Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-06
NEW SET or RULES
Rock Island Has Abandoned Old
Code That Guided its
Employees.
DONE TO AVOID CONFUSION
Entire REORGANIZATION of the Staff Of
the System-Notes OF
Rail.

Too many rules and regulations fol
the guidance of trainmen and Others
has led the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway company to adopt 4
new code for the operation of trains
From year to year rules and regula-
tons have been added to the books Oh
this company until now, after an eX-
istence of about f0rty-five years of
the corporation. the men of the road
have become involved in a maze.
Rules have been ADDED and elaborated
upon until Il confusion prevails as to
their Interpretation by the employees.
The mass of rules and orders under
which the employees of the company
have been staggering are TO be thrown
in the waste basket and new set,
known as the standard code, will be
adopted. The latter is the system of
rules in force on a majority of the
railroads Of the country, and under
which the operation of trains is great
~ simplified.
Men Must lie Educated.
BY the abandonment of its own
rules and adoption of the standard
code the Rock Island will start over.
and the men must be educated, but
the task will be an easy one. as it in
wolves more the elimination of old and
superfuCus instructions than the
adoption Of new ones. However. the
standard code will mean the applica-
ticn Of many new regulations on the
Rock Island.
One of the features of the new set
l.. .fTa
probably Feb. -. will be an entire re-
organization of the signal staff of the
system. Heretofore all of the train
operation has been under the tele
graph department of the road. Tn
der the standard code the signals and
operations will be directed by a signal
b engineer. who will head a signal de
partment. The entire system will be
rcorganiZed to bring about this
change.
Officers Of the Rock Island are
working continuously on the new
rulcs. several meetings Cf the general
superintendents Of the entire system
having been held in Chicago. The
work of effecting the changes is I'M
der the immediate direction of J. q.
Crockett, assistant to the general
manager. Mr.. Crockett says there
viii be no changes in the well-known
rules of the company bearing upon
the conduct and discipline of en-
pioyes.
Milwaukee tn Double Track.
In railroad construction in this
vicinity about the first work to be
put through in the spring will be the
double tracking of the Milwaukee
tracks from Fortieth street. in this
city, east to East Moline, along the
route of the old ID. II. |. & y. W. road.
The present track facilities are so
much congestcd at present that the
company is preparing to put through
this piece of work as soon as posi-
BE
Since the opening of the Kansas
City cutoff the traffic has increased
in a remarkable degree. There are
now an average Of 20 freight trains
daily through the city both ways, be-
sides the eight or ten passenger
trains. This condition Of affairs has
created a congestion of traffic in this |
city and Moline. which is to be RENE
died by the construction of double !
tracks where such are not already |
built.
At the time the new track is to he
built the road will lee Strengthened |
down the tailracc and several bad |
curves will be eliminated. This is TO |
be done by building ont over the sur
face of Sylvan water, permission for |
doing SO having already been OBJ
tanned.
Railroad Notes.
ID. \. Il. Wood. conductor on the |
Burlington road. i laid up with grip. |
b. f. Hogan. an engineer on the
Illinois division of the Rock Island. |
has returned 10 work after weeks
sickness.
II. ID. Luse. the foreman at the Rock |
Island roundhouse, has been trans
ferred To New Shops, where he will
take charge of one Of the depart
ments in the machine shop.
Fred Kerstern. a machinist at the
Rock Island roundhouSe, i sick with
grip
Engineer NJ. Mitchell, of the Rock
Island. who has been laid up with
grip, has returned TO wo-k.
y solid train of Is ears. known "a
the Texas special. loaded with the
Sherwin-William> paints and varn;sh-
e. will pass through here on the
Rock Island railway tomorrow. bound
for Texas. The shipment was made
from plant No. of the Sherwin-Wil-
liams company. at Cleveland. and i
intended for distribution among deal
ers in the Lone Star state. The train
Is going straight through TO Fort
Worth. making daylight runs only. at
which point it will be broken mp for
individual distribution To dealers
throughout the state. Phil WiIcher.
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