Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-14
new 0 DEPOT OPENED
Company Forces Move Into Their
Elegant Station on Twen-
tieth.
TRAINS ARE STOPPING THERE
Commodious Quarters Equipped
With Every Modern Con.
venience.

Passenger Agent M. j. Young and the
forces under them are at last engaged
| in the cheerful task of adjusting
themselves to the commodious and
elegant appointments of the new Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy depot on
Twentieth street.
The new structure went into COM
mission last evening, the first official
recognition it received being the reg
istration of Conductor A. j Frazier
and Engineer w. Claypool, who came
in in charge of the Savanna passenger
No 3 at $40.
The stationery and few minor ar
ticles in use in the various offices we're
removed from the old depot to the
new one between and O'Clock, each
member of the force having charge of
that which pertained to his own de-
partment All hands worked till well
toward midnight getting things in
order for today's business.
| The first freight train to arrive and
| depart was the local coal train, which
came in from the Mercer county coal
| fields shortly after IL o'clock and left
again this morning. II was in charge
of Conductor j. b Brown and E1gi-
neer N. j. Feighor.
Judge Gest Buys First Ticket.
The first passenger train to leave
| from the TweLt ieth street depot was
No. 48. in charge of Conductor A. A.
Rogers and Engineer James Hunt,
| which started south at 6:55 this morn
ing. The first ticket was sold by
Night Operator II. E. Caine to Judge
w. ii. Gest, who went to Aledo on the
morning train.
The personnel of the new depot is
| the same as that of the old with the
exception of IL. f. McEwen, of Mo-
line. who will become ticket seller,
and Miss Fannie Carpenter, who is in
charge of the telephone exchange. In
the division Offices are the following:
II. ID. Mack, division freight aud
passenger agent.
A. De Soland, division roadmaster.
H. K. Mack. chief clerk.
Frank Davis. clerk.
Miss Mabel f. Fullerton, steuogra-
pber.
In the local offices there are:
M. j. Young, local freight and pas
senger agent.
l.. a. Howard, chief clerk.
f. w. Freeman, cashier.
Dudley Marshall. billing clerk.
S. f Corken, collector.
Joseph Crawford. car clerk.
Miss Eva M. Beale stenegrapher.
G. l. Elwell. day operator and clerk
for roadmaster.
ii Z Caine, night operator.
III E. McEWou. ticket seller.
Miss Fannie H. Carpenter. tele-
phone operator.
w. H. Bowker, foreman of freight
house.
j. H Lamont, receiving and d civ
cry clerk.
A. j. Brown, check clerk.
c. Carlson. baggage agent.
L. r. Aten. night clerk and bag
gageman.
H M. Smythe. janitor.
Handsome Interior.
One cannot gain an accurate con-
ception of the thoroughly up-to-date
completeness of the interior of the
new depot without having seen it.
The arrangement, as heretofore de-
scribed, includes, on the ground floor,
the general waiting room at the west
with the baggage room at the west
connected by a corridor. Between
them n the south are the ticket Office, |
smoking room and gentlemen's toilet
room. On the north are the ladies'
retiring and toilet rooms. The stair
way leads from the corridor below to
one above. On the south are Mr.. |
Mack's offices, while on the north, be- |
ginning at the west, are Mr.. De
Soland's office, the conductors room,
with lockers, and the telegraph room.
At the rear are the local freight offices
with private office for Mr.. Young.
The finish throughout and all the |
furniture are of solid oak. Even the |
ceilings in the waiting rooms are of
oak panels. The floors below are of |
tile and above of maple. The walls |
on the lower floor are of green and |
white tile. The heating is effected by
the hot water system. Each Office |
has q telephone and is connected with |
the switchboard in the car clerks |
office. The system was installed by |
the Central Union Telephone COM
pany, but belongs to the road. a
private wire will connect with the |
roundhouse and there will be two |
wires to the Central Union exchange.
Third Floor for Records.
The third floor is reached by a |
stairway from, the central corridor |
and is fitted mp to contain the perma-
nent records of the company. A stair
way from the local offices on the Sec
ond floor leads back into the furnace |
room, between the main building and |
the freight house. where the heating
apparatus is placed on the ground
floor.
Seen from the landing on the stairs
the interior of the long freight house
presents very attractive appearances.
The roof is supported by long rows of
strong braces, all of which, with the
walls, are painted white. The offices ]