Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
HEADLIGHT FLASHES.
News Notes Concerning the Different Rail-
road Interests.

News Notes Concerning the Different Rail-
road Interests.
General Passenger Agent Eustis,
of the c., B. & O., has issued circu-
lar to prospective visitors to the
Worlds fair, in which they are urged
to make the journey now in
stead of waiting till August
or September, when there will
be such throng going to
the exposition that much discomfort
and Inconvenience will result. The
following is the text: The traffic to
the Worlds fair for the past three
weeks has been very large, but re-
ports indicate that many who might
90 now, are needlessly postponing
the trip, forgetting that transporta
ton facilities are limited. Unless
some who say, Wen 90 in August
or September can be induced to go
now while they can be carried salts
factorily, all will suffer the discom-
forts and delays usual under such
circumstances. and perhaps many
will be unable to get there at all, for
lack of transportation facilities. Our
patrons who might make the trip
now should be urged to do so; it is
important to us, to them, and to
their neighbors who cannot go until
later. We have efficiently trans
ported all passengers, but shall be
unable to carry all who seem to be
depending upon our taking them in
| the fall The fair is now complete
and accommodation in Chicago are
| ample and charges reasonable"
Pick Ups.
| Roadmaster Soland. of the c., b. IL
@, is confined to his home with in
| flammatory rheumatism.
| Cars run from New York to Chica-
| 90 at the rate of 80 miles an hour and
T! weigh 40 tons each. They are the
| finest ears ever built.
To the Burlington's time card has
| been added new train called the
.TeNas Cowboy" 1t is n fast train
between Galveston, Texas, and Chi
| cago.
Ed Atkinson. of Moline. who is
quite popular with the railroad boys
| i distributing invitations to an old
fashioned barn raising, which he
| purposes having in the near future.
Quite a shaking up among con-
ductors on the c., II. |. II p. oc-
CURED during the past week. Sew
eral ticket punchers lost their
| heads for infringement of company
| rules.
W. {. Brinton, formerly connected
with the old Western Union. now the
c.. NJ. * St P. and who worked in
| the train service of that road into
this city wears ago. is here calling on
old friends. He now resides in Ne
| braSka
The work of closing up the wing
of the Rock Island round house has
been completed and the work on the
new building is progressing nicely
| A few of the engines sleep out doors
| these nights while the new wing is
being finished.
| The rush of Worlds fair business
| seems to be steadily on the increase
| and shows very little signs of fall
| ling off at anv time. The travel has
now become so general that there is
a good traffic both ways, passengers
coming and going home from the
| fair. June business seems to be fully
| up to. if not in excess of what was
anticipated
A new time card goes into effect on
| the c.. b. & Q. tomorrow, by which
| the St Louis passenger leaving at
74O p. m. and arriving at GAO a. m.
which has heretofore been daily eN-
cept SUNDAY. will after tomorrow be
| daily. \ new savanna passenger
train will also be put on leaving here
at $50 a m. and arriving at 5:O5 in
the evening.
A party of Milwaukee officials COM
posed of General Manager A. j. Ear
ling, General Superintendent W. q.
Collins. General Roadmaster j. b.
Mol. Division Superintendent +. b.
Wright and Roadmaster John Tracy
| were in the city the latter part of the
| week on tour of inspection. It's
very seldom that the high officials of
the Milwaukee strike the city.
The grand lodge of the Brother
| hood of Railroad Trainmen is receiv-
inc propositions from different cities
for the location of the headquarters
of the order 1t is proposed to erect
a building to cost from $4,000 to
500. 600, at which all national con-
ventions Will thereafter be held.
Along with the location of this build
ing will 90 the official publishing
house of the order, employing about
80 persons There i no reason why
Rock Island should not try and win
the building. Undoubtedly there
will he a great many inducements Of
fered bv strong competing cities. but
,o+b;uT i won without an effort and