Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-29
OFFICIALS CHANGE
E. G. Rice to be Made General
Inspector of Train Service
for the Burlington.
IN VICE PRESIDENTS OFFICE
II. ID. Judson Promoted TO General
SnperIntendent OF Illinois
Lines.

1 another Snapekup in the Official fam
lily of the Burlington railroad that will
affect several of the attaches of the
system well known in Rock Island is
| announced to take place the first OF
the coming month. when the lines east
Of the Missouri river viii be divided
| into three divisions They will be
/ known as the Iowa. Illinois and Mis-
souri,
r. c. Rice on that date becomes at
tached TO the office of the vice pres
| ident at Chicago. His title Will be
| inspector of train service in charge
of the entire Burlington system. MI
Rice is one of the veteran employees
of the Burlington. having gradually
worked himself up from an inferior
station. \ few years ago he was pro
NOTED from the position of superin
tendent of Illinois lines to general sup
eTintendent.
JudsOr Given Five Divisions.
Under the new arrangement II. d.
Judson, at present superintendent of
Illinois lines, with headquarters at
Galesburg, will be made general super
intendent of the Illinois division. He
will have charge of five divisions OF
the road under the change. where he
now has but three. His headquarters
will be at Chicago
The Office Of the general superin
tendent is TO be abolished. The Off
cial announcement of the appointment
of the new general superintendent
follows:
II. d. JudsOn, formerly superintend
% . h.,
superintendent of the Illinois district.
with headquarters in Chicago. He VIII
also have charge Of the Chicago ter
minals and the supervision of 500 al
ditional miles of road between Savan
nah. H.. and St. Paul. The district
includes all lines cast of the Missis
sippi river from St. Paul to East St
LOuis and Chicago.
II. c. Mutt. formerly superintendent
Of the Iowa lines. to be general super
intendent of the Iowa district. with
headquarters i'll Burlington: to be in
charge Of all lines in IoTa and north.
ern Missouri.
Henry Miller. formerly acting gen
eral manager of the Missouri lines. to
be general superintendent of the Mis-
souri, district. comprising all the lines
centering at s.. Louis, Kansas City and
ST. Joseph, with headquarters in st.
Louis.
Each of the general superintendent
will report to the general manager. As
general inspector of transportation
Mr.. Rice is expected to devise means
of making the freight and passenger
service of the Burlington system bet
ter and safer.
Another official To be affected will
be ID. b. Throop. at present superin
tcndent of the Chicago division, the
place occupied by Mr.. Judson prior to
his promotion to the Office of Illinois
superintendent. Mr.. Throop viii re
ceive the Office now filled by Mr.. Jud
son. Roadmaster F. ]. Allen. it is un
derstood. will be elevated to Mr.
TROOPS place as superintendent of
the Chicago division.
Ticket Machines Abolished.
The Dyer ticket machines used by
the Burlington at their various sta
tons along their system in printing
local tickets are now to be taken out
and tickets already printed will be
used after JuIy l. These machines
have been used by the company for
the past thirty years. The agents
in many small towns have received |
notice that they will be supplied with
the printed tickets after July l, and to
ship their machines TO the head office |
on the receipt of these tickets.
Crookedest Road.
The crookedest railroad in the world |
is situated near San Francisco, Cal, |
and is known as the Mill Valley and |
Mt. Tamalpais railway. This railroad |
is n wonderful piece of engineering |
besides being a curiosity in railroad |
Although the road is only |
So miles long yet during that 81 |