Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-19
THROUGH TRAINS.
The Darlington Improves It's Service to
DIALOGUE Other Railway News.

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Dabuque- Other Railway News.
Commencing Monday the Burling-
ton will have two sold passenger
trains daily to Dubuque, abolishing
the layover at Savanna. This is an
accommodation Agent Mack has
long endeavored to bring about. His
constant agitation OF its necessity to
the officials has finally resulted in its
accomplishment. a new time card
going into effect tomorrow announc-
ing the change. Heretofore both the
morning and evening trains termin-
ated at Savanna, the latter carving a
through car to St. Paul and making
connections at Savanna for that point.
The morning train will hereafter de.
part at 7:S5 instead of 1855. and 90
on through 20 Dubuque. The even
ing train will leave at its customary
time and both will arrive as hereto
fore. The distance from Savanna to
Dubuque is about forty miles and
therefore an additional crew is not
required. The run to Dubuque will
be covered in at least two hours, and
instead of 7-hour lay-over at Sa-
vapua about 5-hours will intervene
between arriving and leaving time at
Dubuque. The evening train will
continue to carry the st. Paul con-
Meeting car.
The new change will require an
additional postal clerk.
Peoria's New Cars.
The first consignment of half hun
dred freight cars being constructed
for the Rock Island & Peoria has ar.
rived from the Peninsular Car COM
pany, Of Detroit, which has the con-
tract. The cars are equipped with
all up-to-date appliances. including
patent air brakes and the Janney
coup!ers and are built of the finest
material, but nothing is too good for
the Peoria, which is rapidly growing
into Importance as one of the leading
short lines of the west. As one OF
the officials puts it: "Those new
cars mean increasing business, and
we have lots of it."
Railway Notes.
The ''ghost" walked for the Bur.
lington employees yesterday.
F. w. Freeman, the Q's. bill clerk
is spending few days in Chicago.
Fireman Samuel Shoefs stall, of The
Rock Island, is under the weather.
John Horne's c.. r. 1. & P. engine,
655, is laid up in the ring" with s
damaged piston.
&C. Merrell, western passenger
agent of the New York Central, way
among local railway officials yester-
day.
Jake Fezler is teaching the Rock
| Islands .one-spot" switch engine
how to behave with its new embel-
!ishments just received in the Dav-
export shops.
James Greenwich has resigned the
night yardmastership of the Rocl
Island and is succeeded by Franz
Weigand. who occupied the position
a few years ago prior to donning the
blue.
K. Stockhouse returned last even.
ing from Chicago, where he attended
a meeting of the agents of western
lines to arrange the formulation of :
passenger and freight association tt
regulate the rates before the fall bus
In,ss.
IL. Fitzsimmons, formerly night
yardmaster for the Rock Island, ha.
been transferred from .Beardstown b,
the c., b. & Q. to take charge of it.
Moline yards instead of Jane.
Quinn, who will join the Rock Islanc
switching force. Mr.. Fitzsimmon.
enters upon his new duties Monday
The c.. b. & Q's. new Baldwin
engine. the fast flyer No. $40. con
sidered the monster of the west, ha.
been tried on passenger run be
tween Chicago and Galesburg and
lgives entire satisfaction. 1t will be
kept on this run for short time
until thoroughly tried. and then
turned over to the mission of pulling
the mail trains. In general appear
ance the $50 is giant. 1t has foul
monstrous drivers standing feet,
inches in height. and the engine i.
three feet higher than the big loco
motives known as the Moguls. It
running power is gagged up to 81
miles an hour.
| At a meeting few days ago tn,
Brotherhood of Railway trainmen de
cided to remove its headquarter
from Galesburg to Peoria, which ha,
been working to accomplish this fo
some time. The move means grea
loss to Galesburg and vice versa t.
Peoria, which compensated the or
der to the tune OF $500 to pay it
removal expenses. The Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen is hi,
institution. having a mem bership O
about $4,000 and doing an annua
business way up into the thousands
paying out about $500, 900 yearly TO
deaths and injuries. Peoria ais
gains SO families in the deal.