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Th~ 1961 ?eley Award for Distinguished Service to Trans­ portation has been conferred on E. Grosvenor Plowman of Pittsburgh, Pa., vice president-traffic of the U. S. Steel Corporation. He was cited for promoting transportation research, working with groups to improve relationships between government and transportation councils, and sound recommendations of national transportation policy • • • Two Complete Railroads for Liberia consisting of 12 loco­ Vol. 49 January-February 1962 No.6 motives, 195 special cars, rail, assembled track and re­ lated items--everything except operating personnel--was handled recently by Seatrain Lines Inc. The 6,000-ton cargo was the largest marine shipment of rail equipment on record. To fit the 207 units into one vessel, cars were stacked three high. One railroad will be used to open iron ore deposits in the Numba Mountains, the other to build [. seaport about 60 miles south of Monrovia ••• Minuteman-On-Rail Plans have been scratched by the De­ partment of Defens~nstead, the nation's interconti­ nental ballistic missile of the future will be launched from sunken blast-resistant pits. Defense officials maintain that enough mobility has already been achieved with the Navy's Polaris submarine missile ••• New Val­ .8!raiso University Advisory Board Member is E. O. Schiewe, general solicitor of The Milwaukee Road. Mr. Schiewe is legal counsel for the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Chicago and a member of the first class to be graduated by Valparaiso after it came under Lutheran con­ trol . • • ~ Pile-up of More Than 500 Bills calling for transportation policy revisions faces Congress this year. In addition to the backlog, other important legislation, as well as executive actions by Administration and regu­ latory agencies are in various stages of preparation. The general approach of the legislation is expected to be set by President Kennedy's special transportation mes­ sage to Congress. • Freak Traffic Accident of 1961 occurred on the island of Bjarkoey, Norway. The~rctic outpost has an area of five square miles, a population of 730, one road, one truck and one taxi. The truck and the taxi collided ••• At Dubuque, Ia., high winds picked up a canoe from a spot where it was stored with other boats and blew it onto a railroad track. It was run over by a freight train ••• ~ 4,000-Volt Flash that lit up the sky' near Missoula, Mont., and startled people as far as 12 miles away was attributed to a beaver. Apparently the busy little animal chewed his way through a tree about a mile and a half east of Bonner near the Milwaukee Road tracks, and the tree fell across the railroad's electric trolley line. When a train came by, it took the tree and about half a mile of trolley with it, causing the fire­ works.

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(pictures on page 44) use m Chicago Terminal area yards. THE snowfalls which blanketed the Chi­ Others are being used this winter in cago area with persistent monotony Milwaukee, La Crosse, St. Paul, Minne­ during most of January created traffic apolis, Savanna, Ill., and Aberdeen, S. jams and snow removal bills which ap­ D. proached an all-time record. For the The blower is driven by an engine Milwaukee Road, however, snow re­ mounted on a rail car which, in turn, is moval was less of a problem than the pushed either by a small rail motorcar weather warranted, thanks to its new or by a rubber-tired tractor with flanged "Simmons Cyclone" snow blower. wheels. A scarifier apparatus attached The leather-lunged lit t 1e blower, to the nozzle loosens packed snow so it named for General Roadmaster R. G. can be blown free of the rail. Its normal "Slim" Simmons who invented it, is operating speed enables track mainte­ essentially a switch cleaner which pro­ nance forces to clear yards under four duccs a 115-mph wind and disposes of inches of snow at the rate of 20 switches accumulated snow right down to frozen every 25 minutes.. ballast. The first unit was built and put During a heavy January snowfall one into service in the Chicago area late last of the smaller Chicago area freight l. B. Horton, commissioner of agricultural winter. It is now in commercial produc­ yards with about 100 switches was kept and mineral development (left), present­ tion, and in growing demand by rail­ open around the clock by just one ing the American Railway Development roads throughout the snow belt. blower. For this particular job it has Association records to J. Elmer Monroe, The Milwaukee acqnired an additional proved to be the Milwaukee's most vice president and director of the Bureau 10 of the machines in January, bringing effective weapon when the snow battle of Railway Economics of the Association of American Railroads. its total fleet to 19, of wbich 7 are in is on.

Railway Development Records Document country would have taken years longer in The American Railway Development developing had it not been for the drive Association was founded in 1906 with a Settlement of West and imagination they provided," he said. membership of industrial, real estate, ag­ A LITTLE known but fascinating chapter "They didn't wait to haul something; ricultural and land settlement personnel. in the history of railroading was recalled they went out and literally created com­ Then railroad foresters were admitted, Nov. 16 when a set of books changed modities to haul, by fostering new in­ and now railroad geologists, water re­ hands at the Association of American dustries, grain and livestock prOduction, sources experts, and market~g people. Railroads headquarters in Chicago. As and many other activities which our The association also deals with the safe president of the American Railway De­ country now depends on for its exist­ shipping of perishable agricultural com­ velopment Association, L. B. Horton, the ence." modities. Milwaukee Road's commissioner of ag­ ricultural and mineral development, pre­ sented J. Elmer Monroe, vice president and director of the A.A.R. Bureau of Railway Economics, with leather bound REA Express Adopts New Trademark proceedings of the railway development group for a span of more than 50 years. The books, which were collected by A. W. Large, retired general agricultural agent of the Rock Island Lines, will be placed in the A.A.R. library in Wash­ ing-ton' D. C. The occasion harked back to the set­ tlement of the West, when railroads provided reduced-price fares, as well as food and lodging, for homeseekers from the East; when special classroom trains with complete model farms toured the country teaching farmers the latest in THE REA Express has adopted a new symbol, retaining the diamond agricultural methods; and when rail­ shape which has identified its service since the days of the stagecoach roads made the first soil tests for farm­ and the Pony Express. The new trademark is a white "X" on a red ers in many states. The story of much ground. The first diamond was used by the Wells Fargo & Co. Express, of this history-making program is con­ an early predecessor of the 122-year-old business, and the second came into being in 1918 when seven express companies (Adams, American, tained in the l' a i I way development Great Northern, Northern, Southern, Wells Fargo and Western) were association's records. unified under the name of the American Railway Express. The Rail­ In accepting the books, Mr. Monroe way Express Agency trademark was adopted in 1929 when the nation's pointed out that if ever an industry major railroads purchased the company and changed its name. helped build a nation, it was the Ameri­ can railroads. "This rich and sprawling January-February, 1962 3 ------

Our Special Resolution for 1962 ...

long haul tonnage in an eastbound extra powered by two little Joes and a diesel rounding a curve of the Clark Fork River near Nine Mile, Mont., in the Milwaukee Road's electrified ter­ ritory. This is the type of traffic which the 1962 loss and damage prevention campaign aims to keep on the rails.

AILROAD people throughout the During recent years railroad employes railroad yards where cars and trains are R country are girding this year for have seen a growing share of freight kept moving on schedule, yet the sound an all-out campaign to boost the appeal traffic go to other forms of transporta­ of excessive speed impacts is rarely of rail service by curbing freight dam­ tion at the expense of railroad earnings heard. age. They aim to show the shipping and railroad jobs. Meanwhile railroads The individuals responsible for these world that in the transportation of any have been meeting this competition with damage-free operations are keenly aware kind of freight, the rail way is the safe faster trains, new types of cars, new that nowadays shippers are more insist­ way. methods of handling unusual loads, elec­ ent on good handling than ever before; More satisfied customers-and new tronic freight yards, piggyback and new that if freight is repeatedly mishandled, customers-are what railroaders mean to container services, industrial locating, shippers begin thinking of other ways achieve in this vigorous drive against new approaches to rate-making, and so to route their freight, and if customers every form of improper handling, on. depart, jobs depart, too. whether it be of package, carload or Now attention is being concentrated They realize also that any man who trainload freight. As announced by F. on an additional-and vital-element of slams cars isn't just hurting freight­ G. McGinn, vice president-operation, improved rail service: damage-free han­ he's hurting the reputation of his rail­ our railroad is participating whole­ dling. While this is the target of a con­ road and endangering the livelihood of heartedly in the nationwide campaign. tinuous program on the Milwaukee, every man around him. When these throughout 1962 we are putting out a railroaders hear a harsh impact, they're special effort to make the principle hold inclined to ask sternly, "Who's wham­ WHO WHAMMED good. It calls for alertness on the part ming those cars?" of every employe who comes into con­ Although shippers don't know the in­ THAT CAR? tact with a shipment. dividuals involved in improper han­ I~~~~ Railroaders' greatest single opportu­ dling, according to R. J. Kemp, assistant nity to further the campaign is in avoid­ to vice president-claim prevention, re­ ing overspeed impacts to cars. Experi­ frigerator and merchandise, they're be­ enced railroaders know that coupling ginning to get a sharp picture of which doesn't have to be jarring; that careful railroad yards are involved. The story handling can always keep it the smooth is being told by impact recorders. There operation it is designed to be. are now about 1,500 of these devices in Bearing witness to this fact are many (Continued on page 11) 4 The Milwaukee Road Magazine WIN A PRIZE

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our slogan contest

AN important part of our railroad's determination to keep cash to be awarded by the American Railway Magazine traffic on the rails-read all about it on the opposite page­ Editors Association. is a slogan that will capture the spirit of the nationwide Your slogan can speak about loss and damage preven­ drive to reduce loss and damage. Ideas are being sought, tion generally, or about the effect of damaged freight on and here's how every Milwaukee Roader can help. railroad jobs. Or it can speak of a specific way that loss We want you to give us, in 10 words or less, a slogan and damage can be reduced. But make it punchy-make it that will spark our year-long campaign. Your entry or hit hard. Because it's dealing with one of the most impor­ entries-submit as many as you like-will have a chance tant problems on the railroads. to win three prizes! There will be a $25 United States So let's get into this campaign right now with our best Savings Bond for the best slogan on each division of the ideas for slogans. It's fun and it's easy; no boxtops re­ railroad, plus a $100 Bond for the best slogan on the quired, nothing to buy. Simply read the rules and then fill system. And finally, our best-of-all slogan will be entered out the entry form, or forms (make a copy of the form for in a national competition for a grand prize of $1,000 in each slogan). The contest ends Apr. 30.

THE PRIZES: A totol of 12 United Stotes $25 THE RULES: Assistant to Vice President­ . Sovings Bonds-one for the winner on each of the CPR&M Service, The Milwau­ 11 operating divisions and one f~)r all general kee Road, 349 N. Jefferson St., office, system, and off line employes-plus a $100 1. The contest is open to all active Chicago 6, III. Bond for the best slogan on the railroad. Also, a employes in service during 1962. chance for a grand prize of $1,000 in cash offered 5. Entries may be submitted be­ by the American Railwoy Magazine Editors Asso­ 2. Each slogan must be expressed ginning now, and up to mid­ ciation. in 10 words or less. night on April 30. THE JUDGES: The following company officers have been appointed to serve as judges of the 3. Use the entry form provided, 6. If a vvinning slogan is submitted slogan contest: L. V. Anderson, general manager­ or a copy; type, or print clear­ in identical form by more than system; W. D. Sunter, general freight traffic ly. Each entry must be on a one employe, the one submitted manager-sales and service; R. J. Kemp, assistant separate form. first will receive the prize. to vice president-cia im prevention, refrigerator and merchandise service; A. H. Ducret, general freight 4. Slogans must be sent in enve­ 7. No slogans will be returned, claim agent; and G. L. Wood, general superin- lopes marked "Slogan Contest". and the decisions of the judges tendent ca r depa rtment. . Address entries to R. J. Kemp, will be final .

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January-February, 7962 5 President Quinn Reviews 1961

And This Year's Business Outlook

by the Milwaukee. "As things look lief from some of the industry's burdens now", he stated, "the prospects are for would, of course, enable us to do an even steady improvement." better job", he said. Despite the burdens and restrictions which continue to belabor the railroad Recounts 1961 Improvement Programs industry, Mr. Quinn sized up 1961 as a progress year for the Milwaukee. Among Summarizing programs carried out by accomplishments he cited were substan­ various departments of the railroad last tial acquisitions of new rolling stock, the year and their effects on the 1962 busi­ intensification of sales and service pro­ ness outlook, Mr. Quinn cited the fol­ grams, and technological advances reach­ lowing accomplishments: President William J. Quinn (right) with ing into many departments of the rail­ G. L. Wood, general superintendent of road. Engineering: A unique track lowering the car department, inspecting a car of a Noteworthy improvements in the earn­ project increased clearances in 31 tunnels fleet of 750 manufactured for the Road ings situation included a marked upturn throughout the West. Altogether, 7.54 by the Pullman-Standard Car Corporation miles of railroad were lowered in addi­ which were placed in operation last year. in automobile loadings; the continued growth' of Flexi-Van and piggyback tion to which trolley wires wer: raised in movements; and the activities of the 36 tunnels of the electrified main line section. LTHOUGH 1961 was a lean year for Road's motor carrier subsidiary, the MiL The Milwaukee's investment of slight­ A railroads generally, its close found waukee Motor Transportation Company. Observing that demands for the fore­ ly more than $800,000 in the project the Milwaukee Road sharing the up­ will enable it to handle tri.level haulings swing in the national economy. Net in­ going services are expected to continue of new automobiles. In addition, sub­ come, estimated at $5,328,172, repre­ at a faster pace this year, Mr. Quinn stantial revenues will be forthcoming sented a substantial. increase over the noted that traffic in grain, lumber, forest from other outsize loads the railroad previous year's net of $1,323,063. In products and many other commodities formerly had to turn down. the opinion of President William J. which form an important part of the Quinn, results as good or better can be Milwaukee's freight volume is also ex­ Auto Transport, Flexi-Van and Piggy­ anticipated in 1962. pected to improve along with the na­ back Sel'vice: An aggressive bid was This expectation rests on predictions tional economy. made to regain traffic formerly lost to that the economic trend will continue All of these factors, he pointed out, highway competitors. The growth of upward, he said, and on the favorable should be reflected in Milwaukee Road automobile loadings called for new ship­ climate for business in the area served earnings and revenues. "Legislative re­ ping facilities in the Reed Street yard in Milwaukee and a new receiving and marshaling yard in the former shops area in Minneapolis, as well as improving fa. cilities in Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Des Moines and North Harvey (Ill.) The Road also acquired 125 pieces of new Flexi-Van equipment.

Accounting: An IBM 7070 electronic computer was installed in the Fullerton Avenue office building in Chicago. Be­ sides placing accounting and data proc­ essing on a speedier and mOre efficient basis, major benefits to be realized are better service to shippers, improved cost control, more precise cost measurements, and more effective direction of sales ef­ forts.

Freight Sales and Service: A group of 25 top traffic supervisors was prOvided with a special training course in the continu­ ing program to improve the effectiveness of the sales force. A scene at the new receiving and marshaling yard established last year in the for­ mer shops area in Minneapolis to accommodate the growth of multi-level automobile For the second consecutive year the loadings. Pictured are various General Motors and Chrysler Corporation models. Milwaukee won an award for sales pro- 6 The Milwaukee Road Magazine motion activities in the industry's annual competition for the Gold Freight Car Award. The citation recognized the rail­ road's Sales Kit as a unique tool for keeping shippers abreast of the Milwau­ kee's facilities and services and laying a firm foundation for increasing business. Passenger Sales and Services: A fleet of 40 new bi-level air-conditioned passen­ ger coaches costing approximately 7 mil­ lion dollars, and 6 modern 2,400 horse­ power diesel electric locomotives de­ signed for reduced maintenance, were placed in operation on commuter runs in the Chicago area. The suburban improve­ ment program included constructing new New rolling stock acquired in 1961 included 40. bi-Ievel stainless steel coaches for depots at Glenview and Northbrook, Ill. suburban runs north and west of Chicago. Improvements in commuter service in­ cluded the construction of the new Glenview station. Other developments included reviving the old-time Sunday rail excursion. Most significant was a prominent role in the transporting of Wisconsin's federalized 32nd Infantry Division from home base to Fort Lewis, Wash., for which the Mil.. waukee provided several hundred pieces of rolling stock. Mechanical Department: The "spot" car repair facility at Bensenville Yard, op­ erated for the first full year, enabled the Road to reduce the time cars were out of revenue service. In addition, a large volume of heavy repairs and rebuilding was handled at Milwaukee Shops. With relation to car maintenance, hot box detectors were installed at five locations, making a total of 11 such units now in The Milwaukee Road played an important role last year in the transporting of Wis­ service. consin's 32nd Infantry Division to Fort Lewis, Wash. Here tanks are ready to be moved from Camp McCoy, Wis. Damage Prevention: A test in which the Milwaukee participated over an eight­ month period set a record for shipping sensitive products with paper. Tests con­ Industrial Development: Important lo­ newsprint virtually damage-free. In ad. ducted during weather ranging from 32 cating and expansion projects were rec­ dition, a new shipper service was devel­ degrees above zero to 8 degrees below orded among industries in the Road's oped which protects products liable to resulted in products thus insulated re­ Franklin Park Industrial District and in damage from extreme cold. The tech­ taining their full latent heat for four industrial centers served by the Milwau­ nique involves blanketing temperature­ days. kee in other cities, as well as by individu­ al industries in various communities on the railroad. The largest involved proj­ ects of the United States PJywood, An auger conveyor Weyerhaeuser and Georgia-Pacific Cor­ transfers fly ash from porations in Franklin Park; the Griffin a Milwaukee Road covered hopper to a Wheel Company in Bensenville, Ill.; hopper trailer of the Western Publishing Inc. in Racine, Wis.; Milwaukee Motor the Morton Salt Company and a division Transportation Com­ of the Champion Paper Company in Mil.. pany at the railhead waukee; the Webb Publishing Company at Chamberlain, S. D., for the haul to the in St. Paul; Midwest Hardwood Floor­ Big Bend Dam site on ing and Plywood in Des Moines; and the Missouri River. Nash-Finch in Cedar Rapids. This drawing illus­ trated a recent "crea­ Rflil-Truck Service: An increase occurred tive crews" adver­ in demands for the Road's integrated tisement of the Mil­ transportation service to remote construc­ waukee's combined tion sites in the West. The first of rail-truck service to these combined operations was started rem 0 t e construction sites. in Washington state in connection with January-February, 1962 7 tl,e building of the Wanapum Dam across the Columbia River, and was further developed at the Titan missile Recent Statements by President Ken­ base near Vantage, Wash. It has since WHO nedy and Others on the Subject of been employed at the Big Bend Dam on Transportation Faci Iities Provided at the Missouri River above Chamberlain, S. D., as well as on the Minuteman com­ SHOULD Publ ic Expense, Which Concern Leg­ plex in Montana, and on various projects islation Expected to Be Considered near Rapid City, S. D. PAY? by Congress This Year As an example of the Milwaukee's confidence in the year's traffic potential, John F. Kennedy subsidized facilities are unevenly distrib­ Mr. Quinn pointed out that the 1962 uted among the various forms of trans­ improvement budget, which totals about ... The two previous Administrations portation, thus favoring one form of 19~ million dollars, gives priority to have urged that civil aviation, a mature transportation as against another and shipper needs and items which assure and growing industry, be required to imposing upon the taxpayer costs prop­ better service or efficiency. The largest pay a fair share of the costs o~ operating erly chargeable to others. allocation is 8~ million dollars for 655 and improving the Federal alfways sys­ James M. Landis new freight cars. The car fleet, all of 70­ tem. The rapidly mounting costs of Report on Regulatory Agencies ton capacity equipped with roller be.ar­ these essential services to air transporta­ to the President-Elect ings, will consist of 500 all-purpose w~de tion make the imposition of user charges December, 1960 door cars; 50 airslide hoppers featUrIng more imperative now than ever be­ The time has come to put the Na­ a device for fast unloading; 70 insulated fore ... box cars and 10 uninsulated cars tion's inland waterways on a sound eco­ equipped with damage prevention de­ Message to 37th Congress nomic basis by imposing compensatory April 21, 1961 vices; and 25 jumbo covered hopper user charges to be paid by those who directly benefit from these expenditures cars. As is customary in such programs, Dwight D. Eisenhower these purchases represent to a consider­ and thus to remove an unjustifiable bur­ den from the taxpayers and the Treasury. able extent the employment of the com­ Certain Government activities confer pany's credit in various ways, and are in measurable special benefits on' identifi­ Congressman James E. Van Zandt the nature of commitments against fur­ able groups or individuals beyond the May 26, 1960 ther earnings. benefits to the general public. The cost User charges should be imposed of Federal services which convey special wherever transportation uses Federal benefits should be recovered through facilities. All groups of users should, Property Improvements Scheduled charges paid by the beneficiaries rather as an ultimate goal, pay their fair share than through taxes on the general public. of operation and maintenance costs, as Among other major expenditures pro­ Budget Message of the President for well as of new Federal investment and posed are approximately 4~ million the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960 interest ... dollars for improving freight and passen­ In addition to relieving the general ger equipment, and slightly less than . Improvement of our rivers con­ taxpayer of costs properly chargeable to 6~ million dollars for improvements to tinues at the expense of the railroads, others, this program will help make the property. In the latter category are a who are given the dubious privilege of Government a neutral as transportation closed circuit television installation in the reducing their rates to meet this new competes in a freer market and will as­ Western Avenue coach yard, and a micro­ competition. . . . User charges based sist in insuring efficiency in the distribu­ wave radio system between headquarters upon use of federal facilities or federally tion of investment funds within the officers in the Chicago Union Station and transport segment as well as in the econ­ the Bensenville classification yard. omy at large. Other projects include the installation HIS SIGNATURE URGENTLY NEEDED of new VHF radio base stations in Chi­ "Federal Transportation Policy and Program" cago and Milwaukee for the Road's U. S. Department of Commerce March,1960 police department, and another in Gale­ wood Yard for the signals and communi­ In the United States, which stands cations department. Seven new VHF before the world as the principal ex­ radio wayside stations will be added to ponent and the principal exhibit of the the present system of 59, in addition to benefits of free private enterprise, the which the dial telephone system between aim in all forms of transport should be Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., that user charges be paid by all classes will be extended to Minneapolis and St. of domestic users of Government trans­ Paul, and from Chicago to Savanna, Ill. port facilities sufficient to cover their Remarking that all of these projects fair share of the costs of building and relate to the improvement of net earn­ maintaining the facilities which they ings, President Quinn said, "We feel need to use. that the railroads are about to be 'redis­ covered' as the most economical and Transportation Association of America most efficient means of transporting the "National Policies for a Strong Transportation System, S1Immary of bulk of this country's freight business." Policy Positions," July, 1961 8 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Winding Up the Tunnel Clearance Job

