NUMBER I Retirement-A State of Mind
WRITING last month abOut changed attitudes tOward our work reminded me of another aspect of our working lives which causes concern among some mem bers of our Milwaukee Road family. I refer to a thing A. G. Dupuis which is inevitable-retirement. Whether we think more about this than people in other industries do, or whether it is JUSt that the Rail Marc Green Marie Hotton road Retirement plan gives us more to look forward to, Edilur Ass;:)·tanl 1o ErJilor I cannOt say. The fact remains that "taking the pension" is a very popular topic of conversation among railroad PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT people. UNION STATION-CHICAGO Each of us looks at it differently. Attitudes vary from The Milwaukee Road Magazine is pub happy anticipation to utter dejeCtion. The most intereSt lished for active and retired employes of ing attitude I have encountered recently was expressed The Milwaukee Road. to whom it is dis tributed free. It is available to others by Mr. Maurice Bluhm, our vice presideilt and general at 10c per single copy or $1.00 per year. counsel who retired last momh_ He said he regarded retirement strictly as a state of mind; that it can be the beginning of the end or the IN rHIS ISSUE beginning of a new, useful and happy career. It all Page Retirement-A State of Mind depends on how you look at it. By President J. P. Kiley ------2 Annual Report for 1953 ------3 Judging by the testimony of those who have been It's That Time Again ------9 most successful at it, the secret of a happy retirement M. L. Bluhm Retires; Board Elects is the broadening of our interests. That means not C. L. Taylor and W. J. Quinn to merely the pursuit of hobbies, much as there is to be Law Posts ------10 Our Safety Score ------.------11 said for them. It is more a matter of being interested Progress Report. J. T. Gillick in other people, of being alert to the world we live in, Scholarship Winners ------12 and aCtive in the life of our communities. 38 Voices ------14 Accounting Personnel Endorse Health I offer this thought for what it may be wOrth: Program ------17 Appointments ------18 While we are on the job, let's do our work intel H. J. McMahon Retires ------19 ligently, sincerely and well . .. but let's not fail to look How Are We Doing? ------20 up from time to time to see what goes on around us. Agent F. C. Williams Retires at T his modern U'orld which we have helped to build is an Mobridge ------20 interesting place, and there is an important job to be ---~------Stephen Francescon 21 done in it by each of us. And not just 1l'hile we work, Brotherhood Honors Perry Engineers 21 but all the while we live. Excise Tax on Tickets Now 10 Per Cent ------23 UnderStanding that, we will be more valuable em Home Department ------24 ployes tOday and far happier men and women tomorrow Retirements ---c------28 when the day of retirement comes. C. W. Meier, Auditing Veteran, Retires ------29 About People of the Railroad ------30 THE
MILWAUKEE
ROAD
a brief account of the highlights of the MiI, waukee Road's opera tion in 1953 prepared as
information of-special in terest to employes
During 1953, our railroad took in principally to the decline in military $9,605,393 less than it did in 1952. This travel, extended use of private auto represents a 3.56 per cent decrease in mobiles, and greater diversion of pas. gross revenue. As a result, our net in senger traffic to other forms of trans. come declined by $1,258,255 or 12 per portation. cent. Although the first half of 1953 The improvement and modernization showed our carloadings to be ahead of program on our railroad has continued 1952, they began to decline in the third despite the falling revenues we ex quarter and continued to decrease perienced during the latter part of 1953. through the closing months of the year One of the major accomplishments of with the result that for the full year they that program during the year was the were 65,022 cars short of the number we conversion of the flat switching yard at handled in 1952. . Bensenville, Illinois, to a 70.track re Freight revenue was appreciably af tarder freight classification yard, com· fected by the strike in the brewing in bining the most modern method of auto· dustry at Milwaukee, which lasted from matic switching and retarder speed can· the middle of May to the end of July. trol. There was an estimated loss of $4,000, During 1953 we added 28 new diesel. 000 in freight revenue on shipments of electric locomotives to our fleet, and 65 beer and the materials used in the manu more diesel·electric locomotives have facture and distribution of it, Freight been delivered since January 1, 1954.. revenue was further affected by the lesser Based on the 1953 volume of traffic, movement of grain, livestock, agricul 95 per cent of road freight operation, tural implements, and other goods con 94 per cent of passenger operation, and sumed by the farming industry, 99 per cent of yard operation will now Passenger traffic was the lowest in any be performed by diesel-electric and elec year since the end of World War II, due tric locomotives. April. )954 IT EMS AMOUNTS
Hauling Freight . $215,384,759 Carrying Passengers . 16,672,015 Other Passenger Train Revenue, including Dining and Buffet Car Service . 3,084,283 Transporting Mail and Express . 13,184,260 Switching . . . . . 6,247,121 Other Operating Revenues . 5,287,753
Total Operating Revenues 259,860,1:9] Other Income-Net 3,723,374
TOTAL 263,583,565
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IT EMS AMOUNTS
Maferials, contract work, depreciation, etc 86,878,896 Property and income taxes . 10,530,674 Rental of equipment and joint facilities .. 9,040,744
Total . $106,450,314
,;, For wages and salaries of employees included in operating expenses . 131,304,863 Payroll taxes for benefit of employees 7,441,326
Total for EMPLOYEES . 138,746,189
Interest paid SECURITY HOLDERS . 8,374,044 Dividends on preferred stock 5,593,255 Dividends on common stock 2,123,213
Total to OWNERS . 7,716,468 *Compensation of all employees Payments into sinking funds required totals as shown $138,263,062 by mortgages . 1,816,612 in table on page 8 and includes . Remainder for improvements to such items as wages charged property and other corporate purposes..... 479,938 to capital improvements, and manufacturing material. TOTAL . 263,583,565
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). .propertyand -...... A1I~-4'r Income taxes
~ J. equipment and 3 2.'r joint facility rents
3~¢ interest paid security holders 3 retained for dividends paid ~~ 3¢ improvements and '--- to owners other corporate purposes
SOURCES OF R.EVENUE
Services and Classes of Traffic Revenue % I Grand Total FREIGHT SERVICE FREIGHT TRAFFIC Manufactured articles ...... $ 99,135,376 38.2% Wheat, grain, products of agriculture . . , ... 37,416,669 14.4 Coal, ore, products of mines ...... 25,995,969 10.0 Lumber, products of forests ...... 27,489,565 10.6 Livestock, products of animals ...... ,', .... 14,924,607 5.7 L.c.L. traffic ...... , ...... , , ..... 5,580,310 2.1 4,680,~ Forwarder Traffic ...... · . -----1.8 Total Freight Traffic " ...... · . 215,222,788 82.8 OTHER FREIGHT SERVICE Switching ., ...... , ... 6,247,121 2.4 Joint facility-Net. Cr...... 2,410,581 1.0 Demurrage ...... · . 793,957 .3 All other ...... 1,311 ,827 --.5 -- Total Other Freight Service '" . ... . ---10,763,486 4.2 Total Freight Service ...... $225,986,274 87.0
PASSENGER SERVICE PASSENGER TRAFFIC Passengers in coaches ...... $ 11,203,906 4.3 Passengers in parlor and sleeping cars ...... __5,~i8,~67_ ._-----2.1 Total Passenger Traffic ...... 16,652,473 6.4 OTHER PASSENGER SERVICE
Mail ...... " ... '" .. 9,244,578 3.5 Express ... , ...... 3,830,640 1.5 Dining and buffet '" ...... 2,028,122 .8 All other ...... 2,118,10.4_ .8 Total Other Passenger Service ...... 17,22~4~4_ 6.6 .... . __ 33,873,~ 13.0 Total Passenger Service .. " . ------FREIGHT, PASSENGER &- OTHER SERVICES $259,860,191 100.0
April, 1954 5 MILWAUKEE ROAD EQUIPMENT
At the close of 1953 our ra iIroa d owned a tota I of 58,827 separate pieces of roll ing stock consisting of locomotives, freight cors, and passenger cors, as follows:
Steam 418 Diesel road ,'. 172 The cost of new equip Diesel switch 207 ment and the improve Electric ...... 54 ments made to road TOTAL 851 LOCOMOTIVES property and existing equip~ent during 1953 amounted to $17,349,549' as follows: Box and auto 30,070 new equipment, . $ '6,799,40& Gondola and hopper 15,702 . improvements Flat " .. 5,308 .to existing Others "...... 5,920 equipment', .. " 1,503,388' TOTAL 57,000 FREIGHT CARS -~------improvements to road Sleeping 68 property, , , . , , . 9,046,753 Coaches , 325 Baggage, mail and $17,349,549' . express 450 Parlor 27 Others , , 103
TOTAL , 973 PASSENGER CARS ~------Rail Motor Cars...... 3
,... equipment purchased and on order...
equipment purchased and equipment on order for delivered in 1953 ... 1954 delivery . . . 9 - 1500 :H.P. diesel.electric road switching locomotives 19 - 1750 H.P. diesel-electric road switching locomotives 16 - 1600 H.P. dieseLelectric road switching locomotives;' 3 - 4500 H.P. diesel-electric freight locomotives 6 - 1750 H.P. diesel.electric freight locomotives 30 - 50·too box cars 16 - 1600 H.P. diesel-electric road switching locomotives 19~ 10,00'0 gallon tank cars (used) 1- 250-tQ~ wrecker 19 - 1200 H.P. diesel-electric switching locomotives 1- c1iesel-electricditcher 5- 1000 H.P. diesel.electric switching locomotives
6 The Milwaukee Road Magazine EMPLOYEES. JOB VALUE. PAYROLL SUMMARY
average number of Milwaukee R.oad employees during 1953
Transportation Forces: Train and En'gine Men, Yard and Station
Maintenance of Equipment and Stores
Maintenance of Way and Structures
Professional, Clerical and General
hecutives, Officials and Staff Assistants
each • = 1,000 employee. 31,138 employees
During 1953 The Milwaukee Road's investment in the tools of railroad transportation amounted to $24,298 per employee as demonstrated in the following by dividing the company's net investment by the average number of employees: The value of property used by our company in transporta tion service, including materials and supplies and cash, after full allowance for depreciation, amounts to $756,580,862. This amount: $756,580,862 Invested in Each divided by 31,138 employees =$24,298 Employee's Job.
1.0 year summary of" payrolls. payroll taxes and average com pensation
COMPANY I Stnight Timl Rate CONTRIBUTIONS-. ~TOTAL AVERAGE RETIREMENT AND TOTAL PER AVERAGE ~INC YEAR PAYROLLS UNEMPLOYMENT PER VER EMPLOYEE HOUR 1939 I TAXES $104,576,956 $ 6,606,037 $111,182,993 $2,908 $ .916 26.3 . 106,425,149 6,326,545 112,751,694 2,922 .919 26.8 116,746,703 7,085,974 123,832,677 3,3~ 1.111 53:2 124,724,548 10,095,938 134,820,486 3,552 1.166 60.8 138,490,345 7,707.579 14'6,197,924 3,820 1.297 78.9' 133,117,567 7421,152 140,538,719 4,000 1.442 98.9 128,201 ,025 7,234,363 135,435,388 4,023 1.580 11'7.9 143,260.363 7,774,582 151,034,945 4,463 1.754 141.9 145,397,263 7,696,578 153,093,841 4,703 1.852 155.4 13..8,117,562 7,441,326 145,558,888 4,675 1$·95 161.4
• Does not include compensation cf part-time employees
April. 1954 7 the MILWAUKEE ROAD in the states it served in 1953
'.' t Miles of Average Total Road Number compensation Operated of All, . Property 12-31-53 Employees Employees Tixes
Idaho ...... 232.62 272 $ 1,084,504 $ 197,785 Illinois .. , ". 686.46 8,053 36,253,239 1,464;685 Indiana , .. .. , . 193.36 760 3,449,735 158,325 ••••• Iowa ., . 1,792.90 •••...... 3,117 13,681,477 1,127,044 1251 Michigan 180.40 218 952,924 86,818 SOUTH DAKOTk Minnesota 1,346.93 3,932 16,809,312 1,656,039 MissQu'ri '" ~---1IIl . 154.56 558 2,437,841 110,288 "-..... •.•... Montana ... 1,251.14 1,983 9,427,994 ••, 1735 1,191,253 Nebraska 5,62 13 59,019 1,634 North Dakota 366.89 190 682,858 220,114 South Dakota 1,734.69 1,548 6,712,672 909,672 Washington " . 1,065.12 2,468 11 ,367,575 682,743 Wisconsin 1,620.89 7,876 34,538,504 1,397,814 All other 7,05 150 805,408 13,092 each • on the map = 100 miles of road operated Total 10,638.63 31,138 $138,263,062 $9,217,306
TOTAL MilES OF ROAD OPERATED' 10,639 System Payroll Taxes.". .$ 7,441,326 System Income and Misc. Taxes " . 1,313,368
Total System Taxes . .$17,972,000 t Includes compensation of part time employees. ':' Does not includ; count of part time employees.
THE 1953 DIVISION OPERATING RECORD
Operating Divisions
.11····1:··:·.···:·12-31-53 • I I •. II' 1·:····1·:'.1 ..•.:.••.':1'·.I_ Terre Haute 393 685 21 922 2-'8:..c,5:....:8_7 ---'-4__4:.:..,o-'1-=.8__-'1-'.o:.::5__~3~7..!.:,2~1~3--.6 -C~oTerminal ------:38 370 10 . 4,534 289,423 13- ----'--'-----'''-''----::-:-c:-:-:,------=-=c,-----c- -Dubuque and Illinois 777 1,471 76 2,541 101,916 5,858 3,287 6.88 107,762 9 =~lo~w~a~~~~:======~8~82~====I~,2~3~8====1~07~====~1,:::38~3===:::=~57~,1~5~3===:::":-;-4,5.!9 2--=,6=80"1----::7.24-----=6-:'4,-=-60"16:-----:10 Milw.-K.C.S. Joint Agency 54,556 --:-M:.;..i,;-lw;:,:a:..:u:.;.:kc::.ee::.....:.Tc::.e_rm_i_na:..:I --;;23 321 3 4_,1_66;--__~=..:---;-;-~c--~~--_:;_:c=----=.2-=607,~68~1:_--:12 ---,-M_i-:lw""a:..:u_ke_e_.,.-;;-;-- --:;80;:-:8;--_----;-'1,~149 101 __1,504__ 46,5~3 __14,224 2,823 7.90 56,552 14 La Crosse and River 756 1,383 75 __2,226 75,3~6 __25,399--3)79---11 ~45 67,311 8 --=M:..:a-=.d:.::is-==on-'----=----:----;- -;613 8.--':5~5---74 1,079 17,585 1,345 1,823 6.22 70,912 16 ---::T~w:..;.i:.:.n :-=C::i:.!.ty...... :..T:.:er..:..:m:.:.in::.:a::.I --;;4~2;;-----=2;-:;4~6--~8 2,108 195,452 2 --=D:..:u.:..:lu::.th::...... ,-=-.. --:-::2'710o--_=-;-~426 6 25 6,918 4,183__-=-=- ,....."...... ,....-__ Iowa and Dakota 1,164 1,400 1l0_·-_-_~~-1,329_· ___:23:-',.989---4,03-0--1,728 7.13 49,240 5 Iowa and S. Minnesota 954 1,106 108 762 9,244---211--964--2.99 24,331 3 -H-'--a-st-:-in-g-s-a-nd.,...... ,,-D-:ak,-o-ta------:932 1,199 95 1,146 44,899 8,045--2,903 10.17 22,764 1 LINES EAST-Total 7,592 11,849 794 23,725 412,250 63,626--2)66--f91--1-,300,813--- ~T~ra:..:.n:.:s-=-OM.;i:...::ss:..:o:...-ur-:-i..:...::..:..:..:.------.:...S;8:;:31~--'--'-'~99;:;-;8;--:..:5.:-:2;- 1,042 50,665 8,400--(087--.-10-'-75 12,548 7 Rocky Mountain 943 1,184 38 1,426 39,582 f:204--3,042--9.11 27,015 11 Idaho 580 724 16 686 18,040--f384--2;802 10.07 6,867 15 Coast 693 1,084 35 1,791 18,086 3167--2,490--9-'-37 68,652 4 LINES WEST-Total 3,047 3.990 141 4,945 126,373 22,155 3,199--9.86 115,082 GENERAL OFFICES 2,468 SYSTEMS-Total 10,639 15,839 935 31,138 538,623 85,781 2,855 9.1 4 1,415,895
1953 SA~~TY STORY The support given by all employes to the program of Among the 16 operating divisions, the most outstanding safety on the railroad was very definitely shown during the record was accomplished by the employes of the H & D Divi year 1953 by.the fact that a new low record of employe sion where there had been no fatalities for the past six years fatalities was established. There was a total of four em· and the reportable injuries for 1953 compared with 1952 ployes on duty who lost their lives during 1953, being an .' show a reduction of 77 per cent and there was a 75 per cent all time low record for the railroad. The next previous low reduction in the casualty rate. In addition there were four figure occurred in the year 1933 when there were five. Re divisions which reduced their casualty rates more than one· portable injuries to employes for the year 1953 totaled 365, half. With only five reportable injuries, the H & D Division or one per day and this was a reduction of 26 per cent when ranked No.1 thus earning the right to the President's Safety compared with the year 1952. Trophy for the year 1953.
