Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-05-27
WATERTOWNITES OF OTHER
YEARS.

SSLRSI COuuuCIO1S VA CHO OI. Idul Idll-
way, The Sunday Sentinel gives the
following regarding two popular resi-
dents of this city few years back:
"Charley Whites train" for this is
what the patrons of the road call the
Madison ''scoot," leaves here at TAO
A. M. and returns at O'Clock in the
afternoon. When the legislature is in
| session Charley carries all the poll
ticians and lobbyists, in fact he has
more or less of them all the year
round. But the children are his es-
pecial favorites. He is fond of the little
ones and few are too bashful to make
his acquaintance. The Grand Army
men all know Comrade White and his
war record is what the boys point to
when you ask them about "Charley."
Four years of active service in the
Union army, during which he engaged
in many severe battles and the forty
days siege of Vicksburg, were termin-
ated by minnie ball wound in the left
arm, received before Fort Blakely,
Ala, April 10, 1865. The wound kept
him in the hospital for several months
and when it finally healed the war was
over Comrade White entered the
service Of the old Milwaukee & Prairie
/ Qu SillCA Oh OCplCLDUO1 lOs
1865, and has continued with practi-
cally the same company ever since.
After three years service as freight
brakeman, Mr.. White was promoted
to the position of freight conductor.
The big run from Milwaukee to the
Mississippi river, distance of 1874
miles, had been divided at that time,
and Conductor White was given train
from Madison to Prairie du Chen. On
August 10, 1879, he was placed in
charge of mixed train, one made up
of freight and passenger cars on the
newly opened branch between Madi-
son and Portage. Four years later he
was again promoted, this time to full
passenger conductor His run was
from Madison to Portage, line of
some importance at that time, but con-
sidered ''jerkwat to-day. In
August, 1883, he took the run from
Milwaukee to Watertown, and for ten
years be ran the train which is now in
charge of Conductor McQueeney.
Three years ago he was promoted to
his present position on the Madison
line.
1t is commonly supposed that indi-
gestion makes a man a crank, but
Comrade White is one of the jolliest
men on or off the road, despite the fact
that he has been unable to partake of
! any solid food for about ten years. Mr..
! Whites children have grown to man
! hood and womanhood, and be is par
ticularly proud of little grandchild
! two years of age.
RUNS TO THE RESORTS.
All the business men who have
! homes among the lakes of Waukesha
county know Conductor NJ. Nc
Queeney. He runs the O'Clock train
| to OcOnOmowoc, WATERFOWL, Madison
and Portage, returning the next morn
| ing at 1920. "Mac," as be is called,
! is very genial aud seems to know every
man, woman and child between here
and Portage. AS he stands at the
| depot he is greeted by almost every
| one who gets on his train. Mr.. Nc
! Queeney began railway work as a
| freight brakeman in 1870 on the La
| Crosse division, and in 1876 was made
freight conductor. Ten years later
! he took charge of through passenger
| running from here to La Crosse. For
! the past eight years he has had Nos.
| % and %, the favorite trains of the
! tourist and summer resOrter.
The IS o'clock" is business mans
train as much as anything else, and
carries the Nashotah club car. This
is private car chartered by number
| of business men who live at Pewaukee,
Nashotah and Oconomowoc. 1t is
cozily fitted up with easy chairs and
wicker seats, with card tables and
other special conven1ences. In the
busy season eight or ten coaches are
run on MACS" train and they are al
ways full, which means about 400 fares
to be collected. Conductor McQueeney
lives in Portage and spends the night
at home, but during the day he can al
ways be found at the Kirby house.
which has been Ills headquarters for
many years.
A party of old Watertown people
will sail from Montreal this week on
European trip. John Ford and his
daughter, Mrs. G. C. Eaton, of Colum
bus, and his son, James G. Ford, of
Whitewater, together with Mrs.
Eaton's son and a son of John G.
Ford, of Tomah, compose the party.
They will first visit Mr.. Ford's native
cOuutrV Scotland and later tOur Emo