THE Milwaukee Road, which solved the problem of handling today's higher and wider loads by programming an $800,000 track lowering project in the tunnels of its electrified section last year, realized an immediate return from its improved service. Staring Sept. 2S, and even as the last section of lowered track was being anchored in place, tri-Ievel loads of 1962 automobiles began moving over the transcontinental line from Midwest factories to dealers in the Pacific Northwest. In the course of the project, 7.54 miles of railroad in 31 tunnels penetrating the Belt, Rocky, Bitter Root, Saddle and Cascade ranges were lowered in depths ranging from 6 to 24 inches, and trolley lines were raised in 36 tunnels. Other phases of work, principally laying ballast and installing drain. age, continued for several weeks as separate operations. Alto­ gether, the project required approximately 25,350 cubic yards of crushed stone to bring ballast up to grade, and 28,150 lineal feet of drain pipe. Here are several pictures of one such op­ eration in the final stage-drainage being completed in St. Paul Pass Tunnel at the summit of the Bitter Roots before winter closed in. Incidental to the project, the activities at St. Paul Pass Tun. nel stirred the memory centers of people who still recall when the huge bore was driven through the rock wall of the Montana­ Idaho line. This tunnel, officially No. 20, is also known as Taft Tunnel, from its association with the construction camp of that name which flourished on the Montana side while it was being built in 1907.09. The camp housed some 2,000 workers, many of whom were itinerants who left behind a lusty legend of violence. Scene in St. Paul Pass Tunnel as perforated drain pipe When the tunnel was built it was the longest on the rail­ was being installed. road-S,789 feet from portal to portal, plus 285 feet of snow­ shed. In the project completed last fall, 3,669 lineal feet were Swiss machine which was adapted to undercutting by the lowered in depths up to 15 inches. The work was done with Milwaukee's engineers. In the finishing phase, more than bulldozers, front end loaders and a Matisa ballast cleaner, a 2 miles of drain pipe were installed.

Risers installed at intervals of 200 feet Machinery being unloaded from a work train at the Idaho end of St. Paul Pass keep drain pipe clear. Tunnel. The car at left is piled high with drain pipe. January-February, 7962 9 The old station at Northbrook, III., as it appeared about 20· years ago.

Commuters leaving the new Northbrook station on Dedication Day to board the 7:55 to the city.

Open House Marks Dedication of Northbrook Station

WORK-BOUND commuters from North­ The open house marked the dedica­ Starting at 5: 30 A.M. and during the brook, Ill., on Nov. 21 found the Mil­ tion of our railroad's new Northbrook early rush hours, the station buzzed with waukee Road station a warming oasis of passenger station, across the tracks from commuters eating a hasty breakfast or hospitality, and Agent George Hampton the station which was partially destroyed enjoying a second cup of coffee before sporting a white carnation on his coat by fire last May. Invitations to stop in traveling to the city. Joining them were lapel. Free coffee and doughnuts--com­ for "a cup of coffee and -" were ex­ Village President Bertram Pollack and pliments of the railroad-were being tended to some 600 daily commuters, Village Treasurer Richard Larson, to. served, and free newspapers waited to be local businessmen and the community as gether with a number of Milwaukee picked up when they boarded their a whole. William Wallace, general pas­ Road officials. The Kaffeeklatsching trains. senger traffic manager, served as the host. continued throughout the morning as other villagers stopped by to inspect the station's facilities and help Agent Hamp­ ton celebrate Dedication Day. The single-story 14 by 70·foot struc­ tun!, representing an investment of $25,000, is of concrete block construc­ tion. Large glass surfaces on the east and north walls provide a view of pass· ing trains, and a six foot cantilevered

William Wallace, general passenger traf­ fic manager teenter), presents Bertram Pollack, village president of Northbrook, with a cup of hot coffee. At left Is Rich­ ard Larson, village treasurer. The attend. ants are Waiters Andrew Fuller (left) and Earl Phillips of the sleeping and dining car department.

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A close-up of the north and east sides of the building, showing the glass construc­ Agent George Hampton, sporting a car­ tion which provides an unobstructed view of passing trains. nation, presents morning newspapers to Mrs. Dorothy Sblewski of Northbrook, who was en route to the city, and Village overhang on the roof furnishes protec­ room, the agent's office and the wash­ President Bertram Pollack. tion from inclement weather for passen­ room, are painted azure blue with white gers standing outside. trim. Its design reflects an effective use building, for more convenient boarding The building is equipped with an auto­ of materials to combine attractiveness and departure from the Road's new bi­ matic gas fired heating system and high with features resistant to vandalism. level suburban coaches. A part of the intensity fluorescent lights. Both the ex­ The platforms of the new station are old station will continue to be used as terior and interior, including the waiting eight inches higher than those of the old a freight house.

"To Curb Freight Damage.. /' that apen-top loads are anchored secure­Retirement and Unemployment ly. Tax Rates Increased (Continued from page 4) Maintenance-oF-way forces help by use by shippers, in addition to about their care in correcting faulty switches, RAILROAD retirement taxes and unem­ 2,500 used by railroads. Installed in serious track defects and other condi­ployment contribution rates went up freight cars moving back and forth tions that might lead to derailment and Jan. 1, as scheduled in the Railroad Re­ across the country, they keep a record damage. tirement Tax 'and Railroad Unemploy­ ment Insurance Acts. The retirement on tape of every impact and the exact Yardmasters help by preventing the time it occurred. Analyzing the tape tax, paid by employes and matched by switching of excessively long cuts of cars the railroads, was increased from 6% later, a customer can trace a bad impact Or any other practice that causes undue per cent to 7%, pel' cent, and the un­ to a specific railroad and a specific point. slack action, hard impacts and conse­employment contribution rate, paid by Thus, yard crews who take care to pre­ quent freight damage. the railroads only, went up from 3% vent harsh impacts are key personnel in Freight house employes help by their per cent to 4 per cent. preserving the good name of their rail­ care in routing shipments accurately to Both the tax and contribution rates road. Every time they couple a car at prevent unnecessary hauling, interchang. continue to apply to employe earnings up to $400 a month, the taxable maxi­ the prescribed speed, they're helping to ing and switching. sell their railroad to the shipping world. mum in effect. But yard crews are not solely respon­ Freight agents, service inspectors The increase in the retirement tax and sales representatives help by keep. rate, provided by the 1959 amendments sible--many others get into the act. For ing shippers posted on the latest meth­to the Raih'oad Retirement Tax .Act, instance-­ ods of proper packing and loading. will remain in effect through Dooember, Local switching crews help save This is only a partial list of employes 1964. Further increases will occur after freight from damage by using the "soft that date, the exact extent of them de­ who have important roles in the cam­ pending on scheduled increases in the touch" in picking up and delivering paign to control freight damage. The cars. social security tax scale. vigor enthusiasm of every one will de­ The new unemployment contribution Road crews help by their effort to termine the success of this vitally im­ rate, which was provided by the Tem· prevent excessive slack action and by portant program of our railroad for porary Extended Railroad Unemploy­ i their care when picking liP or setting off 1962. ment Insurance Benefits Act of 1961, cars. will apply in calendar years 1962 and Yard clerks help by calling attention A woman was bemoaning the fact that 1963. The additional income from the to unusually fragile or valuable loads her husband had left her for the sixth higher rate is intended to finance the temporary extended benefits. and other types of shipments needing time. special care. "Never mind}' consoled her neighbor, "he'll be back." Every business concern needs some Car inspectors help by making sure ((No, he won't)' sobbed the wife. "This pt'omising young men--in ol'der to at­ that empties are fit for their loads and time he's taken his golf clubs." tract good secretaries. January-February, 1962 11 _!=='3""""'...... __...... __...... ~.....

"Homemade" Spot System Speeds Freight Car Repairs

Work going for­ ward on the re­ pair platform. The wheel changing boom cranes are reconditioned car shop equipment.

AT Muskego Yard, in the heart of the the supervision of F. W. Bunce, chief design. The repair platform, for in­ Milwaukee, Wis., terminals, a facility mechanical officer, reflects the present stance, was built of used crossing planks has been developed which rivets atten­ trend to speed light car repairs by con­ and concrete blocks salvaged from re­ tion on the handy man aptitude of our centrating necessary materials and tools tired snow plows. The blocks, weighing shop employes. Based on the modern at a strategic location in train yards. A eight tons each; were white elephants; principle of car repairs, it features a prime example of this concept of shop couldn't be given away. Likewise, the track equipped with a 60-foot work modernization is the Road's "spot" re­ mechanized car puller owed its origin platform, a mechanized car puller, elec­ pair system at Bensenville Yard near to an old coal dock elevator motor. The tric jacks, wheel changing boom cranes, Chicago. While not comparable in either electric jacks had outlived their useful­ a welding machine-ail the components size or efficiency with that operation, ness in the locomotive shop, being of of an up-to-date one-spot car repair sys­ the Muskego Yard installation can none­ insufficient capacity to handle present tem. And constructed entirely with theless handle most of the jobs done by day diesels, the wheel changing boom catch-as-catch-can material; built literally its four-track prototype. The idea was cranes were reconditioned car shop from scrap. By industry standards, it conceived by G. 1. Wood, general super­ equipment, the gas driven welding ma­ rates as one of the best of the "home­ ifitendent of the car department. chine was surplus from a former Tacoma made" variety. Utilization of equipment in the obso­ Shops operation, and so on. The service facility, which is under lescence class was the keynote of the The system has ample lighting for

The traversing ~ ,...... 1 jack being oper­ ated by Carman Richard Kennedy.

.... G. l. Wood, gen­ e ra I superintend­ ent of the car de­ partment (right), and H. R. Ander­ son, district gen­ eral car foreman, look on as Car­ man Helper An­ drew Wahn (since retired) handles a wheel changing operation. 12 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Carman George Maertz operating the car puller, which moves Ample lighting turns night into day for a journal repack, be· repaired cars from the spot location. Air whistle signals for ing supervised here by Assistant Foreman E. R. Hohenadel. safe movement. night work, and functions as a three. With tools and materials immediately similar light repairs. shift, seven days a week operation. Cars accessible, they are repaired swiftly, one The convenience of the location, be· requiring repairs are switched to the in· at a time. The work includes air brake tween the flat yard and the retarder yard, bound side of the track and progressed cleaning, journal repacking, wheel reduces appreciably the time involved to the repair center by the car puller. changes, "hot load" assignments, and in handling bad order cars.

crew for the excellent service and delicious COMMENTS FROM OUR. CUSTOMER.S food we enjoyed. "From six to nine of us make the trip each PRACTICALLY NEWSSTAND SERVICE pointed out to me that the practice of COlU­ fall to attend meetings of the American So­ tesy and thoughtfulness is possible even in ciety of Insurance Management and the fall (Prom a letter concerning arrangements made the 'hurry-hurry' atmosphere in which we by W. Sommer, chief clerk to superintendent insurance conference of the American Man­ live," of the sl~eping and dining car departmelZt, agement Association. We always take the Lt. Col. M. I. Harrigan train, as it gives us a chance to unwind and for mail train delivery of Chicago newspapers Departm'mt of Air Science to the writer during a visit with his daughter play bridge. In addition to seeing that we College of St. Thomas had the best of everything, one evening when at .rchool in Winona, Minn.) St. Paul, Minn. "I realize that men in Mr. Sommer's ca·· other passengers had taken over the card pacity have more important things to do than room in the lounge car, Mr. Garvin set up 'monkey around' with newspaper deliveries, ALL CLICKED TO A 'T' tables for us in the dining car after dinner was over . , . I hope that even though planes but the papers do not provide this service, nor "My wife and I would like to express our is it available elsewhere, insofar as I know. get people to their destinations faster, enough appreciation for the fine service provided by of us who enjoy gracious service and de luxe Hence, you may well realize how his efforts Mr. Bill Kohl [assistant general agent pas­ were appreciated when we enjoyed practically accommodations will continue to patronize senger department, Minneapolis} in routing the railroads sufficiently to make their pas­ newsstand service, including the special de· and planning our vacation. Every reservation livery of up-to-the-minute editions. The memo senger operation possible," clicked to a 'r', and the Pullman and seat Harvey H~mphrey, Vice President, bel's of my family are well satisfied patrons space were exactly as we wished. Truly, it of your line," Title Imurance & Trust Co. is a pleasure to travel by train, but the Los Angeles, Calif. Patrick J. Dolan pleasure is increased when everything works Chicago, Ill. so smoothly... "Mr. Joy [chief clerk in the Minneapolis A FEELING OF WARMTH FOR A TRAVELER, COMPLETELY passenger traffic office} has always done this SATISFYING for us in the past, and his efficiency and "Thanks a million for sending me the politeness ue incomparable. This time he raincoat which I had lost in the Union Station "I had the occasion recently to ride from asked Mr. Kohl to assist us, and we found [Chicago} ...' It was due to the alertness Chicago to St. Paul on train number :; •.. him equally patient and understanding in of the PuIlman conductor that I was so easily and found the crew members Oll this trip by every respect," located as the owner. He had heard me tell far the most accommodating, courteous and Virgil A. Duneer the dining room steward about losing the pleasant of any that I can recall for the past Minneapolis, Minn. raincoat; [recovered and turned over to the 20 years.... Their attitude seemed to be, Road's 'lost and found' department by R. H. 'How can I be of help to you as a guest of Chermak, city passenger agent}. my railroad?' THE BEST OF EVERYTHING "It is just such courtesies which cause me " . . . The members of this crew were to continue my warm feeling for the Milwau­ 'public relations experts' in a truly a,tive " ... During a trip to Chicago, en route kee Road and Union Pacific and their per­ sense ... and I felt that you should be in· east on the City of Los Angeles Mr. R. W. sonnel," formed as to what a completely :;atisfying Garvin was our dining car steward. I wish Mrs. Jesse P. Brown experience it was for a traveler ... the trip to commend him and the members of his fine Arcadia, Calif; January-February, 1962 13 appointments

E. J. Stoll R. P. Tanner B. H. Bobbitt C. D. Emerson D. J. Staley R. C. Tiedje

Real Estate and Industrial Development Department Effective Jan. 1, 1962: E. J. Stoll is appointed director-real estate and industrial development, with headquarters in Chicago. The position of assistant director-industrial and real estate development is abolished. Mr. Stoll received his engineeririg degree iri transportation from the University of K. G. Hosfleld H. Ruud F. J. Swierenga W. F.Findley Michigan in 1938 and entered the Road's engineering department shortly there­ in Milwaukee, his most recent position, cago, is appoirited assistant to vice pres­ after: He was appointed assistant iridus­ in April, 1957. ident, Chicago. trial engirieer in 1945 and became assist­ B. H. Bobbitt, industrial engineer with Harry Ruud, general freight agent, ant industrial commissioner in 1952. He headquarters in Chicago, will assume in­ Chicago, is appointed assistant freight had been assistant director-industrial dustrial development activities in Wis­ traffic manager-rates and divisions, Chi­ and real estate development since Nov. 1, consin, succeeding Mr. Tanner. His head­ cago. 1958. quarters will continue in Chicago. F. J. Swierenga, assistant general R. P. Tanner is appointed manager­ freight agent, Chicago, is appointed gen­ real estate development with headquar­ Trafflc Department eral freight agent, Chicago. ters in Chicago. Mr. Tanner was gradu­ W. F. Findley, foreign freight agent, Effective Nov. 1, 1961: ated from the University of Wisconsin Chicago, is appointed assistant general with a degree in civil engineering in G. F. Flynn, traveling freight and freight agent, Chicago. 1952, having meanwhile seen Army and passenger agent, Seattle, is appointed A. J. Berry, traveling freight agent, Navy service, and entered the Road's chief clerk to traffic manager, Seattle. Chicago, is appoirited assistant to freight engineeririg department that year. He Effective Dec. 1, 1961: traffic manager-sales and service, Chi· served as assistant division engirieer in cago. Milwaukee, Sioux City and Butte prior K. G. Hosfield, assistant to freight H. K. Larson, chief clerk to assistant to being appointed industrial engineer traffic manager-sales and service, Chi- general traffic manager, Chicago, is ap­ pointed assistant to freight traffic man­ ager-rates and divisions, Chicago. G. E. Montgomery, city freight and Max R. Jensen Elected Vice President passenger agent, Tacoma, is appoirited Milwaukee Motor Transportation Company travelirig freight agent, Tacoma, follow­ ing the retirement of T. E. Malonev. MAX R. JENSEN, operating vice president of Chicago Ex­ Effective Jan. 1, 1962: press, Incorporated, was elected vice president of the Mil­ W. E. Cartwright, chief clerk to vice waukee Motor Transportation Company with headquarters in president-traffic, Chicago, is appointed Chicago effective Jan. 1. Mr. Jensen, a native of Rexburg, foreign freight agent, Chicago. Ida., studied electrical engineering at Oregon State College R. E. McGowan, traveling freight and entered the employ of Consolidated Freightways in 1929, agent, Chicago, is appointed district advancing to the position of vice president in charge of opera­ freight agent, Chicago. tions in Portland, Ore. During World War II he served in R. R. Wetzell, city freight agent, Chi· various overseas theaters as chief of the road branch, Office cago, is appoirited coal freight agent, of Director of Transport. In 1956 he became vice president M. R. Jensen Chicago. and general manager of the eastern region for Consolidated J. M. Leahy, city freight and passen­ ger agent, Davenport, is appointed trav­ Freightways, with headquarters in Indianapolis. He continued in that position eling freight agent, Seattle. until January 1961, at which time he was made vice president in charge of opera­ J. E. Williams, chief clerk to division tions for Chicago Express with headquarters in Kearney, N. J. From October, 1959 freight and passenger agent, Davenport, to February, 1961 he also served as assistant director of the Northwestern University is appointed city freight and passenger Transportation Center. agent, Davenport. 14 The Milwaukee Road Magazine >s