8 The Milwaukee Road Magazine "Here's the pitch •.. !" and another big day ge.ts under way at Milwaukee. (Decorah Public Opinion photo)
IT'S THAT TIME ACAIN
CARL F. DAHNKE, our baseball authori. from Beloit to total about 4,400 people. ty, describes Wisconsin's case of baseball Of course, that move will call for more fever this way: "Interest in the games than one extra. was ,very great last year. This year it is "There are 72 home games in the phenomenal." . Braves' 1954 schedule, which means As assistant general passenger agent that we will be operating about one at Milwaukee, as a dyed.in.the.wool train into Milwaukee for each game." baseball fan, and as a long-time friend The Milwaukee Road's stadium sid. of Charley Grimm, the Milwaukee ing, built in Bluemound yard last sum· Braves' manager, Mr. Dahnke couldn't mer to accommodate extra trains coming be more involved in Milwaukee's base into Milwaukee for the games, will take ball boom if he were playing first base. ca re of all the specials expected this He reports that requests are coming, year, bringing the fans within a three. in almost daily to handle large groups minute walk of the ball park. of fans from points in and surrounding In addition to the 70 organizations Part of the group of 40 Milwaukee Braves the state. now planning special trains, many other Boosters who rode a Milwaukee .Road train to "Right now," he reports, "we are groups have had to abandon their plans Chicago' on Mar. 12 en route to the Braves' working with 70 such groups who ex· camp at Sarasota, Fla. (Chicago Sun·Times because of their inability to get tickets photo) pect to have parties large enough for for the games. To date 1,400,000 extra trains (250 or more), and to date tickets have been sold and many dates 44 such trains have actually been set up, ~re completely sold out, despite the fact increased by 3,000 by the time the each carrying enough equipment for 600 that the stadium is being expanded. It's Braves opened there on Apr. 15 against to 800 passengers. We expect one group capacity of 36,000 was expected to be the St. Louis Cardinals. By June 17 a whole new addition to the stadium will be complete, bringing the capacity to 43,000. Thousands of baseball fans Mr. Dahnke points out that for indi throughout a wide area look to the Milwaukee Road for vidual fans and small groups arriving transportation to and from in Milwaukee on our trains there will the gam,es. This group was be special buses operating from down waiting:. to board a special train at Marquette, la., last town Milwaukee directly to the stadium fall. The occasion was "Jack and return for a round.trip fare of 35 Dittmer Day," honoring the cents. Braves' second basema n from Elkader, la. (Decorah Pub It appears that Milwaukee, "youngest" lic Opinion photo) city in the National League, will also be the busiest again this year. April, 1954 9 M. L. Bluhm RetireSi Board Elects C. L. Taylor and W. J. Qui n n t 0 Law Posts
WHEN The Milwaukee Road said fare good-natured wisdom which has marked well at the end of March to M. 1. his work for The Milwaukee Road. Bluhm, vice president and general coun "One of the respects in which men sel, it witnessed the closing of a career differ most greatly," he observed, "is in which has been of particular significance their reaction to this business of retir to this railroad. In his 32 years of serv ing. Some look forward to it as an inter ice Mr. Bluhm had an opportunity to en esting new career, while others go out gage actively in all of the principal feeling that they have been done a great branches of railroad law, and conse injustice. I, personally, feel that a fel quently was in a position to make a low should look upon it as a challenging great contribution to the progress of the assignment, just like any new job railroad. a thing to be worked at and done well. In leaving, however, he is succeeded And I'm looking forward to it." by Carson 1. Taylor, who has been gen An informal luncheon was held in his eral solicitor and who himself has a honor by the law department staff on brilliant record of service with the Mil. Mar. 25. waukee. Succeeaing Mr. Taylor as gen Mr. Bluhm has always been proud to eral solicitor, in turn, is a welcome new be: known as a native of Indiana. He M. L. Bluhm comer to The Milwaukee Road, William was born in Kendallville 65 years ago, J. Quinn, formerly with the Soo Line and took his Bachelor of Arts degree as vice president and general counsel. from Indiana University in 1913. He eral solicitor. He was elected general The board of directors' action in elect studied law at the University of Chicago counsel on Dec. 13, 1950, and was fur ing Mr. Taylor and Mr. Quinn was taken and was graduated from the law school ther advanced to the position of vice at the meeting on Mar. 10. in 1917. During the first World War president on May 8, 1951. he served as an ensign in the United Mr. Bluhm is a member of the Amer ican, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Mr. Bluhm Voices a States Navy, and upon returning to Associations, the Society of Trial Law. Retirement Philosophy civilian life wel1t into private law prac. tice in Chicago. He continued in private yers, the American Judicature Society, At a farewell luncheon given in Mr. practice until he entered the service of the Law and Tax Committees of the Bluhm's honor in Chicago on Mar. 18 The Milwaukee Road as assistant gen. A.A.R., and is currently cha'irman of the and attended by all of the principal of eral solicitor in 1922. In 1931 he was Western Conference of Railway Coun ficers of the railroad, he voiced a retire advanced to the position of general at sel. ment philosophy reflecting the same torney, and 1° years later became gen- Commenting on his career, Mr. Bluhm expressed himself as having been extremely fortunate in the scope of the law work in which he had en. gaged. ." "It has included not just a little bit, but quite a lot, of almost everything", he said. "Among other things, there has been contract and personal injury work, commerce matters, abandonments, equip ment trust matters, labor law, trial work, tax and real estate matters." Having been on the job during the two periods of reorganization-1925 to 1928, and 1935 to 1945-he was called upon .to do a great deal of work in that connec tion, as welL Aside from his intention to take a few trips and have some fun, Mr. Bluhm has no immediate plans for his retire ment, although he intends to keep busy. C. L. Taylor W. J. Quinn Should retirement prove too inactive, 10 The Milwaukee Road Magazine he points out that a professi~nal man and commerce counse'l in JW1e, 1941. can always practice his professIOn. The His election to the position of general idea of continuing to make their home solicitor came in December, 1950. at 526 Willow Road, Winnetka, Ill., QUIZ appeals to both Mr. an~ Mrs. Bluhm, I particularly because their two daugh Mr. Quinn a Native of St. Paul Y.- ters and two granddaughters live nearby, one daughter making her home in Chi. William J. Quinn, who succeeds Car cago, and the other in Lake Bluff, Ill. son L. Taylor as general solicitor, is a test your knowledge of Mr. Bluhm's services and his per• native of St. Paul and a graduate of the railroads and railroading University of Minnesota law school. sonality will be missed around the Chi. (Answers on page 46) cago general offices. After practicing law in St. Paul from 1935 to 1937, he was appointed assist• 1. Do railroads usually purchase lo Mr. Taylor from Milwaukee ant U. S. district attorney in St. Paul comotives for cash or on an install and occupied that position until entering ment basis? Road Family the service of the Soo Line Railroad in 2. In train operations, for which 0alf Mmneapolis as an attorney in 1940. Carson L. Taylor, who has been these purposes is a white sign elected to succeed Mr. Bluhm as vice From September, 1942 to October, 1945 used-for stopping a train at a president and general counsel, came .to Mr. Quinn worked as a special agent scheduled flag station, for warnmg the Milwaukee 25 years ago after dis• for the F.B.I., after which he returned train. crews that men are at work to the Soo Line as assistant commerce ahead or for halting automobile tinguishing himself in private practice , h . 7 and public service in his native state counsel. From January, 1946 to April, traffic at hig way crossmgs. of Iowa. He is the son of the late 1952 he served that railroad as com 3. What is a through station-a sta Charles Taylor, who for many years was merce counsel, and from May 1, 1952 > tion for long-distance passengers an adjuster in the claim department of to May 18, 1953 was general counsel. . only, a station in which tr~cks ~o the railroad in Mason City. His brother, He became vice president and general" not terminate, or a statIOn In counsel of the Soo Line on May 19, E. G. Taylor, is now y~rdmaster at Cal which all tracks terminate? mar. 1953, and held that position until elected 4. By what other name are rail an to his new position on The Milwaukee Mr. Taylor was graduated from the chors known? Road, effective the first of this month. University of Iowa law school and, be 5. In which of these states do rail ginning in 1913, practiced law in Cedar roads employ the gre~test number Rapids and Des Moines for several Dividend Decla red on of workers - IllinOIS, OhIO or years, during which time he was in the Pennsylvania? service of the Milwaukee through the Common Stock 6. With what invention was Isaac law firms with which he was associated. Dripps associated-the cow catch A DIVIDEND of $1.00 on the common At the age of 26, Mr. Taylor was ap er, the locomotive cab or the track stock of The Milwaukee Road was de pan? pointed judge of the Su~erior Court. at clared out of the 1953 earnings at a Cedar Rapids, an appomtment which 7. What is a "chore boy" - a boy meeting of the board of directors held established him as the youngest judge in who runs errands at railway shops, in Chicago on Mar. 10. It was payable the country. He also occupied the of a motor vehicle used in freight Apr. 9 to holders of record at the close station operations or a locomotive fice of assistant prosecutor of Linn COW1 of business on Mar. 20. ty, Ia., for a number of years. hostler? The board had previously declared a In August, 1929 Mr. Taylor went to 8. Who built and operated the loco dividend of $5.00 per share on the Chicago and assumed the post of assistant motive "Old Ironsides" - Peter company's Series A preferred stock, Cooper, Matthias Baldwin or John general solicitor with the railroad. He payable Mar. 12. A dividend of $1.00 Bull? was appointed commerce counsel in per share on the common stock was also September, 1939 and general attorney paid on Apr. 30, 1953. 9. What do the initials GF&PA stand for? 10. Which of these railway figures is widely published weekly as an in our safety score dex of railroad activity-tons car ried, ton-miles or carloadings?
reportable employe casualties on The Milwaukee Editor's Note: last month's "Quiz" identiJied Road through March, 1954, compared with 1953 a Jishplate as "a part of a rail joint, sometimes called an angle bar." A few readers disagreed. Percent Increase J. 1. Brown, retired general superintendent or Decrease of transportation, wrote: 1954 1953 "This morning I asked a trackman w~at a Jishplate was. His reply-'angle bar'. It IS my Month Fatal Rep.lnj. Fatal Rep.lnj. Fatal R~·p. Inj. recollection that originally they were called January 20 2 41 -100 -51 angle bars but with some slight change in February 16 19 -16 March .. 11 1 29 -100 --62 design they were called Jishp1ates." Queried on the subject, Chief En?ineer ~. TOTALS 47 3 89 -100 -47 G. Powrie said, "The proper terrrunology IS Casualty Rates . 3.42~ .20 5.80 -100 -41 'rail joints·." 'Pishplates' and 'angle bars' are -,Estimated vernaculars. April, 1954 11
------'If)iil.OOIJi~--~llw~t PROGRESS REPORT
The J. T. Gillick Scholarship Winners
Gary Purdy (lower left) pictured on a recent inspection trip to Malden, Mo., and Oklahoma City, Okla., with the Arnold Air Society, the honorary Air Force club.
IN MANY Milwaukee Road homes the "You may be sure that you won over American Institute of Electrical Engin selection of an outstanding high school exceedingly keen competition", wrote eers, and the photography club. student for the company's J. T. Gillick the chairman of the award committee in By the look of things, Gary will grad Scholarship is currently a matter of notifying Gary that he was their unan uate next year with a B.S. degree in vital interest. As the contest moves irr:ous choice. Was their judgment cor electrical engineering-electronics op toward the deadline for entries, it ap rect, was the choice justified? Let's look tion. Afterward, as the result of the Re pears that there will be a large mim at the score. serve Officers Training Corps training bel' of candidates this year. For that Last year, in his sophomore term program in which he is enrolled, he ex reason the spotlight is being trained this at South Dakota State College at Brook pects to spend two years in the Air Force month on the winners of the previous ings, Gary Purdy was declared winner as a second lieutenant. During those contests, the three young men whose of the Sigma Tau scholarship award. years he hopes to attend an advanced college ambitions are being furthered This award is conferred each year by school and get a Master's Degree in through grants in the name of the Road's the honorary engineering society on the electronics. There's a chance, of course, well-known retired operating vice pres student who maintains the highest av that this plan may not work out, in which ident. erage during his freshman year in engin case he intends to work for an M.S. de When the scholarship was first an eering. Gary compiled a 3.7 average, of gree after he is out of service, provided nounced, in 1951, Gary Edward Purdy, the maximum 4.0 obtainable. That he can earn another scholarship or get stepson of Russell O. Chambers, pump should tell the story. a G.I. grant to defray expenses. After er-water tester at Aberdeen, S. D., had What are his current ambitions, his that, with industry clamoring for en just been graduated from the Aberdeen prospects for the future? To get ahead gineers, it should be smooth sailing. Central High School. Although his in the field he has chosen, Gary has Leonard Benton Fowler, who won the scholastic rating had earned him a small found that he needs to spend many hours J. T. Gillick Scholarship in 1952, comes scholarship at a teacher's college, Gary each night on book work. At the same from La Crescent, Minn., where his was hoping to go on to a good engineer time he manages t6 take part in campus father, Ernest F. Fowler, is signal repair ing school. From a financial standpoint, activities and this year is serving as cap and maintenance man. Through four a complete college education seemed out tain of the ROTC rifle team. His extra years at Central (High School in La of reach, but winning the newly-offered curricular program also includes mem Crosse, Leonard held top marks in his J. T. Gillick Scholarship brought the bership in Sigma Tau, the Arnold Air class, while at the same time he par hoped-for break. Society, an honorary Air Force club, the ticipated in a well-rounded schedule of
12 The Milwaukee Road Magazine other student activities. These included hobbies, including a stamp collection, campus activities this year have included two honor societies and the speech hunting, fishing and trapping. Where, membership in the Hillcrest Council, a club, playing on the baseball team and then, does that leave his scholastic stand. student governing body. He is also a with the band and school orchestra, and ing? Well, so far this year Leonard has student usher in the First Baptist Church. working on the school paper. An Eagle maintained an average of 2.5 out of the The proofof achievement, though, is Scout, he acted as a Cub Scout den chief maximum 3.0 (straight A's). Judging the fact that Roger was recently wel and also conducted a Sunday School by the past, there is little reason to doubt corned to membership in Phi Eta Sigma, class. Meanwhile he had a part.time that this fine showing won't continue. the national honor society for fresh job. It's been just eight months since men men. To be eligible, a student must Even before graduating, Leonard had Roger Coe, winner of the scholarship average at least half a grade above B, decided on a teaching c'areer, and win for 1953, entered the State University .. which is accomplished by less than four ning the scholarship brought that goal of Iowa as a freshman. The lS-year- 'per cent of the freshmen at the uni within reach. In a letter to the commit old son of Will Coe, signal maintainer versity. It is the highest honor attain te~ he wrote that he was proud to have at Tama, la., was the unanimous choice able by a first-year student. been chosen. "I sincerely hope my rec· of the award committee by reason of a,n The announcement rated a nod from ord at college will express my thanks almost perfect record throughout four President Virgil M. Hancher, who wrote to my sponsors, as well as justify the years at the Tama High School (straight to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Coe on faith the committee has in me." A's with but one exception), from which their son's record. "You have reason to Has that confidence been justified? he graduated at the head of his class. be proud of his success", he said. "We Let the record show how it is working Moreover, he had been cited for both hope that this honor he has earned will out: national and state awards in debating serve as a further incentive for him to Leonard is now enrolled in the ele. and oratorical declamation and, although continue as ably as he has begun." mentary education division of the Wis. working after school, had been a leader Now, with the school year nearing the consin State College at La Crosse. AI. in such affairs as the choral club, the end, the question comes up again. Who though the course is demanding, and he dramatic society, glee club, operator's 'will win the 1954 scholarship? is a serious student, he has planned his club and photography club, served on work so as to take part in many under the staff of the school paper and played" graduate activities. Currently he is a in the band; and at the same time he .------, member of the Elementary Club, of engaged in Boy Scout and church work. Lambda Tau Gamma, a social fraternity, Since he intended to major in chemical • Announcements regarding the 1954 and corresponding secretary of Alpha engineering, Roger took a summer J. T. Gillick Scholarship for sons of Phi Omega, the national Scouting fra course at Iowa City last year to test his Milwaukee Road employes were en closed in the March issue of this Mag ternity. A good performer on the clar aptitude for such work. The idea which azine al1d also sent to all supervisory inet, he plays with the band at all ath setmed wonderful then looks even better officers for posting. Those interested letic events and went to Tampa, Fla., now, he says. Combining the credits in more information regarding the with the football team for the New from summer school with those of his scholanhip, completed applications for Year's Day game in the Cigar Bowl. As first semester, he has presently a cumu which must be filed by not later than June 30, should write to C. William a member of the Men's Intramural Ath. lative grade point average of 3.5. If his Reiley, Chai"man, J. T. Gillick Schol· letic Association, he also takes part in present plans work out as he hopes, he arship Committee, 356 Union Station a variety of sports. will follow his graduation in 1957 with Building, 516 West Jackson Boulevard, For all that, he finds time to work graduate work in research. Chicago 6, Ill. one evening a week and keep up several It is perhaps significant that Roger's
The bowling team of which Leonard Fowler is 3 member at Wisconsin State College won the Sunday night supper at Roger Williams, Baptist student organization at the State Uni championship of the league this year. Leonard versity of Iowa, finds Roger Coe in the chow line-up at the right. Roger is serving this year is at the upper left. as treasurer of the organization.
April, 1954 38Uiced Sing Out Good Will for The Milwaukee Road
It was a typical winter .night in Chicago. It was cold, and the icy streets helped little in finding the corner of 65th and Peoria and the parish hall of St. Stephen's Church. But as always on performance night, "the place" was found, and in ample time. Like many another parish hall, St. Stephen's combined a gymnasium-audi tor~um downstairs with upstairs classrooms off a long balcony. Mrs. August Brown, ways and means chairman for the Chicago Chapter of the Valparaiso University Guild, was talking with the women at the ticket table downstairs. With a friendly smile, she gestured to one of the balcony rooms. All pictures on this page and "You'll find the singers up there," she said. at the bottom of page 15 "They're up in the first grade room." were taken at the recent But by now the directions were hardly neces performance before the Chi cago Chapter of the Val sary.oFrom the far 'room off the balcony came a paraiso University Guild, in faint one-handed rendition of "Where, Oh the parish hall of St. Steph Where, But In America." Two clear soprano en's Church, Chicago. voices were running softly over the opening bars. Top: Among the husband and-wife teams in the club This was it. Out of the dark night, from all are Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jorian over Chicago and its suburbs, and across the city's and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stoll slippery streets, 38 Milwaukee Road people had (left to right). Mr. Jorian is director and Mr. Stoll presi• found each other again, and another performance dent of the club. of The Milwaukee Road Choral Club was about Left: Preparations for the to begin. performance make for a busy Little more than two hours away from the scene as robes are donned business of freight rates, industrial development and vanity cases go into service. Shown here, left to and the other affairs of their railroad, they were right: Loretta Kuhn, Mrs. making themselves at home amid the first graders' Marguerite Nunes, Frances tiny desks and animal cut-outs pasted on the Walker, Mrs. Theresa Craig and Mrs. Alma Matthies, ac blackboard. Some were just getting out of their companist. heavy coats, while others had already' donned Below Left: The club boasts their attractive maroon robes. The altos and one father-and-son tea m , sopranos, having had experience with strong Bruce Mitchell and his son stage lighting, were applying their make-up ac Jim. Here the y compare notes before the show. cordingly.
Signing in is an established ritual before each performance, and Rosebud Wennerberg (seated) sees that it gets done. In the line, left to right: Theresa Glas1, Magazine cor respondent for the club, Naomi Johnson, June Mathisen and Eleanor Magnuson. The Milwaukee Road Choral Club as it appeared during the pre-Christmas concert in the Chicago Union Station. The entire group was not able to be present for this late evening performance.
At the far end of the room Assistant Voice balance among the soprano, performance. Treasurer Rosebud Wennerberg had set alto, tenor and bass sections being a Even a casual glance at the activity in ' up shop in a six-year·old's desk and was matter of real importance, the club urges the room would have given a stranger a busily taking the attendance record.· every member to be on hand for each pretty good idea of what holds this
Below: One of the more immediate rewards for their performances are Meilahn, president of the Chicago Chapter of Valparaiso University the coffee-and-sandwich sessions which usually follow. Here Bruce Guild, and Mrs. August Brown, ways ;nd means chairman, express their Mitchell (being pointed out) is surprised to find himself the subject appreciation of the performance to President E. J. Stoll (left) and of a "Happy Anniversary To You" rendition. Below Right: Mrs. H. A. Director Glenn Jorian following the concert. Left: A sample for the boss. Off a bit early for rehearsal six choral club members stopped by the office of' W. H. Nickels, freight auditor, and w.ere asked fora sample of what was in preparation. The choristers, left to right: Helen Braun of the general freight claim a~ent's office,. Mrs. Clara Fister, Mrs. Mary CianCI, Adele Hirsch, Jac.k Narva and Harry Wallace, all of the freig~t audi tor's office. Enjoying the performance with Mr. Nickels are H. W. Kirch, freight claim agent (left) and W. P. Heuel, assistant comptroller.
Below: It's all part of the warm-up. This .ex temporaneous quartet whose fourth member J~st walked in, consists of Phil McDonald, club vice presi-dent, Bruce Mitchell, Clyde Knapp and John Morrissey.
group together and makes them tic~ ing rendition featured in the club's un even, it might be said, when not smgmg forgettable Centennial Pageant perform their applause-bringing rendition of ance in November, 1950. "The Syncopated Clock." Casually, at whatever point the" op Downstairs an audience of more than pcrtunity presents itself, Mr. Jorian aI: 200 people has assembled and all is in ways tells the audience a little about the readiness. The singers get their cue and group before them. the procession begins-down the stairs, "Incidentally," he is apt to add, "you through the auditorium and onto the might bear in mind, just in case you waiting stage. decide to take a trip one of these days, Mrs. Alma Matthies, small and grace that these people all work for The Mil. ful, approaches the concert grand, which waukee Road, the Route of the Hia looks all the more massive as she seats wathas." This approach, sometimes dered to what extent the professional herself at the keyboard. On-stage, the known as advertising at its best, never caliber of the performance could be vigorous figure of Director Glenn Jorian fails to bring a chuckle and applause credited to the skill of the director steps before the group. He greets the from the audience. and accompanist. Obviously the talents audience with a bow, and, turning to the And so the show goes on. of the 38 were magnified and made more singers, gestures for attention. The second half of the program spon effective by these two people, With a masterful sweep his hands sored by the Chicago Chapter of the As Mr. Jorian's busy hands directed come down and, softly at first, then in Valparaiso University Guild followed a the singers, it was interesting to picture swelling crescendo, the 38 voices fill the carefully-thought-out pattern by turning him in his recent role as bomber pilot auditorium with the opening strains of to light novelty numbers and concluding over the Pacific. Nor was it difficult to Gaines' Salutation . .. "Music it was we with two spirituals. One of these, Let understand why, once the war was ended, brought from Heaven..." Us Break Bread Together, featured the he returned to his first love-music. To Like most of the group's concert pro fine, cultivated voice of Evelyn Stoll, day, in addition to directing the Milwau grams, this one opened with four sacred wife of E. J. Stoll, president of the club kee Road Choral Club, he does similar selections, followed by three vigorous and assistant industrial commissioner for work at Wright Junior College, Chicago numbers including Battle Hymn of the The Milwaukee Road. Musical College, and with a few other Republic, the tatter being the same rous- As the program progressed, one won- groups, yet still finds time to do choral singing over WGN and other local ra dio stations. He has been with the Mil waukee club for more than four years. It is now more than 10 years that Mrs. Matthies has been providing beautiful, dependable accompaniment for the 'choral club. Her daughter, who oc (Continued on page 27)
The club's best-remembered performance to date was in the Centennial Pageant staged in Milwaukee on Nov. 20, 1950. In it the members took the roles of the passengers and also provided the music for the show. Glenn Jorian, conductor of both the train and the choral group, here gives it the full treatment. Assistant Comptroller W. P. Heuel (right) and Nurse Wan· da Mis look on as Fullerton Avenue employes file into the X-ray unit. The others, left to right: H. F. Koretke, Marion Rieter, Patricia Jeuk, Ida Gotti, Andrew Gallagher, Harry Ban• delin, Marianne Gleich and Mike Samp.
