Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-04
TOLD ALONG THE TRACK.
Newsy Items Gathered Around the City

Engine No. OF the Peoria is in the
shops.
The Peoria's new coal chute is al.
| most completed.
Switchman A. j. Elblom, of the
Rock Island, has the grip.
Engineer William Weaver, of the
Rock Island & Peoria, is i'll.
Switch engine No. 80, of the Rock
Island, is in the Davenport shops.
Sam Walters. formerly fireman on
the Milwaukee. is laid up by Sickness.
Carl Browne is back at his duties as
| machinist helper at the Rock Island.
Engineer Edward Scott, of the Rock
Island & Peoria, is in Peoria visiting.
Baggageman Frank Clark, of the
Peoria. is off duty on account of sick
ness.
Engine No. 223 of the Rock Island is
doing duty on the Rock Island "
Peoria.
Fireman Jack Smith has reported
for duty on the Rock Island after an
illness.
The old frame floor in the Rock Isl
and round house is to be replaced by
brick.
A. p. Guy, travelling freight agent
af the Illinois Central, was in the city
yesterday.
David Fry has succeeded C. NJ.
Brown as night yardmaster for the
Rock Island.
j. j. Kinney. the Burlington's yard
master in Moline, is again on duty
after brief illness.
X. f. Palmer, general agent at
Peoria for the Rock Island Il Peoria,
was in Rock Island yesterday.
Engine No. 915, of the Rock Island,
is in the Davenport shop. Her master,
Hank Morgan, will do the easy.
Engineer Lynch, of the Rock Island,
was taken sick here the other day aud
returned to his home in Chicago.
The engagement of Conductor Frank
Babcock. of the Rock Island, and Miss
Abbie Sprague has been announced.
W. j. McCarty. of the Rock Island,
is back from Chicago. where he served
on the firemen's grievance committee.
Frank Berry, for some time clerk in
the cigar stand near the Rock ISL
and depot. has gone to his home in
Chicago.
Conductor George Cuddy, of the
Burlington, is sick, and Conductor A.
j. Frazer is running on the Savanna
in his place.
The Burlington's morning passen-
ger train from st. Louis was over an
hour late, the delay being due to a
freight wreck at Rio.
Milton Acklev, conductor on trains
Nos. . and 8, of the Rock Island, has
resigned. John Shuey takes his place.
Charles Nicholas succeeds
Shucv. and Frank Bledsoe takes the
Iatter's run.
1t is said that if it becomes neces-
sarv, in order to beat its competitors,
the Burling ton and Northwestern, in
the race for the United States mail
the Rock Island will reduce
the time of its flyer between Chicago |
and Omaha an hour or two.
The annual mask ball of Twin-City |
Lodge No. SO, Brotherhood Locomo-
tive Firemen, will be given Tuesday |
evening. Feb. II. at Armory hall. L. |
A. Gordon. f. a. Hinklev and William
McElrath compose the arrangements |
w. j. Mccarthy will be |
chief of the floor and William Slagle !
assistant chief.
Work on the pony bridge of the |
Crescent bridge, connecting Willow |
island and the main shore, will be !
well under way next week, and with |
good success, 10 days or two weeks |
will see the structure completed and /
the tracks laid across. A small trav-
eler is being constructed with which |
to handle the big steel girders, which |
will be for the support of this bridge,
and several bents of light false work |
will lie ready in a day or two, with |
the traveller erected, ready for bust
ness. The material for this bridge |
has been on hand for some time. On |
the main bridge the riveters are busy |
and the lower chords of the last two |
spans are now firmly and permanent
" forged together with rivets. The
of this work on the two !,
spans will be completed in the next |