Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-05
RUMsL,Nos OF THE RAIL.
wsssess es .sseess N.se Gs,ase~a Asess
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the ss~pses.
Ysrdmaster D. W. Mckee. Of the
Rock Island. hss returned from To.
peks. Kas.
Hank Morgou.' Rock Islasd en-.
CINE. so5. Is In the Davenpor; shor
for repairs.
The Chies-o. Baflis gtoa & q iincy
is cutting down its shop forces aii
over the systen on accouat OF pOJr
bus ness.
A ncw time card goes into effect
on the Y. system tomorrow. No
chs1g-- are made ON the Rock Island
ami ST. Louis division.
The $40 and go. Frank y rton'.
and Steve Hoovcr'- engines. are out
of the C.. Z I. Il r. shop ut DAvcn.
port. where they underwent repairs
John Fitzp .trick numerical sg.n,
OF the vsndalia AZ rcoris. called on
i"cal railway officials yesterday. liz
went on TO Clinton. where he has
business
Isrdras:er Hardy Het;er. Of the
q. has been laying OF the pas;
week. Ssitchmsn John kiun-y has
been in charge OF the yards during
his absence.
The remains o. the Co. aud $50.
the Rock leland engines dem ,lish-c
IN the wreck near Brooklyn. ia ~ t.ch
Engineer Dyer was killed. will b..
sent tn the Chicago shops aBa rebuilt
There Is muca speculation con.
csrniog the new iimc-card which III,
Rock Island Is now Considering
One report SAYS :hA. No. / passea.
ger tram. which reaches here at $3.50
p M. now will be changed 80 that .,
.ill not get here until Z O'Clock.
Engineers James Smith. james
Miiii-ld. William johnson; Fircmen
Ed Heffernzn, William McE.rsth a,d
Merwia wynes and Boilermskcr
William Buck. OF :ne Rock Island.
have eturned from Iowa City. where
ti"y have been serving rs ~itnesse.
Ia "a damage suit against the com
Eany.,
U 5. Howell is tho ope. ator whose
oversight caused the fatal collision
near BROOKLYN. He wss acting ten.
pnrsEily GRIM, II. the regular oper.
atur being OF on a vacation. lie
realized mis- mistake 10 failing 10 Civ.
orders for the east bound train 10
sidetrack ut Malcolm when IL wss
too late. Had there been an opera
tor ut Malcolm the accident could
have been averte1. The loss TO IN,
Il ,ck Island road is $50. 900.
II is reported that the Milwaukee
tIa ns will hereafter not stop a;
Rapids City unless Jagged. and tha;
freight aud express bisiness for thc's
will he sent to Port Byron. Hos.
esc-. the morning and eveai,g pas.
sen ger trains may temporarily Stop
there on account OF the NAL. 10,
this il not certain. TIE citizsrs OF
Rapids City are very much opposed
To the change. aud are circulating "A
petition 20 have the agency re
- red.
The Rock Island yards a. valie,
Junction are TO be enlarged ia th,
spring. when eight new haif-mils
sidings will be put Ia. The new ca,
repair ship being constructed there
will be of brick, 40 feet loog and
l0J feet wide. The shop will be
equipped with al! the facilities foi
building aod repairing. and IL is said
vii! be The largest of It's kind In
Iowa. At present the car repairing
81 the Junction is don. in n low
frame boilding.
Agood story Is told m n rather
nervous Pana young lady. says ;b.
q iincy Herald. the o her day sh,
was ut the central crossing near tn.
passenger depot while the trainmcn
were doing some switching. As The
train was backed up one brakemsu
called out to the other: "J1mI
onto her ss she c,mes by. run ber
| down behind The coal chute aad cut
her In two and bring her head end
up to the deoot II {. said tina. th,
young laiy jumped mp aud do xn an
yelled as loud a. she con'd.
The resignation 81 j W. Walker
M foreman at the Rock Island roun,
house, is very much regretted By the
men employed there. aud by th'
company as we'll, for jim" in th,
three years which he served 10 ;hil
capacity proved him self fest ella ,
mechanic and man Of CT cclicnt j1tg
ment. But he -sys the hours wer'
too long-more than his bealtl
would contend with. SO he has gop,
back TO his old bench in the mash nc
shop His successor IL j. kingm "a
fprmerly Of the e, y & q shops a