Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-09
n. w. Horst Secures Contract
for RemodeIing the D., r.
Ia NJ. w. Freight House.
WORK Is TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY
Building TO be Doubled I'm Size and
Veneered With Brick--Other
improvements.

| tract with the d.. X. i. q y. w. Rail-
way company for the remodeling of
the freight house at the foot of
Seventeenth street after general
plans referred to from time to time
in The Argus. The tearing out of
some of the temporary tracks on the
site has already begun, full force
will be started at work on the exca-
walton Monday morning, and the
building will be rushed to completion
as rapidly as the weather will per-
nit.
According to the plans, which were
drawn by Architect Olof Cervin, of
Moline, the remodeled building will
be just twice as large as the present
one and the addition will be made at
the west end. This will give a main
building - by 100 feet in dimensions
and the platform will run 300 feet
still further west. The building will
be veneered with pressed brick, top
ped with a gravel roof and ornament
ed with metal cornices. The inter
ior is to- be fitted up with offices of
n modern pattern, the present par
titions being torn out and entirely
rearranged. there will be lavator-
les and other conveniences and
modern heating plant will be in
stalled.
Good Foundation.
The foundation is to be of LIE
Claire stone and very heavy. McCon-
ochie g. Sons have the subcontract
for the masonry. 1t is thought that
the building will be completed before
spring. The cost of the work now
being undertaken is about $500,
making total cost to the company
of $4,000 for the freight house alone.
The company has begun preparation
To lay additional tracks to utilize the
room in the vicinity of the freight
depot in an extension of the yards.
1t is understood that the beautify
ing of the surrounding grounds so
construction of cinder or macadam
drives about the passenger and
freigh depots is to be attended to in
the spring and then all promises to
the city in this regard will have been
IlfilIed.
For the present the office that has
been kept in the freight house since
the iapsing of the %, II. /. & y. w
proper into a mere legal form, will
be retained in order to keep the APP
pearance of having a working freight
department, and n way may possibly
be found to keep il in operation UNI
til the Milwaukee freight offices are
removed to the remodeled station
Rock Island Liners.
The date of opening the Hawthorn
Y. NJ. c. \. building will soon be fixed
upon and il is thought it will be
about Dec. .. The carpenters have
practically completed their part of
the contract and the exterior of the
building is finished. The interior has
been in the hands of the painters for
some time. The Rosenfield Mem
orial library is being installed as
fast as the books arrive. The works
selected will treat largely upon gen
eral subjects of interest to railroad
men and there will be all the stand
ard periodicals always on hand.
IL was announced this afternoon
the formal opening of the Hawthorn
Y. NJ. c. \. would occur Dec. 6.
Engineer c. II. Hitchcock is visit
ing in Chicago.
Engineer G. III. Davis is spending a
few days in Chicago while his en-
CINE. the $40, is i'm the shops.
Fireman Joe McQuade is back from |
a trip to Chicago.
Engineers y. II. Morgan and Joe
Kali are sick.
Fireman J. II. johnson is laying
off.
The city office on Second avenue |
has a bright new bulletin board.
Fireman w. Leonard is back from |
Iowa City. where he was on the work
train.
Fireman ID. Griffith is ON the 1414
in place of c. Reede, who has pas
senger run.
Engines 1913; 1889, 1911 and 653 are
being repaired at Hawthorn.
The latest engines to be received
are the 1850, 1415, 1852 and 1853. The
two latter are doing service on the
illinois division.
Engine 491 has been repaired and
sent west to the c. X. g. n. division.
Engineer ID. Mansfield has been
transferred to Valley Junction to
run an engine on the construction
rain there.
Engineer w. McIlrath is running
he $50 at Valley Junction.
Engineer j. +. Downing, who has
1een laid up for number of weeks
oy an injury to his eyes sustained
through the bursting of water
yuage, is back on duty.
Burlington Briefs.
The runs of the engine crews on
rains 40 and so north of here have
been changed. Formerly one crew
made the run daily to Savanna, but
Turing the week two crews have
'een put on to run through to Du-
,uque. This brings an engineer and
! fireman here to live. Engineer II.
;. Pratt and Fireman L. H. Cramer
lave been assigned here from Sa-
anna to run opposite Engineer
ard Fireman Looney. who