South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
ROCK ISLAND LINES
TO PLANT MEMORIAL
TREES ALONG ROUTE
Will Observe Seventeen An.
niversary of Running
First Train.

First Train.
CHICAGO. April IL Day Of
western railroading when the west
was young viii be marked by mem
orial tree planting this year by the
Rock Island lines during a celebra-
ton Of the seventeen anniversary
Of the running of the first train
from Chicago TO Joliet. That was
in October. 1852. and things in a
transportation way have changed
since the day when the passengers
gladly got out and helped the crew
load new supply of coaal or wood.
Plans worked out by the agricul-
tural department Of the railroad
and the American Forestry associa-
ton provides for the planting Of
these memorial trees in connection
with the town and station beauu-
hcation campaign the road has in
augurated.
The anniversary celebration by
the Rock Island Will be inaugurated
with the planting of memorial trees
first at the division points such as
Chicago, Little Rock. FL Reno. Dav.
export. Des Moines. Omaha St
Paul. Kansas City and MINNEAPOLIS
There VIII be seventy trees planted
at Chicago 10 typify the number of
years the road has been in operation
I in Illinois. At FL Reno. Okla.
thirty-three trees will be planted,
I because Of the years the read has
/ been in operation in that state.
I mere Will be thirty-tour trees on
I the Kansas division; siXty-nine trees
on the Iowa DIVISION and fifty trees
on the Missouri division. After the
I division points the smaller towns
VIII take up the work. The Amer
can Forestry association Will regist-
er the trees on its national honor
roll
Old timers who remember the
America. the old silver engine
No. 100. have been asked to notify
the Rock Island lines for there viii
be a place for them i'm the Celebra-
ton program. Little Mary Quad"
the first woman passenger on the
Rock Island who saw the division
TO Joliet completed i'm 1852, would
have had the place Of honor but
she died a short time ago As a
Eirl she carried lunch to her bro
Their. construction foreman. and
PLAYED along the tracks when the
I line was built on the day the frs,
train moved out of Chicago. Pres.
Farman lifted her up besides him
and she made the trip as "the first
woman passenger At Joliet where
the bis Dime, was served she sat
next 10 the president of the road.
/ The Cuaids had moved from Ken
osha. Wis. so that her brother
I could do construction work
no. 100 had a unique history
( Built by the Grant Locomotive
+ Works at Patterson. y. J.. the boiler
. chest, dome and smoke stack were
F covered with a thin sheet of German
/ silver. 40. 109 was exhibited a the
/ Worlds Fair at Paris, i'm 1867 J..
/ II. Lacey. honor man and engineer
. of Chicago now retired. once help
ed 20 polish CID 100 as one of his
first duties with the road Lacey
f is the engineer. who i'm fftv-two
. years OF service, travelling more
than riuety-dve times the distance
around the world and never had AN
. accident. He is one of the seven
who planted a tree in the Honor
. Row az Midlothian. Ill. each hay
ing been i'm the service fifty years
or more
When the silver engine was
brought 90 CShicago IL was a sensa-
tion- The engine arrived i'm May
1859. ar the LaSaue Street station
I the second structure to be built az
LaSalie and Van Buren, streets. on
the Fourth of July of shat year. be-
. decked with ribbons and polished
Until she -.istened, No 100 pulled
our Of The station with a special
train ~ seven cars ard headed for
+ Council Blum the road 90 which
had 1u~- been completed
officials and their guests crowd ed