Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-21

dence that s felt in him in financial cir
oles will continue the present appreci-
:,tIon OF the Rock island property. Il
can be said without exaggeration that
there is no trunk railroad in the country
Nj: brighter Prospect Tor the inl.'.r
than Rock Island"
Rock Island Ratings.
Work on the new Fifth avenue depot
has been at standstill in common with
other building about the city on account
of the cold weather of the past week
Engineer Martin Cavanaugh has been
sent from Blue Island to take the east
end local
Fireman f. p. Huot is back at work
after a 2-weeks' illness.
Engineer Al. Hotchkiss, who has been
sick, went to work during the week, but
suffered a relapse and is again confined
tn his home
Engineer James Smith has reported
after an illness.
Engineer Thomas O'Brien and Firemen
John Knox, Harry Griffin and Harry
Wright are among those running out of
this city who are off duty.
BurIington's Time Change.
Under the new time table that goes
into effect on the Q tomorrow all the
morning and evening trains will stop for
breakfast and supper at Barstow. in
stead of being divided up between Rock
Island and Davenport, and the stops IN
the two cities will be cut down accord
ingly. 1t is figured that the proximity
of the lunch-rOoms to the depot at Bar
stow will enable passengers to finish
their meals in less time and the occa-
sional dropping of a passenger, as har-
pens now occasionally, will be avoided.
Then, too, there is considerable trans
felring gaggage and other work for the
trainmen to do at that point and this
causes delay OF about twenty minutes
that may as well be turned to account
Under the new card the southbound
trains morning and evening will leave re-
spectively at 6:25 a. m. and at 7:l5 p.
m. The northbound trains will leave in
the morning at G:55 and in the evening
at 7:25. The afternoon passenger leaves
at 2:25. as before
I'm the matter of holiday rates the
roads entering Rock Island will follow
the usual custom charging fare and a
third for the round trip on distances of
less than 200 miles
Engineer {. f. Dempsey and Fireman
Hills have been permanently transferred
to Barstow.
Engineer J. IT. Nlson and Fireman
Gippert are on the coal run ana trains
45 and 46, week about
Engineer len Soldiers and Fireman
AIertz are ON tho Iowa local
The running of an all-night switch
engine has been resumed for the winter
and William Fitzsimmons is at the
throttle
Road Foreman F. G. Johnson, of
Beardstown. was in the city yesterday.
Fireman Gross and J. NJ. Surdam are
new men sent during the week from
Beardstown.
Brakeman Curtin is Off sick.
Switchmen Maskell and Muniford are
two new utility men sent here from
Reardstown to do extra work.
Peoria Pointers
One Of the switch engines drew the
aprons attached to the ferry dock ~
out of the way of next springs high
water, WednC sday. X is safe 10 pr
sumo iC was not done with particularly
good grace on the pant of the men whn
did the wlrk for there is a perpetual
feud between the ferry crew and the rail
road men who switch r.S tie Scot Of
Eighteenth street. Nothing so CRATES
on the nerves of the latter as the sound
OF the Augusta's contralto whistle when
a string of cars gets in the way of trav-
elers to the river.
Engineer w. II. Weaver is back on his
switch engine after a long illness.
Fred Mosher, one of the freight men
at the Milwaukee depot. was married
Wednesday evening at Andalusia, the
bride being Miss Mabel Brookmann of
that village