Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-08-18
ROADS HAVE AGREED.
Promised AmicabIe Adjustment of
Much.Vexed Stub Track
Question.
INsUREs HANDSOME NEW DEPOT.
D., r. I. & NJ. w. Will Build as
Soon as Obstacle Is Re.
moVed-Notes.

The event of the week in railroad
circles was what appears to be an adj
Indication of the much-vexed stub
track question. over which the Dav-
export, Rock Island & Northwestern
and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
roads have been quibbling for months.
with occasional hearings before the
city council. The Burlington has &C.
quiesced in reasonable terms, such as
will permit the new company to carry
ahead it's plans on this side of the
river, among which is the proposed
handsome passenger station at the
foot of Seventeenth street. This
action on the part of the Burlington
people has brought forth numerous
expressions of commendation from
the public. for had it been disposed to
assume an arbitrary position in the
premises, the consequence would
have been that the city would have
been at least temporarily deprived of
a structure that promises to be an or
nament to First avenue, for the Tri-
City route maintained it would be i'm
possible for it to provide depot fscili-
ties until the objectionable stub track
YVES removed. However, it is believed
now that the correspondence that is
on between General Manager Hughes,
of the D., r. l. & n. W., and +. C..
Rice, uperintendent of Illinois lines
for the Burlington, will end in set
Element of the matter that will be
advantageous to all concerned-above
all the city of Rock Island.
Monmouth has about given up hope
of securing the extension of the Dav-
export, Rock Island s. Northwestern
railroad on it's way to Peoria. Since
the delegation of business men from
that city came up and interviewed
Manager Hughes this week they
haven't been feeling particularly
hopeful. The result of that confer
ence was not the suspicious Parley
which had been hoped would win an
Monmouth would be included in the
new line. Now the city sees but
small chance for this latest prospect
of good fortune to eliminate. In
stead it expects no other outcome
than that its old rival, Galesburg,
will carry off the plum.
Roundhouse Gossip.
Howard Dempsey and j. IL. Hills
are in charge of the new night switch
engine in the Burlington yards.
a. Mohlman, of Beardstown, is firing
extra on the Q.
NJ Faber, brakeman on the Rock
Island, is sick.
Conductor Tom Kane is back on his
freight run on the Book Island.
Brakeman Ben Els, of the c., r. I.
& p, has gone to Muscatine to recu-
perate.
Islard, is off duty.
S. Goodwin, brakeman on the Rock
Island, has reported sick.
Dispatcher F. E. Lamphere. of the
south west division of the Rock Island,
has gone off on a vacation, and w. A.
Rowe, of Des Moines, is here perform
ing his duties.
Robert Brown, of Eldora. is tenn
porary operator at the Rock Island
office.
Henning Peterson is night caller at
the Rock Island roundhouse in place
of Gus Frodell, resigned,
Engineer James Williams, of the
Rock Island, is laying off and j.
Powers is running No. so in the Dav-
yards.
Fireman J. McQuaid is unable to
attend to his duties on the Rock ISL
and.
Brakeman H. Geisenbragen, of the
c., z. /. & P, is sick.
No. 80S, in charge of Frank Dun
can, went out Friday to repair dam
aged telegraph lines.
Walter Satellite is braking on the
Peoria passenger in place of Frank
McGuinn, resigned.
George Elwell. day operator on the
Q is back after 2-weeks' vacation
spent out of town.
Wednesday was pay day on the
Iowa division of the Rock Island.
Night switching in the Burlington
yards is in charge of j. I. Supple
with S. H. Drost has helper. B. j.
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