Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-03
MAYLOSE GOOD Thing
Drawing Teachers Seem Little
Disposed to Compete for
Supt. Rice's Prize.
CHANCE FOR ROCK ISLAND PEOPLE
Years Free Transportation Of
fered--Two Local Combi-
nation Trains.

Supt. F. G. Rice, of the Q, while in
the city yesterday, was asked by an
ARGUS reporter concerning the offer
he made before the Western Drawing
Teachers convention last week of a
years free transportation over this
road to the teacher furnishing the
best and most economical design for
wall to be erected south of the pas
senger station on Twentieth street,
the plans to be ready within 80 days
and at least 10 teachers to take part
in the contest. Supt. Rice was ap
parently of the opinion that the
| drawing teachers do not appreciate
the value of the offer. He said that
he had received but one communica-
ton on the subject and that was an
inquiry in regard to the conditions.
Here is a chance for Rock Island
| teachers. All are members of the
Western Drawing Teachers associa
ton, and the majority are capable of
drafting a simple design for a stone
or brick fence tall enough to hide a
box car. Certainly nothing would be
lost by the effort, and free transpoI-
tation on the = would be very nice
thing, especially during vacation.
NewJTraIns.
Not all the details of the time card
of the morning trains of the q to this
city were worked out by Supt. Rice
while here yesterday, but it has been
| settled that two com bination trains
will be run daily by which those liv-
ing along the company's line above
| here can reach town and return home
the same day. The first will be the
Sterling local leaving that place early
in the morning and arriving in this
| city at $3.50 q. m. The other will be
| the Monmouth local, which will reach
Rock Island at 1 p. m.
The Sterling train will leave this
city at 11:20 a. M, and the Mon
! mouth train at $40 q. m. Both trains
will have ample passenger accommo-
dations and will make good time,
doing no switching this side OF Bar
stow. Passengers from the upper
end Of the county can return on the
7:15 passenger train.
The Crossing Gates.
The location OF towers for the
| watchmen who will control the new
crossing gates the q has ordered for
installation at Seven leenth, Eigh-
| teenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets, have not as yet been decided
upon, but there will probably be two
towers, each Waterman TO handle the
gates on two crossings.
There is a possibility that the
| watchmeu at Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets will be retained in addition to
the gates. Forty regular trains now
pass over the line daily and the
Waterman at Twentieth street now
| fire. uentlv has all he can do to keep
people out of danger
Raise In Salaries.
Present prosperity in c., B. & q
railroad circles is to be enhanced con-
siderably. The switch engineers and
firemen are 50 get an advance in pay.
rhe pay OF these men is graded into
| three years, and the old scale is as
follows Switch engineers, first year,
81 80 per day; second year, 81 %;
third year, 81 as. Switch engine
iiremen. first year, 81 40; second
year, 81 40; third year, $3.50.
Under the new ruling the pay of
the switch engineers for the first year
will be 81 90; sec nd year, 81 80;
third year, 81 90. Switch engine
ticemeD, first year, 81 80; second
: ear. 81. 90; third year. 81 80. 1t will
be seen by This table that there is an
especially good increase for the fire.
| nen, and under the new conditions
the position as fireman on switch
will be much more desirable than
formerly.
Ia connection with this Increase
there is also talk of raise for road
men. The report is that engineers
and iiremen running the big piston
valve engines are slated for substaD-
tiaI increase in wages in the near
future.
1t is also said another substantial
Increase to two classes of employees
will soon be announced. The two
classes of labor are the coal chute
The former, SO it is said. are to re-
ceive an increase of from to cents
per ton, and at the end of days
labor the man who gets the increase
will have his salary raised 25 or 80
cents. The man who shovels coal
into these chutes has, probably, one
of the hardest positions on n railroad.
and probably there is no harder work
for unskilled men. AS it is general
all over the system. it will amount to
great deal when every place is taken
into consideration.
With the roustabouts salaries are
to be raised from 81. 25 to $3.50 per
day. While no official announcement
has yet been made, it is claimed this
will also be general all over the sys-
TEN. The reason assigned for this
raise is the scarcity of men. Since
work hts opened up this spring it has
nearly been impossible to procure
men, and the announcements of increas- |
ed wages is the natural result.
The least in quantity and most in |
quality describes DeWitt's Little |
Early Risers, the famous pills for con-