Rock Island Argus., 1902-03-08
A NEW TIME CARD
The Burlington Makes Extensive
Changes in Accommo-
dation Trains.
EXPENSES CUT AND THIS CITY LOSER
Leasing of Old Milwaukee Depot for
Coal Shed is Being
Considered.

4 iAC ACiiAANhCN vi mn
ment to further reduce expenses on
the Burlington is manifest in changes
in the freight service going into ef-
feet tomorrow, which render the use
of new time table necessary
Through these changes one of the To-
cal crews win be laid off and Rock Is
land will lose another crew that un-
der the present arrangement stops
over here. No passenger trains are
affected.
At present there are two crews on
Monmouth locals, one running each
way daily. by the new plan one of
these will be laid off and the other
will stop regularly at Monmouth.
running from that place 10 Barstow
and back daily, arriving at the latter
place at 12:15 (noon).
The train known as the Sterling To-
cal now runs from Sterling to Bars
tow and back daily and the one
known as the Iowa local now makes
the round trip from the tri-cities 10
Fulton daily. This arrangement viii
be substituted by two trains whose
crews lay over alternately at Sterling
and Fulton. Each day train will
be run from each place To the other
by way of the three cities, the train
from Fulton coming down the Iowa
side and going up this side and the
one from Sterling taking the reverse
route. At Barstow the two trains
viii make connection with the Mon
mouth train. Train 81. the one from
Sterling. will leave at 10 Il. IN. All
rains carrying passe:gers as well as
freight. and it is believed that better
will he made from the
south under the new plan than was
made from the north under the old.
Another change in the interest of
economy which goes into effect next
week viii be the laying Off of one of
the switch engines in the Moline
wards, leaving two there. ana the
night crew i'm the Rock Island yards. |
4 his is said to be due to the decline
n the rush shippers have been eN-
during the latter part of
he winter.
New sleeper Put On.
Thursday night sleeper between |
he three cities and Chicago was put |
llA bN tiit HUM lSAsilb la'slAA- 4 Alt Val |
: in Davenport during the evening |
ill 1I:OJ. when il is brought to his |
,ide on the Kansas City train and re
Mains here till 12:o5 before leaving
or the east. y special car nightly
rom the tri-cities east has been
leeded for years. but never before
las one been put in. I'm the past on
lights during the week the sleeper
anne in on the Kansas City train
nd often il was fun when il arrived,
o that the people Of the three cities
t times found il impossible to get Il
'erth. Then the lateness of the hour
made it very important. On Sunday
veningS. when the Kansas City train
id not run, there was a special car
rom Davenport. The service begun
thursday night is still open to an
biection i'm the lateness of the hour
Ioline are given access to it. 1t ought
t least to be brought to this city by
0 o'clock i'm the evening.
To Lease Old Depot.
II is understood that negotiations
re i'm progress for the leasing of the
Id frame depot on Twentieth street,
Itely occupied by the freight depart
lent of the Milwaukee road. to a To-
al coal dealer for use as a coal shed.
his miserable shack was to have
cen torn down and Il modern freight
ffice built by the Rock Island road
pom it's site, but for some reason il
ow appears that the plans are not
Ding to mature for perhaps year
a.. III. h. =. |
ot known. The Rock Island road
ertainly needs a new freight house
nd the city of Rock Island does not
eed the abandoned depot any longer.
+ the latter is not TO be torn down at
nee the city council ought to see
hat it is condemned before any out
ide concern has an opportunity to
ccupy it.
Cleaning Yards.
The local yards of the Rock Island d,
Dad are receiving their annual
pring cleaning up. The remaining
-reckage left about the site of the
Id round house is being burned or
AIKEN away and it is understood that
he remaining stalls, which have been
sed as storage place for heavy
npplies. are soon to go the way of {
he other part of the house. n
Peoria Plans.
Plans for the construction work to ;
e done on the Peoria road during |
he coming season are about com 5
lete. The road bed over the greater {
art of theline is nowin first-classc con- {
ition and for this reason there will /
OF be as much undertaken as during I
ne past two seasons. Practically
II the construction work will be
one between Cambridge and Ulah,
istance of 21s miles. For the great
+ part of the distance the roadbed {
ill be changed from 300 to 400 feet I