J. F. Minard, city freight agent, Chi­ cago, is appointed traveling freight Vice President P. H. Draver Retires a~ent, Chicago. D. J. Miller, chief clerk to division From Industrial Development Service freight and passenger agent, Dubuque, ill appointed city freight agent, Chicago. L. D. James, city passenger agent, Chicago, is appointed city freight agent, Chicago. G. M. Heath, secretary to vice pres­ ident-traffic, Chicago, is appointed city freight agent, Chicago. J. R. Tait, chief clerk in the Omaha traffic office, is appointed city freight agent, Milwaukee. G. A. Sansverie, assistant district rep­ resentative-rail highway sales, Chicago, is appointed assistant district represen­ tative-rail highway sales, Detroit. OperatIng Department Exchanging banter at the luncheon held in honor of P. H. Draver, vice president­ industrial development, at the Chicago Club' are, from left: W. W. Kremer, vice Effective Jan. 1, 1962: president-traffic; J. P. Kiley, retired president of the railroad; Mr. Draver; President C. D. Emerson, special assistant to William J. Quinn; C. E. Crippen, vice president-finance and accounting; and F. G. general manager, Chicago, is appointed McGinn, vice president-operation. assistant superintendent of transporta­ tion with headquarters in Chicago. P. H. DRAVER, vice president-industrial assistant general freight agent there the W. L. Sarakenoff, special representa­ development, was feted by some 70 of following year. In February, 1948 he tive to vice president-operation, is ap­ his railroad colleagues at a retirement advanced to the position of general pointed assistant to general superintend­ luncheon held in the Chicago Club Dec. freight traffic manager at Chicago head­ ent of transportation with headquarters n. The affair, which marked the conclu­ quarters, and in November, 1949 was in Chicago. sion of a Milwaukee Road career span­ elected vice president-traffic. His elec­ D. J. Staley, assistant superintendent ning more than 45 years, was highlighted tion as vice president-industrial develop­ of the central freight service department, by the presentation of his Silver Pass. ment came on Mar. 1, 1958. Chicago, is appointed assistant superin­ Paul Draver, a native of Stillwater, The nature of his work covered an tendent of transportation in charge of Minn., entered the railroad,!;; service in extensive range of Milwaukee Road Carscope, with headquarters in Chicago. October, 1916 as a clerk in the local transactions in the United States and V. R. Cheesebro is appointed train­ freight office at Kansas City, Mo., where Canada, and he is widely known among master, Chicago Terminals, with head­ he was advanced to city freight agent in shippers and receivers of freight in both quarters in Bensenville, Ill. 1927. An appointment as traveling countries. Effective Jan. 16, 1962: freight agent with headquarters in Kan­ The Dravers like the California cli­ C. D. Anderson, trainmaster with sas City in 1936 was followed two years mate, and have purchased a home at later by a promotion to general south­ headquarters in Tacoma, is appointed Tustin, near Santa Ana. The family trainmaster of the Twin City Terminals western agent there. group which moved with them to their He transferred to Milwaukee as dis­ with headquarters at St. Paul. new home included Mrs. Draver's moth­ W. J. Westmark is appointed assist­ trict freight agent in 1942, and became er and Mr. Draver's 100-year-old aunt. ant trainmaster, Coast Division, with headquarters in Tacoma. Correction: Effective Aug. 1,1961, W. K. Peterson was appointed trainmaster of the Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota Di­ vision with headquarters at Austin, S. J. Cooley Elected Vice President Minn. E. Peters was appointed train­ Real Estate and Industrial Development master-traveling engineer of the Rocky Mountain Division with headquarters at AT a meeting of the board of directors on Dec. 21, 1961, Miles City, Mont. Samuel J. Cooley, director of industrial and real estate de­ velopment, was elected vice president-real estate and indus­ Finance and Accounting trial development with headquarters in Chicago, effective Jan. Department 1. After receiving engineering training at the University of Effective Dee. 1, 1961: Kansas, Mr. Cooley was employed by three other railroads R. C. 'riedje is appointed auditor of and by several consulting engineering firms, and also served passenger accoUnts with headquarters in in the land department of the Interstate Commerce Commis­ Chicago. Mr. Tiedje started with the sjon prior to engaging in private real estate practice in Kansas Road in the auditor of passenger ac­ counts department in 1923 and served as 5 J. Cooley City, Mo. He came to the Milwaukee Road as a right of way a train auditor from 1941 to 1948, since engineer in 1924, advancing in 1927 to the position of as­ which time he has held other positions in sistant real estate agent, and in 1945 to that of assistant industrial commissioner. He the same department. His most recent became industrial commissioner in 1952, and on Mar. 1, 1958 was promoted to was that of bureau head, conductor ac­ director of industrial and real estate development. In the latter capacity he has counts. directed an active program of industrial development throughout the system. January-February, 1962 15 Shipper's Damage Control Program Features Scott Paper Company plants. Mr. Freund's talk explained the roles Milwaukee Road Claim Prevention Speakers of switch and train crews in the freight handling picture, and the effects of loss A discussion of the and damage on transportation revenues. use of an impact re­ In a discussion of mutual problems, he corder at the Mari­ pointed out that although railroads nette, Wis., plant of usually foot the bills for rough handling, the Scott Paper Com­ customers who are denied the use of pany. From left: W. goods as a result of it may express their Kone, traffic man­ ager of Wisconsin dissatisfaction by seeking new suppliers. Mills of the Scott Pa­ Sample cost statements of claims paid per Company; F. R. out by the railroad and a demonstration Houston, the rail­ of the use of impact recorders were cov­ road's freight service ered also. Mr. Houston stressed the need inspector in the Mari­ for "an always continued interest in nette area; W. M. good car loading practices so that the Freund, assistant su­ quality of the product is maintained o perintendent of the through the transit period until the Milwaukee Division, Green Bay, Wis.; and goods are on the receiver's shelf". The Harry Anderson, the program included a question and answer Road's agent at Mar­ period held for all distribution crews. inette. A readiness to assist the plant in any program designed to reduce damage was expressed by both of the railroad's rep­ MILWAUKEE ROAD personnel took part with switching service, W. M. Freund, resentatives. Proper packing and load­ recently in an activity at the Scott Pa­ assistant superintendent of the Milwau­ ing, they emphasized, are major factors per Company plant in Marinette, Wis., kee Division at Green Bay, Wis., and in getting a freight consignment to its which underscores the cooperative ef­ F. R. Houston, freight service inspector destination damage-free. forts of shippers and carriers to im­ in the Marinette area, were guest speak­ prove their freight handling perform­ ers on a "Damage Control Program". ances through a better understanding of The occasion marked the acceleration of each other's facilities and practices. a drive to upgrade the plant's position Standard Code of O'perating As representatives of an originating in an Over, Short and Damage Shipping Rules Marks 75th Year Contest conducted among the various carrier which also provide's the plant SEVENTY-FIVE years ago-April 14, 1887, to be exact-the railroads, act· ing jointly through the General Time Convention, a predecessor of the Asso­ Better Than a Camera ciation of American Railroads, adopted THE lady or the camera ~ The A Standard Code of Train Rules which decision appeared in November became a guide to train operating rules among' classified advertisements on practically every railroad in the Uni­ in the Seattle Times: ted States. $225 for Nikon 35 mm. You A few years earlier, A Code of Uni­ gel camera, I'll gel a wife. form Train Signals had been formu­ "I bought the camera while lated by the same organization as a first I was in the Army," said Keith step toward standardization of rules gov. E. Bates, assistant industrial erning the operation of trains. Prior to engineer in Seattle, "with the that time, however, each road drew up intention of hanging onto it for its own operating rules and followed its life. Then last May I met J0­ own practices. There was no uniform Anne Slagle. I decided that, code of rules governing the movement over the long haul, she would be of trains, nor was there any uniformity -a lot better to live with than a as to the manner of giving hand, lamp camera." Two days after the advertise­ Keith and JoAnne with the ring he or flag signals. traded for the camera. (Seattle Times What such a situation would mean lllent appeared in the paper photo) Ke i th sol d the camera, and under present day operating conditions promptly used the money to buy an engagement ring. The next night he can only be imagined. Consider, for in­ showed the ring to JoAnne. She said "Yes", and the date was set for Dec. 9. stance, what it would mean from an The wedding, at the home of JoAnne's parents in Mountlake Terrace, was operating standpoint on a modern rail­ witnessed by a full house of family. and friends which included JoAnne's road if this quaint rule were still in ef. three young children by a previous marriage. Because of the children hav­ feet: ing to attend school, the couple deferred their honeymoon until this sum­ When two trains approach a diamond mer. "The kids haven't been on a honeymoon before", says Keith, "so all (the place where one railroad crosses five of us are looking forward to it." over another) at the same time, both And among the wedding gifts with which the Bateses were showered trains must come to a stop and neither was, what else but a nice new camera ~ may proceed until the other has left. Here's another that would beac. 16 The Milwaukee Road Magazine countable for many a gray hair: Virgin Land Deeded to Ripon College In case of dense fog, the down trains will run with their whistles for Natural Science Studies blowing. The up trains will shut steam off the engine at every mile board and listen for the whistle of down trains. Still another rule of pioneer days, stated very emphatically and very simply that there would be "no collisions al­ lowed." In the period from 1870 to 1890 numerous steps were taken toward na­ tion-wide standardization which con­ tributed so greatly to the efficiency of railway operations. In that 20-year peri­ od various agencies brought about standard gauge of track, standard time, standard automatic car couplings, stand­ ard air brakes, the beginning of stand­ ard accounting practices, and standard practices in other directions-among the most important of which, of course, was the code of train rules. Today that code is known as The Standard Code of Operating Rules, and General Superintendent J. D. Shea (center) presenting the deed for Ripon Prairie this, together with similarly standard­ to Dr. Fred O. Pinkham, president of Ripon College. Completing the group are Dr. Daniel Q. Thompson of the biology department; Dr. Albert Fuller, botany ized Block Signal Rules and Interlocking curator of the Milwaukee Public Museum; Roman Koenings, superintendent of the Rules, comes under the jurisdiction of forests and parks division of the Wis(;onsin Conservation Department; L. H. Mirkes, the Committee on Operating Rules of administrative assistant in the state park division; Dr. Grant Cottom of the University the A.A.R. Operating Section. All these of Wis(;onsin botany department; Dr. Robert Willey of Ripon College's biology department; and Dr. Henry Kolka of Wisconsin State College, Eau Claire. (Ripon rules are reviewed regularly, and over Commonwealth-Press photo> the years they have been revised as often as necessary to keep up with technolog­ ical developments. IN the interest of preserving our coun.. The soils of the knoll are rich earths try's virgin land for natural science with a deep zone of humus incorpora­ studies, .the Milwaukee Road has pre­ tion, which were formed under the tall­ sented an undisturbed tract along its grass prairie which once covered the Steven E. Pilson right of way a mile and a half northeast area known today as the Corn Belt. The STEVEN E. PILSON, assistant traffic man­ of Ripon, Wis., to Ripon College. The dominant plant of this virgin growth, ager with headquarters in New York 1.3 acre site known as Ripon Prairie, the spiked bluestem which stood as City, was injured fatally in an auto­ which has never been plowed or pas­ high as a man's hat, still flourishes on mobile accident there on Dec. 6. He was tured, will serve the college as a living the Ripon tract, as does Indian grass, a 44 years of age. laboratory for the study of soils and large member of the prairie grassland Mr. Pilson, a native of Milwaukee, prairie vegetation. flora. The site also harbors between 80 started his service as a clerk in the Mil­ J. D. Shea, general superintendent at and 100 varieties of native Wisconsin waukee passenger department in 1940. Milwaukee, represented the railroad in flowers, including the rare pasqueflower. Subsequently he was employed as a the presentation of the deed to Dr. Fred The property has held considerable ticket clerk in Milwaukee and, after O. Pinkham, presic.entof Ripon Col­ interest for Ripon College ever since the three years of Army duty in World War II, as city passenger agent in Detroit. lege, in a ceremony un the property Nov. discovery of its natural science value in In 1948 he became traveling passenger 15. The title transfer was witnessed by the 1930's, and the railroad has long agent in Minneapolis, in 1952 district members of the faculty and of the State made it available for faculty and student_ passenger agent at La Crosse, and in Board for the Preservation of Scientific field trips. In acknowledging the rail­ 1955 general agent passenger depart­ Areas. road's gift, President Pinkham stated ment in Chicago. He was appointed Ripon Prairie, a part of the railroad that its acquisition will be of great help division freight agent in Milwaukee in since 1882, is located on a knoll of in studies of soil and plant life which February, 1959 and advanced to general unsorted glacial till running to boulders have been basic to the establishment of agent in New York City in February, which was pushed up by the Green Bay Wisconsin as a leading dairy and agri­ 1960. His promotion to assistant traffic lobe of the last glacial move through cultural state. manager at the last location was on Sept. the section. It is one of a very few such The college plans to register the tract 1,1961. deposits in the state, many having been Surviving Mr. Pilson are his widow, as part of a system of scientific areas, Joan; a daughter, Nancy, and a son, dug away for gravel. With the permis­ being developed throughout· Wisconsjn' Jeffrey; and his father, S. W. Pilson sion of the railroad, it has been main­ which will be representative of na(~ve of Lancaster, Wis. Masonic burial serv­ tained since .1940 by the Ripon Yard flora and fauna and serve ~ outdo_or­ ices were held in Milwaukee, with inter­ and Garden Club as a wildflower pre­ laboratories in the study of fhe stai~'s. ment there in Holy Cross Cemetery. serve. soil, vegetation and wildlife. . January-February, 7962 17 Wern.ela, H. D Sec. Laborer .. Onlonagon, Mich. Wilson, A. G Track Laborer .. Rondout, Ill. Milwaukee Terminals & Shops Ballering, E. N••••. Switchman .. Milwaukee, Wis. \\:~~ Betzhold, A. W.... Patternmaker . . " " retirements Dougherty, F. A. . .•. Switchman .. -,,:::~- Hetzel, W. F Electrician .. ------,>.. ~:>:--. ~:~ -- Kottke, T. Jr. . Carman .. - Kutter, W. J...Trav. Storekeeper .. during November-December, 1961 '"~"'-~'~=--" Leib J. P•...... Blacksmith .. Mance, R G Car Inspector .. Mickelson, H. M•...... Clerk .. Power, F. W Machinist. . Rodgers, C. . Laborer .. General Office & System Employes Bennett, O. P Machinist Helper .. Perry, la. Shaw, H. W. Byrne, M Track Laborer .. Neola, " Yard Conductor-Switchman .. Anderson, E. B. . Typist .. Chicago, III. Logan, M. D. Zaleski, S Carman .. Machinist Helper .. Council Bluffs, " ~ Augustin, E. M Asst. Bureau Head.. /I " Zebul, M. . Carman .. Bedinghaus, A. H Telegrapher .. Long, J. L Laborer .. Manilla, " Zerr, M. H. . Stenographer .. Draver, P. H Vice President. . Meyers, H. T. Hall, C. W Waiter.. " Asst. Sec. Foreman .. Rockwell City, " Rocky Mountain Division Hamilton, L. S Asst. Gen. Frt. Agt. .. Snyder, F. M Agent ..Strawberry Point, " Hickman, J. G Dining Car Steward .. Watson, T. l...... •. Engineer .. Savanna, III. Braut J. A Carman .. Miles City, Monl. James, R. D Porter.. " Campoell,t J. W•. Lt. of Pollee .. Deer Lodge " Johnsto~l J. M...... •.Clerk.. " Iowa, Minnesota &Dakota Division Cox, A. L. Engineer .. Harlowton, Lahey, N. E Secretary .. Earl, E. H....•....Sec. Foreman .. Moore, Olson, R. M Asst. Gen. Frt. Agt.. . " Allen, E. L B&B Foreman .. Madison, S. D. Kelly, T. G•.•...... Engineer .. Miles City, Schwarz, C. P Coal Freight Agent. . Atchison, E. C•...... Engineer .. Marquette, .Ia. Klein, J. J...... •. Engineer .. Mobridge, S. D. Soske, W. J Tax Agent. . Beckel, ! .J.....Yard Conductor •.Austin, Minn. Leaming, J. E.....Brakeman .. Deer Lodge, Mont. Bothmer, B. H. , McNeely, C. F•...... Trucker .. Mobridge, S. D. Chicago Terminals Agent-Telegrapher .. Robbins, P Sec. Foreman .. Hudson, Mont. Condon, F. T...•...... Laborer .. Mitchell, S. D. Smith, R. B•. Rndhse. Foreman .. Great Falls, " Botner, P. H...... Carman' Helper .. Chicago, III. Evenson, A. M. • Conductor ..Austin, Minn. Campbell, H••••.•. Yard Conductor.." " Harges, F•...... •. Engineer .. Mitchell, S. D. Terre Haute Division Cooney, J. E...... •.Switchman .. Galewood, " Jensen, J. A. . .. Sec. Laborer .. Faribault, Minn. Costello, C. ••...•.•....Stevedore.." " Laugen, H. R...... ••..•Agent. .Jackson, " Murphy, R. T Telegrapher .. Farmington, " Amerman, P Carpenter ..West Dana, Ind. Dobosz, J. . Car Inspector.. " Anderson, A. S. Fallon, P. S Bridge Tender .. Chicago, " Pinchot, H. S Machinist Helper .. Sioux City, la. Ha~te, Slensgard, R. W. Crossing Watchman .. Terre " Glanz, C. A Carman .. Bensenville, " Dennison, B. B. . .. Conductor.. " lozzo, V Machinist Helper •• Chicago, " Sec. Laborer .. Lanesboro, Minn. Koziol, K. J. . Carman .. Bensenville, " Woonas, J. A.....Sec. Foreman .. Mason City, Ia. McLean, A. E. . Freight Handler ..Chicago, " Twin City Terminals Miller, J. K Clerk.." " La Crosse Division O'Donnell, G. J•...... ••Switchman.. " Akselsen, T. Oerke, H. H.•...... Yardmaster. • " Behrens, H. W••• Blacksmith Helper .•Tomah, Wis. Mail & Baggage Sorter .. Minneapolis, Minn. Pawloski, B. .. Caller.. " Berry, C. E•..••••. Conductor.. MilwaUkee, " DavIes, E. S. . Clerk. . " " Pulford, S. C....•.....•.. Engineer.. " Buroughs, R. O. Rothenbach, M. A. •••••.••Checker.. " Sheet Metal Helper .• Tomah, Schwerdtfeger, W. A.••.Carman •. Bensenville, " Fick, C. R. • •••..•••.Chief Clerk.. II Stamos, S. K•..• ; ••.•.... Stower .. Chicago, " Forkenbrldge, H. M. Tabor, J•...... Carman •• Bensenville, " Conductor-Brakeman .. Milwaukee, BEFORE THE TURN of the century, Walsh, W. A•... Extra Gang Laborer .. Chicago, " Gosse, T. G••••.. B&B Foreman •. LaCrosse, Wielgus, C. . .•...... Carman.. . " " Hillebrandt, A. G•...... Engineer •• Portage, the railroad industry was constantly Wiemann, E. H•••...... Engineer ..Galewood, " Hogue, W. W Laborer .. LaCrosse, badgered by crackpot inventors with Withee, C. L. Trainmaster.. Chicago, " Nickerson, T. F. Janitor- Mail Handler.. II gadgets to sell. One such was Henry Aberdeen Division Peterson, A. M•..•.•• Engineer. • " Taimer of Wickes, Mont., who had an Schulz, A. W Station Agent. .Wausau, idea designed to prevent accidents. It Gilyard, H Sec; Foreman .. Groton, S. D. Sutton, R. E. . •..••••••• Laborer •• Tomah, Hendrickson, B. R. __ Taylor, C. C•....•...Store-Helper. . " called for equipping every train with Crossing Flagman .. MonteVideo, Minn. two end cars built on an incline and Olson, E....•... B&B Foreman .. Mobridge, S. D. Milwaukee Division Petermann, A. A.. Brakeman .. Minneapolis, Minn. equipped with rails the same gauge as Shelvlin, W. O. Butler, M. W. the track. Also, each car in every train Engine Watchman .. Aberdeen, S. D. Passenger Brakeman •. Milwaukee, Wis Summerton, J. H. Hendricks, E. M. was to have overhead rails running its Machinist Helper •. Marmarth, N. D. Passenger Conductor.. " length. Thus, when one train met or Wendt, 'E. H•••••.•••.Carpenter .. Milbank, S. D. Henze, F. H. • •••.•.Sec. Laborer •.Shannon, III. Martinez,. E. •.••Sec. Laborer ..South Beloit, " overtook another, it would simply ascend Coast Division Nichols, M. D••••... Conductor •• Milwaukee, Wis. Peachey, C. H•..•.• Sec. Laborer •• WaupuA, " the inclined car of the other, travel on Berven, I.. ,. Chief Clerk to Supt... Tacoma, Wash. SCOlt, J. W. • •.••... Engineer .. Milwaukee, across the train, and then down onto the Wallner, C Switchman .. Iron Mountain, Mich. Borcherdt, F. D. . •.•... Conductor.. II " regular track. Dieziger, L. J..•...... Lineman .. Plummer, Ida. Weginger, J. H Sec. Foreman •. Iron Ridge, Wis. Dotyi' G. K••.•...•.••.•. Clerk •. Everett, Wash. Kenoall, R. H Yardman .. Tacoma, II Malohey, T. E•.. Frt. & Pass. Agt.. ." II Ramer, S. J.....•.•.. Machinist.. " Roske, C. A Fireman. • " Dubuque & Illinois Division President Kennedy Asks Passenger Tax Repeal