Accounting Personnel Endorse HEALTH PROGRAM
THE new trend toward controlling the and Cook County and the Municipal more readily available, the need increases spread of tuberculosis through public Tuberculosis Sanitarium to serve the to detect the unknown cases as early as health guidance received an encouraging city and surrounding suburbs. Its pur. possible. boost in March from Milwaukee Road pose is to uncover previously undetected In Chicago, agencies such as the Heart accounting department employes in Chi cases of tuberculosis and to help afflicted Association and the lllinois Division of cago. On the morning of Mar. 30 an persons get treatment. the Americ'an Cancer Society have joined X.ray mobile unit backed up to the Ful At present tuberculosis ranks seventh forces with the municipal program for lerton Avenue office building, and by in the United States among the "killer" mass 7hest fC-rays, since many cases of noon of the following day 975 employes diseases. Fortunately, new drugs and lung and heart pathology are being had taken part in a mass chest screening. surgical procedures are bringing down brought to light through the X-ray sur The turnout represented 83 per cent of the death rate and shortening the period veys. A recent statement from the Amer the total personnel. of treatment. The trend is toward more ican Cancer Society points out that there The screening was a direct endorse patient treatment in the community, has been an increase in the age specific ment of a cooperative program instituted rather than confinement in tuberculosis death rate from lung cancer of about 200 by the Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago hospitals. As treatment facilities become per cent since. 1933, and that less than. one case out of 20 is cured because the disease is usually inoperable by the time the patient starts treatment. A chest X. ray can usually detect lung cancer before the symptoms become apparent. All findings made in the surveys re main confidential, although a complete report will be sent .to a personal physician upon request. In the case of the Milwaukee Road employes who View inside the X- ray unit. Shown left to right: Tech volunteered for last month's screening, nician M. J. Holm, Andrew they may, if they wish, get help with Gallaghe(, Harry Ban del in, Mariann'e Gleich, Marie Kul· individual problems from Miss Wanda ton, Technician Leo Arnold Mis, the company nurse. Miss Mis is and Mike Samp (standing be well qualified to act as an adviser, having fore X- ray device.) been nurse consultant at the Tuberculosis InstitUte of Chicago and Cook County before being employed by the raifroad.
April, 1954 17 • r a p p o I n t Ul e n t
Law Department clerk in the general north western freight agent's office there since Septem Effective Apr. 1, 1954: ber, 1952. C. 1. Taylor has been elected vice K. G. Hosfield is appointed city president and general counsel, succeed freight agent at Des Moines, succeeding ing M. 1. Bluhm who retired on Mar. 31, M. E. Steen, transferred. Starting with and W. J. Quinn has been elected the railroad in 1947, Mr. Hosfield has general solicitor succeeding Mr. Taylor. been chief clerk in the traffic department (Article on page 10.) in Des Moines since October, 1952.
Effective Apr. 1, 1954: Finance and Accounting 1. M. Cunningham F. W. Baker Department O. E. Glass is appointed city passen ger .agent, Cleveland, Ohio, succeeding Effective Apr. 1, 1954: J. O. Mcllyar, deceased. Mr. Cunning ham started with the Road in Vancouver, G. Henderson, resigned. Mr. Glass en R. N. Edman is appointed auditor of B. c., in 1920 as city freight and passen tered service in Milwaukee in 1936, equipment accounts, succeeding C. W. ger agent, was later commercial agent where since 1948 he has been assistant Meier who retired Mar. 31. Mr. Edman and general agent there, and subsequent ticket agent in the Road's station ticket office. is a native of Chicago and entered the ly general agent at Winnipeg, Man,., employ of the Road in the Chicago ac Duluth, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Since F. C. Foug is appointed city ticket counting departmen!in November, 1922. September, 1948, he has been district agent in Milwaukee, succeeding M. C. His entire service has been in the finance freight traffic manager, New York City. Toll who died Mar. 7. Mr. Foug, an and accounting department. Since April, employe of the Road since 1924, has F. W. Baker is appointed district 1952, he has been statistician in the been city passenger agent in Milwaukee freight traffic manager, New York, N. Y., office of vice president-comptroller. since July, 1951. succeeding J. M. Cunningham. Entering G. M. Kapke is appointed city pas. service at Kansas City in 1920, Mr. Baker senger agent in Milwaukee, succeeding was city freight agent and traveling F. C. Foug. Starting with the Road in freight agent there, and subsequently di 1934, Mr. Kapke has been ticket clerk vision freight and passenger agent at in the station ticket office in Milwaukee Aberdeen, S. D., and Terre Haute. Since since 1951. August, 1950, he has been general agent in Pittsburgh. Effective Apr. 16, 1954: George Neu is appointed general S. P. Elmslie is appointed division agent at Pittsburgh, Pa., succeeding F. freight agent, Minneapolis, succeeding W. Baker. Mr. R. N. Edman L. W. Dietrich' Neu, who started in the Chicago Safety Department passenger depart ment in 1927, was Effective Apr. 1, 1954: employed for a 1. W. Dietrich. \s appointed district time in the de safety engineer with headquarters ;0 partments at Ta Tacoma, territory Idaho and Coast Divi coma and Port sions, succeeding H. J. McMahon who land, and was retired Mar. 31. Mr. Dietrich started later city freight with the Road io station service at Mis and passenger George Neu S. P. Elmslie soula, Mont., in 1922. Later he was agent in Tacoma, W.G.Orr perishable freight inspector at Avery and traveling freight and passenger agent at George Neu. Mr. Elmslie entered serv St. Maries, Idaho, and at Malden, Wash. Spokane, and division freight and pas• ice in 1923 at Duluth and was subse Since 1947 he has been freight service senger agent at Aberdeen, S. D. Most quently city freight agent there. He was inspector in Seattle. recently he has been divisi90 freight formerly traveling freight agent at De agent at Minneapslis. troit and both city freight agent and Traffic Department Effective Mar. 16,1954: traveling freight agent at Minneapolis. Since March, 1952, he has been general Effective Mar. 15, 1954: M. J. Martin is appointed traveling freight agent with headquarters at Min agent in Indianapolis. J. M. Cunningham is appointed neapolis, succeeding 1. P. Gran, resigned. W. G. Orr is appointed general agent, freight traffic manag€r, sales and service, An employe of the Road in Minneapolis Indianapolis, succeeding S. P. Elmslie. with office at Chicago, m., succeeding since 1930, Mr. Martin has been chief Mr. Orr has been with the traffic depart-
18 The Milwaukee Road Magazine ment in New Orleans since 1943. Since October, 1946, he has been traveling freight and passenger agent with head. quarters in New Orleans. J. H. Mitcham is appointed traveling freight and passenger agent with head. quarters at New Orleans, succeeding W. G. Orr. Mr. Mitcham, who started with the Road in the traffic department at Atlanta, Ga., in 1948, has been city freight agent in Kansas .City since December, 1952. B. Swindell, Jr., is appointed city freight agent at Kansas City, succeeding J. H. Mitcham. Mr. Swindell has been Scene at the party held in H. J. McMahon's honor in Tacoma. Left to right, far side of an employe of the Milwaukee Road. table: R. C. Schwichtenberg, trainmaster; E. G. Kiesele, superintendent of safety; Mrs. Kansas City Southern Joint Agency in Kiesele; Mrs. McMahon; Mr. McMahon; and J. T. Hansen, Coast Division superintendent. Kansas City since March, 1947.
Operating Department H. J. McMahon Retires
Effective Apr. 12, 1954: HARRY J. McMAHON, district safety en· at Tacoma. Following about 11 years at F. G. McGinn is appointed super gineer with headquarters at Tacoma, and > division headquarters in Miles City, intendent of the Milwaukee Division a familiar figure to all employes on the Mont., he was appointed district safety with headquarters at Milwaukee, suc· Coast and Idaho Divisions for many... engineer at that point in October, 1942. ceeding K. R. Schwartz, transferred. Mr. years, retired Mar. 31 after almost 45 On Apr. 1, 1946 he was transferred to McGinn started with the Road in 1930 years of service. He was honored at a the Coast Division. as a telegraph operator, and has been retirement party held in Tacoma on the Mr. McMahon closes his career with a superintendent of the Iowa Division night of Mar. 27 and attended by more since Jan. 1, 1953. than 130 of his closest friends and as. very laudable record of accomplishment sociates. behind him. During the time he was K. R. Schwartz is appointed super· intendent of the Iowa Division with Me. McMahon began his railroad G\.. safety engineer on the Idaho and Coast headquarters at Marion, succeeding F. G. reer at Deer Lodge, Mont., in July, Divisions, the Idaho Division captured McGinn, transferred. Mr. Schwartz, 1909, and in April of the following year first place two years in succession (1946 who has been with the Road since 1918, moved to Seattle, where he held a clerk's and 1947) and kept possession of the has been superintendent of the Milwau. position until April, 1911, when he President's Safety Trophy. At the time kee Division since May, 1953. transferred to Tacoma. He later went to of his retirement there had been no N. H. McKegney is appointed assist. Seattle where he remained until moving fatalities or reportable injuries among ant superintendent of the Dubuque and to Tacoma in connection with the estab· Idaho and Coast Division employes duro Illinois Division Second District with lishment of division accounting in 1918. ing 1954. Furthermore, the Coast Divi. headquarters at Dubuque, succeeding R. Later that year he returned to Deer sion has had no fatalities for the past H. Bourgerie, re·· Lodge as division accountant, and in seven years and the Idaho Division has signed. Mr. Mc. 1920 was appointed division accountant had none for the past six years. Kegney started in track service at New Lisbon in 1938andhas .since been a train· at Spokane, succeeding R. G. Scott. Mr. W: . F. Bannon is appointed train· master on the Mil. Duszak, who entered service as a rod master of the Milwaukee Terminals with waukee and the man in 1943, has been trainmaster at headquarters at Milwaukee, succeeding Twin City Termi. Sioux City, and since Nov. 1, 1953, of T. E. Witt. Entering service in 1941, nal D i vis ion s. the Milwaukee Division Third District. Mr. Bannon was in turn trainman, con.. N. H. McKegney Most recently he J. F. Elder is appointed trainmaster of. ductor, and trainmaster of the Chicago has been train the Milwaukee Division Third District Terminals until September; 1953, when master at Aberdeen, S.D. with headquarters at Milwaukee, sUC· he was appointed trainmaster at Terre R. G. Scott is appointed trainmaster ceeding E. A. Duszak. . Since entering Haute. of the Hastings & Dakota Division with service in 1947, Mr. Elder has been 1. W. Harrington is appointed train. headquarters at Aberdeen, succeeding N. trainmaster of the Milwaukee Terminals, master of the Terre Haute Division with H. McKegney. Starting in track main. and most recently at I)li.venport. headquarters at Faithorn, Ill., succeeding tenance work in 1928, Mr. Scott was T. E. Witt is appointed trainmaster of W. F. Bannon. A native of Milwaukee roadmaster at various points, trainmaster the Dubuque & Illinois Division Third ~nd graduate of the University -of Wis· of the Milwaukee Division, and most District with headquarters at Davenport, consin, Mr. Harrington entered service recently trainmaster at Spokane. succeeding J. F. Elder. Mr. Witt started at Milwaukee in 1949, since then he has E. A. Duszak is appointed trainmaster in 1935, and has been trainmaster at been switchman, yardmaster and phone of the Idaho Division with headquarters Austin, Portage and Milwaukee. director in the Milwaukee Terminals.
April, 1954 19 how are we doing~
FEBRUARY TWO MONTHS 1954 1953 1954 1953 RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS for hauling freight, passengers, mail, etc . $17,910,172 . '. $20,457,610 $35,544,137 $41,245,025
PAID OUT IN WAGES .. 9,036,860 9,658,675 18,974,945 20,122,621 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) . (50.5) (47.2) (53.4) (48.8) Payroll taxes on account of Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act . 537,599 590,945 1,095,802 1,184,020 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) . ( 3.0) ( 2.9) ( 3.1) ( 2.9)
ALL OTHER PAYMENTS for operating expenses, taxes, rents and interest.... 8,535,680 9,287,658 17,029,993 18,360,063
PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) .... (47.7) (45:4) (47.9) (44.5)
NET INCOME . 920,332 1,578,321 NET LOSS . 799,967 7,556,603
REVENUE CARS LOADED AND RECEIVED FROM CONNECTIONS: Number of cars . 101,556 117,157 205,279 240,297 Decrease 1954 under 1953. 15,601 35,018
Agent F. C. Williams Retires at Mobridge
A RAILROAD career which started with was active in the CiVIC organizations one daughter, Mrs. Frances Anderson, the westward movement of The Mil which persuaded new business to locate who is a successful concert singer, having waukee Road through the Dakotas arid in Mobridge and brought about many appeared as a soloist with symphony which for 43 years ran parallel to the improvements. orchestras throughout the East and Mid development of that area came to a close Among the pro west and with the New York City Opera on Mar. 16 with the retirement of the jects he helped to Company. Planning to make their home well-known F. C. "Frank" Williams. As promote were the in Ridgewood, N. J., near Mrs. Ander. cashier and agent at Mobridge, S. D., high wa y bridge son and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Wil since Dec. 13, 1'913, Mr. Williams was across the Mis liams left Mobridge in time to be in a pioneer of that community and instru souri River, mod. New York City on Apr. 1 when she mental in building up the city after the ern water and sang the lead in an opera in concert railroad opened the country to settle s tree t systems, symphony form conducted at Carnegie ment. goo d schools, a Hall by Leopold Stokowski. hundred - room As a farewell to the city in which he In his 'teens, !'-ir. W~lliams worked in hotel, a civic audi- spent all of his adult years, Mr. Williams the lumber campsQf northern Minnesota F. C. WiHiams torium seating placed an open letter to the business men and also spent a few years with the Chi 2,400 and the de of Mobridge in the Mobridge Tribune, cago Great Western arrd,·the Gr.eat velopment ofthe Yellowstone Trail. For in which he expressed his regrets at H~ Northern. began wcirkiog for the some· of those year§.he served as alger~ leaving his friends and the community. Milwaukee at Marmarth, N. D., on Mar. man and on the school board (one term In conclusion it read, "The Milwaukee 28, 1911 and tWo months to the day as president) and ll,lso did· committee Road was, and still is, an important faG later had the thrill of watching the work for the Chamber of Commetce,' all tor in the building of this good little Columbian make its first transcontinental of which he enjoyed immensely, he says. city. Therefore may I ask that you re run. He went to Mobridge in 1913 as Shortly after arriving in Mobridge he member it with more of your business cashier and was appointed agent in 1931. met and married Miss Regira Larson, a and also that you give my successor the During his long service, Mr. Williams member of a pioneer family. They have same friendly help you have given me." 20 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Mr. Williams' duties have been taken over by P. E. Collins who was at one Birotherhood Honors 70-Year Member time relief agent-operator at Mobridge. Mr. Collins was formerly game and fish commissioner for the state of North Da kota, a former tax auditor in the state tax department and deputy examiner for the North Dakota Insurance Depart ment. Returning to the railroad in 1950 he has been a relief agent since then at various points.
