The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-10
on THE RAIL.
What is Going ON i'm the Railroad
World.

morrow is pay day on the Rock
Island & Mercer County road, and also
for the Coal Valley Mining Company
The Rock Island and Peoria road had
fifteen passengers for ST. Paul last night,
which they put on board the stylish Sid
ney This morning ON their way 10 the
metropolis of the north
The Rock Island & Peoria are selling
round trip tickets to Louisville during the
session of the exposition for $l305 The
exposition convened August LIST, and
will continue one hundred days The
Peoria road only sell these tickets the LIST
and 18th of each month, which are good
for fifteen days.
Articles of incorporation of the St
Elmo, Louisville and Paducah railroad
have been filed with the Illinois secretary
of state. The line is to run from ST.
Elmo, Ill.,. to point on the Ohio river
opposite Paducah. Capital stock, SIS, .
100000. The incorporators are all citi
zens of st. Elmo.
The passenger rate between Chicago
and st. Louis was cut on Wednesday by
the Illinois Central to Sc, and at late
hour last evening the Alton road fixed
the same price for tickets. In st. Louis
scalpers have been selling tickets to Chi
cago at Sc for several days. The rate
from ST. Louis to Louisville, which was
cut to S. by the Air Line a few days ago,
was dropped yesterday by both the All
Line and the Ohio and Mississippi to
$3.50 All the roads between st. Louis
and ST. Paul are selling round trip tickets
for $50, and the ST. Paul steamers have
put the faIe down to S24, including meals
and berth.
The contract for building the Lacrosse,
Iowa and Southwestern railway was per.
fected at Charles City, Iowa, Wednesday
The organization, which has worked up
some $500, 600 in subsidies is the coali-
ton of Minnesota company with an
Iowa company, both having the same
object, the fusion having been completed
last fall F. A. Rosein9, of Charles CITY.
last June secured the backing of strong
New York syndicate, and the contract
was ratified by the company's directors
yesterday, and the werk will begin al
once. The points in Iowa to be touched
are Charles City, Greene, Ackley, Nevada,
Ames, Boone and Des Moincs, with the
southern terminus at Kansas City.
The Chicago & Alton offer reward OF
81 900 for the arrest and conviction of any
of the persons who cut their telegraph
wires Tuesday night, at Summit, ILL.,
Passenger conductors on all divisions of
the Pennsylvania system west of Pitts
burg are now required, when receiving a
cash fare, to make and give the passen-
ger, as well, receipt for it, A book with
suitable blanks is provided each conductor.
MIR, G. K. Lord, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, is
entitled to the credit of getting up one OF
the finest excursions for the benefit of the
Atlantic club. Knights Templars of Bal
| timore and Washington, that has thus faI
started from the Atlantic sea board to
cross the continent to California. The
train, containing several day coaches, "a
baggageca car diningc car and sleeping
| coaches, which will run through to the
Pacific coast without change, started from
Baltimore last Tuesday, and arrived in St
Louis at O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
They were met by the Ivanhoe command
cry at the Union depot and entertained
by them in the evening, Leaving St.
Louis to-day, they will arrive at Kansas
City Saturday morning They expect to
arrive in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug
ust 18.