Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
Building of the Peoria Extension
of the D.. r. l. & NJ. w. Rail-
road is Commenced.
KENEr1OK OUTFIT HAS ARRIVED
Men, Mules and Shoyeis..Stee
Rails on the Way..TaIk of
the Track.

was thrown for the first time yeSter-
day.
The outfit of the Kenefick company
was delivered at Carbon Cliff and the
| work was started at once.
The outfit consists Of fifty teams OF
| m lles, a steam shovel, a stone crusher
and wheel and other scrapers. 1t has
been used during the past summer in
the vicinity of Richmond, Va, where
the company had large contract.
The Quito was shipped Wednesday of
last week and has been all of the time
getting to Moline. 1t came around
through Kentucky and then up TO
Peoria, thence over the Rock Island &
Peoria to the three cities.
The first work will be done on what
is known as the ArgilIo company tract
about three-quarters of mile below
Carbon Cliff.
n. j. Van Malta has been engaged
by the Kenefick company 80 attend to
the field work for the, company. He
is to make all of the surveys and
cross sections, take leveisq and such
other work as is necessary, :. in the
course of construction. The ground
has been staked on the tract above
mentioned so that everything is ready
to begin at that point.
Rails for East Moline.
1t is said in the offices of the D.. R.
l. & N. W. road that there are SO cars
of steel on the way from Chicago to
Davenport, and that the steel is To be
used ia building the tracks from Mo-
line to East Moline, and thence to
Rock river. This shipment of rails is
enough to build several miles of road
and will be enough to construct the
tracks to East Moline and to build the
sidetracks that will be required for
the accommodation OF the business of
the new road.
The linois railroad and warehouse
commission has settled the dispute of
the Rock Island and D.. R. 1. & N. w.
roads in regard to the crossing of their
tracks Just below Carbon Cliff. Ac-
cording to the arrangement, the new
road is TO build an overhead crossing,
the Rock Island to first lower it's
grade.
Two new freight engines have been
received on the Rock Island. They
are numbered 1888 and 1899, and have
been assigned respectively to NJ. b.
Bennett and John Cunningham, and
Tom Robinson and E. Remes.
Railroad Notes.
John Quinlain has been assigned
regularly to No. s1S on the Rock ISL
and.
C. Reed is firing on the 500 on the
c., r. 1. & P.
Tom Delaney, of Blue Island, is fir
ing in place of Bert Sears, who was
slightly injured in Wednesday morn
ing's wreck in the Rock Island yards.
Fireman A Coater has been regu-
larly assigned to No. 462 on the G
r. 1. & P.
The Rock Island engine No. 478 has
gone to the shop for a.coat of paint.
Engineer F. Slattery, of the Rock
Island, is off on a visit.
George DeBoursey is q new fireman
in the Rock Island yards.
II. A. NutIing. conductor on the
Rock Island. is off sick.
G. Hubbard, conductor on the Rock
Island, has returned from a months
trip north for his health.
Conductor Bledsoe, OF the Rock
Island, is laying off.
Conductor NJ. F. Archer, of the
Rock Island. is taking vacation and
has gone south.
j. Rife. conductor on the Rock Is
land. is sick.
Brakeman D. Kelly, of the Rock
Island, is laying of.
Brakeman Braithwaite, of the C.
r. I. & P, has returned from Canada.
where he attended the funeral of a
brother.
Conductor c. P. Brien, of the Rock
Island. has gone to his former home
at Kellogg, Iowa. to spend vacation.
Alex DeSoland, roadmaster on the
Q, was brought home sick Tuesday
night.
H. J. Archer has taken the place of
Ed Nelson on the Peoria passenger.
The D., r. 1. & n. W. now has
three switch engines here. another
one having been added during the
past week.
Eugineer G. w. Bsttles, of the
Is laying of.
Fireman ). Chailaco NIB. of the c.,
B. & q, who was at Medora last
week. returned this week with bride
and is now keeping house on First
avenue.
j. o. Moses. switchman on the Q.
is laying of sick.
Engineer Ed Hefernan, of the Rock
Island, has been sick during the past
week.
Engineer j. Kali. of the Rock ISL
and, is in Blue island for a short |
time and his place is taken by j.
Powers.
Al Hotehkiss, engineer on the c.,
z /. &. P. is away on q visit.
Fireman Frank Newmire, of the /
Rock Islsud. is laying of.
Joe AcQuaid is now firing regularly |
On No. S45 on the Rock Island.
II. Hermes. fireman on the Rock
Island, has gore te Chicago for