Stephen Francescon STEPHEN FRANCJ;SCON, SO, assistant engineer in the office of chief engineer, Chicago, died at his home in Oak Park, Ill., on Mar. 27. He was well known Paul M. Smith, editor of the Locomotive Engineers Journal, confers pins on the veteran and well liked by Milwaukee Road peo engineers present at the dinner. From left: Robert Meldrum, Charles Hunt, Fred Wagner ple, particularly in the Chicago area, and Halsey Wasson. When the first 60-year emblems were given out, Mr. Smith had the privilege of pinning the first one for a Milwaukee Road engineer on his father. (Perry and had earned an enviable reputation Daily Chief photo) as a valued employe of the railroad. "Steve," as he was known, was born Dec. 21, 1903, in Chicago, and received A GROUP of Milwaukee Road engineers other railroads in the country. Owing to his formal education at Armour In at Perry, Ia., who have been members the fact that an operation prevented him stitute and the University of Illinois. He of Division 203 of the Brotherhood of from being present, the membership pin served with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Locomotive Engineers for 40 years or and certificate were conferred on him at Survey and came to The Milwaukee Road more were honored at a dinner in Mc the hospital. Re as a rodman on the Chicago Terminals Donald's Tearoom on Mar. 3. About 70 tired Engineer Division in 1929. He was transferred members of the organization and' the Stoner, who could to the division engineer's office at La.. auxiliary were present to witness the not attend because Crosse in 1934, and was later promoted presentation of their membership pins of illness, was pre to instrumentman. In 1939 he was by visiting officials. The honored vet sented with his transferred to the office of chief engi erans were B. H. Moore, holder of a pin at home, and neer and later advanced to the position 70-year membership, Halsey Wasson, a Engineer Koch, of assistant engineer. SO-year member, and Robert Meldrum, also unable to be Charles Hunt, Fred Wagner, Harry present, received He is survived by his wife, the former Julian, Charles Stoner and August Koch, his pin on Mar. 5 Valorie Graw of LaCrosse; three sisters, when he was in all 40-year members. B. H. Moore Helen Carrieri of Oak Park, Jane F .. Speakers of the evening introduced by Perry. Mr. Julian's Greganti of Chicago and Mary Harring Local Chairman Orville Balsbaugh were pin was sent to him in California where ton of San Francisco; and two brothers, Paul M. Smith, editor of the Locomotive he has been living since he retired. PaulL. of Clinton, la., and Daniel 1. of Engineers Journal, George B. Hooper, All of Mr. Moore's 70 years as a Chicago; also his father, Louis Fran special representative of the general com member of the B. of L.E. were spent cescon of Oak Park, a retired Evangelical mittee, and William McLaughlin, gen on the Milwaukee Road at Perry. The minister and mission April, 1954 21 Retirement Benefits Greatest Ever "I'LL BE ON A ONE HOUR RAILROAD employes and their depend• . EARLIER SCHEDULE WESTBOUND ents, in the year ended June 30, 1953, TO ST. PAUL·MINNEAPOLlS." received the largest amount of benefits ever paid in a 12-month period. Alto• gether, 969,000 persons received bene• fits of $558,000,000 during the year. Effective with daylight saving time, April 25, Retirement benefit payments totaling the Morning HIAWATHA No. 5 will leave $365,000,000 went to 406,000 retired THE Chicago daily 9 :30 AM Central Standard Time and operate one hour earlier through to the employes and their eligible wives. The NhlWAUKEE Twin Cities. remaining $193,000,000 was divided as ROAD follows: $95,000,000 to 210,000 sur Route of the Super Dome HIAWATHAS vivors of deceased employes; $54,000, 000 to 224,000 unemployed workers, The above sketch and brief announcement left no doubt about the fact that the and $44,000,000 to 158,000 sick or in• westbound Morning Hiawatha will be on an earlie1' schedule dm'ing the period jured employes. of daylight saving time. Printed 01'1 postcards, the announcement went to all foreign line ticket. agents, passenger traffic officers and tour and travel bureaus Have You Forgotten throughout the country, in addition to Milwaukee Road agents and passenger representatives. What You Really Owe? "MOST American families think they have a pretty good idea of what they owe," says the Manufacturer's Record. "So much for:- the department store bills, CAN YOU NAM E TH EM? service is to be given, the railroad em so much for doctors' bills, the mortgage ploye should make sure that his claim on the house or farm, and so on. For THE FOLLOWING initials are the "re agent has his correct number and that the average family, the total is close to porting marks" by which freight cars it is entered correctly on the forms. In $2,900, according to the National Cham of different railroads are identmed and the case of sickness benefits, the appli ber of Commerce. reported for operating and accounting cant himself is responsible, since he "But as citizens, everyone owes an purposes. See how many of the ten mails his application directly to the other debt likely to be forgotten. That's railroads you can identify from their board. reporting marks; then turn to page 45 the national debt. Presently the national When writing about retirement bene for verification. debt totals about $274.5 billion, or about .fits, the social security account number $6,008 per family. Interest alone on l.B&'O should be shown, unless a claim has the national debt amounts to $144 an 2. C P been .filed and the board has assigned a nually per family. These are among the claim number. Then the claim number reasons why all of us can have more if 3. C I M should be shown. For survivor benefits, the government spends less." . 4. D L &' W the applicant should show both the so Incidentally, according to the Library 5. M E C cial security number of the deceased and of Congress, the U. S. national debt is his own, if any. Again, if a claim num nearly double that of the rest of the 6. NYC ber has been assigned, that number world, excluding Russia, China, Yugo 7. N Y S W should be shown. slavia, Hungary, Germany and a few 8. P R R other areas for which no public debt statistics are available. While we owe 9. S P S Man hours measure the time it takes a man $274.5 billion, the rest of the world 10. V G N to do a ;ob that any woman could do i" minutes if it didn't require a ma,,'s strength. (excluding the countries mentioned) owes only a combined total of $140.5 billion.-from the Norfolk and Western I I] 0/ first you don't succeed, see if maybe you I I Show Social Security Number, haven't still got your brakes on. Magazine, March 1954. Retirement Board Urges A REMINDER from the Railroad Retire• ment Board urges that the correct social security account number be shown on all Notice-Members of The Milwaukee Road Women's Club correspondence with the board, to help in THE 30th anniversary get-together luncheon of the 59 chapters of The processing claims and answering letters Milwaukee Road Women's Club will be held in the grand ballroom of more promptly. Since the board keeps the La Salle. Hotel in Chicago on Saturday, June 12, at 1 P.M. Chicago records on some 9,000,000 persons and daylight sav.ing time; price, $2 per person. pays benefits to nearly a million each year, it is virtually impossible to locale All voting members are invited to attend. Please make reservations files or records by name only. not later than May 31 through your local chapter president, who will Unemployment claims, particularly, supply detailed information. are often submitted with an incorrect Etta N. Lindskog, Secretary General number or with Done at all. If prompt 22 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Excise Tax on Tickets Now 10 Per Cent Good Old Tear Jerker FELLOW named John Crosby who MILWAUKEE ROAD ticket sellers had manager, pointed out that, although it writes a newspaper column about good news for passengers purchasing seems slight, it means, for example, a radio and television shows, recently tickets on and after Apr. 1. The bill cut· saving of $8.69 to an individual pur gave the industry some good natured ting excise taxes, which President Eisen chasing a round trip ticket from Chicago kidding. Tragedy shows, says Crosby, seem hower signed into law on Mar. 31, to Seattle, with a roomette. to be increasing. Each new show is became effective the following day and, "Of course, if the entire 15 per cent more of a tear jerker than the last. among other reductions, cut the tax on tax had been removed, as it should have Seems like the sadder the show the passenger fares from 15 to 10 per cent. been," he added, "we could really offer greater its chances for success. This levy, the Federal Transportation the passenger a saving ... $26.07 to be As long as that's what people want, Crosby makes a few show suggestions Excise Tax, which came into being as a exact. of his own, plus some others that have wartime measure, has been called the "To put it another way, The Milwau come to his attention. They include "keep-'em-off-the-trains" tax. It has been kee Road was obliged in 1953 to collect the following: widely criticized because of the unfair from its passengers and pass along to "Share Their Grief"-Each week the television camera takes you to a position in which it places public trans the federal government $2,303,319.15. new and different funeral. portation agencies in their competition Under the new law we will be obliged "Waiting at the Church"-Jilted with private automobiles. The tax was to collect $1,535,546.i0 on the same brides and rejected suitors appear on first enacted in October, 1941 at an volume of business. It is a pleasure to this show to describe their collapsed effective rate of 5 per cent. In Novem. be in the position of telling the traveling love affairs. The most heart-breaking tale wins the unhappy boy or girl a ber, 1942 Congress raised it to 10 per public that they can now keep the dif. dinner at the Stork Club. cent, and on Apr. 1, 1944 to 15 per cent. ference, or some $767,773.05. We all "Hit the Skids"-Bums are col The present law- makes no change in ." hope, of course, that it will not be too lected from the streets to appear on a the 3 per cent tax on freight charges. long before we-can compete on more show to tell how they went downhill. Commenting on the reduction of 5 even terms with the private automobile Bum who has fallen the lowest wins the prize. -. per cent in the tax on passenger fares, by selling our passengers completely tax "You Sent Them Up"-People re Harry Sengstacken, passenger traffic free transportation." cently released from prison confront the people who sent them up. Every one shakes hands, makes up, and cries CONTENTMENT a little. We all dream of great deeds and high positions away from the pettiness and humdrum of "They're all heart-warming ideas, ordinary life. Yet success is not just occupying a lofty place or doing conspicuous work; chock full of human interest", says it is being the best that is in you. Rattling around in too big a job is much worse than Crosby, and he can't understand why filling a small cne to overflcwing. Dream, aspire by all means; but do not ruin the life someone hasn't taken them up yet. you must lead by dreaming pipe dreams of the one you would like to lead. Make the most -"After Hours" in Enterprise of what you have and are. Perhaps your immediate task is the one sure way of proving your mettle. Do the thing near at hand, and greater things will come to your hand to be done. -Enterprise THE ENGINEERS. Milwaukee Road engineers, including division engi Association held in Chicago on Mar, 16, 17 and 18. Chief purpose of neers, are shown here at a department staff 'meeting called by Chief the department meeting was to discuss maintenance of way programs, Engineer W. G. Powrie (seated third from right, far table) in con J H. Schnaitman, auditcr of capital expenditure (standing, seventh nection with the annual meeting of the American Railway Engineering from right) was present to give a briefing on accounting practices. hOlDe departlDent SANDWICHES to Pack and Carry Make a neat packet for san,dwiches by folding.. waxed paper drugstore style, with a double fold oyer the top. To pack a piece of pie or cake, tape one paper plate upside down on top of another. lunch box ideas for office, heavy job or schoo,[ IT IS estimated that 30 million sand Spread fillings in one operation, using ardize portions by using an ice cream wiches are eaten each day in the United a flexible spatula. You'll find that scoop or other definite measure. Fillings States. Just as the Earl of Sandwich pre spreading goes much faster if you stand- should be generous enough that the ferred an out-of-hand serving of bread and meat to a meal that would take him away from the gaming table, so the sandwich now serves as the basis of the carried lunch for thousands of office LUNCH BOX TREATS workers, laborers and school children. Homemakers with lunches to pack for FOR high nutritive value, it is 'al 350 0 P. oven 45-50 minutes. Remove several members of the family can ways well to include sandwiches from pan, cool before cutting. streamline much of the work if they have made with enriched bread, rye a food freezer, or sufficient storage space bread, Boston Brown, hamburger A double-fold wrap of waxed paper in the freezing compartment of their re buns, or crisp rolls. A nut bread makes an air-tight packet for pick frigerator. Sandwiches which are prop sandwich is a special treat. les, olives or carrots. You can even erly prepared can be kept for as long as peel a tomato and wrap it whole in Quick Nut Bread a week at a time in the refrigerator, and this type of package. for two weeks in a freezer. 1 cup bran 1 cup milk It takes little more time to prepare a 1 cup sifted all.purpose flour Always pack some fruit. Fresh fruit week's sandwiches, and it's only a little 2 tsps. double-acting baking powder is popular at any time, but for a more work, than the daily routine of 1 tsp. salt change include canned, cooked or preparing them on a day-to-day basis. Y2 cup sugar 1 egg dried fruit. Set up a production line. Prepare the Y2 cup chopped [l.llts fillings first and store them in the re Sift tOgether flour, baking powder, Fill the vacuum bottle with milk, frigerator. layout as many slices of salt-and sugar. Add bran-milk mixture cocoa, flavored milk drink, or hot bread as you think you will need. Have and' egg and beat 2 minutes. Fold in soup. An occasional baked custard ready softened butter or margarine, so it nuts. Turn into greased and waxed or other pudding makes a hit. will spread evenly on the bread and pre paper lined 8 x 3Y2 loaf pan. Bake in a vent fillings from soaking in. 24 The Milwaukee Road Magazine sandwich can be identified for what it is, and should be spread uniformly to in sure even thawing time. HOW TO PLANT T RE ES If sandwiches are to be held for any considerable period of time, the follow ing points should be kept in mind: GOOD landscaping may increase the re as the former, especially where grass is 1. The most satisfactory fillings for sale value of your home up to 50 per mowed around them and the clippings frozen sandwiches are: peanut butter, ctnt, in the opinion of real estate men. removed. The fertilizer should contain cream cheese, sliced cheeses including It is an investment which grows with nitrogen, phosphorous and potash, with American and Cheddar, sliced or ground time. 6 to 10 per cent soluble nitrogen. It meat, sliced chicken or fish. Egg salad Planting a tree is easy if a few simple should be applied to the whole root or sliced eggs should not be used, since rules are observed. Consult a local ex area, at the rate of five pounds for each freezing toughens egg white. However, pert, nurseryman or state extension serv inch of the tree trunk diameter at breast if they are to be stored only in the re ice as to the kind of tree for your particu height. frigerator overnight, they will retain lar purpose, then plant the tree yourself Application of fertilizer is best when their freshness. by following the illustration. Here are a series of holes are bored into the soil 2. Each sandwich should be wrapped the rules for shade, flowering and fruit about 18 inches apart and filled with and sealed separately in moisture-vapor trees, as prescribed by the National fertilizer. Soil augurs are useful tools proof paper. For easy selection, label Arborist Association: for the purpose, though many tree ex and date each sandwich at time of prepa Remove plant from paper, plastic or perts use air or electric power tools. ration. metal container before planting, unless 3. Mayonnaise should not be used in otherwise instructed. If the tree arrives with a ball of earth wrapped in burlap . Thin ,and Vlorlen sandwiches for freeZing storage, since it b',nchn in • .around the roots, place the whole bur m,nner 10 pre separates and soaks into the bread. It '.rve ,h, "'lur,1 lap-wrapped ball into the hole and un fo'moflh,!r.t Uwrubbcr should be added at eating time. ho~e or. inner tie at the top. Then take a sharp knife ruDe to prol'" 4. After sandwiches are ready for freez rree f'om and make long slits in the burlap in five ["lirelo...... r gUt wire ing, do not hold them for more than b"nchfS m't or six places so the roots won't be con ohen be re· four hours at any room temperature f1'\Qvl'd It's an Idea! HAVE you ever used 'a toy balloon to block a baby's bonnet? After sudsing, rinsing and squeezing excess moisture from the bonnet, ease it back to shape and insert a balloon inflated to the cor rect size. The bonnet will dry to fit. 26 The Milwaukee Road Magazine (Continued from page 16) casionally works with the club in her Stoll received this note from M. 1. an activity over so many years, it may be mother's absence, is a pianist with the Boydston, Milwaukee Road tax commis. logical to inquire in what ways this Chicago Symphony Orchestra. sioner: group is different. The Milwaukee Road Choral Club, "All of us, of course, are aware of the Most of the individual members are one of relatively few such railroad-spon fine job you and the Choral Club are do quick to point out that having their rail sored organizations in the country, was ing, but it is always gratifying to know road behind them is a genuine incentive. formed chiefly through the efforts of that your efforts are appreciated outside No small part of that support lies in the G. M. Dempsey, general inspector, divi. the company also. fact that officers and supervisors under sion of safety. With some organizational "Mr. Morris Hauser, Executive Secre. whom the members work recognize the assistance from the public relations de. tary of the Illinois Association of School Choral Club as important to the rail· partment, the club came into being in Boards, with whom I have frequent con road's community relations program. the fall of 1937, with Mr. Dempsey, tact on school tax matters, is a member Consequently, they willingly allow club who was to head the group for many of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. members in their offices the bits of time years, installed as its president. He called me earlier this week to tell me here and there which they require for At that time the principal purpose was that he and his wife attended last Sun getting to the Union Station for weekly the development of a program for day's meeting, at which the Choral Club rehearsals and to more distant points for presentation at Christmas time. That sang. He wanted me to know how much concerts. performance proved to be so popular he personally enjoyed your program; and It is also an evident fact that the group that it is now a tradition among the further told me that many of his friends . sHcks together' not only because they thousands of people working in and in attendance had made similar com· enjoy singing and doing their after passing through the station. In addition, ments to him." "hours bit for Milwaukee Road prestige, the group is now sought for many per· Also as a result of that concert, John but also because they have fun together. formances before clubs and church or Morrissey, retired switchman and vete. At least five times a year they join ranks ganizations. ran of the club's tenor section, received for evening or mid-day parties, and once They accept as many of these in. this warm note of appreciation from during the summer they hold a big com· vitations as they can prepare for, the friends in his home town of Wheaton, bination picnic and outgoor songfest average being about 10 a year before a Ill. : which some of them regard as their best total audience of some 3,000 people, in "We went to the Chicago Sunday concert of the year. addition to the heavy Christmas program Evening Club last night with our new People who have been familiar with in the Chicago Union Station. pastor, Rev. Emil G. Sauer, who de this group over the years are not sur. Few of the many compliments that livered the invocation. While looking prised at their success, for they have all have come to the group have meant quite over the program I said to AI, 'The Mil· that is required... a great deal of talent, as much as the invitation to present a waukee Road Choral Club is singing'. a genuine liking for each other, sincere concert at Chicago's famous Sunday Al said, 'Maybe we will see Mr. Mor and gifted individuals as director and Evening Club in Orchestra Hall on Feb. rissey'. Sure enough, there you were, accompanist, and, most important of 'all, 28 of this year. Their 45.minute pro· fourth man coming-in the back row. the backing of a company which ap· gram before an audience of approxi. "May I say we did so enjoy that fine preciates their worth as agents of good mately 1,200 people was received with . singing! I just thought I would let you will. great enthusiasm and described by many know." present as the best choral concert they Since groups such as The Milwaukee had heard in the hall in many years. Road's choristers rarely find the in Following that performance, President centive to devote time and effort to such Whose Slogan Is It? MANY railroads have slogans which are used in timetables, dining car menus, posters, advertisements and other pub. Railroad Hour Forecast licity; some are painted on freight cars. How many of the railroads can you A SERIES of original musical shows will be featured on The Railroad identify by the following slogans? Turn Hour, starting in May. In the 292nd broadcast on May 3, Gordon to page 42 for the answers. MacRae will star with Lucille Norman in "Birthday", accompanied by Carmen Dragon's orchestra and the mixed chorus. The Railroad Hour 1. The Water Level Route. is heard every Monday night on the NBC network at 7 P.M. Central 2. The Hoosier Line. Time, 9:30 P.M. Mountain Time, and S:30 P.M. Pacific Time. 3. Route of the Eagles. Other shows of the month are: ,_. 