Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
new CAR SHOPS
TOCOST SS5,OOO;
Time TO Be CUT
Tri-City Railway Company S
Plans for New Building
Arrive From East.
TO BE ERECTED IN SPRING
Six Minute Schedule on Two Main
Lines Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
New Cars.

The tentative plans for the new car
shops 10 be erected the coming year
NV the Tri-City Railway company on
the ground acquired by II year ana a
half ago on Moline avenue east OF
Thirty-ffth street, have been received
IN Rock Island
The plans provide for a steel, con-
crete and brick one-story strictly hre-
proof building. with dimensions OF 100
by 1870 feet. to cost in the neighbor-
hood Of Ss5. 900. The building will be
equipped with every appliance essen
tial 10 q first class car-building and
ear-repairing plant, and It is altogether
likely that when completed the com
pany will. as has heretofore been IN
timated. build its own cars, while
there win be plenty to do otherwise in
keeping the general equipment in re-
pair. When tine new Shops are com
pIeted. the frame portion % the pres
ent car house on Moline avenue will
be torn down and steel and brick car
sheds erected in place for storage pur-
poses.
MORE CARS TO COME.
In the meanwhile the company is con-
sidering the letting Of a contract for
delivery early in the spring for 80
more pay-as-you-enter cars. OF similar
type to those IN operation on the Third
and Fourth avenue lines in Rock Is
land and Moline. There are Is OF these
in the service. and with 30 more the
company viii not have more than hall
enough altogether TO equip its entire
system
ONLY PAY-AS-YoU-ENTER
The adopted policy Of the company
calls for pay-as-you-enter cars only In
the company's future equipment, anC
cars OF this design only will be built
hereafter The Elm street line viii
be one OF the first among the branche!
70 be equipped with the big cars, anC
as fast as the present single truck carr
can be replaced. they will be retired
so that in the course of year and {
helf's time It is expected that ever!
car on the system will be of the ap
proved pay-as-you-enter class.
The double truck cars OF the com
Tany's own make will then be used OF
the Arsenal service or for special oC
casions, the converting of these car
into pay-asyou-enters having bee
found imprGCticable The plan is t
abandon the open cars as we'll as a
trailers as soon as It is possible t
do so
SIX-MINUTE SERVICE
The company yesterday announce
proposed Improvement in the serviC
on the Third and Fourth avenue line
between Rock Island and Moline thi
win be appreciated by the public. S
perintendent Huntoon has under co
sideratiOn a schedule which will |
put into effect early in the sprir
which will insure a 12-minute servit
instead of Is minutes. as now. on bot
lines. that Is 70 say. there will be
ear 20 Moline on one OF the lines ever
six minutes Under the new ordinanc,
IL Rock Island. the company will
obliged 20 cut the time from Is TO
minutes ON the Fourth avenue In
next spring. and the company has d
cided 10 apply the improvement
both main lines, which will require
additional car on each.
WAS REALLY NEEDED.
While in equipment and speed Il
means OF transportation between Ro.
Island and Moline have improved
nave advantages of a similar nature