Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-16
TRUNK LINE TINE.
Western Roads Have Changes
in Running Cards.
THOSE AFFECTING ROCK ISLAND

In the rivalry between the trunk
lines to furnish the best service to the
Missouri river, the three roads run
ming into Rock Island have announced
alterations in their passenger service
beginning tomorrow. The Rock ISL
end has also provided better accom-
modations from Chicago. Hereto
fore the last night train left there at
1910, excepting Saturday nights,
when it was abandoned. The new
train will depart every night from
Chicago at II 40 and arrive at Rock
Island at $50 a. m. Other changes
are: No. 2 for the east will leave at
1925 instead of 1885 NJ; No. %
eastbound departs at lao instead of
las P. m No. l arrives from the
east at $3.50 instead Of $500 p. m :;
No. westbound departs at ABS in
stead Of 5 a. m; No. IL southwest
leaves at 1855 instead of 11:O5 p. m. !;
No. l westbound will depart at 1850
instead of 11:10 p. m. The running
time between Rock Island and Omaha
will be cut down one hour and five
minutes.
The Burlington, too, announces q
change in passenger service effective
tomorrow. The departure of No. so for
st. Louis has been altered from 7:4D
to 7:25 p. m; No. % will thereafter
be known as No. 10 and Will leave
for Beardstown at 2:45 instead of
ESQ p. m.
The Milwaukee has a change on its
main line, which does not effect this
division.
The morning accommodation of
the Peoria's Mercer county branch
now going via Sherrard to Cable
will hereafter go direct to Cable, and
two additional trains will be run
daily between Sherrard and Pre-
emption. providing two trains be-
tween Rock Island and Sherrard,
where heretofore there was but one.
Notes of the Rail.
Pay day yesterday on the Peoria.
Firemen William Parker, Charles
Jewell and Harry Mckee, of the Rock
Island. are laying off.
The Rock Islands AL, Tony
O'Donnell's engine, is out of the Chi
cago shops all frightened up.
Engineers James Wilkinson. VIII
liam johnson and John Thompson
are taking vacations from their du-
ties with the Rock Island.
The Cleveland & Pittsburg is lay.
ing rail 60 feet in length, weighing
80 pounds to the yard, for several
miles. to test the advisability of
adopting that description Of rail.
The Rock Island is placing an ad-
ditional boiler in its heating room.
Two boilers were insufficient for the
desired warmth in the depot and
observation-disclosures the improvement.
Joseph McQuaid has been elevated
to the Rock Islands extra firing list,
after four years in the call boy SER
vice. Orville Dillon has also been
boosted to extra fireman from the
mechanical department.
Thomas c. Scrivens, for the past
year at the head of the tri-city rail-
way inspection bureau. has resigned
and will GO to his old home IN Vir-
ginia. w. H. Nealands, Of Rockford,
succeeds him.
General Superintendent J. D.
Besler, General Manager w. F.
Merrell and Division Superintendent
w. &. Besler we're here in their
special car yesterday and inspected
the Burlington's local affairs.
If the exposition at Atlanta is not
a success, it cannot be charged to the
northern railways, sail roads run
ming southwark are vying with each
other TO make the fastest time and
furnish the best equipment, and the
rate. with q 20-day limit from north
ern points. is practically 1 cent
mile.
The Burlington is making arrange
ments to run personally conducted
tours to California. The tours will
embrace Sc days, and will include all
points in the state. The first will
leave Chicago on January 8, the sec
ond February 6, and the third early
in March. The cost of the entire
trip will be $3.50.
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