The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-09


dirt for the factory building, ran into an
open switch, resulting in fifty per cent of
the road equipment rolling down steep
embankment. Traffic was tied up two
hours. est. Croix,' wrecking boss, did
himself proud, opening up the line for
traffic in short time.
1t is rumored in financial circles that the
Hallelujah Line will absorb the Dan Patch
and the "Swede Limited" and will oper-
ate over its own tracks.
The great railway system, known as the
"Hallelujah Hot Air Line, is completed,
and our friend Tim, of army fame, who
was superintendent of construction during
its building, is greatly pleased with the
work and predicts great things for the line,
and has it doped out that it will be finan-
cial success from the start, and has accept
ed the position of general superintendent of
the road. The stock holders held their
first meeting in the Hanley-C Casey wigwam
and elected Mr.. Robinson and Officer Ray
mo as the board of directors, and under
their able management great things are
predicted for the road from the start. Jas.
F. has been rendered the position of mas
ter mechanic and head fagman. He was
rendered the latter position by reason of
him being the only gent with sprouts of
wire grass on his mug sufficiently long
enough to be seen by the naked eye for any
distance, and he says that he will flag ev-
erything in sight except the barber.
The board of directors went into execu-
tive session and after deliberations, chose
Ben as Office boy and foreman of the
wrecking crew, the latter position was ten
dered him on account of him having an
auto and could reach the scene of an acct
dent sooner than the rest, providing the
chug wagon was willing to make the trip,
and the former position was rendered him
by reason of him being so willing to keep
the stove full of coal during the cold wealth
er. After everything was organized the
board of directors directed that the maiden
trip be made down the line, which was ac-
complished without accident with the ex-
ception of the shoe on the left hoof of the
right hand side of the motive power
wheel which was loosened, caused from
getting its foot between the tie and the
rail, but the master mechanic was right on
the job with the whiskers and tagged the
brakeman and the train was stopped before
anything could happen to cause the damage
suit courts to get busy. After everything
was Strengthened out the train was put on
to make regular trips and everything was
going fine and the board of directors were
reclining back in their Morris chairs,
thinking how much over 100 per cent divi-
dend the road would pay the first month
and how it would feel to smoke four-bit
Havana, instead of one of those six for a
nickel tar rope kind, when something hap
pened.
The Office boy glanced out of the win
dow just in time to see all the rolling
stock, freight, etc., do s'holy roller
stunt down the embankment off the rails,
and as usual the claim agent was the first
on the job, and in this instance it was the
Deputy Warden, and taking charge he
soon had the line clear once more. The
engineer pulled the throttle, which was the
left line on the right broncho, and the
train made the run just four minutes late,
according to Genes New Zealand. Mr..
Morrison, who witnessed the wreck, and
who previous to the accident was about
to invest his whole wealth in the company,
was heard to remark: "Well, if the stock
takes about four more tumbles like that l
will be able to buy the whole road with
my bank roll, = as he counted over thirteen
Lincoln pennies, and put them back in his
pocket after making sure that none of the
men in the kitchen were looking to see
where he planted his coin. s'For,'' said
he, sit will soon be cold weather now, and
although think my men are honest, you
never can tell what person will do when
tempted with big bunch of CON-.
The outlook for the Hallelujah Route is
very promising. Plenty of tonnage in
sight in the way of several hills of dirt.
The equipment is on par (?) with the
New Ravens. Future extension of the
line is promised by General Superintendent
lin NJ, who says dividends are second
airy consideration.
The present personnel of officers insure
the future of this famous route.