Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-18
THE IRON HIGHWAY.
News About the Different Road Interests
Personal aisntion

The recent action OF the c., II. | &
p. road in again acquiring the use of
| the vacant land around the present
site of its round house has led many
| to believe that the company contem-
| plates the tearing down of the pres
| ent round house and the erection of
another one upon = different site in
order to facilitate switching and the
handling of incoming and outgoing
trains. 1t is understood that infor-
nation has been given out by officials
| high enough up to be in position to
| speak with knowledge that such a
move is not improbable. Another
reason for the change is said to be the
fact that it is desired to build the
new house on . more modern plan,
which win be to construct ii semi
circular in shape, and if this is done
} two houses will in all probability be
| built. No one seems to know Just
| were the new house IS likely to be
built, but from all that can be learned
it would not be surprising if change
is made.
Doing Rapid work on the j. Z.
A reporter for the Peoria Herald
has been interviewing General Pas
senger Agent Kent of the j. s. f..
| about the progress of the extension
TO Rock Island. The Herald says:
General Passenger Agent Kent of
| the jacksonville Southeastern was in
the city Saturday. He says that the
winter now almost over has been a
very hard one on all railroads and
| that the jacksonville has suffered
with the rest of them. The new
branch to Rock Island is going along
| As well as could be expected and the
only delay is occasioned by the fact
that it had been very hard to do any
thing with the bridge at Havana.
There are two steamboat; loads Of
material there, but the river has been
frozen over and it has been almost
impossible to do anything at all with
the bridge. 1t would take but a very
| short while to get the track laid as
far rs Canton when once the bridge
is in. He says that as soon as the
weather will permit the work viii be
pushed for all it is worth. With the
coming of spring the road bed of the
old line will be improved as fast as
| men and material can do it and in q
very short time the line will be as
| good as any in the state.
Railroad Rumblings.
| john Mullins. of the c., r. /. & p.
freight Office. is enjoying 4 visit to
Chicago.
NJ. I. Stafford. who il now run
| ming an engine on the Santa Fe. is
! home on 4 visit.
James II. Jagoe. travelling passep-
| ger agent of the West Shore, was IN
town yesterday a few hours.
Assistant Superintendent Conlan
| Of the Rock Island. came down from
Chicago to look after business in the
! tri-cities.
Fred W. Ransom. representing the
passenger department of the Wabash
| was in the city on business for his
company yesterday.
| +. Is. Rowland, who represents the
Grand Trunk in the capacity of trav-
cling passenger agent, was in the
city yesterday on business.
The first train load of filing for the
new Rock Island yards was brought
in last night. and the work will be
! pushed along at a lively rate.
II. \. Cherrier. northwestern pas
senger agent of the Queen e Crescent
| with headquarters at Chicago, was
in the city yesterday on business.
Engine No. Is. of the Peoria, that
has been in the shops since it tried to
turn somersault down near Utah
last winter. is out again looking
bright and new.
j. FLYNN has purchased of George
Fuller the railroad restaurant and
lunch coanter near the C., II. |. & p.
passenger depot, and Will run it as {
lunch counter exclusively, serving
meals at mis- present location on Mo,
line avenue.
twelve leading locomotive works
in this country built 1,703 locomo-
tives in 1892, against 1868 in 1891.
Forty-eight of the principal car fac
tories turned out 1898 freight cars
last year. Eighteen hundred and
ninetv-six was the year of maximum
production so far.
passenger going out on Conduc-
| tor Tilton's train on the Milwaukee
the other morning got gulled in for
SIT by Il stranger who got on the
train at Moline and worked him on
the old con game of borrowing
money on a bogus check on an Omaha
bank There is still plenty of bust
ness for the fool-killer.