Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-03
RAILWAY RACKET.
Illinois Leads Al Other States
in Mileage.


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As Illinois leads all the states in |
railroad mileage. the annual report
OF the railroad and warehouse COM
mission for the year ending June 80,
1898, will be . document Of more
than local interest. Eighty-fIve per
cent. of ali lands in the state are
within five miles Of railroad. and
there are s. miles of road per 10, 600
Inhabitants. The 1885 miles Of |
main line have 1900 miles Of addi- |
tional track. and s. 4S6 miles Of yard
track and siding, q total Of 1901
miles and an increase Of S73 miles
for the year. The entire system
represents the enormous sum Of g.
lSS. 965,59S, Of which the funded
debt was $l,11l,749,725, and there
was An increase in the year OF t55,-
1917. 72l in total capital. The income
account shows revenues Of Sis, $685.
l65; expenses assignable to fixed
charges, SIS, O06. go; net income of
40 roads. &S5, 75S, $50; net deficit for
30 roads, <S,672,78l. Twenty-one
operating and five leased or subs;d-
larry roads paid dividends during the
year amounting to $eS,712, 961, as
against t25, 1927 ,5l5 paid by Is oper-
ating and IL leased roads in 1892.
The total number Of railroad off,
GERS and employees in Illinois for the
year was II, 865, and their aggregate
annual salary was $47,519.OS7. The
amount paid on account of taxes in
Illinois during the year was $685.
SO4. The payment of the Illinois
Central railroad of $646. 400 is per
cent of the gross receipts paid to the
state. and is included in the total,
The record OF accidents for the year
show that 500 persons were killed,
% being passengers; 246 employees,
and 5SS others. There we're 1851
persons injured; 1884 were en-
ployes. S99 passengers and 6Ss
others.
F1ying Switches.
William Scott's engine, the $40,
has gone into the Davenport shops
for repairs.
r. Keppler. travelling passenger
agent of the Nickle Plate, was in the
city last week.
Division Agent Mack, of the c., b.
& P. is getting along nicely, and will
soon be able to be about.
The 80 of the c., Il. 1. & P. is out
Of the Chicago shops. and has been
sent to Fort Worth, Texas.
The $40 is out the Davenport shops,
and once more BILLY" Arnold's face
wears smile of intense satisfaction.
"Ha! Ha!' says ]. S. Dickerman.
and all because the 9S2 is in the Chi
cago shops being repainted, and Jim
lives in happy anticipation OF the
coming out of his pet.
For the annual meeting of the assoc
citation of retail grocers and butchers
ut Peoria Feb. 1914, the r. /. & p.
road offers a rate of fare and a
third for the round trip.
Conductor Tom Fuller, of the c.,
NJ. 4 St. F., is off on q vacation, and
Conductor Tilton is back running
again after q short vacation. Con-
ductor Carrigan is on Conductor
Fuller's run.
There is a mild rumor afloat.
though it has not been officially verb
fed, to the effect that the c.. b. & Q.
and Adams Express companies are
to engage in litigation, and that
there is some $500, 900 at the bottom
of it.
All the boys around the c., r. I. &
F.. are still complaining Of having
cinders in their eyes. They have
not fully recovered from the effects
Of the benefit dance given Albert
Breecher. and they all try and get in
a little sleep now and then. when
they can escape duty long enough to
do it.
The unlucky S21, Tom Greehy's
engine, is out of the shops at Davcn-
port, once more, and the genial Tom
has offered a prayer that it may keep
out longer. for few weeks ut least.
The 32l has been having quite a
time keeping out of trouble. lately
it seems almost impossible for it to
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