Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-02
Difficulties in Way of Fast Ser
vice Milwaukee Will
Put On.
TRACK IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY
Splendid Advertising City is Get
ting From Rock Island
Road.

1naugurated In this city and Moline
Will be that of providing more and
better tracks over that what is known,
for the sake of form. as the d., X. /.
& y. w. The present road through
the twin-cities is too crooked and too
poorly constructed, as well as I'M
adequate in the accommodations it
affords, to admit of the fast trains
making reasonable time or running
with reasonable safety over it.
The recent visit of the Milwaukee
officials TO this vicinity was made
largely to give an opportunity to
study the. conditions that this bit of
road presents and the train on which
the visitors rode passed very slowly
through the upper end of this city
and the western part of Moline, while
a close inspection of the road and the
adjoining property on both sides of 1T
was made.
Distracted by Switching.
In the factory district at the west
end of Moline the witching facilities
of the road are limited and the main
track is used continually. Something
must be done to give an exclusive
track for the regular trains. Then
there are the crossings over the Rock
Island tracks at the end of the bridge
and at the foot of East Seventeenth
street. which will have to be looked
after. The dispute in regard to the
angle at the latter place has not been
settled and the men who were ne
gotiating in behalf of the roads inter
ested are all filling other positions
than those they occupied when the
matter was first brought up. The
matter of better protection for the
public at street crossings, too, will
probably present itself. On the whole
it appears that the Milwaukee road
has work to do in this vicinity before
next October. when it has been an
nounced the new service will be put
on.
City Being Well Advertised.
Although Rock Island may have suf-
fered in the local changes the road
bearing the city's name has made in
the last couple of years it must be
confessed that the road has, at least
partially, evened matters up by the
manner in which it has chung to and
made prominent as well as per
manent the name the city
gave it, Scarcely a city in the land
mas ndu It's 81 hAuCAN
orally mentioned during the past few
weeks as has Rock Island the
result of the interest in the expansion
and the scheme of reorganization of
the big road The latter when it had
outgrown the appellation, route,
and became a system" still remained
the Rock island and now even the
financiering institution that has been
IL xxf ffr,Cr
in the reorganization has been styled
the Rock Island company" This in
direct renown means more for the
city, particularly in a commercial
way, than most people appreciate.
New system of Numbers.
The G., II. /. & p. has adopted n
new system of lettering its engines,
owing TO the confusion that would
have prevailed under the old system
with the addition of the engines of
the roads that have been merged into
the large system. The old 1.3O0 series
are now becoming COOS. Those of
the latter that are left are being put
in the 100 class. The 800 series are
being put in the 300 class and the
old compound 1,2OO's are put in a new
class numbered from 1000 up. In
this connection it has been ordered
that the numbers be placed on the
tenders and the plate in front alone,
and thereafter there will be none
placed on the headlights, sandboxes,
or on the backs of the tenders. The
extra gliding and lettering of every
description will be left off. The work
is being done in the roundhouses all
over the system.
The Change of Rock Island Stock.
New York, Aug. 2-Deposits of
Rock Island stock with the Central
Trust company for conversion into
new securities is reported very large.
This is accepted by the management
as evidence of the general approval
by the stockholders of the reorgan-
ization plan.
Briefs of the Burlington.
Brakeman F. d. Wrenn is sick
the ST. Louis passenger. w. Il. Hart
nady has his place.
Fred Davis is switching in the Mo-
line yards.
Conductor Keller, who runs on the
Chicago freight, is sick.
1t is reported that as part of the
deal by which the burlington is to
allow the Rock Island additional yard
room in the upper part of this city,
the latter is to turn over to the for
mer the yards of the b. c. II. & n. in
Davenport. These yards are out of
the way for the Rock Island and can
be of no use to it, while they would
come in very handy for the Burling
ton
Rock Island Rattle.
Fireman Wynes is laying off.
Fireman Reed is on engine HOG.
Roundhouse helper F. Higgins has
l,aar 1,rounofed IN fireman and Fire.