Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-11
STILL ON DECK
@ Official Says He Has, Not Re-
signed and Does Not
Intend To.
PAYS A VISIT TO THE CITY
Intimates That Tower Clock Is Yet
Among the Possibilities
Notes.


lines of the Q, dropped into town yes
terday afternoon in his private car.
the 81. going out to Galesburg in the
evening ON train No. so. Supt. Rice
has been i'll for the better part of n
month and his visit here was made
merely in the regular discharge of
his duty.
When asked by an Argus reporter
il il was true as rIImored that he had
presented his resignation he entered
an emphatic denial, stating that he
had no thought of doing so. Asked
of the manner of handling the roads
passenger business in the three
cities in the absence of general
passenger agent. he replied that, al
though the matter did not lie in his
department he was quite sure no dis.
position had been made of it as yet.
On the question of more crossing
gates and the tower clock he replied
in regard to the former that if the
gates at Twentieth street give salts
faction they will be followed by
others. About the clock he said:
Il was not aware clock had been
promised Rock Island till after Mr..
Brown had resigned | am not sure
but there really ought to be one
here and if the people really want
one and will be any better satisfied
on that account | guess we can sllir-
mish around and scare up one some
where. In this connection | wish TO
state that no promise of mine to the
people of Rock Island has ever fail
ed 10 be realized" The last remark
was made as an intimation that the
clock had not been of his promising.
Asked in regard to the intentions
of the company in regard to chang
ing the line in Moline from the pres
ent course to the river front via the
tailrace fill and the building of a
new depot upon the lot on the river
bank which the road has purchased,
he said that no decision has as vet
been arrived at on this head.
Reported Sale of Peoria.
Employees in the general offices of
the Peoria road were much interest
ed today in articles that appeared
in the Peoria Star of last evening
and the Herald-Transcript this morn
ing announcing the sale of the Pc
oria road to the Santa Fe system.
The items in question state that the
deal has been closed and the road
that has always been n feeder for
the Rock Island system will within
30 days be taken possession of by
the new owners.
Vice President II. s. Cable today
stated to an Argus reporter that he
had absolutely no knowledge of any
such transaction as is outlined above
and further could not explain where
such reports could have gained cur
rency. Neither did he know of such
a deal being negotiated.
The Santa Fe has never acquired a
right of way into Peoria. having been
held off at Pekin by other opposing
interests. Since reaching the latter
place negotiations have been made
from time TO time to get track
rights into Peoria over the lines of
the Peoria e. Pekin Terminal COM
pany. which is master of the situa
ton. but with little success. 1t is
now thought that the big road may
have succeeded in making terms en-
abling ii to take its passenger trains
into Peoria, and this may have led to
the rumor which the papers of that
city have given currency.