The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-08
TRACK TALK.
The IRON Horse and the Companies
t:,at Manage it-..LocOMOtiyc
Sparks.

the graders were as near st. Paul as
Newport, the first station out from st.
Paul on the Milwaukee & St. Paul road.
The other side of that point no grading
has been done. as it has not yet been de-
cided by which route the new road will
enter st. Paul. Surveys have been made
parallellug the Milwaukee & ST. Paul
road, and also running up back of the
bluff, and then coming down Phalen
valley. Between Prescott and the Chip
pawa river, the old Winona, Alma IL
Northern built some thirty miles of road
The grade of this work is now bein z
raised. South of the Chippewa river
track layers will be put at work this
week, and work on the bridges will be
begun as soon AS permission can be rec>
eved from the secretary of war The new
line from st. Paul 10 Hastings, its sec
ond crossing of the Milwaukee & st.
Paul, will be little longer than the
river road, but what it loses in distance
it will make up in grade. The MIwau
KEGS grade is thirty two feet to the mile.
while The new road is built upon 3-deg
curve. and has only Il grade of sixteen
fe ct to the mile. This will enable it to
make equally fast time. and in addition
to this haul II much larger and heavier
train than the Milwaukee & st. Paul.
II seems that the temptation to cut
rates among railroad companies under
agreement not to do so is so great that
they do not mind the possible prospect OF
paying fine much heavier than the profit
derived from an Undecided violation OF
agreement. OF course, it is surmised tina,
there are so many instances of rate cut
| ting where the offender is not detected as
TO allow the road doing the cutting nice
little profit after paying fines where de-
lection was unavoidable. Tie latest in
stance of a road receiving a heavy fine
has just been made public. Mr.. f. p.
| Wilson, arbitrator of the Chicago, st
Louis Il Missouri river passenger agree
mcnt, has sent out II decision in a cas-,
| tried by him, wherein the Rock lslant
road was the plaintiff and the Burlington
the defendant. The latter road was ac
cused If selling certain ticket ut a Gu
rate, and of changing the ticket after thu
cut had been detected. The arbitrator
found the Burlington road guilty, and inn
posed a fine of 800.
Suit has been commenced in Kno,
county entitled Fannie Epperson VIC, b
& Q. II. X. commpany, damages $4,000
1t is alleged by the plaintiff that on TIN
where celebration was in progress
While mingling with crowd on the dc
pot platform, she was struck in the fac
and neck by parts of an exploded torpedo
1t is claimed that c.. b. " @. enginee
placed "a torpedo. such AS are used in tn
service of the road, on the track in from
of the engine. When the locomotiv
passed over the torpedo it exploded. in
juring the young lady as mentioned. Ii
consequence of the wounds inflicted, on
side of her face has become partially PAL
alyzed and so distiured. There was n
apparent necessity for the putting dow
of a torpedo, other than perhaps desir
to celebrate with the rest.
A circular defining the jurisdiction c
the different division freight agents c
| tbs Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul roa
Just issued by General Freight Agen
Bird assigns Mr.. G. F. Whites territor
as Davenport, Rock Island and Molin,
also from Davenport to Jackson junction
inclusive; from Parolta to Farley inclu
sive, and from Eldridge to Maquoketa
inclusive, to work in connection with I
G. Jones.
W. c. Brown superintendent of tn
Rock Island Il St. Louis division of til
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is quite
| stock raiser and he and his brother offe
for sale bunch of choice Holstei
; Fresian cattle, owing to the sickness {
the man who had charge OF them.
President Cable, OF the Rock Islam
: road, held a short conference Tuesday
) st. Paul with General Manager Callawa
, of the Union Pacific and then started fC
; Minneapolis to attend the annual mectir
, of the Minneapolis 4 st. Louis railroa
: there.
! General Manager j. T. Clark's pala'
, coach was attached to Conductor Bush
n train this morning 1t contained Mr.
Clark and number Of her lady friend
who are on their way to their Milwauk
home from u tour over the lines in lOwi
The Rock Island & Peoria is using
additional switch engine in the yards
-, this city--one Of the old Coal Vail
Mining companys locomotives neat
painted over and repaired.