Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-12
WIKI OF THE WHEELS.
The Recent j. s e. Complication-othe
Track Talk.

Southeastern complication is COM
pick affair. There are several ways
of regarding it. That it is cur
tailment of railroad accommodation
to begin with. 1t is estimated that
the j. 5. f. union with the Santa Fe
took 1900 people per month to
Peoria, who are now compelled to
trade elsewhere. Yves Kent is the
general passenger agent of the j. S.
f. and he is goodfriend of Peoria.
He is a capable man and hard
working, conscientious official. The
divorce of the two systems destroys
creditable condition of travel which
he labored hard to establish and
which was, in short, the apple of his
eye professionally. 1t is probable,
too, that this system will not be Set
on its feet again. The Peoria Jour
nal says: There will, of course, be
some kind of a readjustment. The
j. 5. f. is already at work on a new
| schedule with the Santa Fe left out.
| There are usually two sides to q
story. There always has been since
the initial yarn in which Adam and
| Eve and the serpent were mixed up.
Thus far only one side, however, of
this railroad ruffle has been given to
the public, and it looks suspicious to
man up n tree. The other side
seems to be based on the pernicious
| hostility of the Alton road. The
Alton has suffered since the j. ). +.
started. and it now appears as if the
Alton had given the Santa Fe a
chance to make more in other terri
tory as compensation for sacrificing
the j. 5. f. OF course. the jackson.
Vile will prefer heavy claims foI
damages, based on breach of contract
on the part of the Santa Fe."
The Rock Island Round House.
The c., X. |. & p. round house is
on the verge of completion. the bricl
work being all done and work of tarr
ING the roof is about finished. Tn,
new round house will accommodate
% engines, and truly can it be sale
that Rock Island has the second larg
est round house in the world, one il
Philadelphia being Il trife larger. &C
commodating but about 10 more en-
gines than this one. They are put
ting in new turn-table with all tn,
modern improvements. The rounC
house will bc occupied in about
month. Foreman Stocks office ha
been moved from the west side of tn
old round house to the east side
making it now stand between the OLE
and the new.
Echoes From the Rail.
Yesterday was pay day on the r.
l. d p.
l.. NJ. Allen. general agent of tn
Rock Island at Davenport. went N
| to Chicago Thursday.
Engineer "Dinger" Spaulding o
the c.. r. l. & p went up to Chicag
yesterday on business.
Harry Spaulding, demurrage clerI
for the r.. |. q p. leaves for a wee
of sightseeing Monday in Chicago
Agent Lindner, of the Rock Island
in Peoria, stopped of here yesterda,
to shake hands with friends. II
has been mp to the fair and has gon
back to Peoria.
George Vail tonight takes Nigh
Yardmaster W. ). Duncan's place i,
the Rock Island yards. the latte
having been transferred to Peoria a
day yardmaster.
The Worlds fair excursion whicl
was expected from Chicago a weel
from today. has been indefinitel,
postponed. the commissioners pre-
terring to come later on.
Business Of the c.. Il. & O., is yer,
slack. One week back business tool
n squirt and everyone was kept busy
bur a suddenly as it spurted, 5,
suddenly did it drop this week.
4 new time card goes into eirec
tomorrow morning on the c.. b. 1
. Il. The st. Louis express leaves her,
thereafter five minutes later in tn
morning and evening, and arrivin.
five minutes earlier. and the St Pau
express now leaving at 7:4j and ar
irving at ESQ instead of ESQ an,
800 rs before.
The Geneseo Republic understand
that the c., II. /. " p. pumping plan
to be put in at Green river will be o
sufficient capacity to supply the cit,
at Geneseo in addition to the need
of the railroad. This being the cast
the probability is. that should the city
ever desire to, it could contract witt
the railroad for all the water needed
The Lake Erie q Western and Biz
Four routes are Offering excursion
rates to Ohio points next Wednesday
to give people chance to visit the
National Soldiers home or their owl
old homes in the vicinity of Cincin
natl. Column bus. etc. The rate from
Peoria is So for the round trip. The
r. l. & p. has through train ar
rangements with these roads to the
east.
Notice to Electric Light Contractors.