The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-02
A number Of Railr: ad Off
Gals here Saturday.
The object of their visit to
this City.
General News pertaining
to the Roads.
C. B. & O.,

| they represent, there is thought to be diff
ferent Interpretation placed on such vista
ton.
For some time past the knowing ones
have predicted that the G. B. & O., would
ut no distant day, place a train to run
from this city to Chicogo via Sterling or
| pbrophetstown The claim was made that
such route was some twenty miles shorter
than that possessed by the c. r. l. 81 p,
and that the trip to Chicago could be made
| in much better time than is now required
to make the passage.
The current rumor has been that the c.
| r. 81 O., people were deferred from such
an arrangement by the c.. R. /. & P, who
in some mysterious way have the power to
dictate terms in the premises by the latter
Withdrawing from certain territory in the
west, jointly occupied by the two roads
Whatever the explanation, the fact remains
that the c. B. s. O., take no freight or
passengers through to Chicago, and when
ever delegation of the c. B. & @, Off
Gals come over this branch of the road,
the report is immediately started that the
C. B. & O., will soon establish train to
Chicago via Sterling or Prophetstown. At
present the Sterling branch is partly under
water, and it will require decided fall of
water, before trains of any description are
run on that branch of the road.
The following party of c. B. & Q,
officers arrived Saturday night, and spent
yesterday at the Harper House: T. j.
Potter. General Manager; j. D. Bester,
Gen. Supt. Ills. Division; W. r. Crump-
ton, Division Supt; W. c. Brown, Master
of Transportation; J, A West, L. E. John
son and Fl. B. Stone.
Inquiries as to the object of their visit
resulted in the general statement that this
was the regular spring inspection of the
road Two inspections were made yearly,
one in the spring, and one in the fall. The
former was for the purpose of ascertaining
where work and repairs were needed
during the summer months and the latter
was to examine the work after its com
pletion. When questioned as to the new
route to Chicago, via Sterling, the mem
mbers of the party stated that the water
still covered a portion of that branch, and
through train was a matter of the
| future
| Railroad officials, when about making
change in their old routes or the addition
of new one, are not given to announcing
| it, before all the arrangements are made.
1t may possibly be that their visit had no
other significance than the inspection OF
the road bed, but on the other hand, ne
negotiations may be pending for a new
route to Chicago.
C.M&sTP.
Another party of railroad magnates put
in their appearance in this city last Satur-
day The latter party consisted of W. G.
Van Horn, General Manager of the c. NJ.
& St P, D. A. DIN, Division Supt., and
II. Milleken. They had no consultation with
the c. B. & Q. people, and their arrival on
the same day was purely accidental and not
the result of a prearranged plan.
The G. NJ. s. St, P. party came for the
purpose. so it is said, of making arrange
ments to come into Rock Island on a track
of their own from the Junction few miles
from Moline. At present the G. NJ. & St.
Paul trains pass over the c. r. /. & P.
tracks from the Junction. The rush of
business of the two roads has rendered
separate tracks an absolute necessity. The
officials also examined the bridge over the
Meredosia river which was destroyed by
the food.
The party departed for the north during
the day
WESTWARD BOUND.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says during
Wednesday /, 040 emigrants passed through
Detroit on their way to the West. The
emigrant traffic on the leading lines from
the sea shore to the far West is something
unprecedented. Never before have so
many people from the other side of the
Atlantic sought homes-and good ones,
toe, do they fnd-as at present. The
Michigan Central Road yesterday brought
into the city 500 emigrants, all bound for
the West. This road his for some time
past been carrying an average of 500 emf
grants daily. From April 1 to yesterday
evening the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Road carried into this city 6, 500
emigrants, None of these were from
Canada, but all from Europe, about equally
divided between Germans and Scandinav-
ians-
sLEEPERs.
The Peoria trains are now running over
the Milan bridge, and the freight blockade
is over.
The c. B. 6 O., track from this city to
Sterling is still under water,
Shipments of corn to the East are very
large.
The earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad
increased $500, 600 during March.
L. NJ Cole, of Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, is the oldest general ticket agent in
America.
The Michigan Central Road viii build
two new iron bridges this summer between
Dexter and Yipsilanti.
The railroads will carry on the summer
excursion business on a greater scale than