BOgue D. F. . Fireman .. Dubuque, ~~. "UNDER existing law, the 10 per cent tax on transportati6n Hanse,l Ii. J•...... Agent-Operator .. Clayton, of persons is scheduled for reduction to 5 per cent on July 1, Helne\ L. A. Engineer .• Dubuque, II JahncKe, F. W. .,. B&B Carpenter .• Savanna, Ill. 1962. This tax poses special problems for common carriers Kaufman;. V. D•...... Foreman.. II II which must compete with private automobiles not subject to Kirwin, I.. H...... •.. Brakeman .. Ottumwa, la. Lantz, E. B. •...... •. Engineer .. Chicago, III. the tax.... Accordingly, I recommend that the present 10 Reilly, J. . .•..•.•.. Engineer .• Cedar Rapids, la. per cent tax as it applies to passenger transportation other Rekeny, J•..•.•.Track Laborer .. Leaf River, III. Vannoy, T. O..••.•.••.. Engineer .. Ottumwa, la. than by air be repealed effective July 1, 1962-President Kennedy in his Jan. 77 budget message for fiscal 7963 Iowa Division Armstrong, R. A. •••.••••Conductor••Marlon, lao 18 The Milwaukee Road Magazine 55 -w

chairman of the board from 1889 to Plaque Honors Sir William Van Horne, 1910. Under his direction it expanded into the empire that included the Soo Milwaukee Pioneer Who Built CP Empire Line and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad in the United States, a chain of luxurious hotels, and the steam­ ship company that linked Canada with the Eastern Hemisphere. He initiated a program to colonize the Canadian West, establishing demonstration farms to show what could be grown on its prairies, conceived the famous chateau style of Canadian Pacific hotel archi­ tecture, and was Canada's first promoter of tourism. In addition, he built the railroad which forms the backbone of the present Cuban transportation system, and the International Railways of Central Amer­ ica line from Puerto Barrios to Guate­ mala City. He also had interests in num­ erous Cuban and South American indus­ trial and public utility enterprises. At the time Van Horne contracted to complete the Canadian Pacific, large The plaque honoring Sir William Van Horne, general superintendent of the Mil­ sections of Canada which lacked trans­ waukee Road system of 1880·81, is unveiled at the Montreal station of the Canadian portation were threatening to join the Pacific Railway, of which he became president. Officiating at the ceremony are, United States. He is credited with doing from left: N. R. Crump, chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific; Hon. Walter more than any other single man to keep Dinsdale, Canadian minister of northern affairs and natIonal resources; Mrs. Van Horne, widow of the American-born railroad builder's grandson; and Han. Pierre the Dominion unified. In addition to Sevigny, Canada's associate minister of national defense. (Canadian Pacific "Span­ the plaque erected in Montreal, another ner" photo) was dedicated the past summer at Port Arthur, Ont., which also cites this con· tribution to Canada's growth and de­ A NATIONAL historic plaque honoring tion for the Chicago & Alton; at 29 velopment. . Sir William Van Horne, who was gen­ general superintendent of the present Upon Van Horne's death in 1915, his eral superintendent of the Chicago, Mil­ Wabash railroad; at 34 president of the body was brought back to Joliet, 111., by waukee & St. Paul Railway in 1881 old Southern Minnesota. special train for burial. On the Milwau­ when he accepted a contract to build the When in 1880 the Milwaukee ac­ kee Road his name is commemorated by transcontinental line of the Canadian quired the last named line, Van Horne's the town of Van Horne, Ia., founded in Pacific, was dedicated in Montreal, ability as general manager of the Chi­ 1881 when he was the railroad's gen­ Canada, last Oct. 25. Inscribed in both cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system at­ eral superintendent. English and French, the plaque reads, tracted the attention of James J. Hill, "Sir William Van Horne K.C.M.G. mastermind of the Great Northern. Dynamic and imaginative, a.r general British and Canadian interests were HAP HAZARD manager, vice president and then presi­ planning to build the Canadian Pacific dent of the C.P.R. During its formative from Montreal across 2,900 miles of years, he contributed much to ils Jucceu mountain ranges and wilderness to the and to the development ofthis country." Pacific Ocean, and Hill recommended At the unveiling ceremony in the Van Horne as the man for the job. Canadian Pacific's Windsor Station, Taking full responsibility, Van Horne Hon. Walter Dinsdale, minister of pushed the railroad across the continent northern affairs and national resources, in 46 months, a feat which engineers cited the accomplishments of the rail­ had estimated would take 10 years. Port road pioneer as "one of our great his­ Moody in British Columbia had been torical epics known to all Canadians. In chosen as the western terminus, but a very real sense Sir William Van Horne finding the land in the hands of real was a builder not only of a railroad but estate sharks, Van Horne bought all of a nation"•. the available land about 14 miles west The story of William Cornelius Van and extended the line to Vancouver, Horne, the Chelsea, Ill., farm boy who named after his favorite sea captain. His left school to support his widowed achievement was recognized by the mother, is one of the most fascinating in British Crown with the conferring of a railroad annals. A telegrapher at 14, knighthood. he was hired by the Illinois Central. At Van Horne became president of the 27 he was superintendent of transporta­ Canadian Pacific in 1888 and served as NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL January-February, 1962 • 19 tired Conductor F. J. Pape, Sioux City) ; an 1886 Des Moines & Ft. Dodge timetable (gift of Traveling Engineer Ralph Replogle, Mason City); and an old Rapid City Black Hills & Western timetable (contributed by Agent Martin Gronvold, Elk Point, S. D.). A recent acquisition Bill prizes is a 1909 timetable of the Macomb & West­ ern Illinois Railroad which once oper­ ated out of the Applegate home town of Macomb, Ill. Annual passes from 400 railroads, many from bygone lines, are also in the collection, together with otheL rare items too numerous to be listed here. Bill is constantly adding to the dis­ play and corresponding with individuals who share his interest, which provides him with an absorbing hobby. Contribu­ tions or offers-many come from fellow employes-are appreciated, and assured of preservation in the "Railroads of District Claim Adjuster W. H. Applegate at the control panel of the Apple Valley line. America" collection. Under the table on which the layout is built are storage shelves enclosed with doors.

The "Applegate Museum" of Railroadiana By Alice Butcher Secretary to Assistant Superintendent, Sioux City, 10.

ASSEMBLED in the basement of District operated turntable handles eng i n e Claim Adjuster W. H. "Bill" Apple­ changes from six stub tracks, and a two­ gate's home in Omaha, Neb., is a model stall roundhouse features an automati­ railroad and railroadiana display which cally operated door which opens as an is rapidly taking on the proportions of engine approaches. There's a sandhouse a museum collection. Hobbyists regard neal'by, also a diesel fuel tank, a water it as being exceptional for completeness tank, and a section house and bunk and artistic arrangement. room. Crewmen are about the yard, and The railroad, an HO gauge, is named switchmen stand at switching points. On the Apple Valley Line. Ona table "Trestle Lake," which has a resort area measuring approximately 19 by 6% feet, equipped with a boathouse and boats, Closeup detail of the Apple Valley some 200 feet of track wind up and is an ice house. freight yard, showing the roundhouse down grade, through tunnels, over The system operates from a control and turntable. bridges and trestles, by lakes, rivers, panel, with four transformers handling forest and farm land, and throug'h the train movements. All of the install/Ltions city of Apple Valley. The route passes -town buildings, industries, streets and numerous industries served by individual hig'hways, and rail facilities-are elec­ ALTHOUGH JAY GOULD built his sidings, and a car-packed freight yard. trically lighted. reputation as a railroad tycoon, his name Its operation involves separate freight Born of Bill's idea to augment the and passenger lines which can be run railroad with railroadiana is a "Rail­ survives in culinary circles as having in. simultaneously, and a trolley line which roads of America" exhibit, a collection spired, if unwittingly, one of this coun­ connects downtown Apple Valley with of items from 860 railroads of which try's most popular foods. It happened the outskirts. about 300 are now history. Displayed on an evening before the Civil War The city of Apple Valley is complete on seven timetable racks and nine bul­ when he entertained guests at Moon Lake with a bank, shops, a theater, a pas­ letin boards, it completely covers the House in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. French senger depot, a city park with a baJ?d­ walls of the trainroom. The material fried potatoes were served, but· Gould stand, a church, school, and model consists for the most part of timetables, sent them back to the kitchen, saying they homes. Streets and intersecting roads tariffs, station and industry lists, old were too thick. A second and a third connect with a table-circling highway, passes and tickets, historical pamphlets, batch were also returned. This was too off of which a mountain road crosses maps, emblems, and related pictures and much for the cook. Seizing a straight­ several suspension bridges to reach a articles. edged razor, she shaved a potato to pa­ resort hotel, a radar tower and a moun­ Among the choicer items are 10 rail­ tain water wheel. road oil lanterns now electrically wired; per-thin slices and threw them into boil­ Along the passenger line, cattle graze an 1893 dining car menu from the "Vel­ ing grease. The golden wafer which on a mountain slope, in sight of a herd vet Train" of the Cincinnati, Hamilton puffed to the surface was the "Saratoga of deer. High on a butte a mountain & Dayton Railroad (contributed by Su­ Chip," which today, as the potato chip, goat peers down on passing trains. pervisor of Stations Ira Wallace); an is as typically American as the hamburger In the freight yard, an electrically old link and pin coupler (donated by Re­ and hot dog. 20 The Milwaukee Road Magazine CHICAGO-WESTERN AVENUE RETIREMENT PARTY for Cooch gether this group of their co-workers. Mr. O'Donnell had 50 Yord Switchmen George J. O'Donnell ond Clyde E. McMurroy years of service-38 years in the' coach yard-and Mr. McMur­ (seated at the rear, third and fourth frOm the right), held at ray had been railroading 45 years, the last lOon the Union the Orchard Bungalow in Franklin Park, III., Dec. 2 brought to- Station run,

ABOUT AFTER 42 YEARS ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, Conductor Mike Butler of Beloit, Wis., made his last run Nov. 29. He held the same job during his entire railroad PEOPLE service, and upon retiring estimated that he had traveled three million miles be­ tween Milwaukee and Savanna. (Mil­ OF THE waukee Sentinel photo)

SILVER PASS CEREMONY at Milwaukee Shops shows R. J. Petrie, engineer in the mechanical engineering department (right), receiving his 45-year service award fram G. H. Koester, mechanical en­ gineer. Mr. Petrie started with the Road at Milwaukee Shops on Oct. 30, 1916, just a week after Mr. Koester began his own ... service.

RETIRING WITH HER "BOSS", Nellie Bamett Lahey posed for this picture with P. H. Draver, vice president-industrial development. Their combined Milwaukee Road service totaled 89 years. Mrs. Lahey, who started in ,the Chicago traffic depart­ ment in September, 1917, had been Mr. NO.1 MILWAUKEE TERMINALS ENGINEER RETIRES. Earl Rogers, 75, pictured being Draver's secretary since March, 1958. Her presented with gifts from his co-workers by E. P. Bunce, traveling engineer for the retirement on Dec. 31 last, coinciding with Milwaukee Terminals, at a retirement get-together held in his honor Dec. 29 by the his leave-taking of the railroad (see article crews at Burnham Bridge. He was No. 1 man on the terminals seniarity list, having elsewhere in the Magazine), was observed signed up with the Road as an operator at the West Milwaukee office in 1905. All by her Chicago Union Station associates af his 55 years of service were in the yards, starting as a fireman In 1908 and as an at a gala luncheon. engineer since 1913. (Milwaukee Sentinel photo) january-February, 1962 21 2827 Myrtle, Sioux City, survives; also three sons, four daughters, and 27 grand­ children, 76 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildreil. Congratulations to Agent and Mrs. C. M. Perry of Easton, Minn., upon the birth of twin sons Oct. 14, 1961 at the Wells Municipal Hospital. Eileen Dillon, statistician in the freight office, Sioux City, retired after 46 years of service. Co-workers surprised her with a luncheon and presented her with a traveling bag. Her pleasant personality will be greatly missed in the office.

Terre Haute Division Frances Pettus, Correspondent Asst. Superintendent's Office, Terre Haute Charles W. Pearce, division storekeeper of the Terre Haute Division for many years, passed away Dec. 10 in his home at Terre Haute. He is survived by his widow Jessie, two sons, Dr. Roy V. of Terre Haute, and Charles of Columbus, Ohio; two brothers, Fred, retired chief clerk of the Terre Haute Division, and Lester of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and two grandchildren. ANNUAL BOSSES NIGHT held Nov. 15 by Edward Andrew Rollert, 77, who re­ the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club tired as agent at Faithom, Ill., in 1921, of Seattle had a "South of the Border" died at his home in Crete, Ill., Dec. 10. theme. Milwaukee Road members and He started his railroad career with the their "bosses" who joined in the fun in­ Chicago Southern at Faithom in 1907, cluded, from left: W. B. Fisher, former and transferred to the Chicago, Terre general freight agent, Seattle, appointed Haute &South Eastern, the Road's prede­ general COmmerce agent, Chicago, Dec. 1; cessor company, in 1910. Surviving are G. M. Williamson, general freigh.t agent; his sons Howard, with the Fenestra Cor­ Agnes Horak, traffic department clerk; G. poration of Detroit, and Edward A., vice F. Flynn, chief clerk to traffic manager; F. president and general manager of Gen­ W. Watkins, general agent; Lauro Bohl, eral Motors Buick Division, Flint, Mich.; export-import department secretary; and a sister, and four grandchildren. Funeral L. J. Kidd, retired assistant traffic man­ services were held in Chicago Heights, ager. At left are R. D. Argue, industrial TIl., with intennent in Cedar Park. engineer, and Lauretta Burchard, industrial department secretary and president of the women's traffic group. Rocky Mountain Division EAST END D. B. Campbell, Correspondent Asst. Superintendent's Office, MIles City Claude M. Brown, retired agent-yard­ of former B&B carpenter on the old I&D master, and Mrs. Brown of Great Falls, Division between Mason City and San­ Mont., attended the 29th annual reunion born, died recently. Mrs. Marion Schultz of Veterans 31st Railway Engineers of I M & D Division cashier, Mason City, is a sister-in-law. ' the AEF in Denver Sept. 28-30. Other Robert Graves, formerly assistant su­ Montanans present included Charles H. AUSTIN-SIOUX CITY AREA perintendent IM&D Division, died in Ma­ Williams, retired traveling engineer of son City. He is survived by his widow. Harlowton, Ed C. Lynam, retired, con­ Sophia P. McKillip, Correspondent ductor, and Pete Wirtzfield, retired engi­ Office of DF&PA, Sioux City Mrs. Peter A. Gallagher, widow of fonner Mason City agent, passed away neer, both of Miles City. Ed Lynam was Friends of James A. Woonas Mason Dec. 7. elected vice president of the organization City, extended best wishes for a icmg and Retired Engineer Roy W. Schimmel which will hold the 1962 annual reunion happy retirement when he took the pen­ died Dec. 25. . in Kansas City, Mo. sion after 52 years of railroading, the Roy B. Romslo, engineer, Sioux Falls, Funeral services were held in Pasa­ last 39 as section foreman for the Mil­ S. D., died Nov. 30. dena, Calif., for Rose -Mary Halvorson, waukee. Fellow employes presented him Retired Engineer Bartle¥ Doolan, Ma­ 49, who died there Nov. 3 after a long with a well filled purse. son City, passed awa.y Nov. 29. illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and We are sorry to report several deaths. Roundhouse Foreman John Thompson Mrs. S. A. Dinius and the wife of C. L. Sympathy was extended to the survivors and wife suffered two bereavements. Re­ Halvorson. in each case. tired Engineer Olonzo Thompson, John's Mrs. Gladys Brundage, Custer County J. E. Bergemeyer passed away in San father, died Nov. 16, and Retired Con­ Clerk of Court since 1948, passed away Bernardino, Calif. He had been with the ductor Ernest L. Pike, Mrs. Thompson's Nov. 5 in a Billings hospital where she B&B department on the IM&D Division father, passed away Dec. 4 in Sioux City. had been taken for brain surgery. Mrs. for many years. Surviving are his wife Mr. Pike, a switchman when he retired Brundage was born in- Monroeville, Ind., and three granddaughters. on Nov. 18, 1936, was a centenarian­ Dec. 18, 1894. She and her husband, Lloyd Mrs. Charles W. McGuire, Detroit, wife born on Aug. 3, 1861. His wife, Nora, of (Continued on page 24)

22 The Milwaukee Road Magazine YEAR-ENID HOLIDAY

FUN on the RAILROAD

Looking back on the 1961 holidays con­ jures up memories of a season of good will to men which was observed on the railroad with open handed hospitality. Pictured here is some of the celebrating at various points which ensured Christ­ mas cheer for many members of the Milwaukee Road family. Terre Haute Chapter of the Women's Club enter­ tains the railroad family at Christmas di"1ner in the Eateria Restaurant "I on Dec. 13. Mrs. Oscar Bond, chapter president, is standing at the left.

The Minneapolis freight ~ office in holiday trim for the ann u a I Christmas luncheon of local freight 'and regional data em· ployes on Dec. 22.

Among the 450 em­ ~ ployes who attended the open house of Chicago­ Union Station Chapter of the Women's Club Dec. "Just what I wanted for Christmas," beams 21 were, from left: City Mary Ann, daughter of Train Clerk John Freight Agent G. M. latkowski of the Chicago-Western Avenue Heath, P. J. Cowling, as­ yard force, trying out the bicycle she won sistant to president, and in a drawing at a neighborhood store. Shar­ Joyce leron, steno-c1erk ing her glee are her mother and the store's in the president's office. proprietor. Mary Ann, a Formosan orphan adopted by the latkowskis, likes American customs, particularly Santa's way of re­ Superintendent of Trans­ ~ warding good girls and boys. (Amundson portation Q. W. Torpin photo) (left) and D. G. Staley, assistant superintendent of transportation in charge of Carscope, en­ joying the hospitality of the Women's Club In the Chicago Union Station. Their hostess is Bernice Schmitt, secretary to vice presldent·finance and accounting.

.... Scenes at the Christmas luncheon for active and retired employes in the Seattle area held at the College Club Dec. 19. At top, Joshua Green, a director of the rail­ road, quips about his present from Santa Claus. Santa's helpers in the foreground are Secretaries Marillyn Dahlquist and Carol The Chicago reservation bureau force at the smor­ Minard, and at the right gasbord lunch which is their annual treat to fellow is L H. Dugan, vice pres­ employes in the Union Station. Manager A. M. ident and western coun­ Schirp is at the left, and Night Manager Harold §el. Williamson Is second from the right.

