Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-14
NEW SERVICE SOON.
ST. Louis.St. Paul Passenger
Train to Be Established
April %.
TO BE A DAILY ACCOMMODATION.

Three Roads. the Chicago Il Alton. Rocl
Island Il Peoria and Chicago, milwaukee,
Il st. Paul In the ArrAngem ant Will
Necessitate Time Table Changss-Gen-
eraI Gossip of the Railways.
The new daily passenger service
between st. Louis and st. Paul, which
has been under consideration for
months. as heretofore referred TO in
The ARGUS, will be inaugurated April
29, according to official announce
ment. Il will be via the Chicago Il
Alton, Rock Island & Peoria and Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul roads.
| The northbound train will leave St.
Louis at II noon, coming over the Chi
cago * Alton to Peoria, from which
point it will be brought on to this
city on the regular Rock Island X
Peoria passenger arriving here at $50
p. IN. (the arrival of this train will
be changed to this hour from 6:45 p.
M, at which time it now reaches
here).
The Milwaukee passenger, now
leaving at p. M, will be held till
$40 to connect with the new train,
which will consist of n sleeper and
coach. The south bound train will de-
part from st. Paul at q. m. and reach
Rock Island at S:45 p. M, and after a
few minutes layOver will continue on
to Peoria. reaching that point at IL 80
p. m.
The train will reach St. Louis at
1928 the following morning. New
time cards will 90 into effect on the
l., -
nections with the new train. The SER
vice will insure night train to Peo-
ria, an accommodation long desired in
the three cities. The arrangement is
to change the departure of the Peoria
passenger, now leaving at 40, until
about p. m.
A st. Louis-St. Paul freight service
is to soon be established by the same
three roads.
Small Talk of the Track.
A. Anderson is braking on the
Peoria.
Gable Reeves is switching on the
Rock Island.
Fireman Williams of the q is taking
a few days off.
The night yard engine at the q.
Fireman G.. B. Sears is back to work
at the Rock Island.
James Allen is braking on the Cable
branch of the K. l. IL L.
Engineer John Williams is running
a Rock Island yard engine.
Engineer G. A. Nelson, of the Rock
Island, was in Chicago this week.
Frank McGinty is firing extra out
of Blue Island on the c., r. l. IL p.
Engineer John Devine is running
engine No. 659 on the Rock Island.
Engineer Thomas Slattery, of the
Rock Island, is visiting in Chicago.
Conductors Guy Settle and G. Hib-
bard, of the Rock Island, are taking a
rest.
John Cunningham is firing engine
No. 9l3 on passenger on the Rock ISL
and.
Joseph FezIer is again on his yard
engine at the Rock Island after an ILL.,
ness.
The Rock Island has taken off one
of its switch engines in the Moline
yards.
Fireman John Smith is again firing
engine No. Col in the Rock Island
yards.
Engineer Al Hubbard is running
on the Indianola division of the c., X.
l. & p.
r. Weimer is firing engine No. 1915
on the Burlington's Galesburg
freight.
Engineer John Norris, of the Bur-
lington, is visiting in Chicago and
Shabbona.
Engineer Dave Hotchkiss' engine
No. 916 is out of the shops on the
Rock Island.
William Arnold is again in charge
of engine No. 572 at the Rock Island
after lay off.
Fred Osborne, of the Rock Island,
is unable to work on account of an
injured finger.
b. f. Newmire, one of the Rock ISL
and's firemen, is laying off owing to
the illness of his wife
Conductors Ed McMullen and Dan
Flanagan have been appointed to
regular freight runs on the c., X. 1.
&P.
Engineer f. V. Soderquist. of the
Rock Island. has been sent to Chicago,
where he will work on a construction
train.
Robert McQuade, engineer on the
Savanna passenger run on the Bur-
lington, was of few days this week
by illness.
Engineer j, H. Mason, who until
recently ran the night switch, is rum
ming the ''half-and-half" engine at
the Burlington.