Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-21
DEPOT OF NEW ROAD.
Plans Said to be Ready for a
Brick Passenger Sta.
ton.
CLAIMED O. STUB INTERPRETERS.
Result May be D., r. !. & NJ. w.
Will Use Burlington Depot
..Talk of Track.

Since the Davenport, Rock Island &
Northwestern road commenced bust
ness there has been considerable spec
ulation as to the character of the pas
senger depot facilities it would pro-
vide here. The company promised it
would erect for the accommodation of
local passenger patronage station of
similar style to that adopted at Dav-
EXPORT, where is has constructed Il
modern pressed brick depot building.
While the management of the compa-
ny appears willing to fulfill the prom
Use it made Rock Island with refer
ence TO a passenger station. those who
are familiar with the situation are
free to prophesy that arrangements
have progressed to the point that in
sures the sharing by the D., r. l. &
n. w. of the depot that the Burling-
ton has in course of erection at TWEEN
tieth street and Second avenue. In
fact, General Manager Hughes, of the
D., r. 1. e n. W., does not deny that
such an arrangement is possible. He
so Informed an ARGUS reporter who
called on him at his office in the Nc
Manus building in Davenport yester-
day.
1--WE have our plans drawn for the
passenger depot we propose erecting
In Rock Island.'' said Mr.. Hughes,
''but we are bampered in proceeding
with our work by the stub-switch
track maintained for coal purposes by
the Burlington company at the foot of
Seventeenth street. That track must
necessarily be removed before we can
build our passenger station. Our
plans are to erect the depot just east
of our freight house. We have been
dickering with the Burlington in the
hope of having the troublesome track
gotten out of the way. but there does
not seem now any prospect that it
will be removed, and the ultimate ar
rangement may be that we will share
the occupancy of the new depot the
q. is having built on your side of The
river. Our road has been we'll treated
by the people of Rock Island, and we
propose keeping faith with that city
IN every respect so far as it is in our
power to do So"
Without questioning Mr.. Hughes
sincerity in the premises it was hoped
with the passing of the Terminal COM
pany property into the new organiza-
ton we would cease to hear of that stu b
track which has been used as the bug
bear and subterfuge for all the ills
imaginary and otherwise that the
company has been obliged to undergo
since coming into Rock Island. AS
long as it was possible it was worked by
the suave Mr.. Blair as a reason why
the company should be given right
to cross the levee, and when that was
repeatedly refused, Mr.. Blair's asso-
ciatd got back at Rock Island by
erec' ing the frame shanty that now
ovel looks the river front. When the
new company came in, however, it
xIressed regret for the way it's pre-
deCessors had broken faith with the
civ, and assured the mayor and coun
Gil unequivocally that depot in keep
il with what has been provided in
davenport would be put up in Rock
L. land this spring.
The new road has done the right
thing by Davenport and Moline, be-
cause it has been obliged to. 1t
should do its duty by Rock Island, be-
cause it owes it to this city, that has
given it more than either of the other
cities without question, and because
it cannot act in good faith by hesitat-
ing or quibbling about it. The
makeshift shell on the river front.
that was put up in Rock Island in a
vindictive spirit, should come down,
and a modern and becoming depot
put up in its place.
Mr.. Hughes said in answer to a
query concerning the proposed Peoria
road would be ultimately built by his
Il Ia
way had not yet been announced by
the board of directors.
Railroad Notes.
The Peoria and Pekin transfer en-
CINE No. 2. which has been used by the
Rock Island & Peoria at Coal Valley,
has been sent home to Peoria.
Steve O'Day is braking on the Rock
Island.
E. Townsend is braking on the
Sterling local of the q.
Switchman Willis. of the Burling-
ton. has resigned.
W. H. Gear is switching in the local
yards of the Burlington.
j. A. Clapper, of the Rock Island,
is visiting in Muscatine.
The new engine, No. S36, on the
Rock Island, is to be under the care of
Engineer James Ulrich.
Charles Cool has been appointed
regular fireman of engine S37 on the
c., r. /. 81 p.
T. - Robinson is again on his en-
CINE on the Rock Island after a visit
in Chicago.
Fireman Harry Wright, of the Rock
Island, is taking few days rest.
Fireman Fred Nelson has been sent
to Peoria to fire engine No. Is on a
work train on the r. /. & P.
Fireman F. Haddick is running on
the Peoria work train.
Fireman Murphy has been trans
ferred to the Gable branch Of the Peo-