The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-21
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS
Some Interesting Points from IN Old
Timer on the Milwaukee. Improve.
ments in the Milbank Yard

Timer on the Milwaukee. Improve.
ments in the Milbank Yard
J. M. Horan, chief boiler in.
spector of the Milwaukee rail.
way, was in the city Saturday on
business. The Herald man,
hearing that he was an old timer
in railroading started to hunt
him up and found him in the
yards, watching a stock train
which had just pulled in from the
west. It was a pleasure to lis
ten to the history of The Mil.
waukee road, from the time the
first fifty miles of road was built,
known as the Milwaukee and
Mississippi railway. Like other
things, it grew. Some more
railroad was built-until it
reached St. Paul, MINI. More
name was added, making it the
Milwaukee & St. Paul. It kept
enlarging until finally reaching
Chicago it was named the Chica-
60, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry.
That became it's established
name although referred to by
many as the st. Paul or Mllwua-
kee for short. Under careful
management it kept expanding
until today instead of fifty miles
of railroad with wood burning
engines it has close to nine thous-
and miles of railroad and large
coal burning engines. Mr.. Hor-
an started with the Milwaukee
as an apprentice away back in
1860. but his real work began a.
fireman in 1864 on q wood bur.
ner. They used the one cut
length of fuel. Then a wonder
full change took place-a large
and powerful engine was put
into service that you could actu.
ally throw four foot stick Of
wood into-a very remarkable
piece of machinery, much moro
so at that time than the large
engines are to US nowadays, who
are used to Goth century wonders
taking place over night. At that
time railway companies had the
same Instincts as at the present
to save time-money was Sec
ondary.
Mr.. Horan has been out west
on the coast extension and says
that the work is being pushed
very rapidly, and that as soon a.
the section being built COM
mences to make connections
traffic will go west by leaps and
bornds. Many trainloads Of
supplies are being shipped west
each week. The past two weeks
haye seen some trains of so and
90 new stock cars, each going to
the cattle markets. The Mil
waukee car shops are turning
out an average of thirty stock
cars day for this great western
industry.
Two of the XII engines are
built at the shops each week,
and five of the same grade en-.
gines are turned over to the Mil.
waukee company each week BY
an outside contracting firm. A
great nCm ber Of 5000 gallon cap
acity water cars are being built,
which are being shipped west.
Saturday large amber of the
/. water cars and the iron work for
several rs foot turn tables
passed through MiIbank to the
west. AS soon as the exten.
sion is completed the new train
service will be put on-along the
line of the fast trains running
between Chicago and the cities,
in fact the coast trains will be q
continuation of the great "Pio-
neer Limited" trains that are
$50 immense" as the travelling
public refer to them. When
these trains 60 on Milbank will
get a service second to none.
The fine electric lighted, COM
Portable, upholstered cars will
be like home AS TO time made
on the coast line, it will be the
same as on the pioneer, here
they come, they re here-they're
gone.
Engineer Charles Fox went to
Minneapolis Saturday to visit
with his family over Sunday.
He will move his family to this
city in the near future and will
occupy the LeDuc residence.
Chief Boiler Inspector Horss
of Milwaukee has quite q skidoo
reputation-for instance, his
pass is numbered "2323," and
his friends remark, "Such :
number would put anyone bat
Horan out of business. >