Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-19
President and Other Officials
of Milwaukee Railroad
Here.
DISCUSS THE KANSAS CITY CUTOFF
Year Before Company Will be
Able to Handle Through
Business.

/ anime TEE trackS IN the Vicinity Ol
the Seventeenth street depot and then
passing on east.
The party was composed of Presi-
dent A. j. Earling. General Manager
III. K. Williams, General Superintend-
emit C. A. Goodnow. Assistant Man
ager w. J Underwood, Traffic Manager
III. III. Hiland and Division Superin-
tendents j. F. Gibson and III b Earl
ing, and General Manager Potter, of
the D., r. & N. w.
They travelled in a special train of
two cars, leaving Chicago last Tues
day and visiting Omaha. Kansas City
and other points west. From here
they went to Moline and out to Car
bon Cliff on the stub built by the ID :.
4. & N. W., returning and going
on to Chicago In the afternoon.
While in the city members of the
party were interviewed by an ARGUS
reporter. They were all ready TO
talk, bat took good care to say moth
ing that might tend to define the
policy of the road here.
MT. EarlIng TaIkr.
President Earring, when asked
whether the main line is to be on this
side OF the river upon the completion
of the Kansas City cutoff, said:
1--WE haven't figured that far. 1t
will be at least a year before our lines
are gotten into shape to handle the
through business, and as yet the
place we will cross the river has not
been decided. This much 1 can say.
though, the cities of Rock Island and
Moline shall not be permitted to suf-
fer. We propose to give them the
best service there is
Supt. Goodnow said practically the
same thing. That's just what this
trip is for" he explained. ito look
over the track facilities and decide
which is the'bes course. The ques-
ton as to which side of the
river we shall use is still open aud
probably will remain so for some
Time"
Will Hold All Rights.
Concerning the report that the Mil
waukee road contemplates giving up
its track rights on the line to Clinton
he said positively that no such course
is contemplated. Both the superin-
tendent and the president refused to
say what disposal is to be made of the
stub line to Carbon Cliff, and both
denied all knowledge of any effort of
the Northwestern line to get into the
three cities over any lines now in OPP
Grafton.
While the officials chose to remain
noncommittal on the subject, there is
now little reasonable doubt in the
mind of anyone familiar with the
past action by the road and with the
gene raj situation that the Kansas City
main line will run through the tri-
cities.
Another Rumor.
A common rumor among the en-
ployes Of the O., Milwaukee and D.,
z. 1. & N. w. during the past few
days has been that the Northwestern
road had made arrangements with the
powers that be for ent,a nce to the
three cities over the road from Clinton
to Davenport, where it once had
traffic rights. How this is to be
effected or when it is to go into effect
is not explained. Practical railroad
men do not take great amount of
stock in the rumor, for It is argued
that the q and Milwaukee roads,
which are supposed to be in control
of the entire Tri-City route. being in
direct competition with the North
western. will not be likely to let the
latter into the three cities without
some very substantial return in kind
which the arrangement does not in
clude.
Rock Island Directors Coming
The board of directors of the Rock
Island road will visit this end of the line
Oct. %. 1t is thought their object in
making the special visit here may be
to especially consider the problem
by the division of the terminal facili-
ties between this city and Hawthorn.
1t is generally admitted that the pres
emit arrangements are not satisfactory
TO the management and what changes
may be decided upon are entirely
speculative.
New Dispatcher Arrives
Harry Eckhard, the new dispatcher
who will take the place of s. N. Con-
over at the Peoria, arrived last even
ing to assume his duties here. Mr..
Eckhard has been located at SLAMS
bury. Mo-, where be has been on the
o. & st. L. Mr.. Conover takes the
place of w. S. Fulmer in the general
Offices.
Burlington Bits.
Brakeman DeGToot has been Trans
ferred to Barstow to run on the Ster-
ling passenger.
Conductor A. j. Frazer. who has
been laying off q few days. is back on |
duty.
Brakeman Hudson is off duty and |
will spend few days in Nauvoo.
Conductor Woods has the Chicago |
freight, while Conductor Keller is |
taking q rest.
Rock Island RattIings.
Firemen G. w. Reede is running en- |
on the Iowa division.
The through tracks within the linn