Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-31

Here-AIl Train and station Men
Must BE UnIformea-Why Clark
Corbin Quit.
The Iowa commissioners and General
Solicitor Wright of the Rock Island road,
had conference in Des Moines Tuesday
concerning the recent decision Of the
board that the road must 90 something
toward giving daylight passenger SER
Mr.. Wright made q proposition to put
combination cars with baggage privileges
on the following trains going west: No.
81, leaving Rock Island at $50 q. m.
and running to Stuart, No. 33. leaving
Rock Island at ago p. m. and running to
Marengo. and leaving Brookly at $50 D.
m and running to Council Bluffs; No IS,
leaving Grinnell at los, running to At.
lantic. and the following trains with COM
bination cars east; No. 80. leaving Coun-
Gil Bluffs at q. M, running to BROOKLYN;
No. SO, leaving Stuart at 6:15 q. m.
running to Rock Island. On the fol.
lowing freight trains passengers will also
be received; Going west No. 81 leaving
Des Moines at $50 p. m, running to
Stuart and from Stuart to Nicola; going
east No 81 leaving Council Bluffs at 9:13
a. m, running to Stuart and from Home
stead at 6;55 a. N. to Rock Island; No.
80 leaving Avoca at $50 q. m, running
to Stuart and from Iowa City at 4.55 a.
m. 10 Rock Island; No. IS leaving Coun-
ell Bluff at 2:15 p. m. running to Avoca;
No SO leaving Brooklyn at 9:2S a. m.
running to West Liberty. It is under
stood that the new arrangement is 10 90
into operation at once.
MUST BE UNIFORMED.
The c. r. |. & P. has reissued its
order relative to the compulsion of sill
train and station men wearing uniforms.
The order states that no violation Of the
rule will be permitted hereafter and that
passenger conductors, collectors, brake
men, porters. bsggagemen, freight con-
operators must be uniformed. The
regulations to be as follows; passenger
conductors must wear complete suits of
indigo blue cloth, blue cloth caps with
gold screw buttons with G. r /. & P. on
same while on front OF the cap will
appear the word conductor or
collector as the case may be. Brake
men will wear the same except that
silver screw buttons will be used and the
word brakeman" on the cap. Porters
will also have silver screw buttons, with
black silk cap. the baggageman black
flexible cap; freight conductors gray cloth
suits and caps; agents. operators and
station baggagemen, white duck caps for
summer and black cloth for winter, with
silver wire badge denoting their position.
CoRBIN SAID RATS "
IF. E. Hyndes is appointed agent at
Carbon Cliff 10 succeed G. Corbin, dis
charged, rs the wording of recent circu.
lar sent out By Supt. E. L. Ewing, of tn e
Illinois lines of the Rock Island MI
Corbin has represented the Rock Island
so long at the Cliff that there has na.ur.
ally been some inquiry as To the reason
of his removal, and indirectly it is learned
that an order was no; long since issued
by the Rock island to all agents at small
towns to the effect that no agen. should
leave his town without permission Of the
company. Thi' struck Corbu as 81 en-
croachment upon mis- personal liberties
and he wrote the simple but quite express
sive word, rats, across the front of the
circular ard mailed it back to Mr.. Ewing.
With more than ordinary consideration
Mr.. Ewing wrote back to Mr.. Corbi
| and asked him eff he meant that to
which Mr.. Carbon promptly replied that
he most assuredly did. His removal fol-
lowed and the new man at the Cliff is al
so an operator so that the Rock Island
has telegraph office there now The
railroad is therefore happy, and so is
Clark Corbin.