Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
SERVICE TO LOOP
NOW PROBABILITY
pork Island Southern Negotiating for
Right to Use Tracks of Peoria
Branch of Railroad.
HAU1 CARS UPTOWN BY STEAM
Principal Arrangements Agreed Upon
With Rock Island Lines and Only
Minor Details Need Attention

A pIan recently placed on foot today
A,or,ed NJ as the probable means Of
.v,ordinz train service of the Rock
1siand southern to within a stones
fs7ow OF the heart of the loop. II be-
.ane known that there is being con-
sisered. a proposition for the interur-
Nan company to use the tracks of the
pork Island and Peoria branch of the
ROCK Island lines II the proposition
-~stsr1afizeS cuterurban cars, in
700 of using the foot OF Fourth av-
snue as the terminal. viii use the
Twentieth street station of the Rock
Island lines
TIE station would be used joinely
Nv the Rock Island lines and the Rock
Island southern. Cars would operate
- the present terminal under electric
power and under steam power from
Re foot II Fourth avenue to the loop
terrlinaI a distance Of a mile and a
quarter.
n Is entirely probable that the ne
eo-iatl0us Will be closed within the
next Two weeks. Officials of the in
terurbau company and those of the
railroad have practically agreed on
The principal ARRANGEMENTS, il is said.
Increase service.
Another feature of the plan is that
= vii give Rock island increased in
terurhau service from the south. Four
teen cars are now operated in and out
OF Rock Island The number II is pro-
missed would be increased 10 is or
more. faster schedule inaugurated
and the travelling public would re-
ceive benefits theTefTom.
The Rock Island Southern has made
numerous efforts to get uptown in
Rock Island ia the past various routes
baving been considered but for some
reason nothing ever has been done. 1t
is figured that the iuteTurban can Op-
crate over the Rock Island tracks
without receiving the official sanction
of the municipal commission, as Of
fciaIs OF both companies hold that on
" a question of trackage rights are
involved and that il an agreement is
reached by both concerns, the new
plan can he placed in operation with
out any legal bitches.
There Is "a tentative plan on foot
to use the Rock Island tracks, George
". Quackenbush, general manager Of
the Rock Island southern. with head
quarters ID the Central Trust build
ing. said this morning. THE PROPOSE
ton is under consideration now be
tween our company and the Rock Is
land lines. We expect 10 arrive at
decision one way or other within the
next two weeks.
IF the plan goes through It VIII give
increased service TO Rock Island, not
only from the viewpoint Of bringing
the passengers to the business section
Of the city but it viii mean that we
Will place an increased number of
cars On the line operating in and out
OF Rock Island. We now run "A cars
and we viii increase this TO perhaps IS
OF more
We viii not electrify the line from
our present treminaI to the Twentieth
street station. We intend 10 operate
over this distance with steam.
Business Advances.
III the plan materializes we viii
use the Twentieth street depot joint
ly with the Rock Island lines. Within
the last year the interurban has made
a fine showing. There was nothing
spasmOdic about the increase, but It
was substantial gain
Whether ur not ii the new plan dew
elUps. IT. viii mean that all further at
tempts AT securing a private route in
% the business section of the city viii
be dropped Mr. Quackenbush was IN
able To say