Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-01
TRACK AND TRAIN.
News Notes Picked Up Among the Cars
Personal Paragraphs.

The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St.
| Paul believes in encouraging its men
and in so doing has the reputation of
raising its employees without asking
for and increase, though it is not the
best all around paying company. A
short time ago big wall went up
| because the road had laid off a num-
Der of men on its different Iowa div
| isionS, but right on the heels of that
| comes raise in the wages of train
| men. and that of course loses sight of
| the Law off to certain extent Bag
gagemen and passenger conductors
have been raised So per month, day
| freight conductors from 50 to 1918
per day. brakemen on the same train
from 81 to $2.l5, through freight
conductors from $3.50 to So, and
| freight brakemen from $19O to 81.
Hard Run OF Luck.
&. f. Mitchell, of Bonaparte. a
Rock Island road brakeman on
freight. while engaged in switching
at Columbus Junction few nights
/ ago. was struck in the back by
the cylinder of the engine and
| again about the hips by the tank
The accident occurred about 6:25
| and the engine was running at about
10 miles per hour at the time. The
| injured ran soon became uncon-
scious and was carried to the Gilbert
house and given medical attendance
| L.,
seriousness. This is. he says, the
third accident for him since April
and he has had about enough of rail-
reading.
Cut Ons.
All the freight Offices will be closed
on July / in order to allow the boys
to celebrate.
Conductor W. \. Liscom. of the
c., 3. & @, is now running the new
Savanna passenger.
John Russ, baggageman at the c..
r. |. & p, who has been taking va
cation the past month, goes on duty
again tonight.
Freight business on most of the
roads into the city Will he suspended
on July 4. There is n good prospect
for excursion business on that day.
d. w. Mentzer. OF Lincoln. Neb.
formerly on the east end of the Rock
Island, is visiting friends here. He
is still in the employ OF the Rock
Island at Lincoln.
Conductor Hitchcock. of the Rock
Island ~ Peoria, is LAYING OF ond his
train is being run in the meantime
by Conductor Horn, Conductor Mel
son taking the latters place.
The Rock Island officials are en-
beavoring to ascertain about how
many people will go from here to the
Worlds fair about the Fourth of July
in order to provide plenty of coach
| room.
The new time card on the Rock
Island, or rather the change in the
, running of the Rocky Mountain lin.
tied as noted few evenings ago,
. goes into effect one week from to-
: morrow.
Operator Delano, Of tb" q &. l. &
r p. is taking vacation
| Operator Henderson is
his place. The latter y
5 ing face these days-all
a bright baby girl that
= his home.
The change OF conductors on the
c., B. g. Q. has put Conductor Study
vim on the st. Louis division, his
train, the ardstown accommoda-
: ton, being saleen by Conductor Cook,
from the Savanna run. Conductor
Crawford. will take the latter's run,
: Conductor Heffner being promoted
from freight run.
Passenger business on all the
roads is exceptionally good. World S
fair traffic is keeping up well, but
there is still very little chance for
the cut rates for which So many have
been so patiently wuit1g. Beyond
the Missouri river there no World S
fair business at all, viii h accounts
for the change on the R4;k Island of
running'the limited only as far as
Lincoln, Neb.
Big Lumber De-