Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-01
RECORDS REMOVED
Rock Island Takes Posses sion of
Peoria Depot on Twen-
tieth.
T MKENNAN MOVES IN
AGENT
Busy Scenes Around the Building
General Railroad
News.

The Twentieth street station of the
Rock Island road presented much the
usual appearance today, i'm spite of
the fact that the end of the Peoria
regime had passed and the road with
which ii has been merged had taken
full control. The engineers and To-
cal freight offices were the scenes of
more than usual activity.
Last evening after working hours,
the office records and fixtures of the
freight office were taken from the
old building that has served so long,
and under the direction of Agent
McKennan were loaded into car.
The latter was switched To the track
beside the Peoria offices and unload
ed. This morning everybody was work
ing at random i'm the crowded quar-
tiers. More room will be given as
soon as the engineering department
can be moved into the OFFICES up
stairs that are being vacated. Mr..
McKennan has not definitely decided
upon the places to which he will as
sign his assistants as yet. Only
three members of the old Peoria
freight office have not been assigned
to places.
Getting Ready for Removal.
Up stairs preparations are going
on as rapidly as possible for the clos
ing of the auditors and general pas
senger and freight agents offices.
The minor employees today were not
informed what was in store for them.
and, i'm fact, no one knows as yet.
The company is pledged to- make
some provision for them. but. they
will probably be placed one at, a
time and wherever a vacancy may
happen to occur. c. {. Flynn, who
has been dispatcher, has gone to
Little Rock in response to a tele-
gram received yesterday afternoon
from III. y. Greenough, probably TO
take a place on the Choctaw line. ;.
y. Conover will probably be the last
member of the general office force
TO finish his work. his duties being
of such Il nature that he will be oc-
cupied week or more. He has in
structions to close the vacated Of
fees and turn the key over to the
Rock Island division officers. Miss
-.ewton will continue as stenog-
rapher. but will enter the office of
the roadmaster, William Osborne.
who will continue to discharge the
duties of his office on the Peoria and
branch lines as heretofore.
supt. NIcoIs Here.
Supt. c. L. Nichols, of the Illinois
division. who has also charge of the
Peoria line. was in the city today
personally looking after matters CON
nected with the consolidation. This
morning he and Division Engineer
Dey went out TO Sherrard and Cable
to view the company's new property
there, which they had never pre-
viously visited Yesterday n confer
ence was held with the officers of
the Rock Island Pillow company in re-
gard to some proposed changes in
switch tracks tnat are TO be made in
the vicinity of the factory in the
lower part of the city.
\ circular announces the appoint
ment of George +. White as assistant
general freight agent of the Rock
Island. Mr.. White was formerly di
vision freight agent. He will now
have charge of the tariff bureau.
c. \. Hunter, the popular local
commercial agent. who has been pro
NOTED TO a similar position with the
company at st. Paul, called upon his
friends about the city today, bidding
them adieu. This evening he leaves
for the scene of his new duties. Mrs.
Hunter will follow about August 1.
Milwaukee Officials Here.
party of Milwaukee officials,
composed of j. II. Hiland, traffic
manager: Luis Jackson, Industrial
commissioner. and Grant Williams.
division freight agent, arrived in the
city i'm special ear attached TO the
morning freight today. After short
stop here they went TO Davenport
and from there to Clinton over the
d., X. /. & y. w.