Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-10
END OF SPECIAL
Burlington Road Has Falling Out
With Good Roads Com.
mission.
TOUR ENDS AT GALESBURG
Members of Party Must Travel as Indi-
Viduals to Coast-Notes
of Rail.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad company and the committee
of the National Good Roads associa-
ton parted company at Galesburg Mon
day Just exactly the trouble between
the c., B. & Q. and the good roads as
sociation cannot be learned, but it is
said the Burlington did not approve of
the associations representatives tax
ing the cities $3.50 each for the privi-
lege of entertaining a few good roads
speakers and experts, nor approve of
the speakers urging the purchase of
lotion rollers, graders and other road
implements, and held that when the
model road is built under direction of
the association, the city has to pur-
chase certain tools and implements
made by certain firms, or even if this
is not demanded, every attempt is
made to sell the same TO adjoining
townships The Burlington considered
the whole proposition one of graft and
an endeavor to line the pockets of
those closely associated with the good
roads orators and committees
Members of the party are now left
TO make the best of their way as indi-
viduals to the Portland exposition.
Reduce Passenger Rates.
The Illinois Central has announced
a reduction of nearly 100 per cent in
passenger fares between Chicago and
Milwaukee, Decatur and Bloomington.
The object is to meet competition on
interurban trOlleys. This is said to be
the first move in the plan formed bv
the big steam railroad managers of
the country TO fight trolleys. Illinois
roads having been selected to start the
battle. The Alton road has already be-
gun competition between BLOOMINGTON
and st. Louis.
New Rock Island Time Card.
new card goes into effect on the
Rock Island next Sunday by which the
time of most of the trains is made ear
lier and there are a number of changes
in the equipment.
one of the most important is the
change in No. g. which leaves here at
1880, noon. 1t will have buffet Pull.
man car attached and becomes the
fastest through train from here to the
mountains, arriving at Denver at Has
a. m. the next day
AiC OOluCh hotSilG limited VIII De lelJ
on till further notice, it is stated This
train usually comes off about the first
of April. One sleeper will be removed.
No. 29. the fast mail. will leave Chi
cagO 20 minutes earlier than now. leav-
ing this city for the west at 1890 in
stead of 12:45. No. 80 is left on the
same time but t will have dining car
service. as will No. 20. No. AZ east
bound, leaves Colorado points Is min
utes earlier and leaves here at -: 50
noon instead of at 40. No. 49, the To-
cal to Chicago, leaves Rock Island at
1870 p. III. instead of at 40.
No. 81 the paper train, which now
leaves Chicago at Pas a. M, will leave
at 2:15 and will reach Rock Island half
an hour earlier at G:30. No. Z, which
now leaves at 7:10. will leave at G:35.
No. 10, the Minneapolis train, now ar
irving at $40 p. m. from Chicago, will
arrive at $500 and will depart at $3.50.
The dining car will be taken off or No.
10 and 20.
No. l now arriving from the east
at 3:15. will arrive at 1:35 and lay
over here about an hour.