Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HEADLIGHT FLASHES.

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W. V. Black is working at the 90
roundhouse.
August Ludwig. of the Rock Island
is laying off.
Fireman Frank Rain, of the c., r.
l. & P, is sick.
Louis Guldenzopf has gone to work
at the Burlington.
Albert Whalen is working in tha
Rock Island roundhouse.
Brakeman w. E. Owens is back at
work on the Rock Island.
Arthur Frodell, coach cleaner at the
Burlington, has resigned.
Conductor Guy Settle, CT the Rock
Island, is taking a vacation.
Fireman George Steelman, of the
Burlington, is back at work
Fireman Guy Hitchcock, of the c.,
r. l & p, is taking a vacation.
Engineer A. K. Nickson is master of
engine $40 on the Rock Island.
Brakeman Ben lister, of the Rock
Island, is visiting in Muscatine.
II. Z. Lindley is braking on the Sa-
wanna branch of the Burlington.
Brakeman l.. A. Dorman, of the
Burlington, is taking a vacation.
Brakeman H Kerstine, of the c., r.
1. & p, has gone to Victor, Iowa.
ID. X. Weimer, a fireman on the
Burlington, is visiting in Barstow.
Engine 8O4, on the c.. r. l. & p,
is in charge of Engineer j. Robinson.
Grant jerks is running baggage on
the St. Lsuis division of the Burling-
ton.
Engineer William Mousley, of the
Rock Island, is back at work after q
layoff.
Brakeman G. A. Darling is on the
work train out of Barstow on the Bur-
lington.
c. A. Barrett, a conductor on the
c., Z. /. & P, is spending a few days
in Chicago.
Conductor George Foster has charge
of Henry Hansen's freight run on the
Rock Island.
Engineer Frank Dunkin's iron
racer, the S0S on the Rock Island, is
being reprinted.
Harry Spealman. travelling passen-
ger agent for the B., c. r. d N, was
in the city yesterday.
Engineers Dave and Al Hotchkiss,
of the Rock Island, have returned
from a business trip in Chicago.
The Csc. with Engineer Phil Barn.
hart at the helm, is working in the
Rock Island yards in Davenport.
Richard O'Donnell, who has been
braking on the Savanna division, is on
the St. Louis division of the %"
Baggageman F. w. Stubbleield is
out of Beardstown on the
Burlington and has moved his family
to that city.
Two of the Rock Island's new 120O's
have arrived and are being broke in
on passenger runs. Engineer Fred
Brewer is working the throttle on
the 1902. while Engineer A. Hamilton
is in the cab of the 1901.
The Burlington railway company's
new depot is looming up at the cor
ner of Second avenue and Twentieth
street in a manner that is indeed
gratifying to the general public,
which has been waiting patiently for
the naturalization of the promised
structure. 1t has been a long time
but it was worth waiting for.
as what there is of it already up in
sures handsome building, offering
contrast with the other depots
in the neigh borhood that has started
the people to again discussing what
the D., r. l. & \.
w. is to make finally for permanent
passenger depot facilities here. There
has been some talk of the company
sharing the Burlington's station. If
this is not done it would be a good
plan for the Milwaukee and the D., r.
|. & n. W. to lease strip of ground
from the Rock Island road and erect
a respectable depot opposite the
new station, for the
Milwaukee's present dilapidated depot
will not stand usage much longer. 1t
is liable to disappear some night dur
ing a strong wind.