4. The Route of Phoebe Snow. May 10-"Wonderful One.HossShay" with Lucille Norman 5. Main Line of Mid-America. May 17-"Around the World in SO Days" with Lucille Norman 6. Route of the Hiawathas May 24-"Penny Whistle" with Lucille Norman 7. The Peoria Gateway. May 31-"Homecoming" with Nadine Conner S. Route of the Rockets. 9. The Bay Line. 10. Main Line Through the Rockies. April. 1954 27 1 r_e_t_i_r_e_ID__e_D__t_s_' -.I The following employes' applications for retirement were recorded during March, 7954 GENERAL OFFrCES-CHICAGO AND SMITH, CLARENCE REAGAN, JOHN R. SEATTLE-INCLUDING SYSTEM EMPLOYES Laborer Chicago, Ill. Div. Frt. & Pass. Agt.....Spokane, Wash. WAGNER, JOHN F. WHITE, HAAS R. DREUTZ, ARTHUR W. Frt. Hse. Foreman Chicago, Ill. Sec. Laborer...... Plummer Jct., Ida. Asst. to Pass. Traf. Mgr. .... Chicago, Ill. WILKINS, WEBSTER W. GARLAND, FRED Checker Chicago, Ill. IOWA DIVISION Porter Chicago, Ill. WROBEL, STANLEY ABBOTT, WILLIAM H. HOGAN, WALTER T. Carman Chicago, Ill. Engineer Accountant Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engineer Council Bluffs, Iowa HAMEL, HAROLD E. HOWARD, EDWARD COAST DIVISION Waiter Chicago, Ill. Ex. Gang Laborer Van Horne, Iowa FOSTER, SR. EDGAR H. ZAUCHA, TILLIE C. RAIN, JOHN Clerk...... Tacoma, Wash. Folder Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engineer Council Bluffs, Iowa GERMANOVICH, OSTOYA Sec. Laborer. Hyak, Wash. IOWA & DAKOTA DIVISION CHICAGO TERMINALS GRAYBAEL, CARL E. ARENSDORF, ALVIN H. BLOCH, LUCIEN Chief Sub. S[a. Oper. Renton, Wash. Car Cleaner. .. . Sioux Falls, S.D. Switchman Chicago, Ill. HALL, OLAF F. ECKERT, WILLIAM 1. Yd. Cleaner. Seattle, Wash. CHRISTIANSEN, GEORGE Conductor, . _;. Sioux City, Iowa HUGHES, FRANK J. , Checker Galewood, Ill. HOFF, JOHJ."J Ex. Gang Laborer. . Moses Lake, Wash. HARRIS, W ALTER Sta. Helper. Tripp, S.D. ~.' KRATSCHMER, FRANK]. Ex. Gang Laborer .. Chicago, Ill. IDE, JOSEPH 1. Counterman Tacoma, Wash. HART, GEORGE C. Sec. Laborer...... Mitchell, S.D. McMAHON, HARRY]. Bridge Tender Chicago, Ill. SCHIMMEL, ROY W. Dist. Safety Engr Tacoma, Wash. KING, RICHARD T. Loco. Engineer Sioux City, Iowa Loco. Engineer Chicago, Ill. NYGAARD, EMIL WOODHOUSE, WILLIAM H. KOZIELEK, KASIMER Carman...... Tacoma, Wash. Sta. Baggageman Mason City, Iowa Car Cleaner. Chicago, Ill. SLEDJESKI, STANLEY V. WRIGHT, LeROY KROEGER, HENRY ]. Blacksmith Helper. . . .Tacoma, Wash. Conductor Sioux City, Iowa B&B Carpenter Bensenville, Ill. VIRGIL, SAMUEL M. LATUSZEK, ALBERT ]. Stationary Engineer Tacoma, Wash. IOWA SOUTHERN MINNESOTA Inspector Chicago, Ill. & DIVISION McKEE, JOHN W. DUBUQUE & ILLINOIS DIVISION Trucker Chicago, Ill. EVANS, EDWARD E. ANDERSON, SA.ivIUEL H. Coal Shed Laborer Mankato, Minn. MOORE, LUTHER A. Boilermaker Helper Savanna, Ill. OUS, JOSEPH Helper Chicago, Ill. CONNELL, LEO G. OLSEN, SIGVARD 1. Carpenter Austin, Minn. Yardmaster McGregor, Iowa SIMON, JOHN E. . Stower , Chicago, Ill. CONNER, WILLIAM 1. Sec. Foreman ..... Blooming Prairie, Minn. OVIATT, JESSE' Roundhouse Foreman .... Davenport, Iowa THOMPSON, ALFRED E. Boilermaker Helper...... Bensenville, Ill. DEGNAN, JOHN ]. Switchman Austin, Minn. POLICHT, STANLEY Agent Guttenberg, Iowa TUFTEE, HARRY J. Ex. Gang Laborer BensenviJle, Ill. EBERLING, ALBERT F. Loco. Engineer Austin, Minn. SLOMA, STANLEY M. Conductor Savanna, Ill. Switchman Chicago, III. GAJDOSTIK, ANTON F. LaCROSSE & RIVER DIVISION Trucksmith Savanna, Ill. THE CHAMP AT BAT GOERGEN, EMIL P. DODGE, RAY H. Checker Dubuque, Iowa Boilermaker Helper LaCrosse, Wis. KEMPTER, FAY A. HANSON, ANDREW E. Car Inspector . . . . .Savanna, III. Ex. Gang Laborer Red Wing, Minn. KLINE, LLOYD A. MEURISSE, JOSEPH ]. Agent-Oper. Kirkland, Ill. Machinist Helper Tomah, Wis. MASON, VERNE W. PYNN, GILES G. Switchman Davenport, Iowa Crossingman Oconomowoc, Wis. McGRAW, BERT ]. RIEBE, EDWARD E. ConductOr Ottumwa, Iowa Sec. Laborer Merrill, Wis. WALL, WILLIAM E. Loco. Engineer Savanna, III. MADISON DIVISION ADAMS, HENRY 1. HASnNGS & DAKOTA DIVISION Sec. Foreman Muscoda, Wis. JENSVOLD, LUDVIG ]. BOUCHER, ALPHA M. Hostler " .Monrevideo, Minn. Car Repairer. Janesville, Wis. PRYATL, JOHN CRONIN, JOHN ]. Ex. Gang Laborer. .Cologne, Minn. Crossing Watchman. . ... Janesville, Wis. HOWARD, ELVA M. IDAHO DIVISION Sta. Helper Darlington, Wis. ARNOLD, JACK A. NAMIO, JOHN Laborer Spokane, Wash. Laborer Madison, Wis. :MATLOCK, PHILLIP ]. SCHWARTZ, FRED O. B&B Carpenter Spokane; Wash. Loco. Engineer Madison, Wis. 28 The Milwaukee Road Magazine . ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION c. W. Meier, Auditing Veteran, Retires BARRETT, JOHN C. Ice House Laborer.... Deer Lodge, Mont. BLEICHNER, EDWARD S. Telegrapher Butte, Mom. FOSHAG, WILLIAM F. Loco. Engineer Lewistown, Mont. LANE, SALATHIEL S. Inspector...... Deer Lodge, Mont. NISHIMURA, GENYO Ex. Gang Laborer Butte, Mont. PETERSEN, ROSCOE A. Sec. Foreman Tarkis, Monr. TERRE HAUTE DIVISION FARMER, JOSEPH F. Loco. Fireman Terre Haute, Ind. GIOVANNINI, JOE Sec. Laborer . .W. Clinton, Ind. GUTHRIE, W ALTER W. Carman ' . , Ter're Haute, Ind. HILL, ZIBA The last day on the job, and C. W. Meier, retiring auditor of equipment accounts gathers Machinist Tester. . Bedford, Ind. his righthand men and 'women around him for a word of farewell. Gifts presented by the McCLOUD, BERT people in the department are on the desk. Shown, left to right: Marie Streiber, Elsa Oxweld Cutter Terre Haute, Ind. Augustin, Clara Wood, D. B. Ramsay, C. H. Gasmann, C. P. Richardson, Joseph Votava, W. Hettinger, George Miller, C. C. Denz, D. B. Chandler, L. 1. Kincaid, and H. H. Kester. VanMETER, WILLIAM C. Loco. Engineer. .. : .....Terre Haute, Ind. 'YATSEMA, NICHOLAS Ex. Gang Labor,er Terre Haute, Ind. C. W: Meier, the Road's auditor of leave during World War I, he had been equipment accounts since 1949, retired in continuous service since that time. He TRANS-M ISSOURI DIVISION on Mar. 31. He leaves a proud record was assistant car accountant from July ATANAS, ELIA of 49 years of service in the Chicago 16, 1925 until Feb. 1, 1949 when he was Sec. Laborer. ...Mobridge, S.D. DONAHUE, WILLIAM B. accounting department. appointed auditor of equipment accounts Relief Rndhse. Foreman ... Mobridge, S.D. As a young boy, Mr. Meier lived with upon the retirement of E. J. Knoll. KAVORKIAN, ALBERT in a short walk of the Fullerton Avenue As a lifetime resident of Chicago, Mr. Sec. Laborer Bowman, N.D. accounting building, but for his first job Meier will continue to make his home he chose to go with the Rock Island. He there. His office force and other account TWIN CITY TERMINALS was with that line only a short time, ing department associates presented him ANDERSON, ARTHUR 1. Machinist Minneapolis, Minn. however, and started with the Milwaukee with a fishing outfit and a camera, the ARNDT, FRANK F. in May, 1906. Except for a military better to enjoy 'his new leisure. Livestock Agent ...... St. Paul, Minn. CALKINS, HOYT J. Machinist St. Pau'l, Minn. CONNOLLY, PATRICK Boilermaker Minneapolis, 'Minn. DOLAN, WILLIAM R. SLOAN, JOHN T. CAMPBELL, FRED H. Conductor. " St. Paul, Minn. Loco. Engineer Madison, Wis: Genl. Car Inspector .....Milwaukee, Wis. DVORAK, ALFRED SLOAN, EDWARD V. COLEMAL'l, JOHN A. Machinist ...... •....Minneapolis, Minn. Tel. Operator. Waukesha, Wis. Blacksmith Helper Milwaukee, Wis. HARDY, FRANCIS J. SMITH, OSCAR J. FLADVID, INAR Machinist . . . .Minneapolis, Minn. Carman ...... Madison, Wis. Carman Milwaukee, Wis. KLOBNAK, MICHAEL G. W AGEN, THEODORE W. GICAS, THOMAS G. Car Cleaner." ,Minneapolis, Minn. Loco. Engineer Milwaukee, Wis. Sec. Foreman Milwaukee, Wis. :MILLER, JOE A. WOOD, ERVIN C. GREEMAN, GARNET Laborer '" .Minneapolis, Minn. Conductor Madison, Wis. Asst. Supt. Car. Milwaukee, Wis. PRATT, HERRICK M. LUECHT, CHARLES A. Switchman .. Minneapolis, Minn. MILWAUKEE DIVISION Machinist...... Milwaukee, Wis. SHAW, CYRIL F. MORITZ, BLAZEY Lineman Minneapolis, Minn. BURLO, MEDOS Cutter Milwaukee, Wis. SHOEMAKER, LOUIS W. Carman .. , ...... Green Bay, Wis. NIVER, CHARLES H. Car Cleaner. . .. Minneapolis, Minn. DeBRAAL, JAMES Wood Mill Foreman .... Milwaukee, Wis. Conductor ' Menasha, Wis. OLSEN, HARRY E.. MORSE, FLOYD M. Switchtender , .Milwaukee, Wis. Kibitzer, meaning someon.e who want!. to Laborer No. Fond Du Lac, Wis. PEYER, WILBUR J. watch but not ;oin a game, stems from' the Train Clerk Milwaukee, Wis. name of an Austrian officer's pet dog! In the MILWAUKEE TERMINALS & SHOPS RIBICH, STEVE Italian campaign of 1848-49, one of the Mach Helper ' Milwaukee, Wis. Austrian generals had a lillie dog na~ed BASARICI-i;)OHN STACH, MICHAEL J':; Kiebitz, which meant a kind of bird. The Carman Milwaukee, Wis. Helper. . Milwaukee, Wis. officers of the line began ;Qkingly to call the BATES, ARTHUR WALSH, SIMON J. stal! officers "Kiebitze", as they apparently Machinist Milwaukee, Wis. Lumberman .Milwaukee, Wis. only watched. Prelly soon to kibitz came to BELJAN, GEORGE WETHERELL, JOHN G. mean "to look on without ;oining in." Be Carman ... .Milwaukee, Wis. Asst. Engineer...... Milwaukee, Wis. fore long the word spread from the army to BERGER, MAX F. ZUNKER, HERMAN C. fashionable Vienna, then into the general Caller Milwaukee, Wis. Boilermaker Helper .....Milwaukee, Wis. vocabulary. April, 1954 29 As railroad men, do you know: WHICH ONE OF THESE DOESN'T BURN TAX DOLLARS? '1 You're undoubtedly familiar struction and maintenance costs commercial transportation on a with these traffic control devices come· to about 5 billion dollars free and equal basis, you can un for various forms of transporta annually-with you, as a private derstand their position. tion. citizen, picking up the biggest It is their feeling that the pub But do you realize that only part of the bill. (For every 100 lic would be much better served one of them doesn't burn up tax ton-miles of travel, a typical per if all forms of transportation dollars? sonal, car pays taxes averaging were put on a truly competitive 34 cents while a 30-ton highway Consider these facts. Up to the basis. Not only would each be truck pays an average of only spurred to provide constant im end of 1953, Federal and local 12 cents.) governments had spent some 2 provements in services and facil billion dollars on the construction Railroads, on the other hand, ities, but the cost would fall of civil airports and airways. have spent more than 20 billion where it rightly belongs-on us dollars to install rights-of-way ers instead of taxpayers. From the turn of the century and other facilities. In addition, to June 30, 1953, Federal expen they pay taxe$' on them-which [The above pictures and text ditures for river and harbor help to subsidize their competi are from an advertisement re navigation facilities exceeded 4.3 tors in the air, on the water and cently published by the Eastern billion dollars. highways. Railroad Presidents Conference. In its original form, the message Highway construction in the When, therefore, the railroads was addressed to "trained news United States has cost 39 billion say they want the opportunity to men" rather than to railroad dollars since 1921. Highway con compete with other forms of men. -Editor] 30 The Milwaukee Road Magazine about people of the railroad K. V. Garrett, just released from military trade, and acres and acres bloomed with Off Line Offices service, has displaced Bette Ellett as agent at gold for the Daffodil Festival parade on WASHINGTON, D. C. Calder, while the latter in turn displaced Apr. 10. A float was entered this year by R. A. Bradshaw, third trick operator at Othel the Portland Rose Festival, which has sent J. B. Cunningham, lo. Mr. Bradshaw will Jill the Metaline va its float only to the Pasadena Tournament district passenger cancy until assignment is made. of Roses in previous years. agent with headquar. By the time spring's work rolls around, ters in Washington, Charles Lillwitz and wife will be back on the D. C, has bee n farm near Worley, after touring the COuntry Chicago Terminals elected president of by way of Florida, Chicago and Milwaukee. the WashingtOn Pas Carl says, "Give me the West, there's no place GALEWOOD sen g e r Association to compare." Norma Gunderson, Correspondent for 1954. The asso Mrs. GUSt Rossback, wife of a deceased ciation has about 400 dispatcher, passed away recently in Spokane. members in the Glad to welcome back Emily Young, bill Washington trans A Gold "lifetime" Pass, token of 50 years clerk, who returned Mar. 1 from an extended portation area. Mr. of service, was issued last month in favor of leave of absence. Cunninghilm started J. B. Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Casey. Conductor Casey, Corrine Zulaff and Helen Cass, telephone with the Road in whose headquarters are in Spokane, has been operators, both underwent surgery recently 1927 as assistant ticket agent in New York with the Road since 1903. He started as a and from all reports are doing nicely. City and subsequently held various positions clerk at Wahpeton, N. D., and transferred Lillian Arenstein, comptometer operator, in the New York office. He transferred to to train service at Malden in 1909, returned to Galewood Mar. 22, having Jilled Washington as district passenger agent in a temporary position in the office of W. L. 1948, since when he has been active in the • Ennis. association. He served on the board of direc Coast Division Neva Singerling; car record department,> tors in 1951, as second vice president in left recently for California, due to the illness 1952, and as chairman oLspecial committees TACOMA of her sister. The daughter of Joe Novak, train depart in 1953. E. L. Crawford, Correspondent c/o Agent ment, has changed her name from Marilyn to Kim Novak and has a shiny new contract with President Kiley made an inspection of Ta Columbia pictures. She will star in "The Idaho Division coma shops on Mar. 26, and E. G. Kiesele, Killer Wore a Badge." On Mar. 25 she ap Mrs. Ruth White, Correspondent superintendent of safery, conducted a safety peared on the TV broadcast of the Academy Office of Agent, Spokane meeting Mar. 30, with an interesting sound Awards, modeling a gown designed for the movie, These meetings are an education and Spokane Chapter of the Women's Club Oscar-winning "From Here to Eternity:' was pleased with the results of the card party inspiration to hundreds of employes on the The membership drive for the Women's railroad. held Feb. 27 at the Union Station club rooms. Club, Fullerton Avenue Chapter, is still on. Mrs. Jack Webb was assisted by Mrs. A. 1. Cecil Snyder, vice chairman representing All who have not paid their dues for 1954, the car department on Lines West, is taking Titus in planning the affair, and Mrs. George or those wishing to join, can contact Dorothy Weseman and committee served the refresh an extended leave of absence to assist Pete Parsons, interline switching department, Gale ments. Moch, general chairman of all car depart wood station. ments on the Milwaukee. Weare happy to report that J. R. Reagan has left the hospital and is living at Spirit Mr. Weatherall, general car department Lake, Idaho, where he and Mrs. Reagan are supervisor, is a young fellow who believes making their home since his retirement. Ill that safery is one of the most important jobs ness kept him in the hospital most of Febru' on the railroad and introduced Larry Dietrich, ary and part of March. . our new safety supervisor, to the car de The following Milwaukee folks have been partment employes at a meeting in the car reported in and out of the hospitals within department lunch room Mar. 25. Larry is not recent weeks: Train Dispatcher Roy Gaynor, a stranger in Tacoma, having participated in Lou Coller of the B&B deparrment; Engineer claim prevention activities for many years. C A. Nash, Operator E. M. Hartman, and Tacoma is cooperating in the campaign Mrs.' R. M. Ferguson, wife of shovel oper· for APRIL PERFECT SHIPPING MONTH, ator. Engineer Nash reported for work one and meetings are being arranged by rail afternoon not feeling too well. Next day he roaders everywhere to join with their shipper reported to his dOCtOr, who sent him hurry friends in making the 18th annual perfect ing to the hospital, and within the hour shipping campaign the most successful in the Charlie was minus his ruptured appendix. entire history of the program. Following his release, he and Mrs. Nash took Ticket Clerk Glen Russell visited Van off for California and points south. couver, B. C, with the Seattle Passenger I) Extra Gang Foreman Doug 1. Brown Club last month. passed away Mar. 3 in Spokane. He is sur Henry Lemm, retired yard conductor, vived by his wife Mayme at Othello, and passed away Mar. 17. his father and tWO brothers at Plummer, Globe trotting Ex-Chief Yard Clerk O. H. Idaho. Mr. Brown was a member of the John Guttormson and wife have returned from Bloomquist American Legion Post of Plum· Phoenix, Ariz., where t!.ley spent the winter, mer where funeral services were held. His and are now trying to decide where to spend KOREAN BULLETIN. Serving jlS a yardmaster illness started just after extra gang opera the summer-a nice way to enjoy your re in the 724th Railway Operating Transportation tions were concluded last fall. tirement. Battalion, (pI. Norman A. Robertson of Sand P. Taylor has taken over his duties as agent Puyallup Valley's fame will soon be point, Idaho, is helping to haul troops and at Worley, with M. F. Bell, now of Metaline spread around the world again, for when supplies in Korea. He was a brakeman on the Falls, having been assigned to the Plummer America thinks of daffodils it thinks "Puyal Idaho Division before entering the Army in Junction agency. lup Valley.... It is a magic name in the bulb July, 1952. April, 1954 31 UNION STREET last big snow SlOrm. Duffy got stuck in a SECOND DISTRICT snowdrift and when he was able to get back Florence LaMonica, Correspondent Yardmaster 1. G. 10 his car, found it had - been broken into Connell retired at Station employes in lhe Union-Kinzie Streel and all of his things had been taken. Between Marquette I'aSl districl had reason to feel proud when lhere lhe alert officers of Bensenville and the momh, bringing to a appeared on lhe bulletin board last month a counlY police, the young "breaker-iners" copy of a leIter received from Mr. Kiesele were caught and pan of Duffy's belongings close 48 years of cominuous serv ice. commending them for having compleled six were recovered. consecutive months withoUl a 10Sl lime or Thanks to A1 Colrrin, clerk now in the He started at Mar reportable injury. Since thaI time we have armed forces (and receiving our magazine), queUe (lhen North added anOlher month, for a lotal of. well for the lovely scarf he sen! your correspondent McGregor) in May, over 335,000 man hours withoul a lost time while having a leave in Japan. His mother, 1906, working on the or reportable injury. nighI teletl'pe and IBM clerk, delivered it seclion, and in lhe Norman Lehr, son of Yardmaster Kenneth for him, as he had sem her one, also. fal I of that year Lehr, attached to lhe 509th Service and Sup Train Clerk "Hi" Nelson has relUrned from transferred 10 the ply division of lhe Air Force, has been as another grand vacation trip to Arizona and L. G. roundhouse w her e signed to overseas .duty for 18 months. California. he was employed as Mrs. Lehr and their lhree children will pos Trainmaster Johnny Melvin, al lhis wriling, a laborer and subsequently call boy. In his sibly follow him in a short time. is still on sick leave and will be for some early years with lhe Road he was also a sta· tion baggageman and a brakeman on the We are sorry 10 report the illness of the time. He repons thaI all the phone calls, I&D, and for a brief period worked as clerk at following: Jose Gonzales, SlOwer in house 2; cards and visits from his fellow employes Missoula, Mont. Returning 10 lhe D&I in Art Berg, cooper in house 2; Walrer Novak, help a lot to pass lhe lime. 1909, he served as a passenger brakeman and stower in house 5, al home from lhe hospital Day Phone DireclOr Charlie Neuman called laler switchman at Marquette. He was ap and recuperating from pneumonia; and Joseph Apr. 1 and said, "This is no April fool, I'm pointed night yardmaster at Marquelle in Parenti, trucker in house 2, at St. Joseph's really home from the hospital and hoping to October, 1928, and served in that capacily Hospilal. gel back to work soon." umil January, 1945, when he became general Mrs. A. Dnina, mOlher-in-law of James How are you fishermen coming along Wilh yardmaster. Sistek, stower in house 1, and]. Hursl, lhe your fishing plug chain letters) If any of you father of Mel Abern, forklift operator in get a completed chain, I would be inlerest'ed ]. ]. Degnan, former agem at Gutlenberg, house 2, bOlh passed away recently. Sincere in hearing from you; also in a picture of you Ia., has called "our attention to lhe fact lhat .sympathy is eXlended 10 lhese boys. and the plugs you receive. ," . his name has not appeared on lhe division retirement lis!. Mr. Degnan's railroad service covered a span of 45 years as a telegraph WESTERN AVENUE D & l Division operator and agent on lhe Second District, Charles SlOckwell, reI ired team track fore E. Stevens, Division Editor old Dubuque Division, his last agency being man, would enjoy hearing from his former Superintendent's Office, Savanna at Bellevue, from which slalion he relired on Oct. 1, 1953. associates. Mr. Stockwell became ill while The many friends of Engineer Bert C. winlering in Florida and at this wriling is Bernst were shocked 10 hear of his sudden In recognition of half a century of service, confined to Mound Park Hospital in Sl. death in Chicago on Mar. 7. Engineer Bernst Engineer]. G. Benzer of Dubuque has been Petersburg. Mail may be addressed to the had worked on his regular run into Chicago presented with a Gold Pass. Good on all hospital, room 411, or 10 the Stockwell's St. on Mar. 6. He started his service as a fire Milwaukee Road trains, it includes Mrs. Ben Petersburg address, 1234 Kent St., Nonh. man on Jan. 4, 1911 and was promoled to zer. Engineer Benzer started with the Road on engineer on Nov. 2, 1920. Surviving is his Apr. 1, 1904. widow, 10 whom sympathy is eXlended. The Gervase Doher~ys (engineering de BENSENVILLE THIRD DISTRICT panment), Savanna, welcomed another son Dorothy Lee Camp, Correspondent on Mar. 7. Conductor Ben ]. McGraw retired as of Welcome to our new special officer at Conductor Al Bender escorted a Boy Scout Mar. 1. He performed his last lrip on Oct. Bensenville, Vernon Krahn, of Savanna, Ill. Troop 10 a skating rink in Savanna on Mar. 30, 1953 and since that time has been un Vern and his wife and daughter Bonnie, Med 6 and thought he might as well enjoy the fun able 10 work because of illness. Mr. Mc 10, are house hunting. They would like to with the boys, so donned a pair of roller Graw's service eXlended over a period of 47 find a place to rent somewhere between Elgin skates. However, he came home with a years, 39 of which were spent in freight and Elmwood Park. broken bone in his righl arm which will keep' service. He started in 1906, transferred to Special Officer Len Mazar is building up a him away from work for a while. road Ira in departmem after a year of railroad fair sized herd of livestock Dn his liltle farm. Capt. Eugene F. Hagenson of Clinton, Ia., service, and was promoled 10 conduclOr in Newest additions are 15 pigs and a calf. slalioned Wilh lhe Air Force at Enid, Okla., 1915. . Sorry to repon lhat Bill Clerk Johnny Duff}' and brolher of Brakeman Ernest Hagenson of Mrs. William 1. Leach, wife of a retired had some bad luck" wilh his car during lhe Savanna, was killed Mar. 19 in a mililary Kansas City switchman, passed away in San plane crash near Amelia, Va. The plane, a Bernadino, Calif., on Mar. 20. She was 79 B-26 bomber, crashed and exploded about years of age. Mr. Leach, who staCled working six miles east of Amelia and all crewmen in Coburg yard in 1910, has been retired since E. C. Van Buskirk aboard were killed. 