Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-27
TRACKAGE TAXES.
Four Roads Agree on a Rate
for Car Detention.
NOTIFY SHIPPERS AND ooNs1eHEEs

NUI1fY SHIPPERS AND UONElGHEES
Forty-eight Hours the Limit for Loading
and UnloadIne, Excepting Holidays. 81 .
Day Thereafter Being Changed Won
derful Iowa Crops General Gossip.
Shippers and consignees on any of
the four railroads centering in Rock
Island will, after Aug. /, be liable to
a charge Of 81 per day for each car
detained after 4S hours on their &C.
count. The following circular, bear
ing the signatures of S. B. Stoddard,
OF the c.. r. 1. & P; f. d. w.
Holmes. of the c., M. & St. P; NJ. J..
Young, of the c., b. & O.. and F. H.
Rockwell, OF the X. I. & p. issued
yesterday. is self explanatory:
TO shippers and consignees: You
are hereby notified that on and after
Aug. l, 1895. a charge of 81 per car
per day. or fraction thereof, will be
made for delay OF cars and use of
track by the companies named below,
on all cars except those loaded with
soft coal not unloaded within 10
hours after arrival. not including
Sundays or legal holidays. except as
hereinafter provided. Forty eight
hours will be allowed for load.
ing cars on team or private
tracks, after the expiration of which
time a charge will be made of 81 per
car per day, Or fraction thereof, Sun
days and legal holidays excepted.
The legal holidays excepted herein
are New Years day, Washington's
Birthday, Decoration day. Fourth of
July. Labor day. Thanksgiving day.
Christmas day, and such other DAYS
as may be made legal holidays by
proper authorities"
Iowa's Large Crops.
w. H. Truesdale, general manager,
and j. NJ. johnson. general freight
agent for the Rock Island, accompa-
MED by Superintendent Stillwell, of
the Iowa division, are making a tour
of the lines of the Rock Island in
Iowa, inspecting the corn prospects.
They went over the main line from
Rock Island to Des Moines, and also
made loisurely journey over the
lines to Indianola and Winterset.
Then they went to Atlantic and took
a panoramic view of the unsurpassed
corn and oat crops in middle western
Iowa. Many fields were seen in
which the corn was ii feet high and
commencing to ear. In one field
Mr.. Truesdale saws, if the
stalks attain a greater growth than
their present height, the owner will
be compelled to resort to stills or
step-ladders to gather the ripened
crop, while as for oats, he claimed
that they were so dense upon the
ground and the stalks so large that
they can be harvested only with axes.
As for the immense yield of potatoes,
MI. Truesdale is firmly of the belief
that nothing less than the general
use Of dynamite in digging the
tubers will assure the successful har-
vesting of the crop. Putting aside |
the general managers levity. it can
be stated as a fact that the crop
prospects are such that Mr.. Trues-
dole and Mr.. johnson believe that
the moving of it will tax the moving
and carrying capacity Of all Iowa |
roads this fall and winter, and the
next IL months is illuminated with |
The brightest business prospects
known to the railroads for years.
Engine Echoes.
H. D. Mack is in Chicago on bust.
hess.
William Brindle's Rock Island en-.
zine. AIS, is receiving a touching up
It the Davenport shops.
Fireman George Hedrick, of the
:, X. l. & p, has resumed his du-
les after a weeks absence.
w. F. Throne. connected with the
=. b. & Q. at Beardstown, is here
'eceiving medical treatment.
The 462. Ben Rickey's engine. has
from a visit to the C., r. l.
T. repair establishment at Chicago.
Engineers Steve Hoover and Thomas
ireehy arc temporarily absent from
heir posts on the Rock Island-tak-
rg recreation.
E. E. Clark. Of Cedar Rapids,
rand chief conductor of the o. II.
=, is having business conference
With the local lodge today.
Conductor c. A. Cross, of the east
nd, came in with Conductor ID.
ieissinger's Milwaukee run last
light. the latter having taken a short
ay-off.
The Charlton Oowa) Democrat
avs: 1.-The double track will before
ong be put through the whole length
I the road in Iowa." said a promi.
ent c.. B. & q. man the other day.
The box car famine will soon be
Ipon us. and with every available
ar on the road in use to move the
immense crop east additional track
ABILITIES will be necessary, and they
re coming with other good things"
The c., b. & Q. has added three
andsOme chair ears to the passen-
er service OF this division. All
lodern improvements are en-
odied in the construction of
ne cars, the comforts OF which
re delightful to the traveller.