Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-10
TRACK TALK.
The American Railway Associa-
ton Meeting.
UNIFORMITY OF TRAIN RULES,

An iowa Legislative Bill Compelling
Trains to be Builetined-Indep
Entrance Into st. Louis-General Rail-
r.od Notes.
The committee on revision of train
rules for the American Railway ASSOC
citation is now in session at Pitts
bnrSh. The association was formed
several years ago by the operating
officials OF the leading trunk lines of
the country, and its purpose was to
devise set of rules for the govern
ing of the train employees which
would he uniform in character. As
sistant General Manager w. ID. AL
len, OF the Rock Island, is n member
OF the committee, and is attending
the meeting.
Several months ago meeting of
the per;ntendents and chief dis
Patchers OF the Rock Island system
was held in Chicago, the object being
to outlines plan OF uniformity which
will be presented at Pittsburgh. II
is thought by the officials of the Rock
Island to he feasible one for all
roads to adopt. The main idea is to
have uniform system in telegraphic
train service, to the end that an en-
ploye of one line may enter the ser
vice of another and be familiar with
its method of dispatching.
An Iowa Bill.
A bill is being framed for presen-
tation to the Iowa Legislature regu-
lating the service of RAILWAYS as re-
CARDS the posting of bulletins show
ing the times of arrival and depar-
turc of trains. Petitions for the pas
sage OF the bill have been sent out all
over the state for the signatures of
travelling men.
The bill provides that all compan-
les doing business in Iowa shall pro-
vide each station with a bulletin
board showing the number of each
train carrying passengers and the
time OF arrival and departure of such
trains; also that agents and
operators shall post upon the bulle-
tin boards the condition of each
train ut least 80 minutes before its
arrival, and if late. state how much
'.i" Sh.''i manu- sum SubSctI ucut
changes and revision of the bulletin
boards as to correspond with the
condition of said train every so min
utes as will keep the public posted
regarding its arrival. The penalty
for the violation of the act is from
50 to 800 for each oifense.
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successful in gaining an Independent
entrance into the city of ST. Louis.
This was accomplished by leasing
] the new line of the St. Louis, Keokuk
X Northwestern Railway company.
This new road leaves the older por-
ton of the line at Cuivre junction,
1917 miles from St. Louis. and
passes through St. Charles county to
the Missouri river. a distance of 3d. )
miles. At Texas junction connec-
ton is made with the NJ. X. & L. for
the southwest and Bellefontaine
junction by means of the Alton
bridge. This is one of the most i'm
portant accessions that any road has
secured in n number Of years.
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Business is booming on the 90"
Brakeman W. A. K. Woods, of the
90" is on the sick list.
ID. Bushno's engine, 514. of the
Rock Island, is in the Chicago shops.
AL Kough's c., Il. |. & =. engine
5l3, is in the Chicago shops for re-
pairs.
G. W. Puryiance, agent for the Il.
| 4 p. at Wyoming. was in Rock Isl.
and yesterday.
Engine 5S4. of the c., X, l. 4 p.
Engineer j. Walsh, is in the Chicago
shops for repairs.
John Mckee, of the c., Il. !. & p
Office force, will spend Sunday at his
home in Columbus Junction.
The $50. of the c., Il. l. & p, jim
Trevars, is out OF the shops, after
being completely overhauled.
No. 3, of the c., Il. l. q p, was so
count of a hot driver on the engine.
Conductor L. Nj. Studyvin. of the
90" is on the sick list still. his
right wrist being partially paralyzed.
Tom Stocks, store keeper at the
c., X. l. p. round house, has re-
turned from an S-day stay in Chi
cago.
Art Kough's engine, the $50. of the
Rock Island, is out of the Davenport
shops, after receiving a new coat of
paint.
Oscar Vanderbilt. district passen-
ger agent of the Northern Pacific at
Des Moines, was in Rock Island
Thursday.
The 313, of the Southwest. passed
through Rock Island yesterday, after
being completely overhauled in the
Chicago shops.
Hon. J. Harvey Bradley, of Chi
cago, third vice president of the Illi-
nois state board of agriculture, was
a caller at the Peoria Office yesterday.
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