Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-11
DESIRABLE CHANGES.
Those in the New Rock Island
Time Card Effective
Next Sunday.
BENEFICIAL TO BUSINESS PEOPLE.

Firehy to Arrive From the West an Hour
Earlier. and It's Terminus to be at
OskaIoosa Instead OF Washington, Iowa
Improvement in the Service to Colorado
Points.
The time card which will go into
effect on the Chicago. Rock Island K
Pacific next Sunday is one which will
benefit Rock Island in many respects.
The business men certainly will bs
pleas ed to extend it the glad hand. fori
gives them larger tributary territory
as also makes it more convenient for
shoppers to come to the city and re-
turn to their homes in good season.
This is true of the main line service
TO the west as also on the southwest.
One of the most important changes
is that regulating the FREELY. Under
the present card, the terminus is at
Washington, Iowa, but under the new
schedule it will run to Oskaloosa and
Evans, an extension of about sixty
miles. This change lengthens the
tributary territory that much, as
shoppers can come from the end of
the run at Oskaloosa and Evans, spend
several hours in Rock Island and
reach home ut an early hour in the
evening. The FREELY, which now
reaches Rock Island at 1910 p. m.
will arrive at 1852 under the new
card, thus enabling passengers from
the southwest points also to catch the
fast train for Chicago and which
leaves Rock Island at noon. This fast
train is known as the Des Moines Il
Chicago limited, and the new card
will make no change in the time of
its arrival here. 1t pulls into the
Chicago station at 4:35 p. m thus
giving the people along the south
west a very convenient daylight train
to Chicago. Returning the FREELY
will leave Rock Island at $3.50 p. M,
thus enabling passengers to spend
over four hours shopping or visiting
friends in this city. This is expected
to have the effect of causing large
influx of out-town visitors.
Another improvement is noted in
the schedule for train No. %. AT
present, this train starts for Chicago
at 1:1S d. M, but the new card
lengthens out its run. After Sunday
it will start from West Liberty and
pass through here at 2:25 p. m. This
gives Rock Island two Chicago trains
at intervals of less than three hours,
and accommodates passengers on the
FREELY who desire to spend several
hours in the city if they have any spe-
cial business and cannot transact it if
they take the Des Moines limited. at
I1:4S. 1t will also make a good local
train for the residents of Walcot:,
Durant and other towns to the west
who desire to come here on n pur-
chasing tour or other urgent business.
They can come in on No. % and go
west on No. l, which now leaves at
1888 p. m, but will depart after Sun
day at 3:43 p. m.
Better Western Service.
Rock Islanders who may desire TO
take trip up to the mountains will
also find a beneficial change in the
new card. For instance, No. ), which
now departs at 4:12 a. M, will leave
at $50 a. IN. after next Sunday, ar
irving in Omaha at 6:35 p. III. This
will enable it to connect with the
through train from Denver and Colo
RADIO points. Local tourists can also
make good time to the mountains by
way of Kansas City, they desire to
90 that way. This can be done by
taking No. Is, which now leaves here
at GAO a. IN. and will pull out 10
minutes earlier after the change of
time Sunday. This will reach Kansas
City at ego p. IN. Right here is where
double service to Colorado comes in,
for the trains reaching Omaha at 6:25
and Kansas City at 6:2o p. m. connect
with the through trains for Colorado
points, reaching Colorado Springs at
1885 the next morning and Denver at
11,o'clock. Under this arrangement, one
can make this trip from Rock Island
to Colorado points of travel in about
81 hours, and with but one night on
the road.
Coming This Way.
w. j. Mclean. general passenger
agent of the St. Louis, Peoria Il
Northern road, was in the city yes
terday, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. I.
w. Hartley. To an ARGUS represent
alive Mr.. Mclean stated that his road
would he within speaking distance of
Rock Island before another year. but
as to whether it would enter this city
he was not prepared to say. but he
init mated that he would not be sur
prised if the new road had interests
common with Rock Island before it
got through with operations in this
direction.
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