Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09
CLEARING THE LAND
Rock Island Road Getting in
Readiness for Work on New
Passenger Station.
TWO OF THE HOUSES ARE SOLD
Bids on Others are Rejected.
May Not Get Control
of the @.

Orders issued by the Rock Island
Railroad company for the clearing of
its newly acquired property on the
north side of Fifth avenue by June 1
indicates an early beginning of build
ing operations on the proposed new
passenger station.
There are six frame dwellings on
the land, two cottages and four houses
of two stories. The cottages have
been sold to John Grogan and Mrs.
Oswald Thiele. The bids on the others
were rejected aud new proposals are
to be invited on them.
Tne understanding is that the new
station is to be located considerable
distance west of the present one. it
being the purpose of the company to
get as far this way as possible. The
| building will be of brick with stone
trimmings. 1t is reported the n
tract will have been let and every
thing in readiness for commencing of
work on the new building as soon as
the ground is cleared.
burlington May Yet be Saved.
The collapse of the Hill-Morgan
crowd, who. in seeking to reach out
for other fields to conquer, have lost
| control of the Northern Pacific, which
| had been conceded to be already
theirs, may yet result in the retention
of the Burlington by the present
! hands. A New York dispatch says:
| 1T can be stated upon authority
tonight that the Harriman-Kuhn, Loeb
& Co STANDARD Oil party have
wrested coutrol of the Northern
Pacific from the Morgan-Hill con-
tiDgent. Never in the history of high
finance has such q singing defeat
! been administered to any party
of fnanciers as that sustained by
MIR. Morgan and his friends. With a
blare of horns and trumpets they
went about the purchase of the Bur-
lington road in the interested the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
properties aud in the end they simply
| surrender that portion of the control
that is represented by the Northern
Pacific interest to the Harriman-Kuhn
LoebStaudard Oil party, who have
bought the control of the Northern
Pacific stock in the market.
For three days efforts have been
making to patch up some peace be-
tween the opposing factions. but with
out avail. "
Train thatcher Goes.
The Chicago Record-Herald says
that the Burlington management has
decided TO do away with the train
butcher. - Notice has been served
upon K. ID Cronk that the contract
for butcher service will not be re-
newed June l.
To supply the loss of the train
newsboy the company has devised a
plan whereby patrons will be better
served than heretofore aud served
without the usual annoyances. The
library cars on all the fast trains over
the entire system now carry many of
the best periodicals and newspapers
for free use of travellers, and the sup
ply is to be greatly increased as soon
as the newsboy disappears from the
Burlington trains. In addition news
stands will be provided at more than
double the number of stations now
having them.
To Reduce Time.
To meet and exceed the schedule of
the Burlington's fast trains from Chi
cago to the tri-cities the Rock Island |
will cut off 35 minutes from the run
ming time of all fast trains between |
Chicago and the Mississippi river. |
Between the tri-cities and Des Moines |
the time will be still further reduced |
10 minutes, 50 that between Chicago
and the Iowa capital tbree-quarters of
an hour will be eliminated from the |
schedules.
Good Sign.
There is n report in railroad circles |
today that the Milwaukee road is TO !
double-track from East Molin Q |
through Rock Island. From this it is |
inferred the company intends running
its proposed Chicago-Kansas City |