Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-06
llIlMoUIH Will
AVE SOUTHERN
SERVICE AGAIN


pnck Island Southern railroad
svsisa will again connect Rock Is
~ and Monmouth on Monday,
- the railroad administration,
~ IN control Of the Southern,
sIaus 70 start trains covering the
xetance between these two points,
y The rate OF four per day. The
.ehedule made public today pro-
,,des for a mixed train and a pas
ssnrer train to leave Rock Island
Aaily at different times for Mon
month. At times corresponding
vifb those when trains leave Rock
I.lsnd mixed train and a passen-
rsr train will pull out Of Monmouth
for Rock Island.
This announcement Is taken to
rsan that investigation Of the
hridces along the Rock Island
snuthern line between Gilchrist
md Monmouth revealed the fact
that they are safe The Southern
oBcials always held that they
vere However, unofficially and
through suits entered in the courts,
these trestles were ALL ed to be
dangerous and UNIT for travel. Gov
snrnent engineers recently made a
survey and tested the truth OF
these statements. Repairs, II they
had been made, would have barely
begun at this time, it is said. so
that the bridges are supposed to
have been found safe.
Since the Southern discontinued
messenger train service on Jan. 10
no trains over that road have en-
tered or left Monmouth. On Mon
day morning at 10:15 the first will
arrive in that town since Jan. 10.
-Four Go Daily. 4
-Four trains will make the trip
daily. At 1901 o'clock, one min
ute after noon, every day, a mixed
extra" or train of both passenger
and merchandise cars, will leave
the Twentieth street terminal of the
Southern, which is housed in the
Rock Island lines station at Twen-
tieth street and First avenue. That
train will reach Monmouth at sis
D. m. Fourteen minutes after this
/, train leaves Rock Island, or at
1915 p. M, mixed train will
leave Monmouth, headed for Rock
Island. These two arrive at Gill
christ 1t 2:25 p. M. The north
bound mixed train then makes a
trip into Aledo, on spur line,
handling the merchandise and pas
sengers carried by it and by the
southbound train. The southbound
will wait at Gilchrist until the 9th
er train reaches Aledo (2:50) and
returns to Gilchrist. Then the
southbound will leave Gilchrist al
the same time the northbound does
at 3:15. The northbound is sched-
uled to arrive here at 5:S5 p. m.
The two passengers follow this
general plan, as we'll. No. 700
leaves Rock Island at 7.l5 every
morning and arrives at Gilchrist at
S:2S. The northbound passenger
train, FOL, leaves Monmouth at
7:30 and also arrives in Gilchrist
at 1928. No. 700, the southbound
makes the trip into Aledo while
7O1 waits for any passengers going
north from Aledo to be brought
to Gilchrist by 700. Both leave
Gilchrist at 9:05. The northbound
arrives in Rock Island at 1895 a.
n, while the southbound reaches
Monmouth at 1915.
Cut Crossing Stops.
A number of crossings where all
Southern trains used to stop will
not be served by the mixed trains
y No stipulation concerning them is
made in reference to the passenger
trains, and evidently those will
stop at the crossings as before
) Quoting the administration order
Mixed trains will not stop at Wag-
ner, Winters, McIntyre's, St.
Johns. Hicks, Johnson's, Adams
! Old Gilchrist, Anderson's and Nor
rows crossings"