El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
Visit of Santa
Fe Officials

rhe r1mor that the Santa Re is pre-
parine TO do some building in New
Mexico and Texas is gaining strength
and IT is now persistenly claimed
that the road will have another line
into Ell Paso before another year
James VI. Barr. third vice president
of the Santa Fe company, and H. u
Nudge. general manager OF the ROAD
arrived in FL Paso in their private cars
last night and went east over the rex
as & PACIFIC this morning.
Both men were up town for an hour
las, night chatting with local Officers
of the company and looking over the
city. 4 Herald reporter Joined them
at their car and learned something of
the purpose of their trip.
They will go over the lines of the Pc
COS Valley recently purchased by their
company today and then through the
Indian Territory 6nG over the lines in
10 Texas.
Il cannot say now that there is any
special significance in our trip. said
Mr.. Barr We are going to make
trip over the new line to inspect the
property and to see if there is anything
in The reported discovery of oil in that
country. Yes, we have the charter OF
the Pecos Valley company for line to
FL PaSO but | do not know yet what
we will do with it. We may build to
FL Paso but | do not think that it will
ne done soon
When asked about the proposed line
from Pecos to San Angelo. Texas, Mr..
Barr said:
THAT is also in the future. and may
never be done. The company has been
contemplating 4 line to connect with
the gulf line at San Angelo but it may
not be built for several years"
Mr. Barr seemed more interested in
the question Of a union depot for Ell
Paso than anything else and talked
freely on the subject. The roads into
FL Paso need depot very badly" he
said and the Santa Fee l think will do
its part. We have not had the matter
up for discuss ion lately but I am sure
the company would consider it favor
ably. Ell PaSO is getting to be an i'm
pOrtant railroad center and believe the
roads are willing to help the city all
they can The matter of a location for
the depot is a big question here. 1t
should be located where all the roads
could reach it but fear that some OBJ
jections would arise to any place Sc
Iected."
While neither Mr.. Barr nor Mr. |
Nudge would confirm the story that |
the Santa Fee intended to have the |
shortest line from Ell Paso to the east |
by building from here to Roswell they
ola not Ueny 1t entlTely anu leIt the iii \
preston that that would he done in the |
future. When the Rock Island gets |
into FL Paso that will be the nearest |
route TO the north and east, and it is |
not like the Santa Fee to allow any /
other company to have an advantao
over it. Should the Santa Fe build to /
Roswell it would have the nearest route |
to Kansa City by over 100 miles and il |
is believed that this is the object of the
- "a -.
Nudge and President Ripley went over
the Pecos lines a month ago and COM
ing again so soon is thought to be sig
nifcant.
THE MAN WITH THE HAMMER.
''In your issue of Saturday l see you =
have an article on The Man With the
PEN said Harry Edwards. an old
8. H. railroader. to a Herald man this
Now we railroad men know we'll
hat he is all powerful" continued Mr..
Edwards. that the pen is mightier
han the sword: in fact. that its in
1uence is felt from one end Of the
world to the other; that without it we
should go back into the dark ages of
Ong ago; but no. our watchword is /
progress. We want to keep up with
he age and we must; we must lay {
more rails to advance the tracks into
ands that will yield up their wealth
md treasures in abundance and do
heir part towards advancing the well
are of mankind. II
In that effort I wish to put before ]
'ou The Man With the Hammer He
nay apparently be a nobody in the
yes of the general public. but never
heless. to his eyes and ears the lives
IF thousands of people are daily at
stake. to say nothing of the destruc- $
ion of valuable property.
Il wonder how many of the hundreds
If people who roll through Ell Paso in
heir search for wealth, health and
pleasure ever look twice at the in
'pector in greasy overhaIls and sus-
'ect that he might hold their lives in |
us hands because. by overlooking a
wheel with a broken f1ange or in any
way defective. under the sumptuous
palace cars in which they ride. he
you'd be the cause of them being
iurIed to death. Very few. I think.
draw your attention to this tn
now you that even among the humble :
"orkmen of the railroads are men ,