Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-29
It MAY BRING
FAMILIES HERE
New Change to be Inaugurated
on Burlington Will Benefit
Town, Mr.. Mack Says.
CREWS FOR THE CHICAGO TRAIN
General Manager Brown to Be
in Rock Island Next
Week.

F. c. Rice, superintendent of Illi-
nois lines on the c., B. & O., was
looking after the proposed changes on
the road in the three cities today.
Conductor A Ii. Pollard has been
offered the Chicago train, but is I'M
Or this train will be chosen from this
city and the other from Chicago.
Conductor A. F. Barber will probably
have the run out of this city. This
will give Conductor Liscom day run
on the st. Louis division.
G. A. Curry, of Rock Bridge, and
S. H Frazier, of Brighton, have been
appointed dispatchers, who will, with
George Elwell, handle the traffic be-
tween Seventeenth street and the ter
minal junction.
Division Freight and Passenger
Agent Ii. d. Mack states that the
changes to be inaugurated Monday
will bring to this city at least Is fam
Ills of c., B. & Q. employees.
Mr. Brown to be Here.
W. G. Brown, general manager of
the Burlington, is expected in the city
the first of next month to spend few
days, at which time, Division Agent
Mack says, something definite will be
done about the tower clock, the Twen-
tieth street wall and the depot beds,
all of which are coming in time, the
latter declares. However, someone
has been mean enough to cay that
the Burlington's purpose in de-
ferring the installation of the clock is
to wait until it can transfer the time
piece from the Northwestern station
to the one on Twentieth street.
Milwaukee Officials In Town.
Supt. j. z. Gibson and Trainmaster
q. Z. Morrison, of the c., M & st P /,
arrived in this city this morning aud
spent the day arranging the details of
the changes that will 60 into effect
| next Monday.
w. w. Breckenridge, local agent of
| the Milwaukee. has the official time
card of his company to go into effect
| under the new arrangement Monday.
1t will be seen that it gives double
service through the three cities, in
creasing the accommodations of the
company to an extent that will dou bt-
less be appreciated by the travelling
time are designated as follows: No
g. via east side. departs for Dubuque
and the norSh at 1870 a. m and No.
81, via the same route, at 4:O5 p. m.
No 53, from Dubuque, will arrive at
1885 a. M, and No. at 9:15 p m.
No. SO departs for Freeport and Mil
waukee via Davenport and Clinton at
1908 a. ~, and No rs for Freeport
over the same route at 4:30 p. m.
No. 80 arrives from Freeport at IL 40
81. M, and No. So from Milwaukee at
$40 P. m.
Rock Islands Plans.
Supt. w. l. Nichols and Train
master w. S. Tinsman, of the Rock
Island road. were in the city today.
They had nothing definite to give out
concerning the further removal of
freight business of the road to Moline,
although they practically admitted
that the changing of the new yard into
the main freight terminus is only a
question of time.
And speaking about railroad
changes, here is another exceedingly
cheering piece of news from the Daven-
port Repu blican: 1T is asserted on
what appears to be unquestionable
authority that the c., L. l. & p. will
run it's passenger trains east and west
out of this city instead of Rock Island
| in the near future, and that the train
men will take soon up their residence
on this side OF the river. If this arrange
ment is put in force, Rock Island,
which has already lost the freight di-
vision to East Moline, will lose the
passenger division to Davenport. The
change, if it occurs. will likely he
made on account of the fact that this
city, during the present summer, will
become q railroad and transfer center
of the first Importance with the Bur-
liugton ana Milwaukee reads using
the D., Z. 1. & n. w. tracks, and the
Milwaukee cutoff. in effect by way of
Ottumwa and Columbus Junction,
trains. both passenger and freight,
will be passing through Davenport in
hocks, going in all directions.