Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01
CAR SERVICE
cur ACCOUNT
LACK OF COAL
Thirty.Eighth Street Stab and Elm
Street. Lines AAecle9in
Rock lSland.

Beginning tomorrow the Trf-City
Railway company will curtail street
car service In Rock Island. Daven-
port and Moline.
Heatless cars wee run out Sat-
urday morning and these will con-
tinue until the coal shortage 10 al
leviated.
Tomorrow the Thirty-eighth
street stub line will b abandoned
completely. Only one car 10 used
ON this line. However. the arsenal
trippers over the line night and
morning will be operated.
The Stephens park line in Moline
is to be abandoned.
One car is to be taken OF the
Elm street line and all other cars
on this line will not be run farther
west than Nineteenth street and
Second avenue. Passengers ON
these cars will be compelled to
transfer to either the Fourth ave:
nue. or Third avenue cars to 60 ON
to the west end Of the city.
Main Lines Not Affected.
Neither the Fourth nor Third ave-
nue. lines will be affected under the
present ruling. In Davenport three
cars will be taken on the Fourth
street line and two of the LeClaire
street line. The Bridge line cars
will turn back at Scott street for
the return trip to Rock Island.
John G. Huntoon, general man
ager Of the company, said today
that this curtailment of street car
service is absolutely necessary.
| Saturday afternoon Mr.. Huntoon
met with John T.. Bauer, president
Of Division No. 313, Street Railway
Employees Of Rock Island. and g. G..
Engstrom. secretary, and informed
them that the company could not
recall the heatless car order.
The meeting was held at the
Rock Island city hall where the
two representatives Of the train
men had called on Mayor Harry NJ.
Schrfver to ascertain information
on q report they had Received that
the mayors Of the four cities had
agreed to the heatless car order.
Mayor Schriver told the represen-
tatives that he had not known
about the order until it was placed
In effect. He called Mr.. Huntoou
to tie city hall to explain the sit
uation to the two union leaders.
Mr.. Hunt0on told them that the
coal shortage has reached q criAil
and that few citizens realize jusl
how serious the situation is. He
explained that the company was IN
. position where 1t would have Il
run without heat, or no cars at all
and that unless relief comes within
two weeks the company might moi
be able to operate any OF its cars
Mako Complaint
The m0tormen and conductors
on the street cars registered com
\ plants with their union o@cial,
!, Immediately after the heatless ca
order was placed into effect. The!
asserted that passengers who rid,
but q few minutes on the cars ar,
not bothered much by the COLI
while the trainmen become chilfes
after standing q few hours in tn
>car vestibules with the doors BE-
ing opened at regular intervals.
However, after the situation hal
been explained by Mr.. Huntoon tn,
union oficials said that they did no
believe the men would enter furths
|; complaints after they make thei
!. report.
A number Of the trainmen hay
supplied themselves with small oil
burning stoves to heat the vesti
! bules.
, Southern Cuts Service.
y The Rock Island Southern rail
way announced today. as measur
Of conservation in face Of tn
, threatened coal famine, further cur
tailment Of it, service between thi
ct yand Monmouth. Two morn
r ing trains, the 1870 and 1855 car
, out of Rock Island, and the 7:3
+ and 1890 from Monmouth, hav
q been discontinued until furthe
notice. The Alexis stub branch ha
been entirely cut of during th
emergency.
The new schedule will make til
first train leaving Rock Island Z
9:55 a. m, while the first car q.
! irving from the south in the morn
! ing will be 11:4o.
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