Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-16
GETS MOLINE AGENCY
e. C. Merrill Succeeds j. r.
Schomp in Charge of Offices
of D., r. I. & N. w.
CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT MONDAY
New Terminal Arrangement on Rock
Island in Force To-
morrow.

T.. c. Merrill, cashier in the local Of
fees of the d., II. /. & n. w, has been
appointed agent at Moline to take
the place of John T. Schomp. who has
been made general solicitor of the
Milwaukee road at Davenport The
change is to take place Monday. Mr..
Merrill's place here viii he taken by
r. Ii. Hill, now rate clerk in the local
office. Who Mr.. Hills successor will
be has not been decided as yet.
Mr.. Merril's appointment to the
Moline agency is a deserved recogni-
ton of his efficiency and faithfulness
in his past connection with the road,
and will be source of qualification
to his many friends in this city.
Mr.. Greenough r. membcred.
The employees of the old Peoria
road today sent to III. II. Greenough.
formerly vice president of the road,
a handsome diamond ring as testi-
monial of the cstem in which that Of
fetal is held among those who for so
many years served under him. Con
ductor Harry Lee and Engineer T. II.
Rogers were the purchasing commit
tee, and the ring was bought in Pc
Mr.. Greenough is now connected With
the Choctaw & Texas road, with Mrs.
Greenough. who left for that city to-
day for couple of weeks visit. With
the ring was sent a note of presenta-
ton conveying the good wishes of
the givers.
New Terminal Arrangement.
1t is understood that difficulty i'll
handling fast freight promptly has
been the prime cause of the change
that will go into effect on the Rock
Island tomorrow by which the west
bound trains will be made up in the
Yards in this city instead of in
Natick. The delays at Natick have
of course affected fast freight par
ticularly, and the losses to the road
on this account have been such as to
render some change necessary. With
the room that will be given by the
dividing of the business no further
trouble should be experienced.
From the standpoint of operating
expense the move will mean a loss
rather than a saving, for although
the transfer engines with n number
of switchmen Will be taken off. the
additional mileage paid to Illinois
division men running from Natick
here with their trains and going back
empty will offset this several times
over. The plan, in fact, will be too
expensive TO endure and there is no
doubt whatever that as soon as addi-
tionaI yard and roundhousc room is
secured here further changes Will be
made. Further developments look
ing in this direction are in progress
even now.
Economy in small things is coming
to be the watchword on the Rock
Island and it has been on the Bur-
lington for some time past. Check
ing small extravagances- seems to be
one of the particular duties of L. II.
Beason, the new superintendent of
terminals of the three cities.
Has TweIve-MiIe Yard.
The merging of the Peoria road
with the Rock Island has given the
latter in this city and Moline one of
the longest yards outside of Chicago.
There is no yard limit between the
east end of the Natick yard and the
last switch at Milan, giving a contin
uous yard something like II miles in
length. When the station at East
Moline is completed this may be eX-
tended still further.
1T is announced that the site of the
old Milwaukee depot on Twentieth
street is at last to be cleared up and
the rubbish burned. Recently local
contractor made matters still worse
by dumping thereon and in plain
sight of the street a couple of loads
of old lumber. Local Freight Agent
McKennan promises that there will
be fire in that vicinity one of these
days if he can get the consent of the
chief of the fire department.
J. NJ. Dickson is the name of n new
dispatcher who has gone on duty at
the local Office during the week. He |
comes from the Union Pacific and is
filling the place at present of w. Fl.
Alley, who with his wife has gone
for trip to the mountains.
The foundation for the second
building at the Fifth avenue station
l,ae. ,aor, a1