Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-16
RIO CRANDE
OFFICIALS
Under the Gould Control Are
Learning Detail Of Great
Mountain System.
Will Improve Road, Equip
ment and Service as Speed
lily as Possible.


Grandc railway system, j. NJ. Her
bert. is going to have great many
friends In the southwest when the
people here begin to realize his mani
fest interest In the country as well
as that portion Of the system of his
railway which is employed in it. A
reporter for The Herald found Mr..
Herbert yesterday evening at the
station getting acquainted with the
railroad office crew, his special train
carrying the party Of railway visitors
having taken one OF the sidings near
by. What could the gentleman say
which would interest the people
OF this section? He said he would
and SO many of It's interests were
yet new to him
You may say however" said Mr..
Herbert. that II is the policy of the
Rio Grande to improve its road. its
equipment and service as speedily as
possible. We are already employing
every facility we possess with this
end in view. We appreciate the i'm
portance of Durango and its sur
rounding country. and ] have begun
10 learn of the splendid possibilities
for the immediate growth and ad
vancement of the country's indus
tries. so wonderful are its natural
resources. was here with Mr..
Gould last fall when he visited the
city. but we had very little time for
seeing the country. Mr. Gould having
been called back TO New York sooner
than he had anticipated.
Our train will remain here to-
night and we will go through the
Animas canon to Silverton tomorrow
morning when we can view the
scenery OF which we have heard so
much ! am sorry we do not have
more time to give to sightseeing and
learning the detail OF the industries
of the San Juan
Asked about the new cars under
contract for the relief of the car
famined road. Mr.. Herbert said the
contract called for twenty-five hun
dred new freight cars. New en-
gines are also building Pueblo has
its yards clear again and the con
gested conditions which existed for
time on the second division are
practically relieved.
"Will the Rio Grande do any broad
gauging this year which will materi-
ally benefit the San Juan country"
| asked the reporter,
Il am not prepared now to say
what will be done In that matter"
replied the new manager but 1t will
be the policy to make the system the
best In the west as soon as the work
of doing so can be accomplished.
The interests of the road and our
territory are mutual and will be mu-
tually served In the upbuilding and
Improvement OF the railway service.
Durango is one OF our most import
ant cities and its requirements will
be met"
Mr. Herbert is one of those rail
way men who climbing the ladder
from the bottom. has learned as men
should learn. who accept great re-
possibilities, that men In every sta
ton of the railway business, like each
necessary part of the engine that
pulled his party into Durango. pos
sess each their value. He Is one of
those men whose application to the
multiplicity of details crowding into
his affairs. is enabled to give audience
to all having business with him with
out forgetting where he left OF or
where he should take up the other
thread-an accomplishment which is
a blessing to those who have much
to do Several years manager of
the Iron Mountain system of rail
way and later manager OF the great
southern Pacific system. Mr., Herbert
has not undertaken task with the
mountain and plain system of the
Rio Grande which he is not fully
capable OF performing. 1t may be
seen at once that he is constructed |
ON the broad guage plan, and The
Herald bespeaks the most cordial re-
lations for him with the San Juan |
country
General Superintendent W. s. |
Martin, Chief Engineer NJ,
II. Rogers, Superintendent +.
S. Harris. Trainmaster F. b. De-
Garno and secretary to the manager.
Mr.. h. Brown.
The Herald trusts that our railway
visitors win find much OF interest in
the little city of Durango when they
return from Silverton today to re-
main few hours, before going over
the Southern on their return to Den
yer. and we will ask all of them to
tell their friends that the San Juan
Is the richest, best and most pictures
lue country they ever saw. for wc
know II is