Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-20
AMONG TIE CARS.
Stray Bis Of InfOi nation Ptek@d up
Here and There About Railroads
aud the Men Who Operate Them.


aud the Meu Who Operate Them.
In the United States there are 1877
railway corr oratiobs and the mileage OF
track is 100000.
D. ]. McGr,th, travelling auditor Of thu
c., N. & ST. P, was in the city yester~
day on his regular trip.
1t is understood that two of the large
engines just put on the c., X. L. e L.
will run on No. and 2 between Rock
Island and Chicago.
Switchmau D. F. Holmes. CT the r l.
& P, who had his foot hurt q few days
ago is getting along nicely ana will be
able TO be out again before long.
C .nductor T. NJ. Cook. OF the C.. Il
0 is laid up with something akin to
grip ard his train is being run by Con.
ductor Crawford. while Conductor Ray
is on the latter's mn.
The c.. R. I. & P. yards are full OF
cars again and business is booming.
Trsiumen sre all busy, and the recent lull
in freight trsffic has been followed by
regular old time rush
Viii Burger, the switchman who was
hurt in the R.. I. & P. yards yesterday
morning, is still suffering considerably,
and it will take several days to determine
how serious his injuries will prove.
The improvements about the interior
OF the c B. & Q. depot are progressing
nicely. The painters are now at work
aud ere long the @" can boast Of as
neat fl oor of offices as any in the city.
An international conference of the rail-
rosd department of the Young Mems
Christian association will be held in Chi,
c4go. H., Feb. % to %. The sessions
of this conference will take place in the
building of the Garfield Boulevard Rail
road Department, st Garfield boulevard
aud Tracy avenue, commencing Thursday
al 7:3O p. m All members and secre>
taries of railroad associations are invited
to attend.
There was q resr end collision on the
c.. R. l. s P. between Ottawa and Utics
last night, Engines573 in charge of En-
giueer Dewey and pulling freight train
No. 80. ran into the rear end Of passenger
train No II coming west. A dining car
on the rear OF No. II was somewhat
damaged, but not seriously. and no one
wss hurt. The accident is said to have
been due to misinterpretaiion of train
orders.
Engine 3S4. of the C.. B & O., pull,
ing the second section CT No. a, crashed
into the rear end of the first section of
the same train near Alexis last night.
The first section had breakdown and
flsgmsn was sent back to flag second II,
but it was so slippery that the brskemen
on the latter had TO coon il along the
cars, ard as q result they crashed into
first II before they could stop. The
,rainmen sll jumped and luckily no one
was injured. but engine No. 364 of the
last section and he csboose and some
Ials VI tue MIS- SSlllOu was RIGllG
badly broken up
At the last meeting of the passenger
committee of the Central Traffic sssocia-
ton it was resolved that g rate
and a third for the round trip be
authorized from association territory,
added to the rate authorized by Western
association, for the qusdrennisl confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Omshs, Neb., May l to 80 1892. The
Western Passenger association hiss su-
thorizee for the same occasion one low
est irst-clsss fare for the round trip 20
Omaha from sll association points, tick
cts to be sold April % to April 80, inclu-
sive. good going commencing date of
sale only. limited TO continuous passage
in esch direction, with final limit of June
!, 1892.