Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-14
IT IS NEEDED NOW.
The Rock Island Union Depot
Would Be Appreciated.
THE PROJECT Is FORCIBLY REVIVED

THE PROJECT is FORCIBLY REVIVED
Has Given the Popular Enterprise The
Advantages to be Gained and the Dis |
advantages Of the Present Arrange |
ment The Chicago Rates A Fire
mans Fate Railway News.
A union depotis no more merely /
suggestion, but now seems an abso- |
lutte necessity. This was clearly |
shown this week. When passenger |
traffic is rushing we have no room to |
handle it. Trains have been run in |
sections the past week on account of |
the enormous travel to Chicago. |
During this time trains were strung
| from the Rocl Island depot to the
bridge crossing the slough. and on
several occas ons west bound trains
were also blocked-passenger rs well
rs freight Then the c.. NJ. & st. 7.
| trains. which use the Rock island
tracks out OF here, were DELAYED rs
well. The /. ocking of west bound
trains, of course. will SOON be RENE
died when the double track across
the slough bridge is completed, but
| the blocking OF east bound trains
! cannot be remedied until some other
arrangement is made. With a union
| depot trains could run in when they
come and leave on time, and not be
! delayed 10 or 20 minutes to oct into
the depot yards, and then be obliged
to wait or 10 minutes before follow
ing the train preceding.
Would he a Success.
Rock Island is now enough of n
railroad centre to warrant the sue
cess of such project. and in cities.
not near as large, nor not handling
| near the passenger traffic that roads
running into Rock Island do, YOU
will find union depots. No doubt the
c.. Il. l.. Il p. depot is somewhat of
a union depot. but its location is n
serious obstacle, not only greograph-
ically speaking, but because of its
close proximity to the place where
the bulk Of he freight switching is
done. Again. when train is an
nOunccd. which iS not a frequent Oc-
currence, people rush out of the
depot onto the platform and very
often onto the tracks. Switch en-
gines are constantly running up and
down past the depot. and accidents
are unavoidable. Ii we bad union
depot with rates. no one would be
apt to get upon the tracks Eor the
wrong train.
The Low Rates.
From Yesterday on railroads from
here to Chicago the fare was reduced
to one fare Tor the round trip. The
prevailing Impression i that the fare
after Oct. - will bp one cent per
mile from Rock Island. but the c.,
Il. l. " F. and the c.. 4. " Q. en-
phaticallv deny this. and claim that
from ali points at least 80 miles or
more from Chicago the cut to one
cent per mile applies. The T.. c. X.
" n however has advertised one
cent mile from all points on its
lines and this i accountable perhaps.
for the erroneous impression.
Fireman Wells Fate.
George Wells. fireman. running
ont of Chicago on the Illinois divi-
sion of the Rock Island was killed at
Blue Island yesterday. by jumping
from his engine to AVOID supposed
accident. thinking collision i'm
minent. Tile had apparently been
made nervous by the accidents which
have been occurring in different
parts of the country recently. When
running Mt high speed, IT 4 point be
tween Chicago and Blue Island.
Wells saw Il light ahead, and bcliev-
ING it to he an engine coming toward
him on the same track he thoughtto
save his life by jumping He struck
either bridge or rocky place and
was terribly bruised and broken.
death resulting almost instantly.
Young Wells was son of the late
Engineer p II. Wells was brought
up in Davenport and was y years of
age. He had been firing for year
and haf between Chicago and
Rock Island. His home was in
Chicago.
Among the switches.
Yesterday was pay day on the Il. |.
u p.
The Illinois Central Offers $500 for
train robber, dead or alive.
Freight business on the roads run
uinr into Rock Island i picking up.