Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-19
BROUGHT BY RAIL.
Some Big Excursions Enter the
Three Cities.


Three Cities.
THE ROADS WHICH CARRY THEN.
The c., I. = p. and C II. = st. r. Far.
nish the Mode OF Travelling About 3. oC0
People Consulate the visitors-Gene,a n
Railway Notes.
Some Of the largest excursions that
have ever been brought to the three
cities came into Davenport this
morning. The c., NJ. & st. P.
brought in trains from Maquoketa
and intermediate points, and also
from Marion and other stations. Still
another train arrived from Spring
vile, Iowa, on the Milwaukee. On
the c.. R. /. 4 P. a train was run
from Iowa City in the west aud Shelf
field in the east. The several excur-
sion boats also brought excursions.
Although the excursions termin-
ated at Davenport, Rock Island. Rock
Island arsenal. Hennepin canal and
other local points of interest were
visited, and the 5000 excursionists
have spent the day in sight seeing.
All the railroad tickets included
coupons for tickets on one of the
boats to Offerman's island. the Hen
nepin canal, or an admission to a
concert given in the Burtis opera
house this afternoon, at which the
Imperial Male quartet, the Arion
Lady quartet, of Chicago, and G. w.
Carnes, the reader, of Chicago, fur
nished the entertainment. Many OF
the visitors came to Rock Island.
Back Among the BOX Cars.
The Brooklyn switch engine So, Of
the c.. r. l. & p, is in the Rock ISL
and shops at Davenport
Yardmaster F. w. Mckee, of the
c., 4. l. & p, is back from Kansas,
and is looking much better.
The 221, of the southwest, is out
of the Chicago shops after having
undergone numerous repairs.
Tony O'Donnell is running the old
southwest engine, AL, on the Illi-
NOS division of the Rock Island.
Assistant Yardmaster B. B. Ray,
of the c., K. l. & p, has gone 10
Harrington, Kas., to visit his parents.
The 472, Jim Smiths engine, of
the c., Il. e. F., is out of the shops
after having undergone numerous
repairs.
One OF the new engines. the $50,
built in Chicago, passed through
here on its way to Horton, where it
will be used on the southwest.
Baggageman Frank Clark, of the
Peoria, has gone to Kansas to visit
relatives and friends, and S. L.
ku ,chmann is running in his place.
Hugh Johnson. of the auditor
Office of the r. 1. & p, left yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by his wife.
for Lexington, Ky, on a visit to rel
atives.
Express Messenger Louis Schaab
of the Peoria, has been promoted.
and now has charge of the station at
LaSalle, and A. j. Picherean has
taken his place.
Zee Mcmahon has been living sick
. for the past week at his home. and
the other day Mart Cavanaugh, Jack
Greeley and several of the boys
paid the invalid visit. Zee's con-
dition was such as to warrant the
most extreme anxiety, and the boys
went away with saddened hearts, but
he will come around all right, for he is
ont again now, and further. Zee has
fred too long for Connie" O'Brien
to let such thing as sickness get
away with him.
Articles of the incorporation of the
Quincy & New Philadelphia Railway
company were fled with the secre-
tary of state the other day, the OBJ
ject being to build and operate a
railroad from Quincy. Adams coun-
ty, to New Philadelphia. McDonough
county. The capital stock is $2O,-
900; the principal Office at Industry.
The first board of directors and OFF,
GERS of the new company are: w. H.
Smith, president; W. H. Steele, vice
president; M. ID. Obenshain. secre.
tary, and Charles Shannon, treas
urer. all of Industry.
There is not a peacock in all this
world today whose proudness can
compare with that of Jack" Aud
and BILLY" Hitchcock, the conduc-
tors on trains number one, two, three
and four. on the RI. & p. Why?
Well. could you but see either one OF
J them these days you surely would
not ask ..why." Jacks head is bent
forward and smile such as man
ne'er wore before o'erspreads his
countenance. Billy is not far behind
; him. and the innocent cause of all
this ioyousness is recent order is
sued by the X. /. & F.. that the con-
, ductors hereafter wear brass buttons