Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-16
ARE BACK AGAIN.
The c., 3. 4 9. Engineers Who
Went to the lehigh.
THE WAGES NOT AS REPRESENTED

O1oS NOT Find TAktng the Places OF the
Strikers . Pleasant Job-J. 4. Hanne.
Ean's New Position la the Nor,hwe =
General Railway Newv.
Engineers from the Chicago, Bur-
lington l. Quincy who went to take
the places OF strikers on the Lehigh
road are coming back. They say
they went under promise of $3.50 a
day, but found they were to get only
8. % for IA hours work. MANY of
them were put to firing. They were
lodged in depots. fed on poor food,
and given wire cots to sleep on.
They say the rolling stock is in poor
condition. there being scarcely a
good engine on the system, They
are willing to work almost anywhere.
they say, but the Lehigh Valley was
to omuch for them. 1t is stated that
all the machinists are in sympathy
with the strikers.
j. +. nannccan's New Position.
j. +. Haanegan, who recently re-
signed the Office he had so long and
ably filled. as general ticket and pas
senger agent of the b. c. Il. & n.
road. has been appointed compiler
for the trans-Missouri committee of
the Western Passenger association,
and James Morton will succeed Mr..
flanagan. Mr.. Morton has been
local Cedar Rapids agent for the
company for the three years. and is n
gentleman in every way qualified for
the position. He is recognized as
one the leading citizens of Cedar
Rapids, and his connection with the
road in the new capacity is one for
which the road deserves conTratula-
tions.
Pushing Into the Northwest.
While the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific has been pushing south into
Texas. the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy has been equally jealous in
building toward the northwest and
the Pacific coast. The Speartish-En-
glewOod extension of the Burlington
was completed to Spearfish SUNDAY.
This will he the terminus of the road
fol the present, at least. The extern
sion is 40 miles in length, built
through the most mountainous part
OF the hills. 1t is series of sharp
inclines and sharp curves all the way.
1t is considered one of the greatest
engineering fcats OF the day. The
Burlington now taps the stock-rais-
ing districts of the northern hills. On
Dec. 10 trains commenced running
on schedule time.
Along the Line.
The 542 is in the davenport shops
having its frame repaired.
Conductor l.. NJ. Studyvin. of the
%" is still laying off sick.
Passenger train No. q on the c..
NJ. & St. Z. has been changed to No. ..
Henry Empke, tie upper yard
switch crew foreman. is off with the
grippe.
Harry Horn. pilot of the AS. is
back. after a 2-weeks' lay-off with q
lame back.
Engine 552 of the Rock Island. Bob
Atkinson's pet. is in the Blue lslard
shops undergoing repairs.
The railroads are Offering their
usual holiday rates of onc-and -one-
third fare for the round trip.
Engineer Davidson's engine. the
500, is out OF the Blue Island shops.
and the boys declare it's beauty.
Fireman Gus Smith is back, after
n severe seigc Of typhoid fever. He
is now keeping the boiler Of the 14S.
Engineer +. Webber's engine, warm.
The c., b. & Q. train leaving here
at 6:25 in the evening. now makes
connections ut Denrock for Sterling.
thereby making one more Sterling
train.
Night Clerk Minor Custer. of the
C., Is. & O.. is LAYING off fighting
with an attack of the grippe, and in
the meantime Hal Reddaugh is work
king in his place.
Work on the new sand house of
the Rock Island. is being rapidly
pushed, and in week or two more.
the Rock Island will have added one
more to its list OF first class improve
ments.
The new tunnel under the Rock
Island yards, has had new floor o:
2-inch planks put in, and is pro-
nounced huge success. The men
rejoice over the fact that they have
to climb over and under no more
cars.
The c., II. I. & p. freight business
has picked up wonderfully in the
past week or SO. Last week the yard
men handled more X. !. & p. trans
fer cars than known almost in the
history of the road, that is. 1920
cars were transferred to the X. l. & p.
The 32l. of the, e.. z. I. &P.. is be-
ginning to be rs superstitious num-
Der as IS used to be, that is among
railroad men. It does seem that
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