave mere
forty-fve minutes later, and thus al
ford greater convenieuces to outgoing
passengers.
UNION DEPOT
"a new union depot? The matter
has never been brought officially TO
our notice, but you may rest assured
that the Texas sad Pacific will never
be behind in anything that has for its
object the welfare of the city, for
which we are doing so much and wh1c n
has done for DIS, and we will not be be-
hind on anything OF that SORT
RATES OUT OF Ell PASO.
"There has as yet been no PROPOSE
ton made to US by the transportation
committee of the Chamber OF Com
MERGE looking to a reduction in rates
out of Ell Paso. AS matter OF fact the
adjustment of rates rests with the
Texas com Mission, and any modlhca-
ton would be made by them. The
do
tne matt 81 would be by all those road
which covered certain territory ask
ing the commission to reduce the rates
IN that territory. In that instance,
the railroads would be in danger OF
being hoisted by their own petard, as,
for instance, in the case OF the rail-
roads lately asking for reduction In
lumber and salt rates. All, practically,
ioined in the petition, and the commits
sion was Inclined TO scquiesce, with,
however, the provision that other com
notifies might be subjected to like
reduction.
so, in this case, If we asked for q
reduction in rates out OF FL PaSo, lt
might be that the railroad com mission
would compel q similar reduction to
other points. In the case of this city I,
though, the commission has realized
and recognized it's peculiar geogra-
phical location, and the fact that rates
which apply to Ell Psso need apply to
no other city of size within many
miles. This principle was recognized
in the charges for switching which
the joint warehouse here Is allowed to
charge.
A BIG BUSINESS.
The business of the Texas and Pa
cifc is almost as large as that OF last
year, which was phenomena. The
diminution this year is because Of the
smaller cotton crop, and the fact thai
we shipped 270, 900 bales less this yeal
than lsst. Passenger traffic has in
creased over 20 per cent.
81 understand from Mr.. Bacon, and
other conductors that the present pas
senger time arrangement isvery agree
able Co the local traffic.
1--WE have made extensive improve
ments this year at Fort Worth AND
both our track and rolling stock is II
fac sh Ipe.'
Mr.. Everman has been here on ;
periodical trip of inspection, and re
turns. with Mrs. Everman, In the
morning.