Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-05
CAB AND COACH.
Brief Bits Of News Picked Up
Among the Cars.
NEW TINE GARD ON THE O., R. 1. & P.

NEW TINE GARD ON THE O., R. I. & P.
Rock Island That VIII go Into Effect To-
morrow Noon-A Number of Trains Az
fected but no Radical Alterations to be
Made-Where the Greatest Number of
Locomotives Are Used-The c., R. r.
Ready for Winter Tramc-Other Notes OF
Interest to Railway Men in General.
The new time card on the G.. r I. & P
spoken of 10 HE ARGUS last week as
likely to 90 into effect before long. has
been received here aud will be in effect
after 10 O'Clock tomorrow. Only ore
change is made in east bound trains.
which will be in the departure Of the
early morning passenger to Chicago,
which will hereafter leave at 4:4S a. N.
instead of Ais as formerly The La
Sale and Stuart, Iowa. passenger will be
discontinued between here and La Sale
but will continue to run to Stuart, Iowa.
The east run. which will be discontinued,
formerly arrived here at 8 am. and left
again at 5:45 in the evening. Passenger
No. 1, going east. which formerly left at
7:3O FIN. , will now leave at 7,25 p. m in
stead. No. IS. going south Invest. for
merly leaving at 7 40 p. m, will leave at
7:35 hereafter No. 3. west bound
| which formerly left at 4:35 a. NJ, will
| now leave at 4:33 a m. the Kansas City
train. which left before at 1047 p. m,
| will leave after tonight at 11:l0 p. m.
| The other Kansas City train. leaving al
$50 I'm. will depart at 6:2O a. m, after
| Sunday. The above includes all the
changes that 60 into effect tomorrow,
| there being no real radical changes either
way.
! The Number of Locomotives
| One hundred and nine thousand loco-
motives are at present running on the
earth. Europe has IS. 900; America, 40. =
900; Asia, 3 800; us,ralia. 2 600. and
Africa, 700. In Europe. Great Britain
and Ireland take premier position with
| 1900 engines; Germany has is 600;
France, 1900; Austria Hungary, the
second largest continental country, has
5000; Italy, 1000; Russia. 3 500; Bel
GUM. 900; Holland and Spain, 1000
each; Switzerland. 900 and the rem ain
ing European states. $500.
| Links and Pms.
c. w. Jones is the new c., r. l. s. P
trainmaster who has succeeded j. A
Keith a. Davenport. The new train
master comes from Des Moines and is
spoken of very highly. He is said to be
a man of experience and well qualified
for the position.
President Cable of the Rock Island
says that the road has all of its equip.
ment employed and that owing to The
big crops in Kansas and the far south
wesuan enormous traffic from that sectiC Z
coming winter.
Assistant Gen. raj Manager Allen O.
the c., R l. & P. was in the city yester
day on business d fe W hours.
Division Superintendent Ewing of tn;
Rock island was in town today lookini
after the affairs of his company.
The north bound passenger on the G
NJ. & ST. P. yesterday afternoon was de
lsyed some time at the semsphore in tn
Rock Island yards where Milwaukee
freight engine was of the track which
accident occurred on account of defect
i've switch joints. The ngine nesrl
turned over on its side and when it lief
town it was only working on one side.
The G.. r. l. & P, yardmaster's offic
will be changed from the building nea
b. passenger depot back to its old ar
tiers in the yards near the O. crossing a
soon as that building can be repaired. 1
new office will also be built in the uppe
wards where the business at that end wi
be attended to-
= New folders have been received in tn
civ of the Vandalis line which late at
sorbed the Terre Haute & Peoria. The
are neat and gotten up in sttractiv
style.
Capt Tom Fuller of the c., M. s. s,
P. is laying eff attending the funeral {
his father in-law who died at milwaukee
a few days ago. Conductor "Coaxy
Carrigan who formerly ran a train I'M
the city is on the captains train durin
his absence.
Messenger Larry Ly ons is back on b
ran on the G NJ. & st. P after sever
days absence.
Division Superintendent Throop Of Il
c. b & @. was in the city a few hou