Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-30
GAIN AN ADVANCE
Railway Carmen Granted a
Raise on the Rock Island
System.
ACTION YESTERDAY
OF New Purchase in
Trade With the Gulf
Ports.
FAVORABLE ACTION YESTERDAY

The Brotherhood of Railway Car
men yesterday gained point with the
Rock Island System, for which they
have been fighting since May %, and
as a result wages all along the line
cent. The raise was accomplished by a
committee of % delegates, represent
ing 40 terminal points, who appeared
in person before General Manager
Goodnow and superintendent of Motive
Power Narnum armed with compare
tive figures taken from the pay rolls
of competing roads.
This order affects IS men employed
at Rock Island, Moline and Natick.
The men now receive from $40 to $5S
month and under the new scale will
get from $50 to S75. About 1900 in
all are interested.
New Combinations.
The acquisition of the Evansville d
Terre Haute road by the Frisco and
the bringing of that line into the
Rock Island Frisco combine has add
ed interest to the recent movements
in the lower Mississippi valley. The
announcement was just made that the
Frisco and the Missouri Pacific had
completed an arrangement by which
the two interests are to Jointly build
a line down the west side of the Mis-
sissippi river from Memphis to Baton
Rouge. Close on the heels of this is
the compact between the Frisco and
the Illinois Central by which the lat
ter gets the benefit of trackagc rights
into Birmingham and the former
rights from Baton Rouge into New
Orleans.
From these developments il would
appear that the ally of the Rock Isl
and-'Frisco on the east side OF the
Mississippi below the Ohio was to he
the Illinois Central. The newly ac-
quired line gives connection with the
Illinois Central at Henderson, by
which Il route to Memphis east of the
Mississippi can he obtained if desired.
Rock Island officials say no offer has
been made for the Des MONIES d Fort
Dodge, yet deal is expected. The
latter road. control of which was
ey last year, is operated by the Rock
Island under a lease which has two
years to run. 1t is supposed the Rock
Island ultimately will buy control of
the property.
Consolidate Offices.
The city ticket offices of the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois railroad, now
-, a. e..
Trust building in Adams street, will
be moved soon to the city ticket office
of the Rock Island System, Clark and
Adams streets. Chicago.
This consolida ton of the city tick
ct offices of all lines in the Rock ISL
and-'Frisco system will result in a
great saving of expense. The gen
eral offices of the Chicago d. Eastern
Illinois will remain for the present
in the Ellsworth building. as accom-
mediation for them cannot be found
i'm the Rock Islands Office building
connected with the new La Sale
street station.
Say It's Not True.
The Burlington Hawkeye hears that
President Harris, of the c.. II. d O., is
not to leave the road i'm accordance
with recent rumor. 1t says:
"a report in circulation that George
b. Harris. president of the burlington
road, is about to sever his connection
with that company and become head
of the Kansas City Southern, is who'll
" without foundation. The record
which Mr.. Harris has made for him
self on the Burlington is one of which
any man may well be proud and one
to insure his continuance with that
road probably while he remains in
active railroad service.
'Mr. Harris has the confidence and
esteem of the big men who control
the destinies of the Burlington sys-
tenn. He is a Burlington Route prod
uct, and as such is valuable to the
road as it's president. He is thor
oughly practical and embodies in his
methods much of the strength which
made c. +. Perkins such a power in
railroad affairs