Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
THE COAL FIELDS
Said Road Will Be Built Over the
D., r. l. & NJ. w.
Survey.
LINE NOW ENDS AT ROCK RIVER
General News of the Railway Picked
Up at Depots ofthc
Town.

There are rumors flying about
Rock Island and the tri-cities to the
effect that the line of railroad Iocat-
ed between the tri-cities and Coal
Valley in Rock Island county by the
d., II. /. q y. w. road, but never huiIt
except on paper, is to be one of In
improvements of the year.
Those who helped to locate the line
profess to know nothing about it, but
The rnmor is persistent just the sane
The rumor has blocked temporarily
the development of other coal fields
by a gentleman who does not intend
to go ahead and invest money in a
spur of railroad he had been contem-
plating until he learns whether "a line
is to be built or not over the old sur
vey. As he was just about ready to
go ahead with his work of develop
ment when the rumor came to him. il
must have been backed by something
pretty substantial.
The road at present ends at Rock
river, though all preliminaries have
been completed for the bridge.
burlington Briefs.
Fircmen w. Il. Mason and j. ID.
Gippert are sick and their places are
being filed by John Davis and Robert
Sites from Beardstown.
Engineer W. Williams has been sick
the greater part of the week.
Fred Nolkman, an expert machiu-
list, has been sent here from Boards
town To help out during the present
rush i'm the shops.
NJ. y. Pelton has returned to work
extended illness.
Brakeman Bert Peters has been
called away by the death of a rela-
tive.
Brakeman John Weber is on duty
after Il short illness.
Brakeman w. \. II. Woods has been
sick for the past few days.
Brakeman II. Hudson has reported
after short illness.
Conductor w. \. Liscom has taken
The day run on the 81. Louis division
i'm the place of Al Rogers. resigned,
and Conductor Canaan is to take the
night run temporarily. Baggageman
Liscom has also changed to the day
run and J. o. Moses takes the night
train.
Switchman Williams. who has been
1oing extra work here has returned
to his home in Bcardstown.
Rock Island Rattle.
Supt. {. l.. Nichols, of the Illinois
division of the Rock Island road, was
1 visitor in the city today.
The membership of the HAWTHORNE
Y. NJ. G. y. has reached 40, an in
'reusc of nearly half during the past
month. Although he estimates in
he beginning called for II member
ship of 200 to make the institution
ielfsupporting with the allowance
provided for on the part of the road,
he receipts are already sufficient to
,verbalance the expenses. This has
Ieen due to patronage of non-mem-
oerS and economical supervision.
State Secretary \. M.sBruner of the
abroad department of the Y. NJ. {.
\. and Secretary NJ. o. Fuller. of the |
Hawthorn branch, left yesterday for
Buffalo, New York, to attend the ma
ionai conference of the cretarics |
IF the association.
Npnuut tof y. - -. Afltlf - dbSthi /
rom duty OH account of illness in !.
he family.
Conductor f. \. Bledsoe is back af-
err spending a week in Chicago.
Fireman John KnoN, who has been |
III switch engine has been assign |
ID to one of the big engines running |
nut of Hawthorn.
Engineers Al and Dave Hotchkiss |
ma Ed IIinckley, Fireman John Nc
'onnell and Bra<cmen Graham, Daily |
md Faber are off duty.
Engineer Charles Jewell and Fire
nan L. Proper reported for duty the /
'ast few days.
Serious Joke.
Jokes sometimes lead 10 serious re-
ults. 1t begins to look as though |
joke recently played upon local
abroad man by another would turn
tut that way. One of the city en-
,Ioyes of road running into Rock |
sland recently lost "A highly bred
log which had been brought to him
IL. 6 4 4.