Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-01
CHANGES IN FORCE
E. w. Swan Becomes CONNER.
cial Agent for the
Burlington.
H. <. MACK FREIGHT SOLICITOR
Appointments Effective Today
PalatiaI Train Pro-
posed.

Several changes in the tri-city force
of the Burlington railway became eff
fective today. L. p. Swan, freight
solicitor, took the position of com
mercial agent at Davenport, succeed
ing W. S. Freeman, who resigns to
enter other fields.
kinsley Mack, rate clerk in the di-
vision office, is appointed freight so
icitor, f. w. Freeman being moved
up from the cashiers desk to the
place Mr.. Mack has so efficiently fill
ed for several years. Joseph Craw-
ford is made cashier.
{. ID. Marshall, assistant cashier
Will succeed ME-. Crawford. W. H.
Snyder, at present car clerk, becomes
assistant cashier. and III. ii. Holdorf
assistant car clerk, becomes car clerk,
and Shirley Folsom will take a po-
sition as assistant car clerk.
Other changes have also taken place
in the force at the depot. j. H.
Slaughter, who has been day ianitor
has resigned to accept Il position at
the Rock Island National bank, and
Lon Williams, who has been night
janitor, becomes day janitor, and Lon
Carroll has been put on as night JAM
tor.
\ new position has been created by
the burlington to be known as assist
ant superintendent of motive power
F. y. Torrcy, formerly master me-
chanic of the Creston division. has
been appointed to fill the new posi-
ton, and \. s. Wilson has been APP
pointed acting master mechanic of
the same division.
f. y. Delano, general manager of
the burlington, made the discovery
last week that a large part of the
company's roadbed in Iowa is laid
with black walnut ties, placed in po-
sition 30 years ago, when the wood
was not considered valuable. The
most remarkable fact about it is the
extreme long life of the ties. more
than twice that of the best wood used
today.
The wage raise granted the Burling-
ton engineers and firemen becomes eff
fective today.
Palace ON Wheels.
The Harris Palatial Car company
will organize under the laws, of the
state of New Jersey this week with a
capital of 81 900. 900 for the purpose
of operating a train of five rolling
palaces between New York and San
Francisco. with so many improve
mcnts and conveniences that "a Fifth
avenue hotel patron will not know he
is out of New York if he doesn't look
out of the windows.
This five-car train the company
purposes to build will he known as
the Waldorf-Astoria de luxe train.
Its patrons will be kept exclusive by
the fact that the passengers will be
booked from one of the best hotels i'm
each city through which it passes.
The train will have everything from
palm gardens To a laundry, and moth
ing a patron of the WaIdorf-Astoria
can get by pushing a button will he
lacking.
To make it unique arrangements
have been made with the railroad
lines over which the train is to pass
to have il complete the trip across the
continent and back in 10 days. so the
train will leave with its passengers
every 10th day.
The idea is the outgrowth of the de-
funct Harris PaIatiaI Car company in
Boston. which went down under in an
avalanche of litigation over patents
ownership of stock in 1899.
eff we find the scheme takes" said
Mr.. Harris. I'VE will put on additional
trains so as to have three a week
leaving New York and San Francisco.
We have capital and men behind the
4 E -
few weeks before work will be started
on the new cars. schedule will be
issued Immediately on their compile
ton"
Carry Own Insurance.
The Rock Island railroad is carry
ing it's own insurance, having Cancelled
the schedule carried with the Eastern
railway insurance syndicate in June,
obiecting to the rate, and announcing
its intention to start an insurance
fund of its own. The loss on the
freight house burned Thursday morn
ing would have gone far towards pay
ing for insurance on the entire line
for year. 1t is believed that if the
Rock Island builds up an insurance
fund the allied roads will ultimately
be insured under it. At present the
Frisco is insured with the Western
railway syndicate, while the Eastern
Illinois carries its own risk, except
that it insures its shops and some 9th
er special hazards. The Rock Island
while dropping its schedule insurance
still insures some of its shops in the
stock companies.
Ouaratora fiat TnCroaaa
In marked contrast with the ma ior
ity of negotiations which have taken
place between employers of labor and
their employees in Chicago during the
present year and which in a majority
of cases have been characterized by
violence, strife, bloodshed and ever