Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-30
MILK TRAIN PUT ON
New Company Arranges for
Special Car Service
on the @.
MORNING STERLING LOCAL UTILIZED
Will be Made From Roc K
Island Junction to
Joslin.

| +. j. w. DietZ, who has charge of
the Burlington's special service for
the shipping of milk, was in the city
yesterday and he and Division Agent
III. ID. Mack, together with represent
atives of the Tri-City Bottled Milk
and Butter company, went over the
line to Sterling looking over the stu
alton with a view of putting on spe-
cial cars for the purpose of handling
milk for the tri-cities. The result
was an arrangement for the putting
on of a special refrigerator car at
once to be attached to the regular
accommodation train, No. %, leaving
Sterling about s n. IN. and arriving in
Moline shortly before noon. The
car will be run daily and as the train
is laid off on Sundays, it will then be
brought in by special engine. The
milk company has three solicitors
at work along the Q from Rock Is
land Junction this way to the vicinity
of Joslin and this is the territory
which will be depended upon for the
supply 1t is thought it will not be
necessary to establish any new stops
for the collection of milk except pos
sibIy a few miles beyond Erie. and
teriaIly changed. a milk car will
carry about eleven tons of the Tactic
fluid and the company announces
that il expects to be in position
to put on a second car some time dur
ing the first part of the year.
Roads Favor Sub Way.
There is possibility that the three
railroads interested will construct a
subway at the crossing at Eighteenth
and First avenue. The question
has been taken up by Supt. Rice of
the Illinois lines of the q and an esti-
mate has been prepared by the com
pany's engineers of the cost of the
undertaking. The matter has been
laid before the Milwaukee and Peoria
roads with a view of securing an ex-
preston on the subject. Of course
II will be necessary TO provide for
surface crossings also during such
time of the year as the Mississippi is
so high as to interfere with the use
of n subway. An early settlement of
the question among the companies
interested is looked for.
= The crossing gates TO be placed by |
the Q and the Milwaukee at TWEEN /
tieth and Nineteenth streets have ar
rived and will be put in place during |
the next few days. Local officials |
know little about their manner of OPP |
Grafton, but it appears that the pres |
ent watchmen will be kept at the /
crossings and the gates will be OPP /
Grated by them instead of placing |
them both under the control of one |
man.
This is considered necessary on ac-
count of the curve in the track be-
tween the two streets, which would
render il very difficult for one man
to properly oversee both from. any
one given point. Then. too, the
crossing at Twentieth street is so
situated that it will be necessary to
have man on the ground at least
during the day, even if there were
man operating the gates from a
tower. The gates at Seventeenth !
and Eighteenth streets will probably
not be installed till the matter of the
crossing at the Peoria tracks is set
tied.
DIR. j. G. Koontz has been appointed
surgeon on the St. Louis division of
the q to take the place of DIR. Bra
len, resigned. DIR. Koontz made his
first visit to Rock Island yesterday.
Rock Island Notes.
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