Rock Island Argus., 1904-03-02

| first station west of Fairfield. AT this
place co acres of gumbO have been
secured and the work of burning.
which will take four years time, has
already begun. 1t is expected that
hauling out will soon begin and thous-
ands of tons of the red ballast viii! be
secured in this way.
Another Acquisition.
II. S. Lloyd is the latest acquisition
| by the Rock Island and for one of its
most important positions of trust. He
resigns the superintendency of motive
power and general equipment of the
Lackawanna road to become general
superintendent of the motive power of
the Rock Island system. He is said
to be a railroad man of exceptional
ability and a communication from the
headquarters cf the road announces
that his retirement is a matter of
keenest regret to the management OF
the Lackawanna. In expressing this
Il high official writes as follows:
During the four years that Mr..
Lloyd has been with us he has made 4
brilliant record and amplified an envi-
able reputation that is second to that
of no other mechanical superinten-
dent. The fact that our motive power
is equal if not superior TO any other
railroad is due almost entirely to Mr..
Lloyd's skill. ability and energetic
work. He takes with him the highest
regard and best wishes of every offici-
al and subordinate associated with
him"
Previous to taking service with the
4 VI 1. IL.
Chesapeake & Ohio and before that
he was on the Pittsburg, FIT. Wayne &
Chicago. In accordance with the civil
service rules on the Lackawanna, his
retirement will mean promotion for
employees who have demonstrated their
ability to step into higher positions.
Largest StorehOuse-
Says the current Railway Age of
the Rock Islands new storehouse at
New Shops:
"The storehouse at Moline is by far
the largest ever built in connection
with railroad shops. 1t is three
story brick structure 500 feet long
and 100 feet wide, the total floor area
being 200 square feet. The second
and third floors have five galleries
with skylights above, and these re-
duce the floor area in these two stor
les by $500 square feet; otherwise,
the total floor area would be 100000
square feet. As it is. it is ten times
the floor space of the new storehouse
at the Omaha shops Of the Union Pa
cific, about eight times that at Col
linwood. and nearly four times that
proposed for the new shops of the
I al,s
areas of modern storehouses are as
follows:
Reading. locomotives only ..... 1000
McKees Rock. Pa. p & L. E.. $500
Omaha. Union Pacific $1,000. 14.40O
Topeka. ~. I. & 5. +. ..... 1900
Collinwood. Lake Shore ....... $1,000
Sayre. Lehigh Valley .-.--. 37,400
Moline. C.. II. I. & p ........... .141. 200
"As viii be seen by the plans. the
interior is entirely of timber construc-
tion. There are two elevators. each
of 21R tons capacity. with platforms
Z by Q feet. These are supplied by
the Moline Elevator company. and the
motors for them by the Northwest |
ern Electric Motor company. At the |
central part of the building are large
offices for the storekeeper and shop |
accountants. The large building is |
heated by the hot blast fans \ 10 |
foot platform surrounds three sides. |
and at the east end there Is long
platform 152 by 500 feet. and crane |
runway so feet span. supported on |
steel columns. controls a large outside |
space where heavy materials are
stored"