Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-30

stop was made long enough to put off
and takeon mail. The ringing of the
bell and two short whistles an.
nounced that all was in readiness to
resume the journey. From Engle-
wood to Morris is distance of sc
miles, and at 4:44 the fast mail train
rolled into the latter city, making the
total. 62 miles, in / hour and ii min
utes.
The Fun Higgins.
Shortly after leaving Morris the
fun began in earnest. From a point
about 10 miles east of Ottawa curve
extends to within short distance of
the station. With an unearthlv
grunt the ..whisker loser" hit this
curve ut the extreme east end and
spun around and around with in
creasing speed until everyone on the
train was standing on his ears and
doing head spins. 1t seemed as if
the bow would never straighten ont.
although the train fairly flew; min
utes seemed hours. At last this par
ticular ordeal was over, and the rail
road dignitaries came to, shook them
selves. and said something about
''the weather being cloudy"
Bushel Baskets in Demand.
Twas in this neighborhood that
the first mail sacks were thrown out,
and the initiatory one proved ..fiz-
zler." Postmaster Hank up near
there, is out this morning picking
up mail with a bushel basket, and
his order is filed in a Rock Island
wholesale house for one gross more.
The innocent cause of all this sweat
producing labor, was broken mail
sack.
From Ottawa to the 'Q crossing
at Wyanet. THE ARGUS representa-
tive rode in the mail car, and six
embcrs of the ..R. NJ S. were
busy all the way. Chief Clerk Arm
strong struttcd about the mail car in
Il linen buster. and funny cracks.
etc. were interspcrscd with those
the occupants of the coach received
in their involuntary plunges rs the
train sped over the steel.
Fastest Time Made.
| The fastest time made on the trim
was between Sheffield and Gencseo. a
stretch of % miles of nice level track
which was covered in u minutes-a
little over mile minute.
| The next stop was at the 20. -
crossing ut Colona. Here Supt. L. L.
Troy left the train, going to Burlinr-
ton on business.
The train cut through Moline like
a streak OF fabricated lightning.
though the customary tossing out Of
the bundle OF mail was not neglected
as the train left the proud city in the
distance rs it snortcd into the Rock
Island depot. We may now look for
an ordinance from the Moline city
dads regulating the speed of the flyer
through that city.
Rock Island Reached.
Rock Island, the terminus of the
fast mail train, was reached ut az.
three minutes ahead of time, and
quite number of people were on
hand to see the new train in. Taken
all in all the trip was.a chair raiser
Messrs. Nichols, Conlan, Troy and
Armstrong were particularly cour-
| 'couS W an ou DOdTu. ana inclr cUOrtS
were highly appreciated.
Caught in the Wind
Travelling Engineer Garlic" Wood
took charge of the train al Morris
Messrs. Glenn and Mullanev, OF
the Chicago papers, went on to Des
Moines.
}. +. Craig, the brakeman on the
train, did al in his power to make
all hands happy.
The train, which consisted of an
engine. mail and baggage car,
broke all records on the Rock Island
road between Chicago and Rock Isl
and.
There was but one through regula,
passenger on the train, and he was
billed for Davenport. Very little
transient business was done between
Chicago and Rock Island
Assistant Clerks Slagle and Kemp.
ster are called 1.-The twins although,
kempster avows that Slagle was born
10 minutes before he. and that that
accounts for the hirsutc growth with
which his face is adorned. And jim
Lidders agrees with him, lin pig,
YOU know