Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
OFFICE IS CREATED
Depot Master Placed at Rock Is.
land Fifth Avenue
Station.
S. G. DAVIS RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
Assigned Duty Of Looking After Con-
Venience and Comfort OF
Passengers.

The city of Rock Island has been
elevated by the road that bears its
name to a dignity that few places of
its size can claim. In fact it may now
be said to rank with Omaha, Kansas
City and even Chicago in that it has
a depot master. S. q. Davis, formerly
conductor on the Illinois division,
yesterday went on duty in that ca
pacity, and will hereafter be found
looking after the comfort and CON
venience of the travelling public
An Office will be fitted up for Mr..
Davis in the east building at the Fifth
avenue station, and his duties viii be
numerous and varied. He win have
charge of the preparation of the pas
senger trains and will see that the
engines are ordered for them so that
there will be no delays in getting
them out after they are ready to go.
In this connection he will have a
measure of authority over the round
house foreman. and he will assume
a portion of the duties that have in
the past devolved upon the overwork-
ed local yard master.
lutte command of the car inspectors.
repairers and cleaners and the bag
gagemen. He will keep general
check upon everybody, and will be eX-
peted to report to headquarters when
anything is not going right. On the
other hand ii is assumed that he will
be the proper person to address by
any person who has grievance
against the company.
Very few cities have depot agents
and Rock Island citizens who appreci-
ate the state of affairs should not
hesitate TO call upon Mr.. Davis for
anything in his line. to the end that he
may be kept busy and the danger that
otherwise might arise of the office be
ing abolished be therefore circum-
vented.
VIII Answer Queries.
| Another institution that has been
established for the benefit of the pub
lie, and To help relieve the pressure
of work in Il certain quarter, is a gen
eral information bureau. Agent j.
w Crandall has charge of this. \
special telephone has been put in con
meeting his office in the depot with the
|
patcher is now expected to keep him
informed of the movements of the
passenger trains so that he can in
turn tell the public about them. In
the past i'm order to secure any re-
liable information it has been neccS-
sary to call upon the chief dispatcher
direct and the duty of answering the
inquiries. especially when trains were
running pretty much at SKIES and
sevens. has been an onerous one. The
present plan has been adopted to re-
lieve the chief dispatcher and to
tgive the public better service as well
Carrying out this same idea &c is
being planned to put bulletin board
in the waiting room, thing that has
not been done here ON the Rock ISL
and heretofore. and Mr.. Crandall will
keep the record of the trains checked
up so that he who travels may read
Still another new institution in the
Fifth avenue passenger station is an
electric clock that graces the west
end of the waiting room. Upon Agent
Crandall falls the duty of watching
it and keeping a record of its eccen-
tricities. When he is not answering
the telephone. challling up the bulle-
tin board, watching the telephone OF
making out his daily, weekly, monthly
and annual reports, Mr.. Crandall will
find time to sell a few tickets.
Rock Island Paragraphs.
/ f. &. Young, the foreman of tele-
graph construction for the Rock Isl
and, who is believed to have persisted
yesterday morning in the fire that de
stroyed the Clifton house in Cedar
Rapids, had charge of the electrical
work in connection with the new
Fifth avenue passenger station.
Engineer Rahm is temporarily run
ming out of Natick ON the 1906.
Engine No 912 has been sent to the
Davenport shops for a general over
hauling.
Engineer {. c. Pratt has reported
after AN illness.
Engine 1113, which has been run
ming on the Illinois division, is to b'
sent to the Western Iowa division.
Firemen Geisenhagen and Bever
idge and Engineer Davis have report
oil