Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
HASPOS|T|ON.
Made General Manager of the
Rock Island, to Succeed
w. n. Truesdale.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENCY LEFT OPEN

Possibility That This May be rendered n.
lions Announc ed Division of Duties
Bits of News and Gossip Gathered About
the Railway Depots of the City.
| II. A. Parker, second vice president
Of the Rock Island road. was vester-
day appointed general manager of the
| road, vice W. II. Truesdale, who has
been elected president of the Lacka-
| wanna. Mr.. Parker will have charge
of all transportation matters. but re-
ports and communications relative to
the freight aud passenger departments
will be handled by the heads of those
departments instead of by the general
manager. The position of first vice
president is left open for the present,
and it i yet possible the position may
be offered. if it has not already. to
III. s. Cable, vice president of the
Rock Island ~ Peoria. The following
promotions were also announced, all
effective March /: Ii. Cover, general
freight agent, to he assistant freight
traffic manager, with office ut Chicago;
f.. Il. Boyd, general freight agent
lines west of the Missouri river, to be
general freight agent lines east of the
river, vice II. Cover, promotes; III.
ii. Embry, commercial agent at Buff
falo. to be general freight agent lines
west of the Missouri river, with Office
at Topeka, vice f. b. Boyd, promoted.
1t will be seen that all these promo
tions have come to officials already in
the service of the company, the man
agement preferring to stand by civil
service principles rather than 90 out
side for new men.
The duties of the position of general
manager now performed by Mr..
Truesdale Will he divided. Mr.. Park
er will have charge of all operating
matters. for which his long expert
ence in engineering affairs has well
prepared him. Freight and passen-
ger traffic reports and matters which
formerly went to the general man
ager will now he handled by Freight
Traffic Manager j. NJ. johnson and
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
John Sebastian, respectively. Both
officials have been in the service of
the road for many years. The gen
eral freight agents have been in
structed to report to Mr.. Cover, as
sistant freight traffic manager, thereby
relieving Mr.. johnson of much de-
tail work. Mr.. Truesdale goes to the |
Lackawanna next Wednesday and Mr.. |
Parker will then assume the duties of |
general manager.
W Ii. Truesdale was formally |
elected president of the Lackawanna |
Yesterday.
Railway Notes.
William Murrin is switching for the
Rock Island.
Fireman w. j. Miller, of the Rock |
Island. is in Cedar Rapids.
Fireman T =. Gordon. of the Rock |
Island. has gone TO Detroit.
The j92. Jim Smiths Rock Island |
engine, is receiving repairs.
William Cameron is new coach
cleaner at the Burlington.
Engineer W. J.. johnson. of the
Rock Island. has resigned.
The Rock Islands change of time
card becomes effective tomorrow.
James Kidney, water service man
for the Rock Island. is in the city.
a new hard wood floor has been put
in the Rock Island freight house.
Conductor w. W. Street, of the
Rock Island, has rendered his resigna-
{ ion.
w lIi4siIiI -idChlH. VI the
is visiting his sick father
at Savanna
Clau Stelk, night Waterman, and
Peter Duke. hostler, of the Rock ISL
and, are sick.
Conductors Cook and Clifford, of the
Rock Island, are to move their fami-
lies back to Chicago.
G. G.. Lemon, of Chicago, district
passenger ageI t of the Northern Pa
ciiic, was in town today.
John Hartman, night car inspector
here for the Rock Island, has been
transferred to Des Moines.
Edward Heffernaa is guiding the
Rock Islands 600 during the indispo-
sition of Engineer w. NJ. johnson.
Br akeman Weyernauth had his right
hand Pinched while making a coup
ling in the Rock Island yards Wednes-
day night.
Engineer Jim Shehan, of the Rock
Island, is in Chicago. Billy Williams
5 presiding at the throttle of the 912
Turing his absence.
Brakeman y. Faber of the Rock
Island. had his right hand painfully
oinched while making a coupling at
Vest Liberty Friday.
\. j. Earring. vice president of the
=, NJ. & st p, may become president
If the New York. New Haven & Hart
ord, which is part of the Vanderbilt
system.
Tom K:ane. formerly of the Mil
writes from Omaha. sending
-egards to all the railroad boys. and
stating that he is doing well and feel
ng fine.
Engineer Charles Davis iron steed
he sos of the Rock Island, blew out
Ter right cylinder head yesterday s
morning while pulling passenger No. {
east on the Iowa division. :
General Passenger Agent Eustis, of 1