Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-17
General Manager DeIano and
Party of @. Officials Visit
the City.
ARE ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION
The Burlington Purchases the j. IL
S.-Other Railway
News.

- ID. -BeSler. Superintendent of Hi
nois Lines r. c. Rice and Assistan.
superintendent l.. \. Howard. arrived
this morning on an inspection tour
of the road.
The party this morning took street
ears for Moline. leaving the train
which was drawn by the observation
engine, in this city. They returned
on foot along the company's right-of-
way, giving particular attention to
the portion of the slough adjacent to
the Rock Island yards i'm this city,
where the fill is To be made shorten
ing the line and giving the company
a tract for yard purposes. Return
ing to this city. the party left before
noon for the north to continue the
inspection of the lines
New Timetable.
The Burlington road is to have
new timetable in a few weeks. the de
tails for which are now being work
ed out. The problem is still to ar
range a schedule that can he followed
out on time and to give the tri-cities
Il later morning service than they are
getting at present. 1t is probable
that the present arrangement by
which passengers ON the north and
south trains get supper and break
fast at Barstow will be changed so
that meals will he taken i'm Rock Is
land and Davenport. as formerly
The report of the sale of the Jack
sonville d ST. Louis railroad to the
Chicago. Burlington Il Quincy rail
road was Yesterday stated. upon good
authority. To be true. The Jackson
Vile &. ST. Louis road * built and OPP
Grated from Jacksonville TO Centralia,
a distance of III miles. 1t is under
stood the consideration was $1,000 900.
Burlington Gets New Record.
y run so fast that even the rail
way officials at first were disposed
to diScrcdit it has set a new worlds
record for passenger train speed.
The run. details of which were made
public yesterday. was made on the
Chicago. Burlington d Quincy's line
in Colorado. 14.S miles being covered
in nine minutes. This is at the rate
of 9s.7 miles an hour.
1t is far the fastest time ever
made for run of any length said
=. :. EUstis. passenger traffic m;i1l-
''Faster time has been recorded for
one. two and three miles. but such
distances are only sprints and do not
offer fair test
When Mr.. Eustis found the report
of the run lying ON his desk he was
inclined To doubt. Thinking there
WIS some mistake. ne called for de
tailed figures, and the explanation
WAS forthcoming from Conductor
Burns. who was i'm charge of the train
that smashed the record.
The train. No. &. cast-bound. con
SiSting of engine and nine cars. left
Denver ten minutes late ON the even
ing of March -. Some hard luck
was encountered. and when the train
reached Akron. liz miles out. ii was
half AN hour late. ~ long stretch of
down grade track extended ahead
and the engineer started to make up
time.
The train was speeding along at
the rate of - miles an hour. and a
dozen men in the observation car
were holding their watches. having
been told by Conductor Burns that
record might he broken.
EckcIey was passed at 7:5G p. IN.
Wray was 14.S miles ahead.
keep close tab on your watches"
warned the conductor. We're fair
~ cutting through the air. There's
doing. sure"
As the train ran into Wray it was
found that just nine minutes had
elapsed since Eckley had been passed.
you have ridden the fastest fif-
teen miles ever travelled" said Burns
to the astonished passengers.
The record of the run. which Mr..
Eustis was careful to verify. is con
firmed among others by Wells Alley,
Of Omaha, and ii. {. Bush. traffic
of the Colorado Midland
railway. The nearest approach to
the run was the performance of the
Lehigh Valley Black Diamond express
i'm April. 1897. when 1896 miles was
made at an average rate of eighty
miles an hour.
MIR. Cable to Remain.
Referring To the reports that Il. Il.
Cabel would soon resign as chairman
of the board of the Rock Island road
and would he succeeded by President
Leeds. and that the presidency would
then be given to Charles III. Warren.
late vice president of the New Jersey |
Central railroad, the Wall Street |
Journal says:
1--WE are able to state authorita
lively that there * no change con
tempIated i'm the official staff of the |
Rock Island road. The relations be- |
tween the new interests in the Rock |
Island board and Mr.. Cable. who has
been for so many years in charge of
the property. are of the most cordial
character. and as long as Mr.. Cable |
Is willing to- retain the office of chair
man of the board the present con-
trolling interests will be glad to have
him do So
c. \. Goodnow, the new general