1938. Mrs. J. F. Elder of Davenpon, Ia., the EDWARD CLAYTON VAN BUSKIRK, re former Patricia Kinney, was guesl of honor tired engineer with 63 years of service at a post-nuptial shower on Apr. 4 in the' on the Kansas City Division, died on home of Esther Nast, assistant superimen The late King Carol of Rumania sent dur Jan. 19 of this year. He was 92 years dent's clerk, Savanna, wilh ye scribe as as ing his days in power 14 of the brightest old on Jan. 7. Mr. Van Buskirk was sislant hostess. Pat received lovely gifrs for young men in the country to study in Eng born in Cedar Falls, la., and Wilh his her new home which will probably be in land and the United States. Some time passed family lived his early years in Chilli· Milwaukee by the time this is published, as and the king was asked how his experiment calhe, Mo. Moving to Kansas City in Jim will be localed'lhere as trainmaSler on had worked out. 1900, he maintained a home for many the Nonhern Division. "The seven who went to England were years on St. John Avenue. He relired At .lhe Apr. 1 meeling of Davenport very smart," he reported. "All of them got in 1937. At the time of his death he Chapter of the Women's Club it was an big ;obs when they came back to Rumania." was living with his son, E. J. Van nounced that hereafter the regular meeling "How about those who went to America?" Buskirk, Kansas City publisher, by will be held on the firsl Tuesday of the he was asked. whom he is survived. month. Davenpon Chapter at this writing is "They were smarter yet," the king replied. tied with Spokane in lhe membership drive. "They stayed there!" 32 The Milwaukee Road Maga.3'ine Milwaukee Division THIRD DISTRICT Contributed by Hazel Whitty Maintenance and Ticket Clerk, Horicon When Engineer John W. Freinwald tied up diesel 2310 at Horicon at the end of his run on the Horicon-Hartford patrol Mar. 31, it marked his retirement after 45 years of efficient service. He holds a Silver Pass in recognition of this achievement. Mr. Freinwald was born in Horicon and lived in the vicinity of Ellison Street until 1900 when his parents purchased sOme land from the late Robert Whitty bordering the railroad right of way west of the city. Here he watched the trains pass and became fa miliar with the rudiments of railroading. }.fter trying several other types of work, the lure of the railroad overcame him and he started as an engine watchman in 1909, was brakeman for a while, then fireman, and was set up to engineer in 1914. Mr. Frein wald had a wide experience on this division, a~ well as on the laCrosse, Madison and "OLD LINE" ADIEUS. The crew of the Horicon-Hartford patrol and other "Old Line" Milwaukee Terminals Divisions. He was associates at Horicon, Wis., congratulate Engifleer John W. Freinwald making his last run what can be termed a safety-minded employe, on Mar. 31. From left : Cashier Maurice Whitty, Brakeman P. A. Messier, Mrs. Maurice and his'associates recognized and appreciated Whitty, Brakeman A. B. Herman, Conductor J. W. Wilcox, Engl~eer Franklin Freinwald his attitude along that line. (son), J. W. Freinwald and Mrs. Freinwald, Hazel Whitty, maintenance and ticket clerk, Mr. Freinwald expects-' to take life easy Firemen William Whitty and Arlo Pederson, and Egineer J. R. Whitty, Milwaukee. For from now on and enjoy his hobbies. later details read the Milwaukee Division Third District news on this page. this year he and his wife will take an exten sive trip along the west coast. The Frein walds have two sons, Franklin at Horicon, an "Old line" engineer, and Howard, a and return to their families. If you can session at Washington when the shooting musician residing in Milwaukee. Another donate blood, why not get in touch with Dean took place and when the buJlets began to son, Raymond, was killed in World War II. Bartels at the Milwaukee roundhouse? By they both ducked under some seats. When A word to the wise. Start now saving they felt it was safe to raise their heads, FIRST DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENT'S your money so you will be all set to join they crawled out, but the seat Mr. Buechler OFFICE the throng. Advance information has it that was under was not high enough, and so he the Agent and Station Employees Association ri pped his suit. It was necessary for him to J. E. Boeshaar, Correspondent stay over a day for repairs, or so his friend Superintendent's Office, Milwaukee wiJl again travel to the country for an out ing on June 26, a Saturday, via a Milwaukee reports. At the last meeting of the Agents and Sta Road special train, and if the enjoyment of Engineer A. Watermolen retired on Mar. tion Employees Association, the special prize, last year's picnic is a measure of success, you 9 after 37 years of service. We wish him an electric clock, was won by Signal Main will not want to miss this one. The com many years to enjoy his leisure. tainer Frank Moher of tower A-20. The 100 mittee is already hard at work on the plans pound sack of potatoes went to Matt Gren: for this year's event. ning, agent at Rondout, who will be glad A Gold Pass was presented last month to Milwaukee Terminals to serve up potato pancakes on request from Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rediske of Cudahy. En here on in. Signal Supervisor Glen Downing gineer Rediske started with the Road in TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT was the speaker and noted many incidents in April, 1903. The pass is good for lifetime his 43 years of service that stressed coordina Grace JOhnson, Correspondent travel on aJl of the Milwaukee's trains. Office of General Superintendent tion and cooperation between employes. Engineer A. A. Helinski, whose headquar Many were humerous•. but also highlighted M. C. "Milt" ToJl, city ticket agent, passed ters are in Milwaukee, was recently presented the safety angle in Our operations. away at St. Mary's Hospital on Mar. 7, fol with his Gold Pass in recognition of half a The north end of Milwaukee County will lowing a two-month illness. Death resulted century of service. He has been with the undoubtedly be a much safer place to live in from a heart condition. He was 59 years of Road since Sept. 4, 1903. since the appointment of SheJly Beyer, URT age. Mr. ToJl started with the Road as a representative on our line, to be a marshal ticket clerk in June, 1917, and left in No of the communiry of Bayside. SECOND DISTRICT vember of that year for military service. Re We heat that Brakeman]. E. Harmeyer, turning in 1919, he was appointed traveling M. B. Herman, Correspondent on trains 136-141, is taking an extended va Assl. Superintendent's Office, Green Bay passenger agent and served in that capacity cation in California. until he became city ticket agent in August, Mrs. Frank Ross who contributed so freely Ed Crim, our ticket agent, passed away 1944. Funeral services for Mr. ToJl were of her time to the Milwaukee Road Blood after about a year's illness. Ed worked for held at St. Mary'S Church in Milwaukee. He Donor's Club has given us some figures on the Road for many years and will be missed is survived by a sister and a brother, Mrs. the work of the club and particularly of the by his many friends here. We extend our ToJl having passed away about three years roadmen's section headed by Fireman Dean sympathy to his wife a'ild son. Also wish to ago. Bartels. During 1953, 35 roadmen deposited extend sympathy to Engineer Carl luede blood from which there were 18 withdrawals, man whose wife passed away last momh, covering 10 transfusions. The value of this and to John Whitney, retired engineer, on As a very important source of strength and Can hardly be measured in the $330 saved by the passing of his wife. security, cherish public credit. One method those who received it, but should rather be We learned that Retired Superintendent of preserving it is to use it as sparingly. as thought of in terms of their early recoveries Buechler and a friend were attending the pOJJible.-George Trashington April, 1954 33 FOWLER STREET STATION land, are., who attend; medical school there. Mother of Good Counsel Church was the Pearl Freund, Correspondent setting for the wedding of Marilyn Kurth and Donald J. Rotier. Mrs. Marvin Schultz, Vacations are already in full swing with Fr~nk Madison, was her sister's matron of honor. Schlosser, head inbound rate clerk, just They are the daughters of Michael J. Kurth, returned from a two-month jaunt through the foreman at house 7. A reception at the Kurth West. He and Mrs. Schlosser spent the greater home followed the ceremony. On their re part of the time in San Francisco, Los Angeles, turn from a wedding trip to Canada, the Phoenix and. Tucson, and enjoyed an excur couple will make their home in South Bend, sion into Mexico. Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Fred 'Roessger, who left At this writing Joseph Hoerl, father of Mar. 27 on a three-week tour, included the Joseph Hoerl, Jr., head outbound rate clerk, following points in their itinerary: New and of Assistant Agent Edward' ·Hoerl, is Orleans, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fla., Norfolk, seriously ill with leukemia. Mr. Hoerl re Va., Baltimore, Washington, D. C, Phila tired about a year ago. 50 GOLDEN YEARS. Agent C A. Howard of delphia, New York and Boston. You can Anthony Stollenwerk, clerk at Chestnut Darlington, Wis., and Mrs. Howard, both long time veterans of Milwaukee Road service, ob rest assured Fred will be well versed on Street, is now assigned to a position in the served their 50th wedding anniversary with a routes when he returns to the inbound rate cashier department, replacing Roy Schmitz. department. reception at the Methodist church parlors on Elmer A. Keller, who has been filling a Mar. 28. Agent Howard has alsc been with the Minnie Walters is off to the South, with temporary vacancy in the inbound rate depart Road 50 years, at such points as WauzeKa, Lone roommate and traveling companion Pat Woel ment, is now assigned to the OS&D, re Reck, Richland Center, Mineral Point, Monroe, schlager. The girls will go to Miami. placing Minnie Walters. Madison and Blue River, and was at New A recent customer interested in shipping Mary (Barry) McCormick has returned to Glarus for 21 years before moving to Darlington was F. M. Wolfe, formerly employed in com the auto messenger run, after leaving little 16 years ago. A son, Charles, is with the rail munications' at the depot who is now retired Timmie McCormick, now six months old, in road at Janesville. after 49 years of service. He relates that his capable hands. winter months will no doubt be spent in the James McHugh, who has been employed South and he expects to visit a son in Port- at Muskego yard as train clerk, is now on the> messenger run at Fowler Street. Also new to Fowler Street is David Mc-' the superintendent's office. Gowan, a recent graduate of the University Ethel Cushinan, clerk in the freight depart of Wisconsin where he majored in trans ment at Madison, has returned to work fol portation and received his B.A. degree. Al lowing a three-month stay in Florida. though he is scheduled to enter U. S. service Mrs. Howard France of Middleton. passed in May, David is wasting no time in accumu away recently at a Madison hospital. Know lating practical experience in railroading and Switchman R. J. ConneJJy and Mrs. Con transportation. He is a graduate of Washing nelly of Madison announce the arrival of a Your ton High School. daughter, Linda Lee. Mrs. A. J. Graves, wife of retired engineer of Madison, passed away at her home on Madison Division Mar. 11. Switchman Glen Handy of Janesville FIRST DISTRICT passed away recently at a JanesvilJe hospital. W. W. Blethen, Correspondent SuperIntendent's Office, Madison Conductor Bob Rathbun retired recently, having completed 55 years of service with Seattle General Offices the Road. Margaret Hickey, Correspondent Chapeau Conductor E. A. Fields and Mrs. Fields of General Manager's Office ology Madison announce the engagement and forth. coming marriage of their daughter Eleanor The Women's Club, Seattle Chapter, held to Herbert G. Stanford. its regular monthly meeting on Feb. 25 at the Chi c ago, Ill.-A study of Ezra Jenkins, retired engineer, and Mrs. club rooms in the Union Station, celebrating "chapeau-ology," the art of se· Jenkins observed their 55th wedding anni the birthday of the club and· also' honoring versary on Mar. 8 with a family dinner at lecting the right hat for the right past presidents and charter members. Mrs. their home. A. J. Hillman, oldest active club member, face, will be the subject of the Katie Ganshert. who was on leave of ab had the honor of cutting the cake. Mrs. Harry May 20 meeting of Union Sta sence for several momhs, has returned to work Fordyce was luncheon chairman. Cards were tion Chapter of the Women's in the superintendent's office. enjoyed by the 55 members who attended. Club. Mrs. Josephine B. Phil Chief Carpenter W. M. Cameron, Mrs. Newly elected officers of the chapter are Mrs. Cameron and son David recently motored to Hugo O. Engel, president; Mrs. Harry For lips, Chicago milliner and de New Orleans for the Mardi Gras. Thence to dyce, first vice president; Mrs. E. H. Suhrbier, signer, will show women how to Florida to visit their daughter and family. second vice president; Mrs. L. W. Dietrich, restyle their old hats by remak. Assistant Engineer F. R. King, Madison, treasurer; Mrs. H. Beaumont, recording secre ing them right on their own is confined to the Methodist Hospital at tary; Mrs. A. W. Hervin, corresponding heads. The meeting is open to Houston, Tex., following a series of opera secretary; and Mrs. C G. Hurlbut, historian. tions. The Milwaukee Retired Employes Club members and their friends, and Engineer Fred Schwartz of Madison retired held its March meeting at the club rooms in those who attend are urged to on Feb. 16, having completed 48 years of the Union Station on Mar. 11, with Byron P. bring large felt hats to work service. . , Walker presiding. The meeting, with 120 with. Remember the time and Engineer E. J. Burmeister and Mrs. Bur members and guests, was considered the out . rneister announce the engagement of their place-May 20 at 7 P.M., in the standing get-together since its inauguration. daughter Catherine to James Chitwood. A Mayor Allan Pomeroy, who is a former rail American Legion Room in the June wedding is planned. road employe, entertained the group with Union Station. Bob and Marilyn Monahan of Madison pictures of his recent tour of Europe and announce the arrival of a daughter, Lynn Southeast Asia. Mayor Pomeroy was made Marie. Marilyn was formerly employed in an honorary member of the c1uk, like honors 34 The Milwaukee Road Magazine being bestowed on Mrs. Hugo Engel, retired, was a Visitor to the office president of the Milwaukee Road during March. For the benefit of his Women's Club chapter. Luncheon friends who read this article, he looks was served by Mrs. Frank Watkins, fine, although he has been hospital Mrs. Gordon Cooper, MrS. A. J. ized recently. The illness was not of Hillman and Mrs. Lano. Mr. Walker a serious nature. Fred, who live~ in advises that all employes, whether re Oak Park, III., is kept busy making tired or active, are welcome at the auto trips to visit his married son' and meetings, w,hich are held on the family in Japesville, Wis. He is plan second Thursday of each month. ning a trip to Florida next fall, per "Chico", Ruth Walla's Chihuahua, haps to spend the winter there. not alone takes honors in this C. H. (Charlie) Ordas, motor car country, but on Mar. 20, at the Vic supervisor retired, also visited with toria, B. c., Kennel Club show, came us during March. Charlie, who lives away with five ribbons, including in Chico, Calif., drove to Florida and first prize, Best of Breed and Best of spent the winter in Orlando. He has Show, and second prize in All Toy since returned to Chico. ' group. ]. S. (Joe) Eastman, assistant en A familiar face has shown up gineer retired (water department), again in the purchasing department. also stopped and said "hello" to his Mary Danielson Dunn is back on her associates and friends in this office. old job as steno, after being on leave Joe now lives near Sawyer, (P. 0.' for over a year and a half. Three Oaks) Mich. Look him up Earl Pidgeon, former steno in the when driving through. electrincation department, has ac Glenn Johnson, assistant engineer, cepted a position as payroll account joined the ever-increasing ranks of ant in the traffic department. Earl the F.O.P.P. (Fraternity of Proud started railroad service in the traffic 8£ ON THE WINNING TEAM ... Papas) during Match, for the second department and says it is just like re HANDLE FRE/~TCAREFI)I.LY/ . time. .His wife, Laverne, presented turning home. him with a daughter, Linda Mae, at At a meeting in Portland, Ore., Ravenswood Hospital on Mar. 5. Mar. 18, 1. V.' Anderson, superin in tOO~a1;OII willi At.sociorion of Am'rico" RoilrOCl& Welcome to Albert R. (AI) Mit tendent of transportation, was ap ton, the new draftsman in the office pointed chairman of the railroad of Ken Hornung, architect. contact committee of the Pacific Northwest H. B. Christianson, special engineer, is Advisory Board, and also chairman of the Ch icagoGeneraIOffices quite proud of the cwo new paintings now careful handling committee. