The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
News c,udsrs Pound on ths Track.

News Cindsrs Found on the Track.
1t is rumored that the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific has new passenger rate
tariff sheet made up which will soon be
put into effect.
Painters car, of the c., r. l. & p, will
soon be here to paint up the company's
buildings here and kalsomine the walls of
the offices, besides other work to add to
the attractivcness of the station.
1t is expected that new dummy
switch engine will be brought here before
long to help No. 2S1 and 251 in the CHS
cago Rock Islsud & Pacific yards. Ans
other has long been needed as the two
now in use are inadequate for the amount
of work to be done.
To overcome the objection made by
commercial men to the permit system OF
tickets in use on Jan. on several vests
ern roads, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway will put on April a new
form of mileage ticket to be sold on the
rebate plan at rate and rebate to make
net price sec. The ticket will retain all
advantages to the traveller of the old
ticket, but will differ somewhat. The
permits will also remain in use for those
who prefer them.
As farmer with his wife and children
were coming down from the upper depot
yesterday on the dummy, they saw a
Rock Island & Peoria engine and cal
which was going up on the other track
Thinking it was on the same track and
that there would be a collision sure, the
farmer just scooped the three children
and his old woman Gas he called her) in
his arms and started for the door to jump
There was a superabundance of extremi-
ties flying around and he couldn't gel
there as soon as he wanted to and while
he was laboring under great excitement
and by no means a convenient load, the
Peoria car passed. He saw it, and drop
ping his load in heap on the floor, ex'
claimed-well no matter what it was, but
ii was very expressive of complete sur
prise and relief.
The annual report of the c hicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railway company for
1884 will be issued this month. The
greatest change in the figures, as com
pared with 1888, will be in the net earn,
lngs, which have decreased 1915, 900. up.
on loss of S627, 900 in gross traffic. The
gross earnings for January will probably
show an increase equal to one half the
gross loss in 1884. There was no change
in the amount paid in dividends in 1894,
the disbursements on this account being
as in 1882, S., $685. 600 There is an in
crease of about 100000 in fixed charges.
The net land receipts are understood to
have been about as in 1888, or 81, 500, 900
The report for 1888 showed surplus OF
the land receipts, and SO, $4,000 from
operating, therefore the railroad surplus
to be shown for 1884 will be about one
half the operating surplus of 1888, OIL
100000.
An apparatus has just been invented
which is wonderful, for with it the traye-
Ter need no longer fear any accident
Safety will be assured on railroads. Thi
apparatus permits the employe charged
with the duty to see in mirror the entir,
section of the road he is to control, will
all the trains in motion, and he knows a
every instance just exactly where eacl
train is. When one Of them approache
another at distance which is dangerous
he can Immediately signal the menace'
train. The apparatus consists of shee
of opaque glass on which the rails are in
dictated by horizontal lines aud the sta
tions by verticle ones, numbered. Littl
arrows, representing the trains, NOV
along the horizontal lines. They are pu
in motion by aid of electricity develops
by the contact of metallic brushes attache
to the locomotives with zinc bands place
along the rails, The train thus continu
ally traces its trajectory on the glass indi
Gator. The apparatus is exhibited i
Paris and in Berlin to commissions Q
scientists.