Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS.

NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Batch q Aspp-niegs Arosnd About the
Loesl Deposs.
All the roads have put their snow
fighters in service.
The Order Of Railway Trsiumen
holds q ball ct Armory hall Christ.
mas eve.
"Bil y" Tilton. the genial Milwau.
kee conductor, has returned from his
hunting TRIP, and is again back on
his run.
The Rock Island has options on
several pieces Of property in Iowa
City. A new passenger depot is be-
ing considered.
Traipmaster II. E Carroll, Of the
Milwaukee, has issued an order ask
ing conductors to keep their caboeses
free from advertising matter and
pictores hereafter.
There VAS . record-breaking run
on the Burlington the other day. A
tea train Of 10 cars covered the ter
ritory from Ottumws to Gales burg,
q distance OF lis miles, In 2 hours
and IS minutes.
Louis L. Reeves, who was recently
injured while switching for the
Rock Island 4 Peoria. has fully re-.
covered, and has returned to the posi-.
,ion he formerly held In Spencer's
bicycle repair shop.
Island City lodge No. II, Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen. has
elected the following officers:
Charles E Sexton, president; W. w.
Street, postmaster; E. j. MoGinley.
secretary; A. F. Greaser, financier
Harry Sau nders, journal agent; DR..
Joseph De Silva. ply sician.
The Burlington office has furnished
the grooms in four weddings which
have occurred this week. This is an
unprecedented record. and has al
trracted the attention of the mar
riageables in the other local railroad
Offices. who are talking Of forming
. combine sg inst the Q aud all
agree to wed the same week and
thereby Guido that office.
Joha Higgins. the c., M. & St. p.
conductor, running from Davenport
to Maqu Jteta, is ahesd 10 the con.
ductors' contest which has been in.
augura'ed b. the Chicago Dispatch.
The contest is q regulation coupon
race. with three watches IS prizes for
the three conductors who have the
most coupons to their credit, clipped
out OF the Dispatch.
| CONDUCTOR ''Coaxie" Carrigan, OF
the Milwaukee, is not q believer in
The use Of firearms. He says that 9
man in his position has all sorts o'
people TO deal with, and on many oc
casions Is obliged to sand insults
from not only hot headed passengers
but from tramps, who attempt te
steal rides. He says conductor il
often justified in pulling a "con
viucer," but he believes it is rarely
necessary. 81 carried gun in my
box for fix years." say 8 Corrigsn
land never used it once. Finally
one day I picked it up and found il
had rusted. So made q present oil
it to one OF the crew. They're g
bad thing TO have on a man. aud
often gee him into serious trouble
The Milwaukee Seminal speaks o.
+. II. Buck. Of this city, as the oldes
railway mali clerk ia the service in
Wisconsin and Illinois, and says O
oim: He is a clerk. class 3. in al
apartment car route betweenMilwau
kee and Rock Island, on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway. Few
people realize the number of mile:
which railway mail clerks trave
every year and the amount of tn,
labor done in the mail cars. Som,
figures given by MIR. Buck. to tn,
Milwaukee Sentinel, are interesting
Here they are for his "a years OF serv
ice: Miles travelled, SoS.7s4; time
exchanged mails at station. $50. 24O
pouches handed, 45O.22O; lettel
packages handled not requir
ing distribution, 653. 200; lette
packages requiring distribution
GIG $40; letter packages mad,
up for dispatch. 469. 400; let
tiers and cards handled in distri
button. 24.7S5. 600; sacks of psper
handled in distribution, 246, 14O
sacks made up for dispatch. 225, $50
sacks OF papers handled in distribu
tioD, 20, 437, 800; total, 57,9l6,144
total number Of errors charged, l.,
si3. 22d of / per cent OF the ex
aminations required by the civil ser
vice rule to fix the merit standard o
each clerk to be In line for promo
ton, Mr.. Buck passed 10 examins
tions. aggregate number of post
offices, 1o.177. 80 per cent aud ovel
correct; eight examinations, aggre
. gate number OF posto ffices, II, 092. 81
per cent and over correct; three es
sminatiops, aggregate number o
postoffices. 5.lS6, 81 per cent ant
over correct; one examination, sg
gregate number Of postoffices, 664
! IS per cent and over correct; knowl
edge Of junction points and dispatch
. ing conn ctions. 80 and 100 per cent
! answer to questions pertaining t
service. SO per cent"
Special fer Oh ristmss.
Fresh roll butter and eggs.
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