January-February, 1962 23 gifts followed, Mrs. Dwight Roberts act­ ing as Santa Claus. Retired Engineer Thomas Kelly passed \Ne~re @~.. here's hO\N doing away in a Miles City hospital Dec. 15 after having suffered a heart seizure. He was born Mar. 5, 1893 in Miles City and DECEMBER TWELVE MON"rHS lived there all his life. He was employed in locomotive service in 1914 and con­ 1961 1960 1961 1960 tinued until his retirement Dec. 10. He was a justice of the peace for Custer RECEiVED FROM CUSTOMERS County. He is survived by his wife, for hauling freight, passen'­ Myrtle, two daughters, three sisters, eight gers, mail, etc. ,." .. , ...$19,046,254 $18,407,762 $225,009,310 $233,950,939 grandchildren and 16 great grandchil­ dren. Funeral services were in Graves PAID OUT IN WAGES 8,669,694 9,122,088 105,948,284 113 ,466, 187 Funeral Home and bw-ial was in Custer County Cemetery. PER DOLLAR RECEIVED Christian Dobler, retired coal dock (cents) "...... 45.5 49.6 47.1 48.5 foreman, passed away in a Miles City Payroll taxes on account of hospital Dec. 20 after a brief illness. He Railroad Retirement Act and was born in Russia May 30, 1892 and Railroad Unemployment In­ came to this country where he home­ surance Act ,.. 727,826 781,843 9,099,691 9,969,699 steaded on Acorn Flats near Vananda, PER DOLLAR RECEIVED Mont. He was coal dock foreman at (cents) 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.3 Vananda for 33 years and since 1954 had made his home in Forsyth, Mont. He is ALL OTHER PAYMENTS survived by his wife Irma, two sons, for operating expenses, three daughters, nine grandchildren, a taxes, rents and interest ... 8,118,342 8,477,152 104,633,163 109,191,990 sister and a brother. Funeral services PER DOLLAR RECEIVED were held in Forsyth. (cents) 42.6 46.1 46.5 46.7 Aberdeen Division NET INCOME $1,530,392 $26,679 $5,328,172 $1,323,063 EAST END Martha Moehring, Correspondent Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo REVENUE CARS LOADED AND RECEIVED FROM Wayne Hill, an engineer since 1942, has been promoted to traveling engineer and CONNECTIONS: has moved his family to Beloit, Wis., Number of cars .. , . 81,341 82,512 1,072,369 1,136,712 where he is headquartered. Decrease 1961 under 1960 .. -1,171 -64,343 Yardman Harold Stuber and wife re­ cently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at the (Continued from page 22) Thomas J. Flesher, retired engineer, Congregational Church in Montevideo. L. Brundage, came to Miles City in 1941 passed away in his home in Miles City Signal Maintainer Eddie Brennan of from Mott, N. D., where he had been Oct. 29. He was born in Palmyra, Ia., Granite Falls has been elected to the city agent and she had worked for the Road. Sept. 25, 1864 and came to Miles City in council. Mr. Brundage was agent at Miles City 1910 where he worked as an engineer Retired Engineers Charlie Jung, Dan when he died in 1943. She had always until his retirement in 1934. He is sur­ Steele and Harry Elrod passed away re­ been very active in church, fraternal and vived by two sons, two daughters, eight cently. Passenger Brakeman Bill Lyons, civic work. Funeral services were held grandchildren and 13 great grandchil­ who retired in July, 1960, died just before Nov. 9 in Miles City with interment at dren. Following services in Graves Fu­ Christmas. John Blaness, 92, former car Mott, N. D. neral Home with the Rev. H. Burdsall of department employe at Montevideo, died Per E. (Pete) Gustafson, retired car­ First Methodist Church officiating, inter­ recently. He was the father of Conductor man, passed away recently in the Mon­ ment was in Custer County Cemetery. Al Blaness. tana Soldier's Home, Columbia Falls. His The condolences of friends and ac­ John K. Swanson of Stephen, Minn., is wife preceded him in death in 1958. Serv­ quaintances went to Frank Althaus, a new fireman on the division, working ices were conducted Nov. 6 in Miles City whose wife Mary, 41, 'passed away in out of Montevideo. by Rev. C. H. Jacobson of the First their home in Miles City Nov. 27 after Conductor W. E. Hocum will be at Lutheran Church. Burial was in Custer a long illness. home during the winter months due to County Cemetery with the American Le­ Herman Lindow, retired store depart­ recent heart trouble. gion officiating. ment foreman, died Dec. 3 in Spokane. Brakeman Al Kurtzbein has had eye Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kindem are re­ He was born Sept. 17, 1880 in Malmo, surgery for the removal of a cataract. cuperating at home from a traffic accident Sweden, and came to the United States Retired Section Foreman Coldevin An­ which occurred Nov. 17. Mrs. Kindem at an early age. After working in Minne­ derson is enjoying his leisure as a "senior received the more serious injuries, but sota and North Dakota he came to Miles citizen" and you'd know he's not just both were hospitalized. City in 1917 when he entered the employ rocking on his porch. Among a number Engineer Edward H. Olson died in a of the Road, from which he retired in of things, Coldevin plays in an orchestra Miles City hospital Nov. 19 after a long 1947. He is survived by two sons, that often appears at Disneyland. illness. Mr. Olson was born July 24, 1897 three daughters, a brother and six grand­ Ron Natzel, son of Yardman Harold in Dazey, N. D. He came to Miles City in children. Services were held in Janssen Natzel, came home for the holidays, fol­ 1917 where he was in the employ of the Mortuary and interment was in Custer lowing which he reported to the Maine Road until illness forced his retirement County Cemetery. woods for further Air Force duty. in July 1961. He is survived by his wife, Miles City Milwaukee Women's Club Conductor Ed Petrick reports the birth three brothers and'il sis.ter. Funeral serv­ held its annual potluck dinner Nov. 6 of twin sons, Bryan and Bruce Brems, to ices were held in :the Janssen Mortuary with 75 members present. The club held his daughter in Newark, Del. with Rev. Mr. Jacobson of First Lutheran its Christmas party Dec. 4 and a program Sympathy was expressed to Passenger Church officiating. Burial was in Custer was presented by the girls of Washington Brakeman C. A. Benson, whose daughter­ County Cemetery; " Junior High. An exchange of Christmas in-law was killed recently in a plane 24 The Milwaukee Roael Magazine accident. C. A. and his wife are spending Railway Clerks in Milwaukee. elected and appointed: Conductor C. E. some time in Los Angeles helping their Ernie Garrity, OS&D clerk, and his wife Blake, general chairman; Car Clerk J. L. son with arrangements for caring for his Margaret spent the holiday season in sun­ Brunt, financial secretary and treasurer; bereaved family. ny California with their daughter and Steno-Clerk N. R. Brunt, recording sec­ Agent Virgil Parker spent his vacation family. retary; Conductor C. E. Blake and Brake­ helping his wife get their new house It's wonderful to see Ralph Emerson of man R. Clemmons, schedule book and settled. Virg and "Mugs" had an open the police department, Milwaukee, back ads; MMTC Driver H. F. Behnke and house for the office force just before on the job after a siege of illness. Wil­ Special Signal Maintainer D. Twitchell, Christmas. We enjoyed the hospitality, liam Seiler is also back at work in the ticket committee; Switchman F. H. Bub­ the refreshments and the chance to make ticket office after a long illness. litz and Engineer H. Klemp, transporta­ a grand tour of the lovely home. Retired Switchman C. B. Corcoran spent tion; Conductor D. W. Clemmons and some time recently in the hospital. At Switchman M. E. Byers, housing com­ this writing he is home and getting along mittee; Mrs. E. L. Hubbs, food commit­ 'La Crosse Division well. tee; Conductor W. B. Stowers and Engi­ LA CROSSE AND WEST Switchman Harold Bitney is recovering neer W. Gavinski, entertainment. The from recent surgery at Methodist Hos­ Portage Women's Club and the wives of Corinne Bauer, Correspondent the Portage bowlers are arranging for Superintendent's Office, La Crosse pital. Stoughton Operator Dwain Buchwald dinner to be served at the V.F.W. Club La Crosse Chapter of the Women's announced the birth of Janice Lynn Nov. House next to the bowling alley on Sat­ Club held its annual Christmas party Dec. 17, 1961. urday evening. This club house is re­ 6 at Walt's Restaurant where about 65 served for the bowlers and families for members enjoyed the lunch and exchange EAST END the evening and there will be entertain­ of gifts which followed. Natalie R. Brunt, Correspondent ment and dancing and plenty of room to Former Carman Leo Bezosky died at Assistant Superintendent's Office, Portage visit with railroad friends. The deadline La Crosse Dec. 17. He is survived by his The 19th annual Railroad Bowling for entries to the tournament is Mar. 1. wife Amy and two sons, Ray and Roy. Tournament to be held at Portage Apr. Retired Operator K. D. Smith, former Leo retired in 1958 after 46 years with 7 and 8 has been fully organized. The correspondent for this district, is very the Road. following officers and committees were busy with ice fishing this winter and Frank Strupp, 82, retired carman, 'died in La Crosse Dec. 13 following a long ill­ ness. His widow Rose survives, also a son, Raymond, of San Antonio, Tex. Mr. Strupp retired in 1948 closing out 46 ~-~~~~-~~-~~~-~- -- years' service. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery in La 'Crosse. JANUARY 1962 compared with same period in 1961 % of Total Baggageman T. F. Nickerson retired at loading of these commodities I N_U_M_B_E_R_O_F-;-C_A_R_L_O_A_D_S _ La Crosse Nov. 30 ... Engineer R. S. Revenue Orr, St. Paul, retired Dec. 21. He started obtained INCREASE from INCREASED JANUARY with the Road in 1915 ... Conductor E. O. commodities in 1962 over 1961 1962 1961 1962 % of Kiefer, Red Wing, retired Dec. 15 . . . shown over 1961 increase J. D. (Dewey) Brown, supervisor car and crew assignments at La Crosse, re­ 13.3% Grain and Soya Beans . 9,643 7,228 +2,415 +33.4% tired Jan. 1 under disability after more 7.9 Coal and Coke . 10,597 10,562 + 35 + .3 than 40 years' service ... Engineer J. W. 5.0 Iron and Steel . 4,107 3,238 + 869 + 26.8 Tiffany retired Dec. 28. He had worked 3.8 Automobiles and Parts . 3,995 2,848 +1,147 + 40.3 2.7 Agri. Imp!. Machinery for the Milwaukee since 1902 and resides and Parts . 1,397 1,380 + 17 + 1.2 in Minneapolis. 2.2 All Other Products of Mrs. Bertha McCoy passed away Dec. Mines . 1,144 440 + 704 +160.0 26 in La Crosse. She is survived by four 1.8 All Other Animals and sons, Fred, yardmaster at La Crosse, Ed­ Products . 1,126 871 + 255 + 29.3 ward, also of La Crosse, Ewald of Mil­ 1.8 Forwarder Traffic , . 2,250 2,09<;1 + 151 + 7.2 waukee, and Robert of Greenwood, Ind. 1.5 All Other Products of Agriculture .. , . 1,762 1,472 + 290 + 19.7 Interment was in the Oak Grove Ceme­ 1.2 tery, La Crosse. Liquors, Malt , . 1,220 1,101 + 119 + 10.8 41.2% 37,241 31,239 +6,002 +19.2% MADISON AREA loading of these commodities JANUARY DECREASE Florence Mahaffey, Correspondent DECREASED c/o Agent, Madison, Wis. 1962 in 1962 under 1961 1962 1961 under 1961 % of Mrs. Joseph McNulty, widow of former ______---j. ~--....:..:..~l-..:d;.:e.:.:cr.:ea:.:s.:..e- cashier in the freight department, and a 11.2% Forest Prod. (Excl. Logs lifelong Madison resident, died recently. and Pulpwood) . 5,066 5,587 - 521 - 9.3% She was a past president of the Milwau­ 3.9 Meat alld Packing House kee Women's Club. Surviving are a Products . 3,091 3,141 - 50 1.6 3.7 Oil and GasQline . daughter, Mrs. Melvin Grindstad of Madi­ 3,917 4,563 - 646 - 14.2 2.9 Grain Products . 4,375 4,625 - 250 - 5.4 son, a son Edward, Milwaukee, traveling 2.0 Gravel, Sand and Stone . 2,613 2,723 - 110 - 4.0 auditor for the Road, and six grandchil­ 1.6 Logs and Pulpwood . 2,936 3,220 - 284 - 8,8 dren. 1.5 Fruits and Vegetables George Dahnke, former chief clerk in (Fresh) . 1,424 1,700 - 276 - 16.2 the freight office, accepted a position in 1.0 Merchandise . 2,864 3,461 - 597 - 17.2 the traffic department of the Highway 1.0 Live Stock . 842 1,159 - 317 - 27.4 Trailer Company of Edgerton. His posi­ .9 Cement, Lime, Plaster and tion has been taken by Daniel DiLoreto, Stucco . 549 885 - 336 - 38.0 29.1 All Other Mfgs. and while Stanley McGrath, former yard Miscellaneous . 21,226 clerk, is now car clerk, and Elaine Larson 22,530 -1,304 - 5.8 of Edgerton is the rate clerk. Mathias Rommelfanger, former rate 58.8% 48,903 53,594 -4,691 -8.8% clerk in the regional office, is now vice general chairman of the Brotherhood of 100.00% 86,144 84,833 +1,311 +1.5%

January-February, 7962 25 knows the places in the area where they Russell Pate. bite. "Scoop" also has a talent for sketch­ Conductor D. M. Tracy passed away ing and gave this correspondent a re­ unexpectedly Nov. 22 in his home at membrance card sketched by him of his Dellwood, Wis. Mr. Tracy had been re­ favorite spot with a background of trees tired on disability for about a year. He and "Scoop" on the ice with the com­ had been in service as a trainman for 38 ment "not biting". years at the time of his retirement. He Brakeman A. L. Lippman retired Dec. is survived by his wife, Pearl. 31 after more than 50 years with the Mil­ Retired Engineer Horace Koehler, 80, waukee. Mr. Lippman lives at 3280 North Portage, passed away Dec. 4. Mr. Koehler

Noth ing does it as well as Note the illustrations at the left and we believe you will agree the new JACKSON YARD TAMPER is about to revolutionize yard tamping. It gets into places that other on·track tampers can not tamp and completely fulfills the The JACKSON major portion of all yard tamping requirements. As one user of this equip· ment has put it: "This equipment increases our production effort in surfacing leads by at least 100%, with half as many men." YARD The Jackson Yard Tamper has two independent workheads which may be moved back and forth laterally by means of hydraulic rams. Hence the tampi ng blades may be positioned for tamping in any desired locations. The single CARL FICK ENDS SERVICE at Tomah TAMPER _blades are unusually long (26") and so mounted that as penetration into the Shops, where he had been chief clerk since ballast increases the slant becomes progressively greater. Thus thorough con· 1943. His retirement on Dec. 15 ended solidation of the ballast is achieved in a range from 18" inside the rail, 45 years with the Road, all at Tomah, directly under the rail and to the end of the tie. And the same blade action starting as a laborer, and through promo­ makes it possible to doa thorough job oflamping under large frogs and in other tions to clerk, assistant chief clerk, shop accountant and sectional stockmon. A tough places. Powerful Jackson vibratory motors insure rapid penetration. group of 60 employes honored him at a Readily convertible to spot tamping, jack tamping and party at the Carlton Restauront in Tomah Jan. 6 and presented him with a remem­ other normal tamping uses ... simply by substituting the regular brance gift. Mr. Fick, a widower, has a Jackson double blade tamping units for the single blades. It's atremendously son, John, currently with the Coast Guard useful machine which is bound to pay JACKS 0N 'l·!O at Norfolk, Va., and two daughters, Made­ big .dividends on its investment cost. line of Madison, Wis., and Grace, Sao Let us give you the complete facts. _ Paulo, Brazil. (Tomah Journal-Monitor Herald photol As always, direct sales, 'eases VIBRATORS. INC. and service to all U.S. railroads LUDINGTON. MICHIGAN

two daughters, Diane and Cheryl, two sons, Lucian Jr. and Alan, and his father, Glen Hull. Conductor A. F. Lewark, 66, West Allis, passed away Dec. 18 in the Veterans Hos­ pital at Wood, Wis., following an ex­ tended illness. Interment was in the Pa­ cific Cemetery near Portage with military services following the funeral service. He is survived by his wife, Lucille. Retired Engineer Charles "Spot" Mc­ Mahon, 71, Portage, passed away Dec. 24 in the Veterans Hospital at Madison, Wis. Mr. McMahon was a veteran of World War I and a member of the VF.W., American Legion, Elks and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is survived by three sisters and a brother.

WISCONSIN VALLEY M. G. Conktin, Correspondent Assistant Trainmaster's Office, Wausau Conductor R. R. VanWormer recently claimed Jacquelyn Sharkey of Rudolph as his bride. Invitations were extended to all his railroad associates to attend the reception held at Babcock. Dick is the 44th Street, Milwaukee. retired in 1950 with a 52 year service son of late Conductor Erve VanWormer, Ceremonies by the Portage National record. He is survived by his widow, a one of the pioneer railroaders of Bab­ Honor Society were held Dec. 14 at Por­ son, Engineer Ed Koehler, and four cock. tage High School and, chosen for mem­ grandchildren. Holiday activities of the Women's Club bership for character, scholarship, leader­ Conductor L. T. Hull, 51, passed away at Wausau included a potluck luncheon, ship and service were the following Dec. 16 following a few days illness in the the annual Yule children's party at seniors of railroad families: Nancy, Portage Hospital. Mr. Hull was in active which Santa Claus distributed bags of daughter of Fireman L. Chappell, Irma, service up to the time of his last illness nuts arid candy, and a dinner party for daughter of Warehouse Trucker S. H. and had been in train service for 24 club members and employes who retired Jowett, and Russell, son of Engineer years. He is survived by his wife, Dolores, the past year, and their wives. The 26 The Milwaukee Road Magazine party, 'which was held in the American Wausau. A reception followed in the Legion Club, honored Retired Engineer church parlors. His brother, Larry, home James O'Brien, Section Foreman Walter on leave from Ft. Lewis, Wash., was one Rahn, Agent Art Schulz, and Conductor of the ushers. The young couple will Archie McDonald, who was unable to live in Logan, Utah, where Richard will attend last year's party. Assistant Train­ attend Utah State University. master Obermowe acted as toastmaster. Richard Voeltzke, son of Warehouse Foreman Bill Voeltzke, who spent six Chicago General Offices years in the Marine Corps, is the "master" of the Wausau Judo Club and one of the AUDITOR OF EXPENDITURE'S OFFICE eight holders of a Judo Black Belt in the Mary Harrison, Correspondent State of Wisconsin. His education, in what he insists is a sport, was received The sparkler decorating' the left hand at the Kodokan Institute, Japan, world of Betty Granatelli of the T&E and MOBIL ••. ·rHE '61 headquarters for judo. miscellaneous timekeeping bureau was placed there by Edward Schmaus when Active and alert at the age of 92, Re­ Betty promised to become Mrs. Schmaus NEW CAR GASOLINE tired Conductor F. Lehrbas returned in October, 1962. .I' from a trip to Idaho, where a reunion DEVELOPED WITH was held with his 91 year old sister and Chief Clerk Michael Schlee's wife I 93 year old brother. He then departed Ruth presented him a baby daughter, DETROIT'S ENGINEERS Nancy Ruth, Nov. 26. They now have I for Detroit to spend the winter. • 'lI two boys and two girls. Retired Engineer August and Mrs. Get the gasoline designed to meet new Krueger, Wausau, were surprised at an Patricia Kaczynski of the paymaster's car standards. Mobil-The '61 New Car open house party given by their children office gave birth to her first child Dec. 23 Gasoline--developed in cooperation with and named her Gail Louise. on their 50th wedding anniversary. Many Detroit's engineers. Enjoy the benefits friends attended. A dinner party was Assistant Bureau Head Richard Dres­ of outstanding mileage, instant I!tarts, held at the Wagon Wheel Ranch for the sler welcomed a baby son, Mark David, children and other members of the im­ Christmas Day. smoother knock-free power. Discover­ you're miles ahead with MobilI ,. mediate family. Marlee Johns of the T&E and miscel­ ., An infant daughter has been welcomed laneous bureau is on leave while await­ at Conductor Robert Akey's home. ing her first child. Arthur W. Schulz, after 47 years serv­ Sympathy was extended to Helen MADEFORIEW GIRl [M~i ~ ice, the last 15 of which were as agent Buschick of the accounts receivable bu­ .,•BEST FOR ALL CARS ~ at Wausau, retired Dec. 1. Considerable reau on the death of her father, and to activity preceded his retirement. A beau­ tifully decorated cake was presented to him by the agent of the C&NW on the day he reached retirement age, business men and railroad associates feted him at dinner parties, and a transistor radio was presented to him by fellow workers. Art has looked forward to and made plans for a busy retirement. He is treasurer of the Marathon County Gladiolus Society and loves to garden. He is also interested in joining the Peace Corps and plans to UNION REFRIGERATOR TRANSIT LINES do some traveling. 4206 N. GREEN BAY AVE. Holly Lynn, the infant daughter of fur­ loughed Machine Operator Roger Marg, Milwaukee 12, Wisconsin greeted her father for the first time when he was home on leave from Ft. Lewis, Wash., where he is stationed with the 32nd Division. Holly Lynn is the grand­ daughter of Section Foreman William Marg, Wausau. Richard Brostrom, youngest son of Roadmaster Brostrom, claimed Lynn O'Leary as his bride in Memorial Chapel of the First Methodist Church,

INDIANA'S MODERN COAL MINE & WASHERY AMBER JACKET QUAI.ITY COAL Originating on 6" Lump--6" x 4" Washed Egg-4" x 2" Washed Nut The Milwaukee Road Washed and Dried Treated Stokercoal 11/2" X 3/8 " 3/4 " X 3/8 " WASHED The Perfection in Preparation and Si:z:e Capacity 3,500 Tons Daily Low Ash-High Heat Content. Porous Pancake Clinker-Easily Removed Sterling-Midland Coal CO.8 SO. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III.

