Rock Island daily Argus., 1892-05-14
HEADLIGHT FLASH Es.


Mention.
Conductor Archer, of the c., R. 1. &
r., Is laying off and Conductor Kearney
is oD his run during his absence.
All the trains on the east end of the
hock Island are making regular time
again. and everything is running smoothly.
conductor Curtis. of the east Iowa di-
vision OF the G., R.I. 6 p, is taking a
vacation, and is spending it on fishing
expedition.
The c., R. I. & P. steam shovel has
been brought up from Missouri and
put to work on the east end in the yicin.
ity OF the recent washouts.
Hereafter there will be no regular
freight crews on the Iowa division of the
e., r. l. & P, all the trainmen running
on the old chain gang system.
Passenger business on the different
roads during the past week has been
somewhat poor owing probably to the dis.
agreeable weather. Freight traffic is also
quiet but is again on the increase.
Engineer Frank Hodgdon, of the G =.
Il. l. & P, who was SO unfortunate in IL g
loss of his 11>year-old son a few dsys
ago. is confined to his home with a Sc.
we're attack of dlphtheria.
The apartment in the Rock Island
round house. formerly used for sand, has
beentornout, the space will be utilized
for putting in another STALL A new sand
house will be built jus. east of the round
house, and new sand track laid there.
Ticket Agent Plummer, of the Rock
Island now has one of the handsomest
ticket Offices along the road. The paint
ers did themselves proud in the way OF
artistic decoration, and the office has
been csrpeted and furnished in such q
manner as TO make it almost palatial.
The Rocky Mountain limited from the
west has been from four to five hours late
every day since she was put on. The
trouble lies west of Omaha, where the
tracks are under water for quite distance
and the Rock Island is compelled to use
the @" tracks in consequence.
The late floods, it is said, will interfere
with the grading of the J. s. E. on its
line out OF Havana. 1t was figured tha,
the track laying would be commenced in
June, and would be pushed toward Can.
ton as rapidly as possible. 1t looks as if
the Jacksonville really means business.
A new time card goes into effect on the
Z. M. q st. P. tomorrow which only
effects the running of one train into this
CITY, The afternoon express now leaving
here at S:15 will on Monday and there
after leave at $50 which will be the only
change in the local time card.
The train of 80 cars loaded with steam
threshers enroute to Omaha left for the
west yesterday morning over the c., R.
1. & P. The train is gailY decorated with
flags, bunting, etc., and is valued al
! S9O, 900. On the last car was small en-.
gine and separator in full working or
der, and sleeper was also attached fol-
the accommodation Of those of the train.
Chairman Finley. of the Western Pas
senger association, has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect May co. 1t i.
rumored that he resigns to accept q re-
| sponsible position with large southern
railroad system. W. F. White. of the
Atchison, and P. s. Eustis, of the Bur-
lington. are both mentioned as his proba.
BILE successor.
DR.. Adams. of St. Louis, the protector
Of the Chicago and St. Louis electric rail-
road scheme, is hard at work. and IL re-
ports can be relied upon the actual work
of building the road will soon be under
way. The survey of the proposed line
was finished several weeks ago and is a
piece Of remarkable engineering. The
engineer started from given point in
st. Louis to survey an air line to the
Garden City, the Chicago shot tower be-
ing the objective point. The accuracy
of the survey may be imagined when it is
known that the last stake was driven
within 100 feet of the tower, and that a
variation of one-sixteenth of an inch at
the start would have thrown the engi>
neers SO miles wide of their mark at the
Chicago end. The exact distance of the
line just surveyed is 252 miles, or just 81
miles less than the shortest railroad line.
The route surveyed does not pass through
the business portion of any town nor
through graveyard along the entire
line, and for this reason it has been SEE
lected from three different surveys that
have been made. 1t is proposed to
make the run from Chicago to st. Louis
in two and one half hours.
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