Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-08
CHANGES IN SIGHT
Number of Promotions Among
the Local Burlington
Employees.
EFFECTIVE FIRST OF THE MONTH
E. p. Swan Succeeds as Commercial
Agent in Davenport, Walter
Freeman Resigning.

Walter Freeman, commercial agent
for the Burlington Route i'm Daven-
port. has resigned and the way has
thus been paved for number of
changes affecting employees i'm the
Rock Island Office of the company
+. +. Swan, now travelling freight
agent, with headquarters in Rock Isl
and, under the new order to take eff
feet Sept. l, viii GO to Davenport as
successor to Mr.. Freeman in the ca
pacity of commercial agent. Kinsley
Mack, chief clerk in the Office of Di-
vision Agent IL. W. Crawford. will
take Mr.. Swans place a. travelling
freight agent. while he will be sue
ceeded in his present position by
Frank W. Freeman, now cashier i'm
the office of Agent NJ. j. Young.
+. p. Swan, who goes to the impor-
tant Davenport post, has been identi-
fled with railway interests in the tri-
cities for a number of years. lie was
with the Rock Island i'm various ca
pacitieS for Is years. then left that
road when the d., II. /. d y. w. was
built through, becoming first chief
clerk to the general freight agent in
Davenport and later commercial
agent for Davenport. When that
road sold out he went to the Burlins-
ton, last serving here as travelling
freight agent.
photographers Meet.
Aug. l. is said to be the date when
H., faIn nj. hn l. 4
System viii make bid for recogni-
ton and ask an advance in wages.
For some time the movement has
been on foot to organize the teleg-
raphers and ii is now said to he pref
ty thoroughly accomplished. \ com
miitee has been appointed and will
wait upon the officials of the company
at Chicago and lay the cause before
them. Encouraged by the success
that other branches of the service
have met with, the telegraphers.
while not looking for anything to he
given them without effort, expect to
win.
Other Changes.
The position Of cashier vacated by
+. ". Freeman To become tariff clerk
viii be filled by the promotion of Joe
Crawford. now assistant cashier. and
Dudley Marshall. who is now bill
clerk. will succeed Mr. Crawford.
What further changes VIII bc made
in the local office have not been de
cidei as yet.
There i rumor in circulation that
Division Agent Berry is 10 resign from
the charge of the St. Louis division.
If this proves to be true it will not
occasion a great deal OF surprise here,
though there is no official confirma-
ton as yet. Mr.. Berry has been con
nected with the company in his pres
ent capacity for a period of three
Years, prior 10 that time being dis
patcher at Reardstown. and he has
proved competent official.
This IL Official.
1t is given out from an official
source tIat the date of the opening
of freight traffic on the Milwaukee
cutoff will begin i'm earnest Sept. l.
passenger trains to follow aS soon
.afterward As possible. probably with
in a month. The repeated announce
ments that have been made will prob
ably render the public more or less
skeptical in regard TO the truth nt
it. The season has on the whole
been favorable for progress on the
line during the past few months and
the company has come nearer tC
keeping up with its plans than at any
previous period since the line was
begun. The difficulties in the begin
ming appear not to have been fully
appreciated.
Observing Extreme ECONOMY.
There is every evidence that the
management of the Rock Island road
is not planning to take off trains on
branch lines of the system purely out
of a desire to make the greatest
amount of money with the smallest
possible outlay. but that there is real
necessity for economy The order tn
reduce expenses has gone to every
department, and is being carried out
to the letter. \ disregard for appear
ances even is manifested. as is evil
denced by the laying off of engine
wipers at the local roundhouses, so
that many machines go cut without
receiving any external attention.
When such measures as this are TAX
en- to effect n saving in expenses it
would seem that the action is not
wholly voluntary on the part of the
mauapemRnt ..t.