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF EQUIPMENT hanging in his office. They augment the Frank Robb of the reservation bureau has ACCOUNTS other paintings there and are also the work moved over to the city ticket office as ticket of Mrs. Christianson, who attends the Art Harry M. Trickett, Correspondent clerk steno. Institute and is a talented artist. Ken Johnson, steno in the general passenger The retirement of our chief, Carl W. Meier, agent's office, has taken a like position in after 48 years of faithful service was observed CHORAL CLUB NEWS the reservation bureau. His former position on Mar. 31, when he was the recipient of Contributed by E. J. Stoll is being fiIled by Hugh McCann. good wishes from his co-workers, in addition Ted Cook, former reservation clerk, is now to the traditional miniature train and com Our very capable correspondem, Theresa ticket clerk in the city ticket office. plete equipment for nshing and photography. Glasl, has been confined to her home for two Mabel Hansen, steno in office of assistant Early vacations were enjoy~d by Martha weeks with pneumonia. Information at this to general manager, was recently connned to Streit and Joan Izdebski who attended the writing indicates that she is on the mend and Providence Hospital. Mardi Gras at New Orleans. They also visited will be back on the job to provide her usual Wayne Lawson has been promoted to assist the French Quarter and Biloxi, Miss., and en . fine coverage of Choral Club events for the ant chief clerk to general agent, succeeding roote home stopped at Natchez and Brook next issue of the Magazine. Guy Montgomery, who has accepted the posi haven for a tour of the palatial mansions. Miss Rosebud Wennerberg, assistant treas tion of city freight agent at Tacoma. They found the southern hospitality so en urer of the club, is at this writing confined Myrle Richert, messenger in the Seattle re chanting that a return visit is being planned tv Augustana Hospital for surgery. She is lay, is taking an early vacation in company for next year. progressing very well but expects to be away with son Donny, driving to California where Sophie Piefke who has been on furlough from work for two or three weeks more. they will visit her husband who is stationed for some time on account of iII health, ex April promises to be a light month for trye temporarily with the Coast Guard in San presses her appreciation for the many cards concert season with only two concerts sche Diego. and gifts received; also for sympathy ex duled, as listed in the March issue. The fol pressed in the recent loss of her sister. lowing concerts are scheduled for May: May Mary Burke was wearing a new diamond 13, Immaculate Conception PTA, 1415 N. ring on Mar. 15 to announce her engagement Park Avenue; May 21, Women's Missionary Those who, like myself, tread the and approaching marriage. Society, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran secular walks of life, must con Church, 7348 W. Adams St., Forest Park; sciously realize every day that if we May 26, Calvary Lutheran Church, 4200 N. make a god of materialism, if we ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Keeler. seek personal gain by deceit, and if we place power above probity, we Bruce J. Mitchell, Correspondent are doomed to failure as individuals. We must, as individuals and as a free The American Railway Engineering Asso In a recently-published picture book called people, make up our minds that in ciation convention held in Chicago during "The Railroads of America," Merle Armitage tegrity, respect, and moral courage March was attended by many of the engi writes, "Without the railroads' vast mileage cannot be bought or sold in the neering staff from ol!tlying points. All but and powerful equipment there would be no market place or in public office, or two of the division engineers and a number American industrial and agricultural econ we are doomed to failure as a nation. of their' assistants were visitors to the office omy, no high 'standard of living, no ability -Clifford F. Hood. President, during the convemon. It gave many of us to olltproduce the world in wartime emer United States Steel Corp. a chance to say "hello" and chin a little with gencies **'-"". The railroads are a gigantic those whom we do not see too often. pl'Odllction line without which the plant F. D. (Fred) Yeaton, assistant engineer comes to a full stop." April. 1954 35 OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PASSENGER cago. Funeral services were conducted in ACCOUNTS Broadview, III., with interment at Madison, Contributed by Emily Trezek Wis. He is survived by his widow, Alice, and a son, Gerald, who live in Maywood, III. CARTER BLATCHFORD, INc. Grandpa honors go to Tony Naatz and Bernard J. Weichbrod returned to work on Tom Gavin-a girl and a boy, respectively. Mar. 18 after a leave of absence for sevenil 80 E.JACKSON BLVD. The jury was fortunate in that Sanuny months. CHICAGO Weinstein served for tWO weeks-an extra George Weseman spent a week end in vacation. Thorpe, Wis., making the acquaintance of Bill Tidd is recuperating at home and his new grandson born Mar. 20. Gus Rohde is also among the "not so wells." Edward F. Hynes has resigned to accept RAIL JOINTS Margaret Beinar and Rosebud WelU1er employment elsewhere. berg are on the road to recovery after oper Mr. and Mrs. Tom Puttrich vacationed in Reformed and heat treated ations. Florida and Glen Renehan in California. Sunshine lands have the vacationists, Mary Mrs, Golden Kubler and husband are re to meet specifications for Kelly in Biloxi; Sophia Walker, Florida; and joicing over the birth of Steven Richard on June Earll, Arizona and California. Mar. 12. new hars. Barbara Rusek and Joseph Trybula will marry on Apr. 24 at St. Sylvester's Church. OFFICE OF FREIGHT AUDITOR Introducing Frank Zapp's new clerks, Mary Warrington and Katherina Umlauf. Louise Naumes, Correspondent Sympathy is extended to Sherman Arpp FOR ELECTRIC AND whose mother passed away Mar. 13. AUDITOR OF EXPENDITURE'S OFFICE G. P. Ewalt's 45th anniversary of service DIESEL-ElECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES: with the company on Mar. 22 is not the Marie I L PREFERRED BY MEN Axel Hugo, carman in the light repair blacksmith, and Areanous Donohos, machin· yard, retired Mar. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo ist helper, with Silver Passes in honor of their fROM COAST-tO-COAST sailed Mar. 26 for Sweden. 4S years of service. Frank]. Hardy, former machinist in the lo Sympathy is extended to the family of comotive department, retired on Mar. 4, fol Trolle Christofferson who passed away Mar. lowing 29 years of service. Mr. Hardy bought 7. a luxurious trailer which he is having shipped Stanley Hodorowski, tractor operator in the to Phoenix, Ariz., where he and Mrs. Hardy blacksmith shop, is convalescing after an will live. appendectomy. George Fisher, blacksmith, is Sympathy is extended to the family of also convalescing after an operation. Carman Albert E. Lange, who passed away Mar. 14 at Veterans' Hospital, Minneapolis. Best wishes are to be extended to John He had been ill since last October. Also to Farkas, carman, who retired in March. He lee the family of Charley Cline, former carman had completed 37 years of faithful service. Tailored Sizes in light repair, who passed away at his home Charles Kreil, car checker in the freight allure 0 perfect flt. on Mar. 14. Mr. Cline retired on Nov. 1, shop, has returned from a three-week trip to California. Sanforized 1949. for permanent flt. Milwaukee Shops I & D Division Guarantee: Fay Ness, Correspondent Every LEE LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT Superintendent's Office, Sioux City garment is guar Raymond Skiba, Correspondent anteed to look Mrs. James Wood, better, fit better Thurman ]. Brand, material inspector in daughter of Conduc and wear longer the test department, concluded 49 years of tor A. W. Osborne, than any you service with his retirement on Mar. 31. Mr. has arrived in Hono have ever worn, Brand is a native Milwaukeean and started lulu, Hawaii, to be or you can working for the Road in 1905 as a machinist have a new pair with her husband helper. He was promoted to material inspec who is a radio tech free or your tor in 1929 and served continuously in -that money back. nician in the Navy. capacity until his retirement, except for an As a result of interval during World War II when he was examinations con a material inspector for the Navy. An en ducted at Sioux City thusiastic follower of sports, Mr. Brand is by Train Rules Ex THE R. D. lEE COMPANY, INC. planning in the future to devote more time aminer G. H. Lane, kansas CRy. Mo•• South Bend. 1rteJ. to some of his favorites. Minneapolis. Minn•• T,..nton, H• .I. Mrs. James Wood the following Sec san Francisco. Calif•• Bou, Ala. ond District brake STORE DEPARTMENT WORLO'S LARGEST MANUfACTURER men have been promoted to conductor: F.]. OF UNION - MAOE WORK CLOTHES Virginia Schorl, Correspondent Work, R. O. Foster, L. L. Cherrington, R. J. Harrison and L. E. Pavlik. The Werner Lwnmers (district storekeeper) recently returned from a rwo-week 1011 in the Funeral services were held Mar. 22 at Fort Florida sunshine. In ad~ition to visiting many Collins, Colo., for C. F. Dunham, age 85. of the retired "rails" from Milwaukee Shops, At the time of his retirement in June, 1938 they enjoyed a pleasant stay in Cuba. he had been agent at Wagner, S. D., 27 Kurt Steinbrenner is a welcome addition to years, having served previously at both Tripp the August Steinbrenner family. Kurt, born and Parkston. He had made his home at Mar. 12, has two sisters. Another feminine Fort Collins since his retirement. His wid beauty, Jeanne Marie, has been added to the ow survives. Earl Augustine clan, making a total of three. Recent Second District retirements: Con John E. Bloomquist and Raymond A. Witt ductor John Deurmeier after 49 years' serv ing of the stores division were recently pre ice; Conductor LeRoy Wright, 47 years' sented with cards indicating continuous mem service; Conductors W. L. Eckert and J. F. bership in the American Legion from 1919 LaTurno, 45 years; and Engineer R. W. to 1954 inclusive. Earl L. Solverson, adjutant Schimmel, 46 years. of Milwaukee Road POSt No. 18, made the Engineer ]. L. Butcher is confined to his presentations. home after spending some time in a Sioux CAR DEPARTMENT-OFFICE OF SHOP City hospital. We understand it will be some SUPERI NT EN DENT time before he is able to return to work. Roadmaster ]. M. Murphy has resumed Ray J. Duman, Correspondent work at Sioux City after a long illn~ss. Jacob Hansen, shop superintendent, recently Word has reached us that Ben Rose, reo had the pleasure of presenting Oscar Sydow, tired engineer, is seriously ill at the home WEST COAST WOOD PRESERVING CO. ~e are proud to serve "The Milwaukee Road" ] [ r.n supplying treated ties' and structural timbers. O/Jice: 1118-4th Avenue, Seattle, Wash.IPlant8: Eagle Harbor and West Seattle 38 The Milwaukee Road Magazine of his son in Grosse Ile, Mich. West H&D at Glenham fOr the station agency Train Dispatcher Carl Anderson returns at Cologne, Minn. M. H. Heiser has bid in to his duties at Sioux City in April. He has the position of agent at Glenham. made several trips to the hospital for surgery, Our beSt wishes for a speedy recovery to but is now fully recovered and feeling fine. Walter A. Geiser, agent at Graceville, Minn., Engioeer and Mrs. J. W. Hubbs have re who is convalescing at this writing in the turned from an extensive motor trip to the hospital at Graceville. west coast; Passenger Brakeman and Mrs. The Milwaukee Road bowling league at Frank Anderson from a two-month sojourn Aberdeen, sponsored by the Milwaukee Em· III erite's unique and exclusive in Florida. ployees Club, took part recently in the tourna cable insulation has been ment at Tomah, Wis. At the time of their Trainmaster Bridenstine's son Jim, age 9, unexcelled for dependable appeared on the local TV station as one of return they had done very well, although the performance in the past the winners in a poster contest sponsored by total scores were not then available. Those the Woodbury County Dental Society for who participated included Carl Bomh, Carl century the elementary school grades. Jim won third Steinlicht, Clarence Hehn, Jack Seiter, Melvin prize in the contest. Sonnenfeld and Marvin Autio. The Employees The value and service Club will endeavor to have a softball team life of a product can EAST END again this year. Contact Carl Borgh or Dick be no greater than the Carlson if you are interested. integrity and crafts Karen B. Rugee, Correspondent The weekJy cribbage sessions held in Aber Asst. Superintendent's Office, Mason City deen involve the best efforts of M. D. Rue, manship' of its maker. Mrs. R. E. Sizer, Mrs. R. 1. Goltz and R. D. Mathis, John Fleming and Yours Mrs. Louis Walter were hostesses at a guest Truly. They have been quite some contests, potluck luncheon held by the Milwaukee and as the final sessions roll around it seems Women's Club at the Mason City YWCA as though the team of Fleming and myself Mar. 2. Card games followed the luncheon. is leading by about twO games. We expect W. H. (Bill) Woodhouse has decided to increase this lead before closing for the that at 78 he is young enough to retire and season. I believe that a challenge would be in KERITE CABLE THE KERITE COMPANY still get a lot of enjoyment out of life. He order from any of the two teams involved, 30 Church St., New York 7, N. Y. has been employed as station baggageman at should there be some team in this vicinity Offices also at 122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago; 58~ Market;:.St., San Francisco; Mason .City since 1918. With a lot of spare which is hardy enough to accept. 3901 San Fernando Rd., Glendale 4, Calif.; time on his hands, Bill should have an extra 31 St, James Ave., Boston fine crop of strawberries this year and he EAST END says he: II make a fine -baby sitter for his Martha Moehring, Correspondent S".dald.. brood of grandchildren. Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo DEUCACIES FOR THE TABLE Our sympathy to the family of Engineer James J. Downs, who passed away suddenly Tom and Florence O'Hearn postcarded Frozen Foods, Cheese, Poul• at his home in Mason City Mar. 18, follow from St. Petersburg that they are enjoying try, Game, Fruits and ing a heart attack. Mr. Downs had been the wonderful climate and have found Ben Vegetables employed by the railroad since 1909. and Gussie Bishop tanned and healthy. The wife of Retired Conductor Walt Lewis E. A. AARON & BROS. Elmer Anderson, section foreman at Britt, CHICAGO, IU.INOIS is hospitalized at Britt following a heart at passed away at their home in Minneapolis tack. recently. Car Foreman W. P. TrenkJer, Storekeeper Brakeman George Crouch reports the ar F. 1. Brenton, and Vern Winter, store de rival of a little daughter at his home. Her partment chauffeur, have all transferred from name is Nancy. Mason City to Austin. T. A. Richards has With the arrival of spring, the school chil EDWARD KEOGH taken over the storekeeper's job at Mason dren are again riding our trains and here PRINTING COMPANY City. at Montevideo our forces are organized to handle these guests who take the trip on our noon train. Printers and H & D Division Planographers MIDDLE AND WEST R. F. Huger, Correspondent Rocky Mountain Division 732-738 W. Van Buren St. Operator, Aberdeen EAST END After a brief introduction to the job of Phone: FRa.2-0925 L. C. McKinnon, Correspondent trainmaster, N. H. McKegney has been pro Locomotive Engineer, Three Forks Chicago 7, Illinois moted to assistant superintendent with head• quarters at Dubuque. An H&D welcome to Born, to Fireman and Mrs. William Pal us• Mr. Scott who replaces him. ka, a baby girl on Feb. 22. PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE F. M. Mosser has left the haunts of the Engineer Hansen has exercised his seniority MARSH & M~LENNAN INCORPORATED I~SURA~CE 231 SOUTH LA SALLE STREET • CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS Chicago • New York • Scm Frcmcisco ...,. Minneapolis • Detroit • Boston • Los Angeles • Toronto • Pittsburgh • Seattle • Vancouver • Sl Louis • indianapo lis • Montreal • St. Paul • Duluth • Portland • Buffalo • Atlanta • Calqary Washington • Tulsa • Phoenix • Milwaukee • Cleveland • Havana • London. April, 1954 39 on the northern Montana division. waukee Road service at Perry in 1900 and Engineer and Mrs. Rollyn Allen and son was promoted to engineer in 1907. He had MAUMEE Jackie visited their son Harold in Billings been employed at Marmarth before moving in where Harold is attending college. 1924 to Mobridge, where he worked until INDIANA Glen A. McKinnon, son of Engineer 1. C. his retirement on Feb. 2, 1943. Mr. Nath, a WASHED AND McKinnon, joined the Air Force Mar. 1 and widower, is survived by three daughters, Mrs. DRY DEDUSTED is stationed at Lackland Air Force base, San Wilma Braskamp and Mrs. Betty Johnsen of Antonio, Tex. Temple City and Mrs. Caroline Blaylock of Switchman and Mrs. Robert Haycraft are Alhambra, Calif.; three grandchildren, Robert the proud parents of a baby girl born Mar. 5. Lee Johnsen and Carol Ann and Judith Lynn Engineer and Mrs. Thomas Lefever are Blaylock; nine brothers and one sister. Former spending a month's vacation in Cuba. Mobridge people who attended his funeral Sam Lane, veteran electrician at the Deer were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Cotton, Mr. and Lodge shops, was honored recently by his as Mrs. Howard Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard sociates with a farewell party held at the Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tolkien, Mr. City Hall. Pat Healy presided over the buffet and Mrs. Arr Crowley, Mr. and Mrs. Harry supper, Ben Rohan and Charles Forgey were Fritz and daughter Harriet, Al Chamberlain in charge of refreshments, and Ross Gordy and daughter Amy Omey, Mrs. Maude Bur served as toastmaster. Mr. Lane's talk, telling ton, Mrs. Dora Anderson, Mrs. Rhea of his orphaned boyhood in England and his (Rounds) Porter and Mrs. Viola (Rounds) subsequent arrival in the United States, was Mander. the highlight of the evening. He was pre sented with a handsome fishing creel. He WEST and Mrs. Lane expect to make their home in D. B. Campbell, Correspondent "M-F" Deer Lodge. Superintendent's Office, Miles City • Lock Nuts (3 types) "Come to Montana, Land of Legend and Trans-Missouri Division Promise" is the title of a handsome and • Water-tight Bolts EAST END e~citing travel booklet which has just been Dora H. Anderson, Correspondent issued by the State Highway Commission. • Lock-tight Floor Clips c/o Agent, Mobridge The booklets' are free for the asking and • Collar-Bolts Charles W. Nath, former Mobridge engi after reading all about us, Podner, make a neer who retired in 1943, was killed on Mar. swing out this way on your vacation. 7 when he was struck by a car near his home Mrs. Frank Spear, president of the Mil Maclean-Fogg lock Nut Co. in Temple City, Calif. Mr. Nath was born in waukee Women's Club chapter, was chosen Rendsburg, Germany on Aug. 7, 1880 and at the March business meeting to represent CHICAGO, ILL. came to this country as a small boy, settli ng the club at the annual convention in Chicago with his family at Perry, Ia. He entered Mil- in June. Mrs. A. S. Caudel and Mrs. Spear acted as auctioneers in charge of the white elephant sale which followed 'the meeting. Youngstown Steel Sides for Repairs to Freight Cars Hostesses were Mrs. Lydia Umhofer, Mrs. Yonngstown Corrugated Steel Freight Car Doors Clarence Hegg, Mrs. ]. T. Grant and Mrs. Camel Roller Lift Fixtures Fritz Waldmann. Youngstown Steel Door Co. & Camel Sales CO. Fred D. Campbell, 84, retired operator, -OFFICES passed away suddenly at a Miles City hospital SS2 S. MlohJs.n An. The A....de SOO Fifth An. Mar. 5. He had been in good health until L a revival meeting at the HuJman Street Pil grim Holiness Church in March. He is a Answers to good preacher and ~as a great help to the "Whose Slogan Is It?" church and people while here. Time Is Our Business 1. New York Central System. 2. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis CHAS. H. BERN I & S M Division ville Railway. Union Station Bldg. Chicago. Illinois Erie Jorgensen, Division Editor 3. Missouri Pacific Railroad. Office of Trainmaster, Austin, Minn. 4. Delaware, Lackawanna & Wes Early vacations have taken many em MILTON J. HEEGN tern Railroad. ployes to California and Florida. First Dis 5. Illinois Central Railroad. 29 E. Madison Street Chicago, 1I1inois trict Conductor C. A. Hoffstate and wife spent a vacation with retired Dispatcher 6. The Milwaukee Road. A. A. Seeman and family at Riverside, Calif. 7. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. H. HAMMERSMITH (the latter's address bei ng Box: 175). Hi s 8. Rock Island Lines. ranch is known as ''The Rusty Rail", and 332 W. Wisconsin Ave. 9. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay RaiL he extends an invitation to all rails passing Milwaukee. Wis. way. his way to stop in. . & A. E. Sexter, first operator at Faribault, 10. Denver Rio Grande Western Official Watch Inspectors and S. B. McGinn, agent at Northfield, with Railroad. their wives, also spent two weeks in Cali for fornia, as did Conductor and Mrs. F. F. Kent, Conductor and Mrs. A, H. Gieke, Con gineer, died of a hean attack at his home Ohe MILWAUKEE ROAD ductor and Mrs. G. J. Placek, and Mrs. in Jackson. Minn., Feb. 15. He had been H. G. Gregerson, wife of deceased agent at employed 41 years, with a service date as Madison, S. D. Fireman R. C. Sanken also Specialists in railroad watches, fine /ireman July 24, 1912. He was promoted visited the State. to engineer in September, 1929. His brother, jewelry and personal gilt items. Retired Superintendent R. C. Dodds,w,'th Vernon Th'omas, is also an engineer on the Mrs. Dodds, spent the better part of three Second District. Always at' Your Service months at Lakeland, Fla., as did retIred As this was written Conductor John P. .Chief Dispatcher O. C. Peed and wife. Engi Peterson was convalescing at Sr. Olaf Hos neer R. A. Smith visited retired Engineer pital, Austin, following tWO major oper David Tallmadge at Sr. Petersburg. 1. V. ations. St. Olaf had its share of the Peter Olson, agent at Oakland, and Mrs. Olson, son clan, as his daughter was in the materni went to Fort Meyer, and C. R. Parker, agent ty ward, and one of his grandsons was in the BUCKEYE ~t Kasota, spent his vacation with relatives hospi tal for a tonsi I operation at the same at Hollywood, Fla. R. M. Phieffer, traveling CAST STEEL PRODUCTS time. freight agent, also praised his Florida vaca Frank Edwards, 81, retired locomotive FOR RAILROADS tion. painter, of the Austin roundhouse, died Retired Dispatcher E. H. Laugen and re Mar. 22. Frank retired shortly after the Truck Side Frames tired Roadmaster F. J. Kovoleski vacationed Truck Bolsters pension went j nro effect, and made his home in Tucson. with his sister, Mrs. Eda Smith, at Austin., Couplers A. E. Thompson, switch foreman, Austin He is survived by tWO sisters. Yokes and Draft Castings yard, has applied for a disability annuity D. C. Wilson has returned from the Army MiscellaneoUB Car Castings after many years of faithful service. to his assignment as agent at Harmony, Six- and Eight-Wheel Trucks H. ]. Tuftee pulled into Austin with Minn. He was relieved during his absence train No. 163 on Jan. 30 and called Jt by his mother, Mrs. 11. A. Wilson. THE enough. His retirement came after service R. A. Lamp is now agent-telegrapher at on this division extendi ng all the way back BUCKEYE STEEL CASl'INGS CO~ Vienna, S. D. K. W. Gebhart, formerly dis to Aug. 25, 1908. He was promoted to patcher at Sioux' City, is agent-telegrapher COLUMBUS 7. OHIO engineer on Dec. 19. 