Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
GOSSIP ABOUT THE RAIL

CoVE0 - IoOElo, Wos IN INC CITY y0o-
terday.
h. s. Gable. wick president Of the
Rock Island 4 Peoria. took : trip
along the road today.
h. n. Griggs, general agent Of the
Big Four ut Peoria. called on local
railway officials today.
Firemen John Quinlan,, Sid Pear
son and Orville Dillon, Of the Rock
Island. arc taking vacations.
w. D. Haddeld. commercial agent
Of the T. p. & W. ct Peoria. Was .
visitor in Rock Island yesterday.
The Rock Island has pulled OF two
moro train crews on the Iowa divis-
ion on account Of poor freight busi-
ness.
H. s. Goodale, late Of the Lacka-
wana and T., p. & W. lines, was here
from Peoria yesterday greeting old
friends.
Hank Morgan's iron horse, 9)7,
hes returned from the Rock Islands
shops At Davenport with . new pair
OF drive wheels.
c. w. Thacher, night train dis
patcher at the Rock Island & Peoria,
has returned to the key board after .
weeks tussle from grip.
Danial StaPleton, boilermaker at
the Rock Island roundhouse, WAS Oh
duty three days nursing one Of his
eyes into which . piece Of steel flew.
Hi johnson has surrendered his
position 40 brakeman on the Iowa
division Of the Rock Island and gone
to switching for the same company.
The 652 and $50, John Greehy's
and Andy Soderstrom's engines, Of
the Rock Island, are out of the ring,
where they have been receiving re-
pairs.
The s12 and s05. George Hiniley
and John Lacy's Rock Island engines,
are out Of the shops 1t Chicago,
where they have been undergoing
repairs.
Engineers John Thompson, John
Greedy, James Wilkinson, John
DAILY. Steve Hoover. John Horne,
David Hotchkiss and Tom Greedy.
of the Rock Island. are laying of.
Engineer James Mirfield, of the
Rock Island, has been overtsken By
the misfortune of optical weakness,
necessitating his temporary retire
ment from . road run. He has been
put in charge of switch engine in
the yard at Davenport.
A mogul belonging to the Fagal
Lumbe company, of Arkansas, has
been at the Rock Islands shops at
Davenport undergoing repairs. 1t il
. peculiarly constructed affair when
coDtrasted with the locomotives in
use in this part Of the country, the
smokestack being nearly as high -
the boiler is long, while tie wheels
are very small.
4. Stockhouse. general freight and
passenger agent Of the Rock Island &
Peoria, has been ill at Springfield
since last Sunday, when the rem aims
OF Mrs Stockhouse we're taken there
for interment. Mr.. Stockhouse was
threatened with nervous prostration.
but Is reported much improved. His
son. Charles. left this afternoon for
Springfield to accompany him home.
Railroad men are still discussing
that remarkable run made on the
Burlington road from Chicago to
Denver. It was q special chartered
by Henry j. May ham, of New York.
who wanted to reach the bedside of
his. dying son at Denver. The dis
lance from Chicago to Denver. 1.U25
miles, was covered in exactly l,O69
minutes. It is claimed to have been
the greatest feat the world has ever
known for long distance fast run
ming.
L. S. Knott has the agency for q
patent railroad switch frog guard,
and sometime next week he will ex-
hioit it on Market Square. 1t is
promised to be the best contrivsnce
yet conceived for the protection of
switchmen and other railroad en-
Ployes, and there has long been an
effort on foot to induce legislators to
make it obligatory for railroads to
provide for protection in the matter
OF frogs and switches. Justice has
oeen done in many states as regards
automatic coup.ere, but the trouble
mas been to get practical device
THIS. however. Mr.. Knott seems to
now have in his hands.
.. w. Walker and James Feeley, Of
the Rock Island machine shop, at
tended the masquerade given Mon
Gay night BY the Ladies' Auxiliary
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive
firemen. They impersonsted
negro characters. using paint on their
faces, which were as black and
shiny Is charcoal. Thew had a lovely
time. and when masks we're an
nounced removed they retired to the
toilet room to dispose Of their dis
guises. Two bowls of water we're
drawn and they went at it. But the
water was too chilly for the paint.
which became very affectionate, and
stuck to their faces until they 90,
home and applied hot water.
Wen Known Drary Oisixse Dead.