Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-05-20
TRAIN TALK.
Notes and News About the Local Railroad
Interests-perSonaI I,,-apr.nbs

Interests-PersonaI Paragraphs.
Work has been commenced in earn
est on the remodeling of the c., II. l..
that has stood out in bold relief there
for so many years now looks shat
tered and ruined. The south por-
ton of the building has been dis
mantled of its roof and is being torn
completely away. Only about one
third of the old building will be torn
down, or in other words about a
dozen stalls are being taken out.
The house originally had ~ stalls,
but part of the room was used for
machinery, etc. so the house held
about 40 engines when crowded.
About - stalls are now being torn
away and the remaining ones, ,togeth-
er with the new wing. which Will
hold about 26. will make room for
about 50 engines, as it is understood
that another building will also be
erected separate for the machine
shops so that all the room can be
utilized for storing engines. large
gang of masonS are at work on the
foundation for the new building,
which is to be Just east and adJoin-
ing the present structure. When
finished the new structure will pre-
sent the appearance of other modern
round houses, most of which are be-
ing built with flat roof, and semi
circular instead of round as former
ly. The new arrangements will give
considerable additional yard room.
hi, hot hnh hlX-
needed for some time.
W. H. Swinburn, of Des Moines, an
engineer on the Rock Island. is in the
city with his family visiting friends
here.
James Young, travelling passenger
agent of the Great Northern. was in
the city yesterday in the interests of
his company.
1t is now understood that the Rock
Island x Peoria viii put on another
fast train on June l. The Peoria is
always up with the procession.
William Caldwell. general western
passenger agent of the West Shore
and James II. Jogoe. also of the same
road. were visitors in the city yes
terday.
Engine No. ). of the K. |. q p. is
just out of the paint shop and APP
pears lettered in the new colorS of
that road-red and white. The No.
II has also just been in the paint
shop.
W. c. (Doc) Bush. the popular old
time Milwaukee conductor who ran
into this city for several years, and
who is now conducting 4 successful
restaurant business in st. Paul. is in
the city with his wife visiting the
latter's folks.
Joe O'Nein. an eaSt-end brakeman
on the Rock Island. got his left hand
caught while making a coupling at
La Sale on Thursday night and had
it badly squeezed. 1t has swollen
greatly and it is feared injured in
side 50 that he viii be incapacitated
for some time.
The j. :. Z. extension project is
still alive and though not much talk
iS heard about it work is going right
along. Everything is in readiness
for the completion of the Illinois
river bridge and the approaches
which are about one half mile long
are now in process OF construction.
There has been no change in the es-
tablished route.
The relative advantages of large
and small freight cars is being gener-
ally discussed by operating officials.
The consensus of opinion is that the
American 10000 pound capacity cars
are the best in the world for bulky
through freight. For local traffic.
however, there is a changing opinion
in favor of smaller cars. The reason
for this is that the larger cars are
seldom loaded to their capacity with
package or local freight owing to the
difficulty of sorting the freight and
unloading at local stations.