Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01
TRACK AND TRAIN.
What is Going on Among the
Railroads.
ANOTHER G., R. I. & P. COLLISION.

An East Bound Passenger Crashes Into the
Rear End of a Freight Train at Geneseo
This Morning-More Yard Room at East
Moline-The IL, c. r.. & n. Strike-Rail-
road News in General.
Moline is just now elated over what
some people there think is the beginning |
of transferring the freight yards from
this city to East Moline. Construction
Superintendent Mcfarland Of the |
Rock Island made an ex-
tended visit to Moline few days ago the |
result Of which is that storage track |
will be put down there in order to leave |
more room in the Rock Island and Mo-
line yards. 1t will begin just west of the |
East Moline station and extend toward
this city about 5000 feet which it is fig
ured will give the company
ripple room for the storage OF
cars and allow more room for switching
ing in Moline. As usual. some persons
in Moline. have jumped at the conclusion
that this means the removal of the yards
from this city in time, but those in po-
sition to judge look upon this statement
as ri diculous-the company has too
much valuable track room inside the city
limits to relipquish any rights as 1t would
be only too quickly taken up by other
companies.
Among the railroad officials who Will
be called 10 account in the courts at
the October term OF the Uuited
States district court will be j j. John
son, general freight agent of the c. IL L.
| & P, charged with a violation of the IN
| ter-sta,e law IN giving a preferred pa
| tron rebate on grain shipments.
| There is as yet no settlement OF the b.,
lCR & N operators strike in sight
Both the officials and men are standing.
firm and neither seem to hsye any idea OF
| giving in and the operators say that II the
worst comes to worst they will make the
BIC. R. & n. scab road. Beyond SYM
| patty the trainmen have given the oper-
ators no assistance, though 1t IS still
claimed they will see that the men win
the strike.
passing of the Jacksonville Southeastern
through Galesburg has nearly all been
raised, and so positive are they
that it will sll be secured that the engl-
neers have laid out the depot grounds
and real estate in that vicinity is boom
ing.
The Rock Island road has notified the
conductors and brakemen- of an increas'
averaging 10 per cent all around The
brakemen asked for an increase sons
time ago, and the new scale has now gone
into effect.
Engineer Johnston. of the c., b.
10, with engine 1868. WAC pulled Cover
nor Fifer's special car into the city yes
terdsy. made the best time that has beer
made BY the executive since out on hi
trim. The run from Rio was made ID ont
hour and IS minutes, with delay OF Il
minutes at Barstow, making the time jus
5S mines. The distance is 43 miles. Con
ductor Smith had charge OF the special
Conductor, Truckmiller, Engineer Rod
Thorn son and Brakeman G E. Wells o
the c., R. 1. s P have all been let ou
by the company as result of the late IN
vestigation at Davenport regarding ths
| collisions on the west end.
T. G. Dacress, the organizer OF the op
orators on the 3, G. r & N, who's
home is at Vinton, Iowa, has been q
Davenport Dubuque, Savanna and thi
CITY, intercepting the operators from tn
east who were en- route to take the va
cant places o. the men on that line. II
Dubuque he turned back 10 in one day
He is kept posted on where he can NEE
them by other operators further east.
1t looks now as though the hoodo
that has been hanging over the c, X.
.SP. the past two weeks, in which shor
space of time six collisions have oc
ccurred. has been shifted from the ives
to the east end, another having occurred
at Geneseo early this morning. The las
was a rear end collision. passenger trair
No. 70. east bound, pulled by engine 907
in charge of Engineer Hamilton, crashini
into the rear end of freight standing OF
the main track. Whose fault it was ha
not been exactly determined. No grea
amount of dsmsge was done. the caboos
being turned over ard the 907 receivin.
some damage. but not anything serious
Fortunately no one was hurt and trafti
was delayed but little.
1t is rumored that another new tim
card will 60 into effect on the C., K. l
| l.