Rock Island Argus., 1902-01-04

that brought il TO the city took back
the D., II. /. & \. w. engine, No. 81.
that was damaged in the collision at
Terminal Junction last week. The
latter road is now borrowing the 1929
for yard work.
Fireman G. Hindererd is laid up with
sprained ankle which he sustained
in an accident at Barstow.
Firemcn Owens and S. Hills have
been sent here from Beardstown dur
ing the week to do extra duty and
Fireman c. w. Benson has been trans
ferred to the latter place to relieve
the shortage there.
Harry Ross has been transferred
from the yards to a place as passen-
ger brakeman.
Brakeman Munford has been trans
ferred to Sterling to run out of that
place on trains 81 and %.
Conductor Claypool has a weeks
leave of absence.
Brakeman W. \. r. Wood is taking
a week off.
Switchman DeGroot is sick.
The Burlington management has
ordered six cafe-observation cars.
which will be delivered to the COM
pany during the coming summer.
This order is important because the
cars will be the first of the kind ever
run on the Burlington system. -
Rock Island Notes
Fireman j. Laughery, who has been
running on the 1910. has resigned,
and ID. Griffin has been assigned to
his run.
Fireman Z. Downing is on the Rcck
Island local.
Engineer II. f. Pratt is disabled
with an attack of rheumatism.
Fireman F. Pierce crushed his fin
ger so badly that he is unable to
work.
Engine s23 has been overhauled at
the Davenport shops and is now ruin
ming on the c. X. & y. division.
Engineer j. Clapper is back after
having spent couple of weeks near
Muscatine.
. Engineer w. Clark is kept at home
by the illness of his son.
Fireman Il. *. Thorpe, who has
been kept away from work by sick.
ness in the family, is back on his
run.
&c. Larkin are sick.
Engineer j. Powers is back at
work after an illness.
Report has il that w. !. Allen, for
mer assistant general manager of the
Rock Island. is to again return to the
official family of that road.
Engineer Dan Moriarity is back on
duty after nearly months Illness.
Engineer Al HOtchK1ss will resume
his duties Monday. Dave Hotchkiss
has been running his engine, the 1908.
\ special engine and crew was or
dered out to begin putting up ice for
the company today.
Fireman c. Ehler is back from st.
Louis where he was called on account
of illness among relatives.
Fireman o. l.. Dillon has gone to
Omaha on a visit.
Brakeman Harper is kept away
from duty by sickness in the family.
Conductor Burnett, whose wife is
sick. is temporarily off his run.
Fireman George Arnold is on the H.
linois division local.
brakeman Bowers has gone east
TO attend the funeral of mis- mother.
Conductor L. \. MaPes is kept at
home by an attack of quinsy.
Brakeman Archer is sick.
Engineer Guy Taylor has returned
to work after an absence.
Record Broken.
One of the St. Paufs mammoth
engines has broken the record be-
tween Milwaukee and Chicago. On
New Years eve the new compound
Atlantic type engine No. o21, made the
eighty-five and two-tenth miles from
Chicago to Milwaukee in eighty-seven
minutes, or one hour and twenty
seven minutes. The previous record is
said 10 have been one hour and thir-
ty-two minutes. and he fastest sched-
ule of the St. Paul calls for the run
in one hour and forty-five minutes.
During "a miles of the distance be-
tween Catalonia AMI Lakewood the
train maintained n speed of tritie
over 1O2 miles per hour. The distance
between these two sations, "a miles,
was made in exactly two minutes.
Gets Cap Back.
Brakeman Charley Goble, of the
Peoria, last week lost his cap while
returning from Peoria one evening.
Yesterday it was returned to MIN as
good as ever, except that it appears
to have shrunk one or two sizes