Rock Island Argus., 1902-01-04
HAS 100 MEMBERS
Hawthorn Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
Makes Good Showing for
First Month.
REPORT OF SECRETARY Nc FULLER
Rumored That Supt. Rice is to Leave
the Burlington
Notes.

st the end of the first month of the
Hawthorn railroad Y NJ. c. \. the
membership of the institution is just
100. This is considered a very good
showing, considerably above the ex-
pectations of those in charge of the
work The facilities offered bv the
y. Nj. c. y. are greatly appreciated
by the men who have taken advantage
of them and the effect is being felt
by the boarding houses and restaur-
tants about the yards that coined
money for their owners during the
summer months. Most of these will
soon be forced out of business.
Secretary NJ. o. Fuller has lust
made out his report for the month of
December to forward to the officials
of the road and TO the state officers
of the railroad department. The
period covered by his report is five
days less than month. His figures
show that the institution has earned
approximately $l.1OO. The rest rooms
nave been used 700 times. an average
of 2S daily, the total number of rooms
being 80; the restaurant was used
3,O11 times, an average of 116 a day;
the barber shop was used 279 times,
and there were 15s baths taken. The
library has been well patronized and
the bible classes and morning prayers
are drawing considerable interest.
y move is on foot to begin class
for the study of the steam engine and
10 names have already been enrolled
The leaders in the work will be engi-
neers of practical experience. Other
classes of this kind will be formed in
the course of time.
The Y. NJ. c. ~. although well pat
ronized, is not yet on a basis which
enables ii to pay the portion of the
cost of its maintenance specified un-
der the plan upon which its inaugur-
alton was agreed on by the Rock Is
land officials. To reach this the
membership must be brought to 400
and even at that the road will have
n considerable portion of the expense
to bear. There is little doubt now.
however. that all anticipations will be
realized in the course of time.
It's Different Now.
Nearly 600 employees of the general
offices Of the Burlington road march
ed to- the ticket office window in Chi
cago Thursday and purchased month
and are now longing for the good
times that have gone, not to come
again.
No one knows just where the order
came from to stop furnishing the
women heads of employees households
with suburban transportation, but it
rs credited to James J. Hill, and is
one of the several reforms in trans
management is said to be figuring on
inaugurating.
1t has been the custom on the Bur
lingtOn for time out of mind to give
the woman at the head of each EN-
ploye family, be she wife, mother |
or sister. free transportation on the |
suburban line, and in the form of
monthly tickets. With the end of |
the year this privilege ceased, and, |
so far as known, the Burlington is
the only road to shut off this class of |
favors. The new rule is the sole topic |
of conversation and discussion among |
the rank and file in the Burlington |
offices, and various were the opinions
held regarding it. No explanation
was given for cutting off the passes. |
1t is understood that similar privil- |
eges heretofore granted TO cnipiovcs'
wives all over the system have been
cut off or will be.
Hardy Hetter Hurt.
Yard Foreman Hardy Hetter is con-
fined 70 his home as the result of an
accident of which he was the victim
Thursday evening. He boarded the
evening train west at the Twentietl
street depot in company with a friend
intending to get off at the Seven
teenth street station. Becoming in
terested in a conversation he did not