Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-10
THE CONSUMMATION
Another Year Should See Com.
pIetion of city's Passenger
and Freight Depots.
HAVE BEEN LONG TIME ON THE WAY
A Criterion by Which Progress OF
acommunity is Guaged--
Track Talk.

4 III duOluOF year N JCk lSihnu bnOu
be one of the best equipped in the
matter of passenger stations of any
city of its size in the west. By that
time, il is safe to assn me, the Rock Is
lands Fifth auenue station will have
been completed, and the Burlington
will have installed the finishing
touches at it's Twentieth street depot
that have been SO slow in materializ-
ing. The Milwaukee, too, in addition
TO parking the grounds ct the passen-
ger station, we fervently hope.
will have seen its way clear to
remodel the infl4mmable shed on the
levee, veneer it with pressed brick as
promised aud to abandon the miser-
able shack IL now occupies as
freight depot on Twentieth street
The Peoria road, as previously stated
in The ARGUS. is contemplating the
Improvement OF its headquarters in
this city and il the work is not done
n year hence il should at least be we'll
under way.
These various improvements will
when completed, form the most i'm
portant material advance the CITY has
made in recent years and one by
which, more than any other. strang-
ers will form their lasting impression
of the environments of Rock Island
and the character of the railroads en-
tering the city.
Rock Island Rattle
Engineer f. Shannon reported dur
ing the week but was una ole to work
and again laid off
Firemen Minert and Thorpe are do
ing extra switch duty.
Fireman G. w Reed is kept away
from duty by illness in the family.
Fireman III + Griffin has been tenn
porarily on the S5I on the Illinois di-
vision.
Engineer Jerry Mansfield has the
$50 on trains % and 80.
+ remain & Weirauch is doing ex-
ira passenger duty.
Engineer Barnhart has been as
signed to the 1912.
Engineer James Williams is back at
his post after a tip TO Colorado.
Engineer Joe Clapper has returned
from vacation which he spent on
his watermelon farm near Muscatine.
During the week Firemen j. z.
Lsughery and IL. L Griffin AMI En-
gineer p. Barnhart put telephones in
their Rock Island residences.
Fireman ID. Griffin has been pro-
NOTED TO extra road service.
Firsmen +. McGinty, II. Delaney,
l.. Christison and j. Cunningham are
off sick.
The Rocky Mountain limited on the
the Rock Island road was two hours
late from the west last evening.
caused by washouts in Colorado. Over
two hours were made on the run
through.
The laying of the double track be-
tween Buffalo and Muscatine for the
especial accommodation of the Kansas
City cutoff of the Milwaukee was be-
gun yesterday.
The Rock Island management be-
lieves that the Kiowa ana Comancbe
countries promise great futures. and
the company is accordingly getting
ready to take care of the business
Work is being rapidly pushed on the
Fort Sill branch. which now extends
from Fort Sill to Richards, aud which
will soon be built to the new town of
LawtOn. seventeen miles from Rich
ards. The Enid branch is being OK
tended to Watonga, and is already in
operation as far as O'Keene.
Burlington Brisfa
Some changes in the switch tracks
at the foot of Sixteonth street arc be-
ing made and the track scales over
hauled