Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-12
MAY GIVE Ur LITTLE ROAD.
Said O VIII Assume MIIwaukee's ID, X.
Il N w. Lease.

Said O VIII Assume MIIwaukee's ID, X. ..
Il n. w. Lease.
A late rum1r is to the effect that
after Oct. IS the c., NJ. X ST. road
will discontinue the use of The ID Il
l. ~ u. w. tracks to Clinton, reserv-
ing only the use of the Crescent
bridge by which to reach Davenport,
and that the q will assume exclusive
control of the little road. Although
local officials do not confirm this re-
p Irt it is given considerable credence
among railroad men rhe Milwaukee
gains very little by the use of the
tracks on the Iowa side and il is gen
orally understood that all Intention
of using it in connection with the
Kansas City cutoff has been ab4n
doned. if. indeed, any hasever been en-
tertained. Everything points toward
an ultimate increase of the Milwau-
KEGS business on this side of the
river and OF that of the q on the other
side, and if the change ABOVE referred
to does not take place on the date
named there is reason to believe it will
not be long deferred.
As to Improvem ents Here.
Gene al Manager Potter, of the D.,
Z. j. & N. w today stated that he is
dong all he can to advance the i'm
p,Uvements of the road in this city in
the hope that the iojurction proceed
Jugs now pending may be disposed of
in time TO yet do something to"ard
getting the freight house rem odeled
this fail. The fills on the levee are
being made wherever not prohibited
30 that additional track may be laid
soon after q settlement is effected. In
regard to the rumor that the Milw u
kes road is to discontinue the use of
its road above Davenport, Mr.. Potter
said that so far as he&as able to state
there was absolutely no truth in it.
and while he could not speak for the
Milwaukee road, he did not believe
such a course was contemplated.
Losing Its Identity.
Sooner or later the D., r l. & N.
w. is bound to lose it's identity en-
least so far as things mater
ial are concerned. The old switch en-
were pure hased by the road
and which have been doing the yard
work for the Milwaukee in Moline
and bel wv Twentieth street here, and
for the q in Davenport. never to ID
very high in the opinions of railroad
men, who have always referred TO
them as ''scrap iron" They make a
great fuss about getting even a short
string of empties over the Crescent
bridge. and it is very common &C.
currence for one OF them to get down !
in the stone quarry at Forty-second I
street and be compelled to have help /!
to get out again. The state of affairs
has reached such a stage that the adj /
of taking them off alto
gether and turning the switching
over to the Q is being considered. |
This is said, of course. to be only a |
expedient, but it does not
appear likely that the ''Dri' will go |
to any great expense to refit up its
engines.
Story OF a Mckinley Observance
An account has been going the
rounds of tie press of a worry impress
sive incident occurring on the day of |
President McKinley's funeral on one
Of the Rock Islands passenger trains,
but the writer appears to have per-
mitted several inaccuracies to creep |
into his story, the real facts Of which
we're: The train had paused in COM
pliance with the general order STOP
ping all trains on the road at the
lime of the funeral of President Nc
kinley. The observance was some
hing entirely out Of the ordinary |
md was due to the spirit Of patriot.