January.February, 1962 27 Bureau Head Helen Schroeder of the supervisor of machine accounting office on the death of her mother, Mrs. Anna FIRST Penning; also to Traveling Accountant John Ritter and family when his wife aI/-steel welded Helen died. Mrs. Ritter, the fonner Helen Partridge, was employed in the division brake beams accountant's office in Minneapolis before her marriage. The office was saddened to learn that on Dec. 21 Assistant Bureau Head Helen Gloeckner of the bookkeeping bureau passed away after a year's illness. Helen started as a comptometer operator with exceed A.A.R.spec's the Soo Line in Minneapolis in 1922. She transferred to the Milwaukee's account­ Greatest advance in brake beam ing department in La Crosse, Wis., in engineering - BOXWELD all­ 1930 and became bureau head of the com­ steel welded beams for unit or puting bureau in Milwaukee in 1932. hanger type suspension-provide When the accounting offices were con­ solidated in 1940 Helen came to Chicago superior strength at minimum 45-YEAR VETERAN Joseph Wager, divi­ weight. Integrated construction and held various clerical positions in the auditor of expenditure's office. Her kind sion clerk in Chicago Union Station freight eliminates need for bolts, nuts, cheerfulness and willingness to lend a traffic headquarters (left), pictured re­ rivets or keys for assembly of helping hand wherever needed will be ceiving his Silver Pass from R. E. Hibbard, primary parts. sorely missed. She is survived by her general freight traffic manager-rates and parents who live in Galena, m. divisions. Starting with the Road as 0 Valentine J. Rosenbach, assistant to clerk in the Chicago-Fullerton Avenue maintenance engineer of the Fullerton freight auditing office on Oct. 2, 1916, Avenue building, passed away suddenly the greater part of his service has been in Dec.n. "Val", as he was known to every­ freight rate and division work. He trans­ one in the building, had been 17 years ferred to the Union Station department in 332 S. Michigon Avenue, Chicogo 4, Illinois with the Milwaukee. He was a veteran of 1955. World War II and a member of Pioneer • Post 768 of the American Legion. His wife Alma survives. alumni reunion of De La Salle Institute FIRST in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago, Nov. 27. AUDITOR OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES' He is one of seven surviving members of OFFICE the Class of 1901, three of whom were to protect steel present. Mr. Kohlman lives in Elmhurst with glass L. J. Hogan, Correspondent where he is active in church work, Marriage vows were exchanged at St. B.P.O.E. and K. of C. affairs when not in domestic water heaters: Mark's Lutheran Church, Chicago, Dec. on vacation trips with his grandchildren. A. O. Smith Permaglas water 23 by David E. Nank, son of Assistant heaters (gas or electric) last Engineer E. H. Nank, and Sandra Jean OPERATING DEPARTMENT longer, assure scale and dlrt­ Ortman of Glenview. The groom, who free water. Glass lining pre­ was educated at Bradley University and G. C. Harder, Correspondent vents corrosive attack regard­ Office of Vice President-Operation less oi local water conditions. the Walton School of Commerce, is an accountant in the Baxter Laboratories, R. A. Woodworth, retired superintend­ in commercial water heaters: Morton Grove. His bride, also a graduate ent of the Kansas City Joint Agency, of Bradley, is a teacher in Arlington stopped in recently to say "hello" to his Big-volume, high-recovery _Heights. Following a reception at the many friends in the Union Station. Mr. Burkay water heaters provide Orphei Singing Club, the couple honey­ a plentiful, dependable sup­ and Mrs. Woodworth now live at 1595 ply of hot water for car wash­ mooned in Colorado Springs and are Ganesha Place, Pomona, Calif. ing. station restaurants and now living in Park Ridge. Sympathy was extended to Margaret many other jobs. Retired Engineer Accountant C. J. Gregg, file clerk in the vice president­ Kohlman was honored at the ,annual operations office, when her sister, Mrs. in mechanized industrial bulk storage uni\s: For trackside storage of bulk materials - granular. flaky or pulverized. hygroscopic, corrosive or contaminable, CARTER BLATCHFORD edible or non-edible. Glass­ protected steel linings. Me­ Division of A. R. BARNES &CO. chanical bot tom unloading. A. O. Smith

28 The Milwaukee Road Magazine AUDITOR OF EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTS nounced the birth of Brian Keith Nov. 21. Elmer Dancy and wife Marion an­ Elsa M. Augustin, assistant bureau nounced the birth of Carolyn Ann Dec. 4. head foreign car record and mileage bu­ Howard Muse was a recent hospital reau, ended 52 years' service with this patient. road Dec. 29. Her friends and co-workers Sympathy was extended to RUdolph honored her with a dinner at the Villa Levey on the death of his mother and to Sweden Restaurant Dec. 27, and on the Charles LaRue on the death of his father. day she left the office presented her with many gifts including a Christmas tree decorated with $5 "candles." For the present at least Elsa plans to remain in Milwaukee Shops Chicago. CAR DEPARTMENT At this writing, Melanie Fergon is re­ cuperating at home after a short stay Erwin C. Weber, Correspondellt in the hospital. August W. Betzhold, after 40 years Irene Goelz recently completed two service as a cabinetmaker, retired Nov. % weeks of jury service. 1, 1961. Sympathy was extended to Frances Michael Zebul, carman in the freight Bialk whose brother passed away. ON ALL car shop who had been off since Septem­ Vema Gallagher extended her leave of ber 1960 due to ill health, retired Nov. SAVINGS absence because of her mother's illness. ACCOUNTS 29, 1961. He started to work for the com­ pany in April, 1913 as a laborer. FREIGHT CLAIM DEPARTMENT Herman A. Reuter, who was employed by the Road for 48 years and a pattern­ SAVE at the Robert A. Schlueter, Correspondent maker for the last 44 years, retired Oct. Richard Olson was called into Army 7, 1961. service and is stationed at Fort Carson, Bernice Kruse received a multiple frac­ FIRST Colo. ture of the left shoulder socket while at Henry Starzec was promoted to ad­ her sister's home Dec. 22. Her arm will WISCONSIN juster. be in a cast for at least six weeks. Ruthann Liepold is wearing a diamond L. L. Lentz and wife were at the Green and announced that she became engaged Bay Packer championship football game • at Christmas to Fred Duray. Dec. 31. Two new employes, Charles Thiel and For future needs, for emergencies Dennis Cagney, were recently welcomed OFFICE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER . • • save at the First Wisconsin. to the office. AND TEST DEPARTMENT Make regular deposits at any First Mike Kalter and wife Barbara an- H. J. Montgomery, Correspondent Wisconsin office •.. 13 convenient locations throughout the city. The Milwaukee Travelers had a very successful Christmas party at Tanner­ CREOSOTED Paull Post Hall Dec. 16. About 225 em­ ployes and wives attended. The "Tosa • MATERIALS Mountaineers" provided the musical ac­ companiment and the A. C. Spark Plug and male chorus sang carols and hymns for FIRST WISCONSIN the enjoyment of all. Among the guests were 28 "out-of-towners". NAnONAL BANK COAL TAR Robert Maas, formerly in the locomo­ OF MILWAUKEE tive office, has moved to the drafting PRODUCTS room as general supervisor of diesel en­ gine maintenance. Member Republic Creosoting Co. Federal Deposit Insurance Dick, third son of Art Schultz and Minneapolis former C&M fireman, is home on furlough Corporation from Richard-GeBaur Air Force Base in Kansas City, where he is stationed for a year. At this writing there are three appren-

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30 The Milwaukee Road Magazine AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES

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SEMI-ANNUAL MILWAUKEE SHOPS RETIREMENT PARTY held Nov. 16 at Old Heidel­ ASF RIDE CONTROL FREIGHT CAR TRUCKS berg in honor of veterons who retired during the lotter port of 1961 wos attended by 85 Shops employes. Honored guests and others in this head table group are, from left: j W. J. Kutter, retired traveling storekeeper; H. A. Reiff, retired inspector of stores; W. C. Lummer, retired district storekeeper; L. V. Schwartz, assistant general storekeeper; SIDE FRAMES, BOLSTERS, COUPLERS, YOKES G. V. 1reland, general storekeeper; F. W.: Bunce, chief mechanical officer; D. D. Fisher, assistant superintendent car department; C. M. Kabacinski, retired loading inspector; IN GRADE "B" OR HIGH TENSILE STEEL F. A. Upton, general superintendent motive power; and H. H. Melzer, chief engineer of tests. BRAKE BEAMS: CAST STEEL NOS. 18,24,28,36

tices in the drafting room-Lee Hollen­ beck, from the electrical shop of C. E. Milwaukee Terminals ASF RIDE CONTROL PACKAGES Wellnitz, Verne Olson from the tin shop, DAVIES YARD and Ralph Bryan, a machinist apprentice from the diesel house. Catherine McConville, Correspondent SIMPLEX UNIT SNUBBERS Phil Poff, a machinist apprentice who At this writing Leo Fredricks, car in­ just completed two months in the draft­ spector at the depot, is recovering from ing room and is now back with Joe an operation in St. Anthony's Hospital. Kolanda's electrical department, reports David Klein, car inspector at the depot, MINT-lURK OF 0 FINE PRODUCTS the birth of a daughter, Debra Jean, Oct. collapsed suddenly Nov. 30 and an emer­ 24. There are two older children, Pauline gency operation was performed in Mil­ and Phillip Jr. waukee Hospital. Al Roesler from the freight shop is not William Boschuetz, former laborer and bowling just now, under doctor's orders, janitor at Davies Yard, died Nov. 28 at but your correspondent is going along Wisconsin Bearing Co. the age of 84. nicely at an average clip of 192 so far. 1310 So. 43rd st. MILWAUKEE, WIS. John Mickel, car inspector in Milwau­ kee Terminals, took his family to Mexico LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT City for a Christmas vacation. Branch Warehouses George H. Jung, Correspondent Clem Kabacinski, retired loading in­ APPLETON, WIS•• RACINE, WIS. spector, and wife have gone to Oceanside, MARQUETTE, MICH. Joe O'Connor, retired roundhouse fore­ Calif., to spend the winter with their man, passed away at Green Bay, Wis., daughter and family. In Warehouse Stocks in November. Joe was a familiar figure Ralph Mance, car inspector in Milwau­ SKF Traction Molar Bearings around the Milwaukee roundhouse for kee Terminals, retired Dec. 18 after 43 many years. His widow will live with her years of service. also son in Detroit, Mich. Ray Fendrick has returned to the Ed Zimmerman, clerk in the shop su­ ALL TYPES OF BALL &. ROLLER BEARINGS freight shop, and Garfield Perkins of for perintendent's office, has left the Road Bensenville has taken the position of and his position is being filled by Matt RAILROAD REQUIREMENTS Hoffman. Mike Upton, who plays center, has been voted one of the outstanding players on Marquette High School football team. Machinist Richard O'Brien has been called to the service of Uncle Sam. MILWAUKEE MOST Fred Powers, machinist in the diesel NEW MODERN house, recently retired after 50 years' service. Others who retired in December COMMUTER BRAKE were Machinist E. F. Swanda, and La­ CARS EQUIPMENT borers C. Rodgers, C. C. Seerup, and A. 26 Val.. Cobra Shoe CB Unit Pandelis. The 1962 officers of the Hiawatha Serv­ ice Club are Otto Wickert, chairman; From the air supply to the friction on the wheels-WESTINGHOUSE Andrew Frankovic, vice-chairman, and Henry Ondrejka, secretary-treasurer. AIR BRAKE COMPANY enhances its position as the leader in the Best In Braking! We are proud that our equipment was specified on the new Double Deck cars for this important function Oonfidence is that quality which permits an individual to do crossword puzzZes SAFE BRAKING! with the aid of a fountain pen. January-February, 1962 31 AMERICAN STEEL FOlJNDRIES

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SEMI-ANNUAL MILWAUKEE SHOPS RETIREMENT PARTY held Nov. 16 at Old Heidel­ ASF RIDE CONTROL FREIGHT CAR TRUCKS berg in honor of veterans who retired during the latter part of 1961 was attended by 85 Shops employes. Honored guests ond others in this head table group ore, from left: W. J. Kutter, retired traveling storekeeper; H. A. Reiff, retired inspector of stores; W. C. Lummer, retired district storekeeper; L. V. Schwartz, ossistont general storekeeper; SIDE FRAMES, BOLSTERS, COUPLERS, YOKES G. V. Ireland, general storekeeper; F. W. Bunce, chief mechanical officer; D. D. Fisher, assistant superintendent car department; C. M. Kabacinski, retired loading inspector; IN GRADE "B" OR HIGH TENSILE STEEL F. A. Upton, general superintendent motive power; and H. H. Melzer, chief engineer of tests. BRAKE BEAMS: CAST STEEL NOS. 18. 24. 28, 36 tices in the drafting roam-Lee Hallen­ beck, from the electrical shop of C. E. Milwaukee Terminals ASF RIDE CONTROL PACKAGES Wellnitz, Verne Olson from the tin shop, DAVIES YARD and Ralph Bryan, a machinist apprentice from the diesel house. Catherine McConville, Correspondent SIMPLEX UNIT SNUBBERS Phil Polf, a machinist apprentice who At this writing Leo Fredricks, car in­ just completed two months in the draft­ spector at the depot, is recovering from ing room and is now back with Joe an operation in St. Anthony's Hospital Kolanda's electrical department, reports David Klein, car inspector at the depot, MINT-MARK Of 0 11K( PRODUtTS the birth of a daughter, Debra Jean, Oct. collapsed suddenly Nov. 30 and an emer­ 24. There are two older children, Pauline gency operation was performed in Mil­ and Phillip Jr. waukee Hospital. . Al Roesler from the freight shop is not William Boschuetz, former laborer and bowling just now, under doctor's orders, janitor at Davies Yard, died Nov. 28 at but your correspondent is going along Wisconsin Bearing Co• the age of 84. nicely at an average clip of 192 so far. 1310 So. 43rd st. MILWAUKEE, WIS. John Mickel, car inspector in Milwau­ kee Terminals, took his family to Mexico LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT City for a Christmas vacation. Branch Warehouses George H. Jung, Correspondent Clem Kabacinski, retired loading in­ APPLETON, WiS. • RACINE, WIS. spector, and wife have gone to Oceanside, MARQUmE, MICH. Joe O'Connor, retired roundhouse fore­ Calif., to spend the winter with their man, passed away at Green Bay, Wis., daughter and family. In Warehouse Stocks in November. Joe was a familiar figure Ralph Mance, car inspector in Milwau­ SKF Tracllon Molar Bearings around the Milwaukee roundhouse for kee Terminals, retired Dec. 18 after 43 many years. His widow will live with her years of service. also son in Detroit, Mich. Ray Fendrick has returned to the Ed Zimmerman, clerk in the shop su­ ALL TYPES OF BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS freight shop, and Garfield Perkins of for perintendent's office, has left the Road Bensenville has taken the position of and his position is being filled by Matt RAILROAD REQUIREMENTS Hoffman. Mike Upton, who plays center, has been voted one of the outstanding players on Marquette High School football team. Machinist Richard O'Brien has been called to the service of Uncle Sam. MILWAUKEE MOST Fred Powers, machinist in the diesel NEW MODERN house, recently retired after 50 years' service. Others who retired in December COMMUTER BRAKE were Machinist E. F. Swanda, and La­ CARS EQUIPMENT borers C. Rodgers, C. C. Seerup, and A. uv.a.. Cobra SII~ CiB Unit Pandelis. The 1962 officers of the Hiawatha Serv­ ice Club are Otto Wickert, chairman; From the air supply to the friction on the wheels-WESTINGHOUSE Andrew Frankovic, vice-chairman, and Henry Ondrejka, secretary-treasurer. AIR BRAKE COMPANY enhances its position as the leader in the Best In Braking! We are proud that our equipment was specified on the new Double Deck cars for this important function Confidence is that quality which permits an individuaZ to do crossword puzzles SAFE BRAKING! with the aid of a fountain pen. January-February, 1962 31 loading inspector. James Murphy, checker at Davies Yard, left Jan. 1 to accept a position in the EDWARD KEOGH! Allis-Chalmers research department. PRINTING COMPANY The Milwaukee Road girls got together for a dinner and Christmas party at Hawley House Dec. 13. Thirty-seven girls Printerlf and attended on a very cold night. Blanche Planographerlf Davely from the superintendent of car department's office was hostess, and the 925 W. Jackson Blvd. girls all agreed it would be nice to make it an annual affair. Phone: MOn. 6-0733 For nearly FOWLER STREET STATION Chicago 7, Illinois Pearl Freund, Correspondent 100 years PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE A joint Christmas party was enjoyed at Old Heidelberg by employes of the regional office and the agency. A hot The Travelers has been buffet lunch was served and dancing was the order of the evening. Mrs. Mary providing accident and PEERLESS FRICTION DRAFT GEAR Boyland, extension clerk, was in charge of arrangements. About 40 attended. sickness insurance for Mrs. Ruth Schiel, key punch operator, has left the regional office temporarily A.A. R. Approved to await arrival of the stork. railroad men. William Keller, son of E. A. Keller, GOULD· NATIONAL BATTERIES head revising clerk regional office, is re­ turning to Milwaukee to take a position with the A-C Spark Plug Company and Railroad Department to continue his education working toward PEERLESS EQUIPMENT a master's degree. He has recently been THE TRAVELERS in the East in the employ of General Insurance Company Division of Poor & Company Electric Company as an electrical engi­ 80 East·Jackson Boulevard neer. Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Esther Millard, timekeeper House Chicago 4, Illinois 7, spent her Christmas vacation in the East visting her sons, Drs. Alfred and Robert J. Millard, and their families. Robert, son of Joseph M. Hoerl, head "Treated Product. lor Lile" Chicago Malleable's outbound rate clerk, spent the holidays with his parents. He was on furlough from Fort Riley, Kans., and has five RAILROAD POSITIVE more months to spend in the Army. Cross and Switch Ties TRADE MAliK Milwaukee Chapter of the NARBW had its annual Christmas dinner in the Am­ P1LING BRAKE BEAM bassador Hotel. Gifts were exchanged and an evening of singing and fun was POL ES spent. Dorothy Blask, secretary traffic UNIT TYPE BRAKE BEAMS department, was chairman of the event. LUMBER The Ed Falkner family had double Malleable Iron and Cast Steel Car Castings cause for rejoicing over the holidays A.A.R. Bolster Center Fillers since Rosalyn, 13 years old, was at home INDIANA WOOD PRESERVING CO. A.A.R. Striking Castings in excellent health following surgery in Terre Haute St. Mary's Hospital. This young miss has CHICAGO MALLEABLE CASTINGS CO. been undergoing x-rays at Children's Indiana Railway Exchange Chicago 4, III. Hospital over a period of eight years to determine the cause of a prolonged ail­ ment. "Dad" is motorman at House 7. Sympathy was extended to the -family of John J. Smith, agency employe, on the sudden death of his brother-in-law, UNION SPRING &MANUFACTURING CO. Steven E. Pilson, assistant traffic man­ ager at New York. Mr. Pilson lost his life in an auto accident. Springs - Journal Box Lids Larry La Rue has been assigned to the yard clerk position at Plankinton Dis­ Wear Plates - Pedestal Liners trict. Mel Clendenning is newly assigned as auto messenger, and newcomer David Spring Plates Naylor is auto messenger, second shift. Lucille Stowell, timekeeper, was host­ ess at a family reunion honoring her father, 1. Louis Stowell, on his 89th birth­ day Dec. 30. His six children were pres­ General Office and Works ent with their husbands and wives, and some of their children, making a total New Kensington, Penna. of about 30. After a tasty dinner some lusty Mitch Miller specials entertained 32 The Milwaukee Road Magazine brakeman ... Christopher Wayne was born to Mr. and Mrs. Al Henn Nov. 10 FINEST ... The Wayne Kabitzkes had a baby girl, Diane Marie, Oct. 30 ... Yard Clerk Jimmy Lake announced the arrival of a IN THE WEST... boy, Tracy Lee, Nov. 25. Switchman Henry Shaw retired Dec. 1, Frank Dougherty Dec. 13, and Ed Baller­ In Gasoline: ing Dec. 18. Sympathy was extended to Switchman New Royal 76, the West's Merlin Hodel on the death of his fClther most powerful premium. Dec. 4. He was a resident of Red Granite, Wis. In Motor Oil: Mrs. Ed Kaminske, wife of switchman, passed away Dec. 11. Royal Triton, the amazing Retired fellows Ed Maconachie and Paul Bruss were in the limelight during purple motor oil. the holiday season, both playing benevo­ lent Santa Claus at Southgate shopping In Lubricants: center. ",,' WHEN IN TEXAS, Casimir Maciolek, bill Clerk Hattie Mickelson, who had been Famous Unoba grease, I clerk at the Fowler Street freight station on the sick list since last June, retired the overwhelming favorite. in Milwaukee, believes in daing as the Dec. 1. She was presented with a clock Texans do. This two-gun pose is a souve­ radio by co-workers. Hattie started in the nir af a recent vocation in Son Antonio. car record office, which was then located at Fowler Street, in 1923. She then worked in the office of assistant superin­ tendent and superintendent at Muskego Yard as clerk. the group. "Lou" was reported in ex­ Switchman Tom Malone announced the cellent health. birth of a baby daughter, Betty Ann, Walter J. Hamann, assistant agent, Dec. 7. 76 UNION. spent Christmas and his vacation in Switchman Aubrey Helwig is at home Lakeland, Fla., visiting his daughter and convalescing from surgery at this writ­ family, the Rev. and Mrs. Harold Burkey. ing. UNION OIL COMPANY He was accompanied by his wife and two Switchman Joe Rogers has left for OF CALIFORNIA other daughters, Lois and Judy. service in the Army. Sympathy was extended to Vernon A. LaCrosse Division Conductor Robert Melcher on the death of his mother. Mrs. Kaine was married to Margaret Breen in Melcher, who had been ill for some time, St. Rose of Lima Church, Milwaukee, was living with Vernon in Fond du Lac. Dec. 28. The newlyweds honeymooned iea~9~da in Florida and Nassau. MUSKEGO YARD & UNION STATION Yardmaster John Chambers died Dec. P~1(/~ 22 after a short illness and hospitaliza­ Grace M. Johnson, Correspond-ent tion. John started with the Road Nov. 30, Office of General Superintendent ~'Ptatu 1925 and was appointed yardmaster Oct. The successful hunters on a recent out­ 1, 1945, his last position being at Gib­ ing in northern Wisconsin and Michigan son Yard. Funeral service was in St. STANDARD were Switchman Steve Moniza, who got Matthew's Church and interment in Holy a 140 pound spike buck, Lev Baldwin Cross Cemetery. FORGINGS who came back with a six point buck, Tragedy struck the family of Max and Charlie Erickson with an eight point Preuss, terminal engineer, when Mrs. one. Preuss was electrocuted in their home at CORPORATION Babies and more babies: Road Caller Ashipun, Wis., Dec. 28. Besides her hus­ 80 EAST JACKSON BLVD. Ralph Richter and wife announced the band, Mrs. Preuss is survived by two arrival of Cynthia Ruth Nov. 15 ... The daughters, Mary Ann and Elizabeth, a CHICAGO 4, ILL. Roman Siegel family had a baby girl Nov. son Kenneth, and a brother, Switchman 18, Noreen Dorothy. Roman is a C&M Donald Christian.

