El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-08
HEAD Of s. P.
IS IN FL PASO
William Sproule and Other
High Officials Of Rail
roads Visit Here.

William Sproule. president OF the
[ Southern Pacific railroad, accompanied
by his wife and daughter. spent Mon
day night and Tuesday morning in e
Paso. The party arrived Monday night
from San Francisco, the headquarters
Of Mr.. Sproule, in his private car
Berkeley" and left shortly after noon
/ Tuesday for the west. Tuesday after
noon was spent in Deming. Wednes-
| day the party will visit Wilcox, Ariz.,
! and make a trip over the new line OF
road to the Mascot mines. as the spe-
cial guests Of T. II McCauley, presi-
dent Of the Mascot Mining Co. From
/ Mascot, Mr.. Sproule and family will go
to Globe. then make an automobile tour
to the Roosevelt dam and on to Phoe-
nix At Phoenix they will again take
| their private car and continue west
Mr.. SprOule was accompanied to FL
Paso and on his tour by W E. Barnes
travelling freight~and passenger agent
of the s. P. who has the reputation of
knowing more people mad having more
friends than any other one man in the
southwest The tour is being made by
Mr.. Sproule for the purpose OF ascer-
tanning the needs Of the different COM
munities served by the s. p and to
meet Informally the patrons Of the line,
7. H Williams, superintendent Of the
Tucson division Of the S. P, in the
private car Tucson" accompanied his
chief to FL Paso and over his division
r B. OrndOrn. president OF the Fl
FaSO chamber OF commerce. met Mr.
SprOule at the union station Tuesday
morning and took him for a ride about
the city President ". B. Scott, Of the
G. H. & s. A railroad. was also taken
on the ride with Mr. Sproule.
MeEgrg Enrou1n and Cruff r-rr.
ranking officials Of a large number Of
prominent railroad men who were here
TUESDAY The others, including vice
president and general manager Geo. s
Waid- Of the G. H & s A., were here
TO attend a meeting OF the board Of
directors Of the Union Depot company.
Nh Waid came in his private car
Texas and was accompanied by Mrs.
F. H. PIaisted, assistant traffic d.
rector Of the S. P, was here Monday
night and Tuesday morning, en- route
west from New York w c. McCor-
mick, general agent OF the c. II. &
5 A railway in Fl Paso. was his host
while he was here.
Says Business Good.
BUSINESS IS lettering throughout (
the country said Mr.. SprOule. al
though the railroads are not at this
time placing any large orders for |
equipment, the general feeling through I
out the country, especially in the west
- mat couulLOuS are rapidly lettering. /
Crop conditions throughout this sec |
ton are good. The resumption Of cat /
tie shipments has been a good feature 1
and business men generally are far 4
more optomistic than even six months I
ago. The exposition is attracting hun 4
dreds OF persons and we look for q I
very heavy tourist travel throughout /
the summer and fall"
shops VIII Not Move.
No action looking 10 the moving Of /
the G. H & S A. shops TO Alfalfa sta
ton is contemplated at this time, ac-
cording to president Scott
THE company holds. and has held for
some time. a tract OF land at Alfalfa
station, but the land was simply pur-
chased for possible use at some later !
late" he said 4 viii state positively /
hat, at this time. the matter Of moving Z
he shops is not even under contempIa-
ion.
Despite the floods in the Brazos
country the crop outlook in Texas is
EXCELLENT. Much Of the land in the flood
district has already been reclaimed.
made a trip through that section a
week ago and conditions are rapidly
lettering General conditions through
ut the state are better than they have /
zen since last July"