Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-30
HIGHER STILL
R. H. Hudson Made Pas
senger Auditor of
Rock Island.
Mr.. HUNTER BETTERED
Latter to Become Com
n1erCia1 Agent for
Road at ST. Paul.

y circular has just been received
! by the local representatives of the
Rock Island road which upsets pre-
Vious announcements as to the future
official status of II. ii. Hudson. of this
city, auditor of the Peoria, who had
been appointed auditor of the Choc-
taw, Oklahoma d Gulf. incidentally
ii bears a compliment of no mean or
der to Mr.. Hudson's ability in his
particular department.
The circular in question tersely
announces, with 4 number of other
changes. that Mr. Hudson has been
appointed passenger traffic auditor
of the entire system with headquar-
tiers at Chicago. This is a highly re-
sponsiblc position and much more
desirable than the one as auditor of
the Choctaw road. Mr.. Hudson is
promoted over the heads of several
older men in the service of the com
panN, y. Temple. whose place he
takes, being made assistant auditor
of passenger traffic. The other APP
pointments announced are that ,of
j. l.. Cramer, as assistant comptrol-
Ter; ). {. Matthews. as auditor of
disbursements. and W. ii. Burns, au-
ditor of freight traffic. All take eff
feet beginning tomorrow.
MT. Hunter Transferred.
Another change of considerable To-
cal interest Is that by which {. \.
Hunter, commercial agent for the
past year of the territory including
Rock Island, Moline and East Moline.
with headquarters in this city. is
given the commercial agency of the
road at st. Paul. Mr.. Hunter has
been in Rock Island just Is months.
having opened the office in this city
June l last year. He was the first
commercial agent ever assigned to
this territory by the company and the
duties that confronted him were ar
duous. He has, however. overcome
every difficulty. adding greatly to the
roads local business. He has also
made many warm friends and there
Will be general regret that he is to
leave the city. The change. which
takes effect at once. is a substantial
promotion, involving larger terri
tory and an advance in salary. Who
will be Mr. Hunters successor is not
announced.
Peoria of the Past.
Today marks the end of the official
status of the Rock Island & Peoria
road. The Office force was busy
closing up the records preparatory
to sending them to Chicago. To-
morrow morning the documents will
be packed and as soon as possible
they will be shipped to the general
offices. No more shall the official
documents be stamped Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway com
pany, lessee"
The trains of the Peoria division,
beginning tomorrow morning, will
be handled from the office of the
Fifth avenue station. y. l.. Judd will
have desk there and will continue
as chief dispatcher. He will be on
duty during the days and the dis
patchers of the other divisions of the
road will take care of the night bus
mess. This leaves c. c. Flynn and
Harry Hill, who have been dividing
the work with Mr.. Judd, out of
places in this city.
The majority of the employees in
the auditors and general passenger
Offices s-f-the Peoria have nothing
further "a. regard to the future than
they have had for several days. In
general they have been informed
that they will be taken care of if
they will come to Chicago. c. Il. V.
who has been clerk in the
local car accountants office, left
today for Chicago, where he will
take position in the car service de-
partment under c. +. Drew.
Only One Change.
There will be one change affecting
the local service in the new time
card that becomes operative on the
next Sunday, No. 10,
to leave at ESQ instead
of 2:25 p. m. While the putting on
of fast train between st. Louis and
St. Paul was discussed, it was decid- |
ed to defer the matter for the pres
ent.