Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-14

OF the c., r. !. 4 p. Offices
From Davenport.

OF the c., r. !. 4 p. Office,
From Davenport.
WHAT Il UNDER CONFEDERATION
4 Story Probably Ia be Built On The nag
eags no - 60 Consist Of Three Apart
0ssss-rhe Rosdmssssr's Once-0saers
naslrsNd Notes.
The removal OF the offices Of tn,
trainmxster and train dispatcher O
the c., r. ]. 4 p. railroad from DAY
export Is now almost an assured thing
The plans proposed will in all prob
ability he carried out. Supcrintend
enk Conlin having stated that tn
company would build an additions
story on the baggage room to consis
OF three rooms. one to be occupied b,
the trainmaster. one by the train d.;
pstchcr and the other or extrcm,
northern room to he used by tn,
yardmastcr. +. W. Mckee. But tn,
people Of Davenport are by no means
ovcrjoycd at the prospects. as ha
been stated before, and with the ent
in view Of Keeping the offices wher'
they are. II is reported that they ar,
circulating petition. and it is bein.
zcalously signed. On the other hand
the G., X. ]. Il +. has in the past veal
and shalt made many Improvement.
on its Rock Island property. and littlt
fear Is expressed but that the deter
mination manifested on the subjcc,
will be carried out to the letter.
The Roadm.ster.
Roadmaster Wickam. of the Illinoi.
division. is very anxious to have hi.
Office here. and if the offices are moved
from Davenport aud situated as pro
posed, the roadmaster will occupy tn,
Office now occupied by YardmasteI
Mckee.
Heard by the Tie Walker.
j. Frank Kane. Of the X. I. & p,
went up to Chicago today.
Smith engine 80. of the c.. r. 1. 4
F.. has been taken to Peoria.
The 1873, OF the c.. X. I. & p, is in
the Davenport shops for repairs.
Harry MCGEE. Of the c., r. /. &P.
fireman on the 43. is laying off sick
Charles Stockhousc. of the X. /. 4
r. Offices. has retained from Chicago
George Griffin. fireman on the 81
OF the c.. II. I. 4 p. is LAYING of
sick.
The 5s4. Of the c.. X. I.&P.,.J.
Walsh's engine. is out of the Chicago
shops.
Ed Hefferhan. OF the C. r. I. 4
p. Is back firing the $50, after shor
illness.
The 46I. J. McClains' engine. or
the c., X. ]. x r.. is i'm Chicago 70,
repairs.
President X. X. Cable. of the c.. r.
]. Il r.. was in Rock Island for day
this week.
Dan Moran's engine. the 9I2 of the
c.. X. /. X r.. is in the Davenport,
shops being painted.
George Colburn. day engineer on
the 32. Of the c.. X. !. X F.. is sick.
and George Morris is running in his
place.
The 1863. on the c., X. /. & p. which
has been pulling passenger train
out Of Valley Junction. is out of tn,
Davenport shops.
mike" Griffin, has been recalled
from Peoria by the c.. K ]. X p. and
is now running the 30, switch cngin,
in Rock Island nights.
The 533. Of the c.. X. ]. n p. which
has been pulling passenger trains ON
the Southwest division. has beer
transferred to the Illinois division
and Is pulling freight.
John Fender has been placed il
charge of the Moline. and JOIN
Wright has taken charge cf the crew
in the upper yards. or '.Niggar Hill,
~ IL is commonly called.
The Moline wreck of about weel
ago has been investigated. and tn,
switch crews have both been dis
charged. Those discharged were
Engineer Eagal and David Emmett ant
Henry Empke. former Of switcl
crews. Joseph Garvin. Charles d.
Crust and Frank Bushno, switchmen
The first biennial convention of tn,
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineer
will be held in St. Paul on May 3
IT will be n representative body o
the railway employees. 1t is expected
that there will be ut least 1900 mem
bers at the convention. Delegates
from Ohio will advocate Cleveland n
the next meeting place two YEAR,
hence.
The oil. on the c.. X. ]. X F., Coz
O'bricn's engine. is out Of the shops
after being painted. The first tril
''Connie" ever ran on his new engine
his fireman was gentleman Of Swcl
ish nationality, but when Connie
was told his name. he COMPOUNDED tn
initials Of the gentleman with hi
name. and asked him from what par
Of Ireland he came.