1912. at Wessington Springs, S. D. Wesley M. Thomas, Semnd District en· J. F. Frana relieved Mrs. Helen J. Holden. agent-telegrapher at Houston, Minn., and husband, who vacationed in Florida. Robert D. Oshiem relieved V. R. Weinzed at Lyle. Minn., while the latter vacationed. Thi, was Mr. Oshiem's first assignment on this division. V. A. Garlock and wife are vaca tioning jn California this month. Freight Handler F. A. Watkins, who has been in ill health, has gone to Siloam Springs. Ark., for medical treatment. UNION REFRIGERATOR TRANSIT LINES On Mar. 1 the steam derrick formerly maintained at Mason City was moved to 4206 N. Green Bay Ave., Austin. Foreman W. P. TrenkleI' of the car de Milwaukee 12, Wisconsin partment at Mason City took charge of the car department at Austin on Mar. 15, and Car Foreman 1. A. Lindermer has returned to his former assignment as third shift fore man at St. Pau I yard. James Lingbeck is back as electrician ap prentice after twO years with the Marines. I -J Otro Volkert, formerly electrician appren tice at AUStin, and electrician at Minneapo lis coach yard, is now in Korea. He writes Carl Malmstedt that he is working as fore- 42 The Milwaukee Road Magazine man of diesel inspectors for the Army, parcher Nels Frizzell. placed first in the W, A. Gleason, agent.telegrapher at Cres musical barrel comest of the little lnter co, la., has returned from his California national livestock Show at the University {fip. He accompanied his daughter home. of Wisconsin. His horse Kaiser, a seven PROTECT Mrs. Gleason joined' him later and both year-old gelding, placed second in the Slake returned by rail to Cresco. race among 25 entries. The Frizzell family, YOUR J. T. Brindel, retired engine watchman at who make their home in the town of Rib Albert lea, passed away Mar. 20. He is Mountain, have seven head of western INCOME~ survived by his widow and son, John, who is horses and' are active members of the Texas now engine watchman at Alben lea. Boot and Saddle Club. Joseph N. Ellms, retired condUCtOr, First Signalman W. H. Tatu and wife vacationed District, died Mar. 4 at Minneapolis. He in Seattle, visiting with their son who is in gave up his work in 1946 to care for his military servce. wife, and retired in October, 1951. Mrs. ln an altractive spring wedding in St. Ellms survives him and plans to make her Stephen's lutheran Church at Wausau, Miss home at Austin in order to be near her Eunice Eileen Erdman became the bride of nieces. Joe Ellms was senior conductor at S/Sgt. Calvin C. Chamberlain, son of Con Auslin al the time of his retirement, his ductor Ralph Chamberlain. About 200 at seniority date as conductor being Sept. 26, tended the reception in tbe Crystal Ballroom 1897. of the Wausau Hotel following the rites. The young couple will make their home in If it's sometimes difficult to WEST END Belleville, 111., where the bridegroom is live within your income, just wriler-editor for the Continental Air Com think how much more difficult James T. Gregerson, Correspondent mand reserve training at nearby Scott Air Warehouse Foreman, Madison, S. D. Force base. it would be to live without it! ConductOr Frank Flynn is spending his Ronaicf Janz, son of Engineer Fred Janz, Make sure of extra money vacation on the west coast, probably seeing conducted the Tophatters at the annual show during periods of disability by a little baseball spring training. of lhe Senior High School Tophatlers Dance insuring under Provident's In As this was written Al Johnson, machinist. Orchestra held recently in the school audi come Prot~_ction Plans de was in Chicago for surgery. Curtis McIntre. torium. The group presented a program section 'foreman, Fulda, Minn., has been in featuring a variety of music styled in the'" signed specially for Milwau Minneapolis for surgery. modern manner. kee Employees. Pay your Clem Beckel has returned to Madison as For the second year, twO of Machinist premiums monthly by payroll machinist. His family will join him later. Ned Conklin's children were awarded 11rst Engineer Lloyd Parker has taken the prizes in the children's group participating deduction. Wells-Jackson run. His family plans to in the Frolic Masquerade on Ice, Sharon as move to the eaSI end of the division. the "best dressed" and Jimmie as "most On the job - Off the original" costume. Job Protection Several Wausau persons attended the re • Natural Death cem wedding of William lee Fehlandt and LaCrosse & River • Accident and Sickness Disability jVliss Doris Ann Parkin al Chilton, Wis. A • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Division dinner for the immediate families and close friends was served at the Hickory Hills • Hospital-Surgical (including Family THIRD DISTRICT Coverage) Country Club, followed by a reception at M. G. Conklin, Correspondent lhe home of lhe bride's parents, Section SALARY SAVINGS Assistant Superintendent's Office, Wausau Foreman and Mrs, M. J. Parkin of Hilbert. LIFE INSURANCE ConduCtor and Mrs. R. F. Bertrand have Doris made her home with her grandparents, REPRESENTATIVE WANTED return.ed from a motor trip through the Roadmaster and Mrs. Cecil Parkin, while We have several open territories where we need aggressive men to act as full or South, vacationing at Pass a Grille beach on attending high school at Wausau. part-time representatives. Good income the Gulf of Mexico. Passing the necessary examinations, Daniel possibilities. For full information write: The marriage of S/Sgt. James R. Schulz' A. Kallies and Edwin j. Kries have been RAILROAD ACCIDENT DEPT. to Joan Skare of Wausau has been an qualified to wo.rk as conductors; Edward G. nounced. James, who is the son of Engineer and Ralph R, Himze, N. A. Krueger and PROVIDENT Steve Schulz, is presently stationed at Cha Edward Zabrock'as to work as engineers. nUle Air Force base, Rantoul, II!.,. and in Carl Akey has again join'ed the F.O.P.P. LIFE AND ACCIDENT April will leave on a year's assignment in (Fraternil)' of Proud Papas). This time it's INSURANCE COMPANY Arabia. a girl, Carla, born at St. 1'-1ary's Hospital, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Harold Frizzell, 16,. son of Train Dis- Wausau. -SOLID FUELS OF REAL MERIT REPUBLIC COAL & COKE CO. General Offices: 8 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 3 Branch OlIica: St. Lomb. Kinne.poU., Indla.napolla. Peorl., Milwaukee, Oevelalld, New York April, 1954 43 FIRST DISTRICT iather of Marion (Mac) McGee, cashier at the freight house. Also, Engineer Gale Rails K. D. Smith, Correspondent Operator, Portage backs' father passed away Mar. 17". WEHR Carman Russell (Red) Bolton is back on Veteran Engineman Frederick A. Rusch the job after spending his vacation with STEEL COMPANY passed away at his home in Portage on Feb. friends and relatives in Alva, Okla. 23, aged 87 years. He started in engine serv While visiting a friend in a Perry hospital 2100 South Fifty-Fourth St. ice in September, 1886 and retired in June, Mar. 6, your correspondent was introduced Milwaukee 1, Wis. 1937. Surviving are nieces Mae, Emma and to another patient in the same room who Julia Rusch of Portage, Mrs. Edna Smith of turned out to be none other than Ben Moore, Carbon and Alloy Milwaukee, Mrs. Clara Howard of Los Ange retired engineer. Was happy to learn the Steel Castings les, and Helen Rusch and Mrs. Esther Lang B.L.E. had recently presented him with a horne of Tacoma, and nephews Alfred Kunz Carefully Controlled 70-year diamond membership pin. I under mann, Sioux Falls, S. D., and Frank Kunz stOod that he is 93 years old and believed Heat Treating mann and Professor Arthur Kunzmann, Win to be the oldest living engineer on the Mil Pattern Making and field, Kans. Interment was at Portage. waukee. He was active until entering the Macl1ining Facilities Veteran Engineer Ralph S. Woodman hospital. passed away at his home in Portage Mar. 27, Yardmaster Earl Hannum, who was in a aged 77. Retiring about 17 years ago, he had serious condition in a local hospital, is now been in failing health the past several years. home and doing fine. Surviving is his wife Karen. We extend sympathy to Car Inspector Rus T·Z Products Always Give Unexcelled Service This year the robins really beat the geese sell Anderson whose brother Alvin passed back from the South. The balmy weather was away Mar. 27. He was secretary and directOr T-z "Clingtite" DUST GUARD fLUGS responsible. Also, the ice went out of the of the Council Bluffs Saving and Loan Asso MW JOURNAL BOX LIDS Wisconsin River early this year, which set ciation. T -Z PIPE CLAMPS for all type cars T-Z "AB" BRANCH PIPE TEE BRACKETS up the opening date for fishermen 10 Apr.. 1. Yardmaster Owen (Pat) Connell who rolls T-Z RETAINING VALVE BRACKETS Every time I see the gang from Flonda a mean bowling ball, entered a bowling con T-Z WASHOUT PLUGS back from their winter in the sun, seems like test in Omaha with the grand prize a new they get younger and full of pep. Well, we Mercury automobile. Pat didn't win the car T-Z Products, As Standard Equipment, Prove still have our remedies for spring fever here, bur came close -enough to win a nice prize. Their Merll . sulphur and molasses for one. We losr a good train dispatcher 10 Mon EAST END T-Z RAILWAY EQUIPMENT co. tana when Bob Beck went to Butte. We wish CHICAGO, ILL. Benjam in P. Dvorak, Correspondent him lots of luck in his new position as chief Milwaukee Passenger Station, Cedar Rapids G. S. Turner train dispatcher there. Understand he had the necessary la-gallon hat and spurs all sel. Mrs. L. R. Boettcher has received .informa tion of serious injuries suslained by Mrs. Carl Anderson, a Marion resident who moved to Michigan several years ago. Mrs. Anderson CREOSOTED Iowa Division suffered a fractured spine last January when MATERIALS COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL she fell from a chair and is a patient ar Sr. John I. Rhodes, Correspondent Francis Hospital, Escanaba, Mich. Mr. Ander Perishable Freight Inspector son was a lineman for The Milwaukee Road and when they lived in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. O'Brien, parents o( Verto Reichert, wife and daughter Helen COAL TAR Yard Clerk Sid O'Brien and grandparents of I rene have returned from a three-month so Switchman Ed O'Brien, celebrated their 67th journ in Glendale, Calif. He has resumed PRODUCTS wedding anniversary Mar. 20. work in the office of superintendent in Herb Bode, formerly an east yard office Marion. Republic Creo8oting Co. opetalOr, is now relief wire chief at the relay Chief Dispatcher L. S. Dove returned to station at Marion, la. He is replaced here by his position early in March. He and Mrs. Minneapolis Operator Jim Berner. Dove spent a part of the winter in Florida. Sorry' to report the recent death of the' Mamie McGrew, a former resident of Marion, died Feb. 18 in Tacoma, Wash. She was the widow of Walter McGrew, a former Milwaukee Road switchman. -- Cpl. Chandler Boettcher returned on M~r. YOU KNOW THAT o 13 to Camp Chaffee, Ark., after spending a No General Motors Diesel locomotive Stia Greater PROTECTION has ever worn out! for CARS and LADING In fact throngh normal replacement of eon CARDWELL WESTI NGHOUSE stantly improving parts. they literally Improve with age FRICTION DRAFT GEARS flb.orb hori~o,ua' .htH:k. If you'd like che full .cory. ",rite fur booklec. '0 "Safeguarding Railroad EarmRIC.... CARDWELL FRICTION BOLSTER SPRINGS ELECTRO-MoTIVE DIVISION Co abllOrb Ilerdcal and laceral shock. • GENERAL MOTORS CARDWELL WESTINGHOUSE CO. CHICAGO La Grange, Illinois· Home of the Diesel locomotive CANADIAN CARDWELL CO., -LTD. MONTREAL 44 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Answers to "Can You Name Them?" 1. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Here's Why the Nation's Freight Rides on 2. Canadian Pacific Railway. 3. Chicago & Illinois Midland Rail way. 4. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western SOLID JOURNAL BEARINGS Railroad. S. Maine Central Railroad. 6. New York Central Railroad. 7. New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. 8. Pennsylvania Railroad. 1 9. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail way. 10. Virginian Railway. 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. R. Boettcher of Marion. On Mar. 11 louis A. Klumph, 80, retired Milwaukee Road car foreman, died at his home. He was a resident of Marion for 64 years and had been employed by the Mil waukee for 50 years. He is survived by [wo ,I daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Robison and Mrs. Bernice Bristol; four grandchildren; a bro Right for Railroads ther, H. C. Klumph, and a sister, Mrs. 1. D. Smith, all of Marion. . .. in Performance I A son, who has been named William for and in Cost I ,- his late grandfather, was born to Engineer and Mrs. Robert Rogers on Mar. 16. 1£ he follows in his father's footsteps he will be· ith on-line rolling stock, necessary standby time keeps the fourth generation of the family to become Wfreight or passenger cars, 5 them idle 21 hours a day. an engineer. Robert's fa ther was the late to 10 million trouble-free car Dollar for dollar, you just William A. Rogers and his grandfather the miles with solid-type bearings is can't beat solid-type bearings for an often accomplished fact. And railroad rolling stock. You can late John Rogers, both Milwaukee Road engi what' about interchange? As take the biggest loads and make neers. standards of maintenance and the fastest schedules. You save Wilbur Swanson who had worked in the inspection are improved, "on up to 1500 pounds per car ... track department from 1924 to the time of line" performance will be ap and get the smoothest ride on his retirement in 1951 passed away Mar. 18. proached with interchange equip any standard truck. Be sure to in Perry. He had been ill for several years. ment. Just as important, the ge.t your free copy of "The low-cost solid bearing makes Facts About AAR Solid Journal Harvey Johnson who operated a locomo possible the very lowest per Bearings". Just write a post card tive crane for the Milwaukee for many diem interchange rates for car or letter to Magnus Metal Cor• years died in a Des Moines hospital Mar. 21 rental. That's vital to railroads poration, 111 Broadway, New after a short illness. He made his home in because from 50% to 80% of the York 6; or 80 E. Jackson Blvd., Madrid and was taken to the hospital when cars you operate are foreign and Chicago 4.. he suffered a heart attack. John C. McCurdy who started working in the track department in the early eighties died at his home in Panama ·Mar. 18. He 22 years old. to work for the Foxbilt Feed, Inc. He will had been a foreman from 1889 until his re G. E. Secoy, who has been car foreman at be assistant treasurer of the firm. Jim took tirement in 1935, working at various stations Perry for several years, went to his new posi an extension course from la Salle University on the middle division, and at Panama on tion in Terre Haute the latter part of Febru and hopes to become a certified public ac the west division for 30 years. His son ary. He is succeeded at Per·ry by J. M. countant. John, -who is a conductor on the west· divi Blasko of Davis Junction. W. J. Brossard who has been assistant sion, and a daughter survive. Carroll Porter, U.S.N., son of Caller Don traveling engineer on the Iowa Division with Funeral services for lewis Walrath, son Porter, spent a 30-day leave with his parents headquarters in Perry for the last few years, of the late Walter Walrath, were held in in Perry during March while the destroyer has been transferred to Milwaukee as trave/ Perry Mar. 2. lewis was in an auto acci ing engineer. dent last September while en route to Tucson. to which he is assigned.. was in port at San Diego, Calif.' Machinist levi Swanson, who worked for Ariz., to see his father who was seriously ill. He died in the U. S. naval hospital in Engineer and Mrs. Harry Moolick have a the Milwaukee more than 50 years, died at Oakland, Calf., Feb. 24 without regaining daughter, born on George Washington's an his home in Perry the latter part of Febru consciousness. He had served four years in niversary. The baby is the first for "Micky" ary. the Navy. Walter \'V'alrath was for many and his wife. B. F. Gable, retired middle division con years an Iowa Division conductor before he J. W. Anderson who has been on the ductor, died the latter part of February at went to Arizona for his health. lewis was Iowa Division the last seven years has gone Yakima, Wash., where he had been making April, 1954 45 QU IZ answers 1. Installments extending over a period of years. 2. For stopping a train at a scheduled flag station. 3. A station in which tracks do not terminate. 4. Anti-creepers. 5. Pennsylvania. 6. Cow catcher. 7. A motor vehicle used. In freight station operations. 8. Matthias Baldwin. JUST THE THING. A fore 9. General' F rei g h t and Passenger cast of events to come finds E. C. Lange, chief clerk to Agent. assistant passenger traffic 10. Cadoadings. manager; Chicago, and his two and a half-year-old daugh ter Victoria enjoying chicken and cranberry sauce as they will be served in Milwaukee Road dining cars on Fathers his home. Ben started in 1897 and worked Day: C. J. Crawford, Chicago, as brakeman and conductor until 1934 when is the waiter in charge. he suffered injuries which necessitated his .-Chicken and cranberries has retirement. He and his family made their been designated by the Na home in Wisconsin for a number of years tional Father's Day Commit before going west to l·ive with their son Bert. tee, Inc., as dad's official dish. He would have been 78 in March. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fronsdahl are the parents of a new daughter. Alvin is a switch man on the Perry yard force. Paul Kinder, whose grandparents, Train Dispatcher and Mrs. Ralph Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kinder live in Perry, was chosen athlete of the year at the John Mar CARGO IN BOND. At the Port of Tacoma, Manager J R. Woodruff (right) and U. S. Customs shall High School in Los Angeles, Calif. Inspector J. Girard take a look at one of the .Milwaukee Road's new compartmentizer cars. The Engineer and Mrs. Clarence Huffman have latest thing in freight cars, it is equipped With movable steel gates which can. be locked Into announced the engagement and forthcoming various sizes of compartments for separating I.e.!. shipments. In this case, a cargo In bond received marriage of their daughter Joan to Floyd Leber of Bagley. at the port from Japan is being sealed into a compartment by the customs officer. (Tacoma Sunday News Tribune and Ledger photo) Mrs. Elizabeth Carhill, mother of Harry Carhill, retired engine hostler, and the late Scott Carhill, a switchman, died at her home in Perry Mar. 1. She was 84 years old. Dr. K. W. Diddy, company surgeon· at Perry, has a new grand-daughter. The baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes on Mar. 3. Charles Nath, retired engineer who will be remembered by older Iowa Division em. ployes, was killed while crossing a street in Temple City, Calif., Mar. 8. Charles was 73. He worked on the Iowa Division before going to Marmarth, N. D., to work on Lines West when they were being built. When he retired he went to Temple City where his three children live. Roadmaster D. W. Loftus has a new grand son. The boy, named Christopher John Varner, was born Mar. 8 at Tucson where his father is with the Air Force. William Randolph Hearst once urged Arthur Brisbane to take a six-month holiday. Bris bane rejected the offer. "There are two reasons why I will not ac cept all extended vacation", he wrote his chief. "The first is that if I quit writing for six months it might affect the circulation of your newspaper. The second reason is thaI ;1 might not:' 46 The Milwaukee Road Magazine BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. Under that heading this picture will be featured next month in an advertiseme"l cf the General E,eetric Company. Taken in Deceml::er, 1925, the picture shows one of the M Iwau ee Road's C-E bl-polar gearless electric loc;mol;ves winning a tug cf war with two locomotives which at that tim~ were among the most powerful on the railroad. BIG BITE. Agent J. A. Preston of Prairie du Chien, Wis., trying his luck in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ice Fishree held recently at Gremore Lake, brough in the biggest bass of the day. ThiS spiny- finned beauty, weighing 3 pounds 15 ounces, won for him a prize cf a 6 h.p. outboard motor. "GETTING TO KNOW YOU". Introduced via the conga line, employes of the Milwaukee-Kansas City Southern Joint Agency enjoyed a "getting better acquainted" dance at the Drexel Hall last month. The affair was the first venture of a new social club termed recently by the Ivlilwaukee and the KCS affiliated employes. April, 1954 47 THE MILWAUKEE ROAD MAGAZINE Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. 516 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago (6), Illinois CEDAR RAPIDS scene, showing the Milwaukee's main line near th~ Cedar River. The five-stack plant is the power house of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co, whi Ie the e levator to the right is the Iowa Mill ing Co. A portion of the classification yard is at the extreme right, and the roof of the roundhouse shows lower left.