Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
RAILROAD GOSSIP.
The Coal Strikes Evident Effect
on Railroads.
THE FREIGHT RATES RESTORED

Omclals Rather Reticent About the Eject
OF the Miners Actioas-New KindlIng
Apparatus for the c 4. 1. q P.-Generai
Notes.
The railroad officials arc reticent
about expressing themselves as to
the effect of the miners strike in the
coal districts, but certain it is il
there are not some steps taken in the
matter of settling the affair railroads
will necessarily 20 hungry for coal
and the roads will in a measure be
tied. Locomotive engines cannot be
run without coal, and if the strike is
protracted the railroads may in SELF
preservation be obliged to force
solution OF the impending difficult
ties, or freight traffic may receive
such jolt rs has seldom been felt
before.
Kindling Engines with OIL.
On Thursday the apparatus for
kindling fires with oil on the c., r. l.
4 p. was given its first test, and it
worked admirably. A large oil tank
holding in the neighborhood of six
thousand five hundred gallons of oil
has been sunk between the two round
houses of the company, and on the
north side. From this tank several
outlet pipes extend to both houses,
and the mode OF using the apparatus
is simple indeed.
The engines are filled with coal
and the kinder takes a large hose
attached to the oil pipes and sat-
urates the coal. piece of lighted
waste is then dropped into the fire
box and the fire is kindled. the blower
is turned on, producing a draught.
and in 10 minutes Is pounds of steam
is raised. With the old-fashioned
mode % to 80 minutes are consumed
in making the same amount ef steam.
Then again the cost of firing each en-
CINE is greatly reduced. Under the
days of wood kindling the cost of fir
ing an engine was So cents, and by
the new method it is reduced to 8
cents. making total of 32 cents
saved. The scheme as worked by
the Rock Island is highly satisfactory.
and but little change is necessary to
be made until the heighth of perfec-
ton is reached.
Freight Rates Restored.
An amicable agreement was
reached during the past week bv
which all roads whose freight rates
were so ANONYMOUSLY slashed two
weeks ago, will restore the rates
next Tuesday. Some of the western
roads have lost considerable money
in consequence of the cut. Accord
ing to the new agreement no cuts
can be made. The executive com
mittee has entire jurisdiction over
all reductions, and the executive
committee consists of the president
or the highest executive officer of
lines terminating in Chicago. St.
Louis or the Missouri.
General Railway Notes.
Gen. Supt. II. B. Sudlow, of the r.
l. & p, is in Chicago.
Ben Ricker's old engine, the 462.
is in the Rock Island shops at Chi
cago.
The 507, of the c., r. l. & p, Jack
Leary's engine, is in the Chicago
shops.
Division Supt. C. L. Nichol, of the
c., r. /. & p, was in Rock Island
Yesterday.
The ago, John Tate's engine. is in
the c., r. l. & P. shops at Chicago
for repairs.
W. H. Spinner, ticket agent of the
10" at Galesburg, was Rock Isl.
and visitor last week.
NJ. S. Giles. travelling passenger
agent OF the L. S. & M. S., was in
Rock Island during the past week.
The daily freight train on the c.,
NJ. & St. P. which formerly arrived
in Rock Island at 8 O'Clock in the
the morning and left at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, has been abandoned
for the present.
The K. I. & P. will bring an excur.
sion from Peoria to Rock Island to.
morrow. 1t will consist of 12 coaches
and will be under the auspices of the
Railroad Brotherhood of Trainmen.
The excursion will arrive at II
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