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January-February, 7962 33 Dewey Stickney Jr., son of Switchman Dewey Stickney, died on New Year's Day You Get as the I"esult of a fall in his home. He is survived by his wife and four small chil­ EXTRA dren. Attention Word was received of the death of Emil (Dutch) Willer Dec. 31, at Wood, Wis., Here where he had been a patient. Funeral services were held in Iron Mountain, and interment was in Channing, Mich. The mother of Robert Rosenthal, switchman, passed away Dec. 27. Switchman Walter Weller retired Jan.!. The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. HONORED AT MINNEAPOLIS. Retiring and Mrs. Fred Grieb was celebrated at with 45 years of service, E. S. Davies, their home in Pewaukee Dec. 26. Your demurrage clerk in the Minneapolis local correspondent was among the guests, and freight office, was honored by his co-work­ the display of golden wedding gifts and ers at a Kaffeeklatsch on Nov. 15. A high­ holiday foods set forth by Mrs. Grieb, light of the coffee party was the presenta­ a culinary artist, vied with one another tion of a Silver Pass to both him and an­ for attention. Among the many railroad other 45-year veteran, Chief Rate Clerk friends present were Retired Station­ M. F. Thori of the Minneapolis regional Phillips takes pride in operat­ master John Crowley and wife, Switch­ data office. Pictured ot the presentotion ing SERVICE stations . . . man Walter Marlrert and Dave Cammack. ceremony ore, from left: Freight Agent A. not just filling stations. At C. Andersen, Mr. Davies, Mr. Thorl, and A. W. Wareham, regionol data manager Phillips stations you can ex­ Twin City Terminals in Minneapolis. pect ... and get ... efficient TWIN CITIES CAR DEPARTMENT car care, high quality prod­ AND COACH YARD ucts, and the kind of friendly OrIole M. Smythe, Correspondent duties and, in turn, was succeeded by Office of Coach Yard Foreman, Minneapolis R. attention that helps make Steno-Clerk Robert Miller who has Leroy Samuelson was appointed chief been with the Road since Dec. 18, 1960. driving a pleasure. Drive in clerk in the car department office, St. Former Car Insp.ector Edwcrd G. Ry­ soon where you see the fa­ Paul, to fill the vacancy left by the death berg, who moved to Florida a few years miliar Phillips 66 shield and of Charles Laird. Leroy began his rail­ ago, accompanied his wife's remains to road career as a clerk in Minneapolis light Minneapolis for burial in Fort Snelling see what we mean. repair yard Jan. 2, 1945 ..• Payroll Clerk National Cemetery late in December. Edna Bowers took over Leroy's former Mrs. Selwyn Hollingsworth, 70, widow of car foreman, died recently. Two sons, Car Inspectors Gerald and Donald of Min­ neapolis train yards, survive ... James, Grain Doors SERVING THE AMERICAN the 13 year old son of Car Inspector Ralph Hammerot, passed away Jan. 15 after Railroad Cross Ties RAI LROADS WITH several weeks hospitalization ... Vernon Hardwood Lumber QUALITY GLASS AND Wahl's father, aged 90, died Dec. 15. Vernon is an electrician at the Minneap­ T"nnbers BUILDING PRODUCTS olis coach yard. FOR OVER 30 YEARS MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL FREICHT AND LU~BER TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT VVEBSTER Bonnie Stevens, Correspondent ' 2100 S. Peoria St. Agent's Office CO~PANY • ChiclKo, IIIlnol. Paul Ryan, former key punch operator T in the regional office, was a recent visitor. 3410 University Avenue S.£. Phone: MOnroe 6-9100 for He had just completed his basic training Minneapolis 14, Minnesota and was home on leave before reporting Prlcn Ind additional detan. to Denver, Colo., for further duty. The annual Christmas luncheon for regional and freight office employes, their guests and retired employes was held at the freight house Dec. 22. Only the "old-timers" will recall Nels Nelson, janitor in the Local Freight who P. D. Carroll Trucking Co. has been retired since 1940. His death occurred Nov. 15 at the age of 85. Dick Johnson, retired layout clerk in CIDCAGO, ILUNOIS the freight house, suffered a stroke but at this writing is home from the hospital. ESTABIJSHED 1880' Chicago Terminals Performing Pick.up and Delivery Service BENSENVILLE for Railroad. in Chioogo Dorothy Lee Camp, Correspondent Pool Car Distributors - Receiving and Forwarding Mrs. William Lehr (Vivian), 80, passed away Dec. 8. She is survived by her hus­ band, a retired Savanna rail mill worker, three sons, Yardmaster Kenny of Western 34 The Milwaukee Road Magaz;ne it the mo,t ,ineere espra,ioll we '""'"' "THANK YOU" to conl'ey our appreciation of your friendlines. and ClI"istance the past thirty-five year,. Here', Our A.nniversary Special for EMPLOYEES of the MILWAUKEE ROAD With Monthly Premium deducted from paycheck-{at no extra charve)­ Our continued growth and increasing surplus has made it possible for us to deposit with the State Insurance Commissioner over $400,000.00 for the protection of all members and issue this special anniversary NON-CAN­ CELLABLE-NON-ASSESSABLE-GUARANTEED PREMIUM-coverage of $3000.00 the principal sum payable in case of death from any cause, to named beneficiary as a MONTHLY INCOME OF $300.00 f.r 10 conlecutlve monthl without Intentlt or carrying cha rges at our Special Anniversary Rate, according to age: Croup 4 Greup 3 Each dependent Greup Q Depende"t Wif. child u"der 18 Employe. (maximum) (maximum) III Actiwe Service $1.000.00 $500.00 Monthly premIum for __---'$:.;;3.:.:.000.:00 Dependents of Insured member AI_ under 39 Inc. $3.75 $1.75 .so A.es 40-59 Inc:. $6.75 $2.25 Ages 60-64 Inc. $9.75 $4.25 Aces 65-69 Inc. $13.75 $6.25 (to determine age, lubtract year of birth from thll the preHnt year) AGE OF APPLICANT DETERMINES RATE-NO MEMBERSHIP FEE-NO MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS SPECIAL OPTIONS On leaving active servic:e, r.tire- Dependent wife lurvlvlng i When dependent c:hlld II no long­ 1• ment or other reasons, Insuranc:e 2• the Insured, may continUll I 3'er a dependent, the coveroge may be continued without change her coverage for an addi- : may be continued for an addi­ and at same premium-mailing tlonal monthly premium of I tional monthly pre m i u m of premium direct to Home Office twenty-flve centl. : twenty-five cents and the right either monthly, quarterly or in I to apply for additional inlurance I any manner you find convenient. I under age group. offered by EMPLOYEES MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA a legal reserve life insurance association insuring more than 15,000 Milwaukee Road employees and their families MAIL THIS APPLICATION NOW TO: :r------·······-----···------·------~------~ EMPLOYEES MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. 1457 GRAND AVENUE. ST. PAUL 5. MINNESOTA I hereby apply for inlurance coYerage 01 follows: (pleale print) My flrlt name il.••••••••••••••••••••..•.•(Initial) ..•••.••.•••.•..(Last Name) •••••••••••••••••••••••'••••••'••••••••••••••••••••

Addreu q •••• " . (Street and Number) (City or Town) (Zone) (State) Date of birth Age .••••••..••..•••. Height..•.••••••••••• Weight •••••••.•••••••Sex ••.••••••••••.•••••• Occupation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••Soclal Security No•••••..••••••••.•••••••Payroll No..•••••••••••••Work No••••••••••••••• THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A $3,000.00 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON MY L1FI!. Athmlou"t of mon y prem lum The beneficiary II to be •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Relationship ••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• $ . POLICY FOR I:'U~ea .L~f~. ~~~~~::,:I~~ .I~.:h.e. ~.~~~:t._~.~~,~: :I~~ II~~ .:~ .~~ .:~~: DIPENDENT ::.;:;,: :fn . } WIFE Amount of monthly premium for wife'. policy $...... •••• (See· rate aboye according to age) POLICIES FOR Plea.e luue LIfe Insurance Policy or Pollcl.. In the amount of $500.00 DEPENDENT each for each of my dependent children listed below. CHILDREN } Premium 50 cents a month for each child Insured. Amount of monthly premium for policy or PQlldel on dependent children $•••••.•••• Firat Name Age Birth Date

The IMpleyee. Mutual B8IIefit Aaoclatlon of St. Paul Mlnn_to, " hen'" ntlterind to make deductionl In tlte amount of tlte Totol Mo"thly Premium TOTAL MONTHLY PREMIUM $.••••••••••• Iltewn threugh my e",ploye, THE MILWAUKEE ROAD. I hereby certify thot tach 1IHllca"t II in good health and has had no medical attention or dllallillty ef Date •••••••••••••••••• eary kled tbe past tit years, except as follows: .

Signature af oppllcant ~---- _------_------~---._-.------.-._------_­ January-February,... 1962 ...... 35 Avenue, Leslie and Dwayne, and two IN THE BAG. Shown daughters, Mildred and Helen. Burial with the results of a was in Thompson, Ill. recent hunting trip to On Nov. 19 the Louis J. Cornille grade Hitchcock, S. D., ond school was dedicated in District #3, the Gillette, Wyo., are Churchville School District. Louis J. from left: Jimmy Cornille, for whom the school was named, Lowrence, pipefitter at was born in Chicago 78 years ago. He the Chicago-Western moved to the corner of Church Road and Avenue diesel house, Grand Avenue in 1916 and carried on a friends Bob Gibbons truck farming business there until 1952 and Fill Roberts of when he retired and moved to Bensen­ Chicago, and Western ville. He served 30 years on the school A v e n u e Machinist board of District #3 and many years on Harry Anderson, to­ the Bensenville High School board. His gether with their sons, Yard Clerk George and Round­ guide. The party's house Mechanic Louis J. Jr., were proud bog was 40 pheas­ onlookers at the dedication. ants, three deer and It is with regret that we report the four antelope. death of Switchtender William Standard. "Bill" retired after 35 years' service. He son Ronald and wife JQ on Oct. 21. Tucson, Ariz., and A2C Freddie J. Elders, is survived by his widow Esther and two Retired Train Clerk Bert Johnson of Alaska. sons, Eugene, and Sergeant of Police Clinton, Ia., and Mrs. Rex Miller, widow Retired Sleeping Car Conductor Wil­ Robert of Bensenville, a former Road of C&M conductor, were pleased to have liam Snip and wife are spending the employe, and daughters Louise Louing so many Christmas cards from friends on winter in Oakland Park, Fla. and Muriel Vita, also eight grandchildren. the Road. Cards came to your corre­ We're sorry to report the death of Switchman Russ "Frank" Arms and his spondent from Retired Clerk Earl Sim­ Mrs. Henry Legatzke, wife of retired wife Rose had an especially Merry mons of St. Petersburg, former Clerk switchtender, Nov. 29. Mr. Legatzke, Christmas this year because of their first Marty McGuire of Pensacola, Fla., better known as "Hank", lives at 3613 grandchild, Rhonda Joan, born to their Robert DeMichael, former clerk now in Scoville Avenue, Berwyn. Mrs. Ralph Vannella, treasurer-general of the Women's Club, suffered the loss T-Z PRODUCTS ALWAYS GIYE UNEXCELLED of her mother Nov. 21, 1961. Interment SERYICE was at Aberdeen, S. D. YOUNG & GREENAWALT CO. Mrs. Jess Capoot, wife of retired yard­ JOliRNAPAK LUBRICATOR PADS master, was welcomed at a recent meet­ T·Z "CLI NGTIlE" DUST GUARD PLUGS Manufacturers of ing of the Women's Club after a long MW JOURNAL BOX LIDS absence due to illness. DUO-THERM FUEL OIL HEATERS • Corrugated Metal Pipe Culverts. T-Z PIPE CLAMPS for all type cars • Corrugated Metal Perforated T-Z "AB" BRANCH PIPE TEE BRACKETS Pipe. WESTERN AVENUE STORES (;, T-Z RETAINING YALYE BRACKETS LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENTS T·Z "STA·FASf' DUST GUARDS • Structural Plate Pipe. LaVergne Dean, Correspondent T-Z Products. As Standard Equipment, ProYe • Tunnel Liner Plates. Ernie Hedges retired Nov. 1 after 17 Their Merit and ALUED PRODUCTS years of service. Ernie, who was <:ounter­ T-Z RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO. man at Bensenville before coming to CHICACO, ILL. 1011 E. 148th Street Western Avenue, is now making his home in Dalton, Ga. C. S. Turner East Chicago, Indiana Storeroom employes welcomed back Storekeeper Edward Blair who had re­ cently been hospitalized. Gale Schneider, cal1er in the master Youngstown Steel Sides for Freight nnd Refrigerator Cars mechanic's office, and wife Ruth became Youngstown Corrugated Steel Freight Car Doors the parents of a boy Dec. 11. Camel Rollel' Lift Fixtures Refrigerator Doors & Fixtures Friends of Isabel1e and Bob Marth were delighted to hear of the birth of Youngstown Steel Door Co. and Camel Sales Co. Diane Marie Jan. 16. Bob works in the .OFFICES general manager's office and Isabelle re­ 332 S. Michigan Ave. The Arcade 500 Fifth Ave. Chicago Cleveland New York tired from the master mechanic's office at PLANT5--Uammond, Indiana • YonngslowD, Ohio Western Avenue last April after about 16 years with the Road.

BAXTER·WY~KOFF~OMPANY formerly West Coast Wood Preserving Co. We are proud to serve "The Milwaukee Road" ] [ in Bupplying treated ties and structural timbers. M Office: 560 White-Henry-Stuart Building, Seattle 1, Wash. Plants: Eagle Harbor and West Seattle

36 The Milwaukee Roael Magazine yardmaster and in 1949 was appointed tion agent's helper, then as passenger trainmaster in the Division Street dis­ brakeman at Sioux City. He served in trict (Goose Island). General Superin­ World War I as a French interpreter for tendent R. R. Brown officiated as toast­ General Pershing. In 1920 he began work master and also introduced Kenneth O. as a switchman in the Chicago Terminals Schoeneck, assistant superintendent, as where he remained until retirement. The successor to Mr. Withee. The Withees Bernards will live in Jefferson, S. D. plan a trip to Hawaii, thence around the Steve' Stamos, stower House 6, retired world with a stop in Ireland to visit Dec. 8 after 33 years of continuous serv­ Mrs. Withee's family. ice in the Union Street district. Switchman Abel C. Bernard retired Yardmaster William J. Wilkinson died Dec. 31 with 46 years of service that suddenly Jan. 7. He was a member of started in 1915 at Jefferson, S. D., as sta- Cleveland Lodge No. 211 A.F.&A.M.,

Clarence L. Withee, Chicago Terminals trainmaster (right), and Mrs. Withee (front) with Mrs. R. R. Brown and General Superintendent Brown of the Chicago Terminals & Terre Haute Division at a retirement dinner in Mr. Withee's honor balanced Jan. 6. For more about this, read the Division Street news. eDESIGN .. , e METALLURGY

DOUBLE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES, the 50th for Retired Bensenville Yardmoster and Mrs. John Jenkinson (right), and the 22nd for their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wischnia, were cele­ brated at 0 party given Nov. I I in the VFW Hall, River Grove, III., by the Jen­ kinsons' daughters, Mrs. Wischnic and Mrs. Howard Johnson of River Grove and Mrs. Dominic Boyle of Elmwood Park. Among the 150 guests were two members of the Jenkinsons' 1911 bridal party, their gives better 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and a score of out-of-town relatives and friends. The couple have been living in Harshaw, Wis., since 1946 when Mr. Jenkinson retired after 36 years of rail­ eOPERATION road service. eWEAR DIVISION STREET Carolyn DiCicco, Correspondent At a dinner meeting Dec. 20 the River National C-1 Trucks Grove Lions Club Blind Activities Com­ mittee awarded 12 year old Craig Lynch, son of Thomas Lynch, stower House 6, a TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS DIVISION Braille Writer for his scholastic achieve­ ments at the Bell School. Craig was r------T------l highly r~commended by his homeroom teacher and the principal, and on Jan. 3 I I NATIONAL I the Green Bay Packers presented him with a football autographed by the entire team. I I CASTINGS I Trainmaster Clarence L. Withee was honored at a dinner party Jan. 6 at the I I COMPANY I Lions Club commemorating his retire­ L L j ment after 42 years' service. Clarence N-lOl CLEVELAND 6, OHIO started as a switchman, was promoted to January-February, 7962 37 Rai1l'oad Yardmasters of America, and B. Scene of a retirement of R.T. Masonic services were held at dinner party held in Pederson & Sons Funeral Home and in­ Tacoma, Wash., in tennent was in Ridgewood. He is sur­ honor of Ivar Berven, vived by his widow and sons Jeffrey and chief clerk to superin. David. tendent. From left: Patrick Brogan, 84, retired stoweI' and Mrs. Berven, R. G. father of Ed Brogan, stoweI' House 6, Scott, assistant gener­ passed away Dec. 26 in Mercy Hospital. al manager, Tacoma, Mr. Berven and Mrs. N. H. McKegney, wife of superintend­ ent of the Coast Divi· SYMINGTON WAYNE sian. See the Coast CORPORATION Division news. Symington Division SLEEP INC & DININC CAR DEPARTMENT eiates. A set of golf clubs presented to Designers & Manufacturers him indicates where he plans to spend Of Steel Castings For Columbus J. Crawford, retired waiter, some of his idle hours. died Dec. 15 at the age of 80. Funeral After more than 42 years' service, Ivar services were held in St. Anselm Church. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT Berven retired Nov. 30. For many years Surviving are three sons, Columbus Jr., Truck Side Frames & Bolsterl IvaI' was cashier in the freight office and Elridge and Richard; two daughters, Couplers • Yoke, for the past five years he was chief clerk Mrs. Virginia Eskridge and Mrs. Jane to the superintendent, Tacoma. A dinner Journal Box Ud, Miller; and 13 grandchildren. Mr. Craw­ party attended by more than 100 co­ Truck Spring Snubbers ford started as a waiter in April, 1910 and workers and associates was given in his Car Castinp retired in April, 1956, having worked for honor at the New Yorker. Railway DivisioD Depew, N. Y. a period as waiter-in-charge. He was a former president of local 358 of the din­ One of the leading department stores ing car employes union. here had as their genial, smiling Santa Claus our Retired Ticket Clerk Glen Russell. Our Specialty Is Coast Division Harry J. McMahon, district safety en­ gineer who retired in 1954, is now com­ Re-Reflnlng Used Diesel Engine 011 TACOMA fortably located in a rest home. E. L. Crawford, Correspondent Lysle Smith, fanner ticket clerk, is once clo Agent more up and about after two years of Emmett Maloney, traveling freight serious illness. agent, retired Nov. 30 after 48 years' serv­ Tommy Carscallen, secretary to the su­ Suppliers of High Quality Re-Refined ice during which time he held various perintendent, resigned Oct. 27 to accept clerical positions in the yard, Oriental a position with the Union Pacific in Mil­ Car Journal 011 wharf and local freight office. In 1938 ford, Utah. He was succeeded by Mrs. he was appointed to the position from Carol Cae. MOTOR OILS REFININe which he retired. A testimonial luncheon The cotton-filled mattress, which The was given by co-workers and many of his Sound Mattress & Felt Company (a Mil­ COMPANY shipper and carrier friends at the "Top waukee shipper) made for President of the Ocean." Emmett built up much Kennedy's comfort when he recently 7601 W. 47tll St. Lrul, III. good will for our company and is taking stopped at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, with him the high regard of all his asso­ won national publicity for Tacoma. The MORE NEW, EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT TO ROLL on the MILWAUKEE ROAD

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RANKING MILWAUKEE DIVISION CONDUCTOR RETIRES. Ed Hendricks, Copper Country Limited conductor, pictured recently ot Iron Mountoin, Mich., receiving gifts from fellow employes on his last run. From left: Porter Herman Gains, Chicago; Boggoge Mon Eddie Rodue, Plymouth; Brokemon Tom Landry, Green Boy; Conductor Hendricks; Flagman Bert Shields, I ron Mountain; and Fireman AI Fournier, Green Bay. Earlier he hod been presented with gifts by Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic employes at Champion. Conductor Hendricks' 52 years and 3 months of service (on the Copper Country since 1947) ranked No. 1 on the division conductor and freight brokeman list. (Iron Mountain News photo)

