Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-24
BAN ON The BOOZE
Burlington Railway Company Is
sues New Written Rules to
Employees.
MORE ENGINES FOR ROCK ISLAND
Road Places Another Large Order
General News of the
Railroads.
MORE ENGINES FOR ROCK ISLAND

New DOCKS OF rules ana rec uldJtODS
recently issued for the government of
employees of the Chicago, burlington
& Quincy railroad, contain specific
body blows TO intoxicants and to-
bacco. One of the rules provides that
the habitual use of intoxicants or the
frequenting of places where intoxi-
carts are sold is saIicient cause for
dismissal from the roads service.
Another prohibits the use of tobac-
co by employees while on duty in or
about stations or on passenger trains.
These two rules are in the railroad
company's books for the first time.
although they are supposed to have
been understood in the past by the
employees.
The insertion of the "intoxicant"
aud tobacco" provisions in the new
books of rules is said to have been in
tended more for the benefit ofmen new
in the service than for those employees
who have been with the road reason =
able lengths of time.
More New Engines.
The c., 4. |. & p. has Just placed
an order for ~ new engines. 1t will
be remem bered that the company has
but recently received the last of a
large order of engines of the compound
type manufactured bv the Bald wins.
The new engines, which arc ordered
for April delivery, are to bs of the
Brooks make and are To be simple ex-
pansion engines. Twenty of these
are to be 1O-wheel engines and are to
be large ones Weighing 100 900
pounds.
They are to be modern in every re-
spect and will add materially to the
equipment of the road. Up to the
present time no information of the or
der has been given out.
One of the II engines is to be an
S-wheel. About this engine no in
formation was given for publication.
as ii is understood it is to be an eX-
pertinent and will have several de-
partures, rather startling in locomo-
tive construction, from the ordinary
engine.
After this order has been received
the road will have about as fine an
equipment of motive power as any
roa1 in the Mississippi river valley.
With the heavy rails which have been
placed upon nearly all of the lines in
Illinois ard Iowa. these engines will
be able to haul exceedingly heavy
trains.
Older Conductors to Select Runs"
Hereafter 'preferred" passenger
train runs" on the Iowa division of
the Northwestern road will be given
to the conductors oldest in the divi-
sion's service II. j. Slifer, superin-
tendent of the division, few days
ago, issued circular providing that
in the future all runs" on the main
line and all branches of the division
would be bullctined, and that con-
ductors oldest in the service would
he privileged to select their runs"
RsttIInGs of the Rock Island.
G. f. Lundy, switchman in the Mo-
line yards, had his right hand hurt
Tuesday in an accident in which the
tender of n switch engine was de-
rallied.
e. NJ. Stoncbreaker returned yes
terdav from a trip to Chicago, where
ne had been on Masonic business.
Brakeman Lesner has been set up
to conductor on the southwest divis-
ion.
Conductor George Foster is laying
off.
Conductor a. V. Rider is back after
4 ) weeks illness.
Engine 656 is out of the shops.
Conductor a. 7. Rohweddcr is OIL
duty.
A new freight engine, the 1886, has
been received and Ii. Longabaugh has
been placed in charge.
Conductor j. Wisemillcr is laying
off
Conductor Tom Kane has been as
signed regular passenger run on the |
Iowa division.
Conductor K. Frew is now on fast |
ireights No. 81 aud No. %.
Switch engine u has been sent !
away for duty in the southwest.
Freight engines SO4 and $50 have |
been sent TO the southwest division.
Engineer c. Woodward is laying off |
;ick.
Engineer j. Schofeld is taking a
-acation out of town.
Engineer Tom Dunn is away on
7acation-
Oscar Peterson, day caller, is an
ardent sportsman. II it had showed |
asst night he wouldn't have done a
hing.
Budget From the Burlington.
A traveller had a mum Der of the bows |
Town on their knees looking about the
iePot for his 50 gold piece Wednesday
morning. Then he borrowed a dollar
rom fellow traveller.
Brakeman Fred Pollard tells about
N exciting adventure in which he
aved a mans life near Thompson
tuesday night. The fellow walked
II into space from The moving train.
missed the platform, and Fred held
i'm away from the wheels while the
asst car passed. Fred is very modest
bout it.
Engineer Frank Horn was laid up