Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-06

the opportunity now afforded the
men to be better employed.
Have Greater Responsibilities.
General Manager Hit contrasted
the lives of railroad men of today
with those of 30 or more years ago.
He declared that the greater respon-
sibilities that rest on the men of the
present are more than compensated
for by the better facilities for com
fort, safety and convenience that
they now enjoy. He pointed out that
the railway work of the Y. NJ. c. a.
makes it possible for the men to
avoid evil influences if they wish to
do so and ended by predicting sue
cess for the experiment at Haw-
thorn.
General Superintendent Hobbs was
brief, merely indorsing the work of
the association. George F. Wilson,
superintendent of the motive power
of the road, declared that everything
the employees of the Rock Island
road took hold of was a success and
advised all who could do so to take
up the work of mechanical drawing
when a class is formed at Hawthorn.
John Hart, fuel agent of the system,
spoke few words of congratulation
to the men and Secretary Bruner
closed the program by thanking
those who had attended.
Interior Arrangement.
The building has been previously
given a general description in the
columns of The Argus. but owing to
the unusual uses to which it is to be
put n general review of the interior
arrangement might be of interest.
The whole interior is finished in
hard pine in the natural colors. The
main floor is hard maple and that
in the basement. which is put to
variety of uses. is cement.
The entrance is from the east. the
with a slly-light. In this are coun-
ter and check room. and from it open
the stairways to the basement and
second story, the secretary's private
office. lunch and dining rooms and
| library and game rooms. The read
ing room in which the Morris Rosen-
| field memorial library has been
placed is at the northeast corner. 1t
contains, besides the books on sub
| iectS of particular interest to rail
road men, tables for reading puT-
poses and files upon which are found
40 current periodicals. West of this
is the game room. which has been
fitted up with all the devices for
amusement admitted at any y. NJ.
| G. \. building. This room is also
designed to be used as Il chapel when
occasion may require. and folding
chairs have been provided for seat
ing it.
Back Of the corridor and opening
from il by two broad entrances is
the lunch room fitted with a lunch
counter provided with every needful
convenience. To the right of it is
an ample dining room and back of it
is n hallway from the kitchen in the
| southwest corner to the dining
room. The kitchen has large pam
try with cupboards, drawers. shelves
and sideboards galore and the very
best and most complete outfit of
utensils to he produced.
An Emergency Hospital.
Opening from the secretary's pri-
vate office in the southeast corner
of the building is an emergency hos
pital fitted with couch and other es-
sentials. There is but one way to go
either upstairs or down and that is
through the main corridor. There
will be no slipping up the back way
to bed. Both stairways are in the
middle of the south side of the
building. Going down one finds up
on turning to the left a large bath
room with three tubs and four
showers and washroms and closets
attached. There is also here a snug
little room for n barber shop. East
of the bath room is store room
and further on is the furnace room.
\ steam heating plant and hot
water tank are found there. So far