National Cotton Institute, Chicago, has LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE: Mina Permanent installation asked for a picture and information for Sutherland, assistant chief car clerk, requires no maintenance. their use. moved into her home at Lake Serene Unusual Christmas gifts received by Dec. 12. many Tacomans were advance sales TAX DEPARTMENT: E. J. Notske, as­ ERICO PRODUCTS, INC. tickets for the World's Fair in Seattle sis"ant tax commissioner, recently com­ 2070 E. 61 sf Place. Cleveland J, Ohio in 1962. pleted his term of office as president of IN CANADA: ERICO INCORPORATED A new and smiling face in the super­ the Northwest Association of Tax Repre­ 3S71 Dundas 51., Wesl. Toronto 9, Ontario intendent's office is that of Mrs. Reita sentatives and was then elected to the Payne who is taking over the duties of board of trustees of this organization ... Esther Delaney now on leave of absence. Ted French, tax agent, vacationed over the holidays with his parents in Casper, SEATILE Wyo. TELEGRAPH RELAY OFFICE: Com­ Agnes Horak, Correspondent munication Lineman R. J. Kasten, Othel­ ASSISTANT GENERAL ADJUSTER'S lo, is in Providence Hospital, Seattle, and OFFICE: Claude A. Peterson, retired will be off duty until spring. assistant general adjuster from Seattle, VICE PRESIDENT'S AND LAW DE­ and wife Millie recently returned from PARTMENT 0 F F ICE S: Both were an 8,000 mile motor tour. They were gone pleased to receive holiday greetings from six weeks and visited friends and rela­ Mrs. "Nicky" Niclos, former ianitress and DIRECT TO YOU ••• EASY TERMS friend of many employes. She is on an Genuine Rockdale Monuments and tives in Maine, Illinois, Missouri and Cali­ Markers. Full Price $14.95 and up. fornia ... Mr. and Mrs. Roger Spurling, extended tour of Europe and particularly Satisfaction Or MONEY BACK. retired district adjuster from the Seattle enjoyed her visits in Holland, Germany We pay freight. Compare our low and scenic Switzerland. prices. Write for FREE CATAWG. office, are spending a trailer vacation in ROCKDALE MONUMENT CO. the Southwest and were last heard from RATE DEPARTMENT: Art Smith, rate OEPT. 253 2/62 • JOLIET, ILLINOIS at Mesa, Ariz. FREIGHT CLAIM DEPARTMENT: Anne Hensel retired Dec. 29. She started in the car service department' in Seattle in 1913, and subsequently worked in Mo­ bridge, S. D., and Butte, Mont. She left SIGNODE SERVES THE MILWAUKEE ROAD the Road for several years but returned in 1945 to the claim department, Seattle. Signode One-Piece Grain Doors. Carload Bracing A party was held in her honor Dec. 20 at which time Anne was presented with Methods • Steel Strapping for Recoopering • Car a radio and bedspread. She will live in Doorway Bracing and Signode Retaining Strips Snohomish, Wash. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT: The For latest methods and equipment, write Signode Steel Strap­ Drew Miller household welcomed a daughter, Susan, Dec. 3. Drew is an engi­ ping Co., Dept. MR, 2600 N. Western Ave., Chicago 47, Ill. neer in the industrial and real estate development department and has two sons, Drew Jr., 6, and Gregory, 3. THIS SEAL MEANS .. SECURITY IN SHII'I'ING REGIONAL DATA OFFICE: Joyce Goldie spent Christmas and New Year's at home in Deer Lodge, Mont. January-February, 7962, 39 clerk, played in the King County Public Golf Links Association monthly sweep Dec. 16 and had a net 70, his foursome finishing third. GENERAL: A Christmas luncheon for Seattle employes past and present was held at the College Club Dec. 19 after a lapse of several years. Father Thomas O'Callaghan delivered the Christmas message. Joshua Green, one of our com­ pany directors, was present and presented G_ral OfIice: the traffic tip award for retired peopl€ PEABODY PLAZA to Roscoe "Red" Janes, former round­ ST. LOUIS 2. MO. house foreman. Alice Palmer, 92 years • Diesel Cooling System and old and long retired from the law depart­ Steam Generator Water Operating AIRLINE, ment, was among the guests. Santa Claus CHIEFTAIN Treatments was impersonated by City Freight Agent Mines on the Gene Porter who made sure all good MILWAUKEE ROAD boys and girls went home happy. Re­ • Combustion Catalysts sponsible for the decorations, arrange­ ments and program were Lauretta Bur­ • Fuel Oil Stabili%ers chard and Drew Miller of the industrial 'Ir;E~L1~;'~~~'~~O~~;'-i' department, assisted by Harold Whatmore of the freight claim department. Attend­ • Weed, Grass & Brush Control Chicago, III. ing from Tacoma were Assistant General Chemicals Manager R. G. Scott, Sup~rintendent of .. Transportation R. A. Beck, W. F. Kramer, • Wheel Flange Lubricators chief clerk to Mr. Scott, Margaret Hickey and Sylvia Farrow. Applying Dry Molybdenum BURKHARDT STEEL CO. Disulfide Stick Lubricant Denver, Colo. Milwaukee Division FIRST DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENT'S NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY FABRICATORS OFFICE 5216 W. 66th Place • Chicago 38, Illinois Structural Steel Buildings J. E. Boeshaar, Correspondent and Bridges Superintendent's Office, Milwaukee Home on furlough from Camp Carson, .!••O_Il_Il_0_0 Colo., where he is stationed for basic training in the Infantry, Trainman F. D. Schade stopped in for a visit. He is now 1R: RAILWAY CARS in advanced gunnery training. POWER PARTS COMPANY All Types Retired Conductor Al Drews of Fox Lake, ill., passed away Nov. 17, 1961. Dist,lbutors for United States Rubber Company On Dec. 24 Engineer Herb Nielson an­ and nounced the engagement of his youngest Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Inc. Built • Rebuilt daughter, Marcia, to Charles Gienche. He Serving the Railroad Industry 24 Repaired • Leased • also told us that his son, who is on duty hours a day, continuously for over twelve years. with the Navy in California, was mar­ For INDUSTRIAL ried Dec. 15 at Long Beach. All orders are shipped the same OR MAIN LINE SERVICE day as received. Our moUo is "Fire WagolL Service" on all orders. SECOND DISTRICT POWER PARTS COMPANY UNITED STATES RAILWAY Rita J. Molitor, Correspondent 1860 No. Wilmot Avenue, Chicago 47 Illinois Office of Agent, Green Bay Telephone SPaulding 2-4600 ' EQUIPMENT COMPANY Florence Gotto, secretary to assistant Emergency service and delivery available any time of day 0' night. 231 S. LaSalle St., Chicago 4, III. superintendent and former correspondent for the Magazine, is back at work after surgery in St. Vincent Hospital. This was Florence's first hospital experience and she reports that she feels better than MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS HYMAN·MICHAEl,s ever. COMPANY Mr. and Mrs. Gail F. Meintzer have a V Belts and Sheaves baby daughter born Nov. 7 in Bellin Hos­ 108 No. Stale Street pital. Transmission Belting Adrienne, daughter of Agent R. E. Diesel Fueling Hose Chicago 2, Illinois Chalifoux, recently underwent surgery in St. Anne's Hospital, Chicago. She was Fire Hose Railroad Freight Car Parts able to be at home for the holidays. Sheet Steel ~" Plates John L. Brown, interchange clerk at Hose and Belting For All Structurals Green Bay, escorted his daughter Donna down the aisle of St. Patrick's Church, Purposes Re-rolling and Re-Iaying Rails Green Bay, Dec. 30 when she became the Ferrous and Non-Ferrous bride of Delos Lesperance. A wedding CHICAGO RAILROAD SUPPLY COMPANY Scrap Iron and Steel dinner was served to 500 at the Swan Club. After a honeymoon at the Wagon 336 So. Jefferson St., Chicago 6, III. Car Leasing Wheel in Rockton, Ill., the newlyweds plan to live in Green Bay. 40 The Milwaukee RoacJ Magazine LAUNCHING A NEW SERVICE, The Mil­ waukee Rood trans­ ported this tra iler manufactured by Hil­ KERIIE ton Mabile Hames from Guttenberg, 10., to Le Mars, 10. (routed via Dubuque CABLE and the Ie), an Nov. For dependability in actual 8, since which time it has moved a similar use, no other cable matches trailer to Winner, S. Kerite. We believe you will D. The units, designed be impressed by the evi­ for locating in trailer dence. Write. parks, measured 55 x THE KERITE COMPANY 12 feet and moved on General Offl..-30 Church Street, New York 7, N. Y. 60 foot flat cars. SALES OFFICES: Albuquerque. Ardmore, Pa.• Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleve­ land, Denver, Glendale. Cal., Houston, Lake Wales, Fla., Portland, ...... ft ...... Jim Weisner retired Sept. 1, 1961, tak­ on leave of absence to attend Buena Vista Ore., St. Louis, Salt ing with him the best wishes of many College in Storm Lake, lao Upon com­ Lake City, San d?O"• pletion of his schooling he plans to coach ~ '" Francisco, Seattle. 1 . friends. Q r I:D:IDiI We're sorry to report that Joe O'Connor basketball. His wife and children will live died Nov. 30, 1961. in Storm Lake until his graduation. it's fit. KERITE insulation Everett Evans, retired water service that mak•• th. diff.rence inspector, was a patient in the Methodist Iowa Division Hospital, Des Moines, in November. He EAST END has since returned to his home in Perry where he has recuperated satisfactorily. Leola Gonsales, Correspondent Mrs. Frank Mullen, wife of retired en­ If you were born Freight Office, Cedar Rapids gineer, died of a heart attack Nov. 9 in William G. Hintz, 65, a 35-year employe Dallas County Hospital, Perry. She was a after 1881 ... and a bridge foreman when he retired, member of St. Patrick's Church. Funeral let us tell you how you passed away Nov. 22 in his horne at Mar­ services and burial were in Perry. can still apply for a $1,000 ion. He was a member of the Masonic Mrs. Owen Heenan, wife of retired life insurance policy (issued Lodge at Madison, S. D., the El Riad Tem­ boilermaker, passed away in her horne at up to age 80). You may carry ple Shrine of Sioux Falls, S. D., and the Perry after being in failing health for the policy the rest of your life Brotherhood of Railway Employes. His . several months. Burial was in Violet Hill to help ease the burden of wife Bertha and a son, William, of Marion Cemetery, Perry. Survivors include her final expenses on your family. survive, also a granddaughter, two sisters, husband, two sons and three daughters. Noone will call on you. Emma Dryer of Algona, and Elizabeth One of the sons is Night Yardmaster You handle the entire trans­ Lieb and a brother, Herman, of Lone Gene, Perry. action by mail with OLD Rock. Burial was in Oak Shade Cemetery. Robert Bouvia, former Perry resident AMERICAN, the company Assistant Agent Joe Kalasmiki and wife on leave from his duties as fireman, suf­ which helped pioneer insur­ are parents of a son, James Edward, born fered a heart attack Nov. 11. He was in ance for senior Americans. Dec. 16. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Sioux City, Tear out this ad and mail Machine Operator James Kelsey and for some time but is now at his home it today with your name, ad­ wife announced the birth of a daughter, there where he will spend several months dress and year of birth to Janet Cecelia, Dec. 21. recuperating. Old American Insurance Co., Todd Douglas arrived Dec. 25 as a A baby girl was born Nov. 15 in the 4900 Oak, Dept. L102M, Kan­ Christmas gift for his parents, General Dallas County Hospital, Perry, to Mrs. sas City 12, Mo. No obligation! Clerk Joe Green and wife. Richard Bingold, wife of police lieutenant. Retired Conductor Homer Johnson of MIDDLE AND WEST Perry visited in November at the home FUTURE UNLIMITED IN FLO RID A of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hartley in St. "SPACE CAPITAL OF THE FREE WORLD" G. A. Guinn, Correspondent Joseph, Mo. Mrs. Hartley was a sister of c/o Agent, Perry ·F·LORIDA has mushroomed to the fastest grOWing the late Mrs. Johnson. While in the area, N State in America. We have Florida property $10 Auditor and Mrs. Jack Fisher, formerly he also enjoyed a series of treatments g_ that can be purchased on a b·udget plan for of Perry and now of Minneapolis, Minn., and baths at the Sanitarium in Excelsior N per month. If you ever expect to own Florida a: Real Estate, we urge you to write for FREE in· announced the arrival of Danette Ann Springs, Mo. :g formation on a tract of undeveloped land, or an Oet.23. Chief Clerk and Mrs. W. E.Failor of « improved building lot. WEBB REALTY CORP., Conductor Glenn Theulen of Perry is Perry spent Thanksgiving in Marion 11570· N.W. 7 Ave .. Miami 50. Fla. Dept. KG 2.62. CRIFFIN WHEEL COMPANY • better • only 2 tape balance SPECIFY fJRO!J!IN". sizes longer AND WATCH YOUR COSTS GO DOWN • tougher flange wear Anchor Composition Brake Shoes and tread 445 North Sacramento Blvd. • Chicago 12, Illinois

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with their sons and families, then left ST. PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL DAYS Dec. 15 for two weeks vacation at Gra­ Jon. 25-Feb. 5 brightened the lives of nada Hills, Calif., where they plan to thousands with a blend of winter sports, spend Christmas at the home of their parades and tomfoolery. Pictured are the daughter Mrs. Joe T. Herbst. half-mile long toboggan slide constructed Engineer L. B. Huffman has taken a in front of the state capitol building and three months' leave of absence to attend the "mutt" race on Lake Como in which helicopter school with the National Guard youngsters competed on sleds pulled by in Fort Rucker, Ala. He now holds the their pet dogs. To stimulate attendance at rank of captain. the 76th anniversary of the fun fest, the Train Dispatcher F. L. Harvey of Sioux Milwaukee Road offered excursion fares Falls, S. D., was a patient in the Vet­ between Chicago and St. Paul during the eran's Hospital there recently after suf­ carnival week ends. fering a heart attack. He is the son of Agent Fred Harvey of Bayard, Ia., and Daily Chief's Three Quarter Century a brother of Train Dispatcher Larry Club, the Masonic Lodge and the Elks Harvey of Perry. Lodge. Retired Carman and Mrs. Paul Cush­ Funeral services were held Nov. 25 at man were honored Dec. 10 on their Marion for William G. Hintz, 65, former golden wedding anniversary at their employe of the B&B department where home in Perry. Many relatives and he served 33 years retiring as bridge friends attended the event. Their home foreman. Besides his family he left many the Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, Dec. was decorated with potted yellow mums friends on the Iowa Division. 12. Mrs. Roth is the former Donell Dollar­ and bouquets of golden pompoms, all Retired Conductor Charles Craig of hide, daughter of Assistant Cashier Don gifts of relatives and friends. Paul started Marion was a patient in Mercy Hospital, Dollarhide of the IBM data office in Cedar with the Milwaukee in 1914, and retired Cedar Rapids, in November for knee sur­ Rapids. in 1953. Most of that time was spent as gery. Retired Engineer Charles Sinclair of engineer on the steam derrick with the A daughter was born Nov. 24 to Mr. Perry spent several weeks in December car department. and Mrs. Homer Johnson Jr. of Long in Hot Springs, Ark., where he took the The 86th birthday of Retired Conductor Beach, Calif. Retired Conductor Homer baths and treatments. Frank Johnson was celebrated Nov. 18 Johnson Sr. of Perry is the proud grand­ Retired Conductor John Curler of with a party at the Arcade Cafe, Perry. father. Perry underwent surgery in December at A large number of well-wishers attended. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Roth of Granger, the University Hospital, Iowa City. He Mr. Johnson is a member of the Perry Ia., announced the birth of Julie Rae in is in Ward C-22 at this writing, having been held for further treatment. W. W. Ellsworth, freight agent in ·Des Moines, has been selected as president of the Des Moines Local Freight Agents' GOLD AND SILVER PASSES AWARDED Association for 1962. The association is formed of employes of the railroads op­ Gold-50-Year-Passes erating into Des Moines and of the West­ ern Weighing and Inspection Bureau. ~nedict, William, sec. laborer Hansel, H. J., agent------Clayton, la. and mach. operator-~----- Minneapolis, Minn. Hasty, F. L., loco. engineer------Crete, III. J. M. Losey, retired dispatcher of Burianek, John J., machinist ------Bensenville, III. Kaentje, Herbert, machinist------Milwaukee, Wis. Perry, learned recently that his grandson, Frank, Carl W., electrician----Minneapolis, Minn. Nordbye, Leonard, loco. engineer--River Grove, 111. Steven Hile of Colorado Springs, Colo., Hamling, John C., conductor----Montevideo, Minn. Webb Sr., George W., loco. Hand, A. E., loco. engineer------Tacoma, Wash. engineer ------Puyallup, Wash. was named to the city All Star football team, in the light weight division. Cer­ tificates of Merit were awarded. to the Si Iver-45-Year-Passes three outstanding players from each Bennett, H. P., chief clerk---"-----Roundup, Mont. McGuire, E. L., chief dispatcher-----Ottumwa, la. team. He received a similar award from Bogue, Richard J., loco. engineer--Guttenberg, la. McMillan, C. W., trav. engineer----Tacoma, Wash. Little League baseball last fall. Borcherdt, F. D., conductor ------Tacoma, Wash. Murray, P. K., sec. foreman-----Ridge Farm, III. Retired Conductor and Mrs. Ralph Van Draver, P. H., vice president------Glenview, III. Pauquette, Russell, elec. crane Dr·eher, Elsie C., c1erk------Chicago, III. operator------Tomah, Wis. Horne left Nov. 14 for McAllen, Tex., Drews, Joseph E., clerk ------Chicago, III. Petrie, R. J., mech. shop where they plan to spend the winter. . Fredricks, Leon A., carman------Milwaukee, Wis. engineer------Milwaukee, Wis. Mary Jane Wall, daughter of .Dis­ Girard, George J., chief Roderick, R. S., loco engineer ----Milwaukee, Wis. electricai foreman ------Tacoma, Wash. Schott, Henry W., foreman patcher Elmer Wall of Perry, was among Gotto, Florence F., secretary· ---- Grt!en Bay, Wis. loco. dept.------Cedar Rapids, la. those participating in the Sixth Annual Kinsley, Fred, loco. engineer------Mobridge, S. D. Seerup, Carl, oil house man .----- Milwaukee, Wis. Christmas Festival of Music at Iowa Kusch, Edward F., bureau head -----Chicago, III. Thoma, C. H., yardmaster------Mason City, la. State University, Ames. There were near­ Lang,' H. J., conductor------Minneapolis, Minn. Thori, M. F., chief revising c1erk--St. Paul, Minn. Luct!, Ronald S., sta. ticket White V. C., conductor ------Des Moines la. ly 1000 student singers, dancers, and agent -.------Minneapolis, Minn. Wilkinson, R. E., loco. fireman -----Mason City, la. musicians taking part in the festival. 42 The Milwaukee Road Magazine ,

"OPERATION HORIZON" ON THE MOVE Unique items of tronsportation being handled by the Milwaukee Road include "Jetway" telescaping ramps for Chicaga's multimillian dallar O'Hare International Airport opened Jan. 16, on which construction activities are continuing. The ramps, designed to facilitate the loading and unloading of planes and to protect passen­ gers fram the weather, are shipped by the PI Steel Cam­ pany, Ogden, Utah, via the Unian Pacific and the Milwaukee, ta Bensenville Yord, from where they are trucked to the airport under special escort. The laads stand 16 feet 5 inches above the rail, ore 52 feet long in a telescoped conditian, 107 feet racked out, and weigh 35,000 pounds. In position, one end of a ramp is attached to "fingers" jutting fram the terminal buildings, the ather has a wheel assembly with on elec­ tric motor which allows it to be swung in a wide arc to connect with planes. The units are valued at $100,000 each and are the first at any Chicago airport. O'Hare will have 60. The Milwaukee was chosen for the delivering carrier because of its ability to provide delivery direct to the building site.

ABOVE: "Jetway" ramps in telescoped condition being unloaded at the trailer-on·flatcar facility at Bensenville Yard and placed on flatbed truck trailers for delivery to O'Hare Airport by the Milwaukee Motor Transportation Company.

BELOW: Ramps in use, extended to their full length. Travelers board and leave planes through the weatherproof tunnels at­ tached to airport buildings at the second floor level.

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AUTO-PORTER TEST RUN completed in Minneapolis; F. J. Kuklinski, Milwaukee November by the Baltimore & Ohio in­ Road superintendent of the Twin City Ter­ SYMBOL OF THE FIRST SPACE AGE volved this load of Italian Fiat automabiles minals; D. C. Warkman, district repre­ WORLD'S FAIR in Seattle Apr. 21 -Oct. 21 shipped from Boltimare to Minneapolis via sentative roil-highway sales, Minneapolis; will be this 600-foot "Space Needle" the Milwaukee Rood from Chicago. Pic­ R. H. Harding, traffic manager, Minne­ crowned by on electranic carillon. Elevators tured at the Road's new auto handling apolis; Carl Lash, Clark Transport Com­ will carry visitors to platforms at 100 and facility in South Minneapolis are, from pany representative; and S. P. Elmslie, 200-foot levels and a revolving observation left: J. O. Nelson, B&O freight repre­ general agent, Minneapolis. The German­ deck and restaurant at the top. Milwaukee sentative, Minneapolis; J. W. Morgan of built car, handled in this country by the Raad passenger service to "Century 21 Ex­ W. R. Stephens Company, the consignee; North American Cor Corporation, holds 16 position" visitors will include, in addition Soul Wilf, representative of the Auto Roil compact autos Or 12 standard size models. to City of Portland and Union Pacific Astra Transport Corporation; E. C. Hafner, In Europe it is used primarily on passenger Dome train connections, package tours special inspector of B&O motive power; trains to occommadate cars of people who consisting of hotel accommodations, tickets J. W. Sayres, B&O district representative, combine roil with automobile travel. to the fair, sightseeing, and a ride on the monorail. January-February, 1962 43 Bulk Rate THE ------, U. S. POSTAGE MIlWAUKEE MAGAZINE I MI'. C. -PAID ROAD ------...J 1316 ~~...... MILWAUKIE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD WAUKEE, WIS. MEl 0 570 rmit No. 2784 516 West Jackson Blvd. • Chicago 6, Illinois

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WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER ",:J..,en everyone in Chicago was talking about January's king-size snowfall. Pictured at Bensenville Yard are General Roadmaster R. G. Simmons (wearing hat) and K. L. Clark, division engineer of the Chicago Terminals and Terre Haute Division, directing the op­ eration of a "Simmons Cyclone" snow blower. For the story, see page 3.

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