The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-08-08
WAR DECLARED
ON ANDREWS
NORTHWESTERN OFFICIAL BRINGS
DOWN DISPLEASURE
WAS IN AN ANGRY MOOD
The Car Came to Town Monday
and if Brevity is the Soul of Wit
He is all Soul


Superintendent Andrews of the Pen.
nsular division of the North Western
railroad has certainly bought down the
displeasure of this community upon
the system by his extreme lordlyness
in affairs in which the railroad and
the city of Crystal Falls meet. Last
year be stirred up the city officials in
an alteration over the crossing of the
line by a sewer while this year he has
not only stirred up the city officials
but has also stirred up the people,
many of whom he has denied the right
of sewerage by his actions in connec-
tion with the laying Of the trunk line
sewer in district No 3.
It's not 30 much the denying the
right that the city officials complain OF
as the way in which 1t was done and
we might add that it was done in one
of Mr.. Andrews usual ways; curtly
and without meeting the authorities
in friendly way and talking the
thing over. The North Western people
were notified, 80 we are told by the
city engineer, in plenty of time about
the proposed sewer. In response TO
the notification, the division engineer
was sent here and. looked the ground
over. He told Mr.. Rollin, so the lat
OF claims, that he would recommend
that permission be granted and upon
his statement the city officials rested.
Had Mr.. Andrews notified the officials
q week or two earlier they could have
secured the right-of-way by another
line and would not have been discom-
moded in the least but nothing was
heard from him until the Saturday
previous TO the opening of the bids.
II was then too late to do anything
about il and the bids had TO be return
ed.
CUTTING OFF BUSINESS
There is much talk of cutting off
freight business from this line. The city
has given orders that no more freight
shall be shipped TO il over the North
Western it the ST. Paul can handle il
and as the city is in the electrical
business, It's freight bills amount to
considerable during the year.
AS result of the article in last
weeks Issue. we received call from
Ben Peterson, agent for the North
Western in this city Ben is one of
the best fellows on earth and is always
looking for freight for his line.
'What are You trying TO do, queer
me in getting freight business in this
town., said Ben. / am getting h--l
from our customers over the report
that our company will not let the city
lay sewers Some of them are talking
of taking our freight away and the
city has done So -
Mr.. Peterson /, certainly handicap.
ped in gettingg business for his system
but the fanlt Is not his
CZAR WAS IN TOWN
10 is reported that the "Czar as
Mr.. Andrews is called along the line,
was in town last Monday but he was
unoommunicative TO most it not all
In fact, those who saw him. say that
he had clam backed on the board
in Recommendations Inquiry
fails TO discover any ray Of sunshine
radiated Nfom his august presence. 40
least the chilly atmosphere between
the council and himself hasn't been
thawed 10 any appreciable extent.
Andrews has stepped on so many toes
all along the line that the patrons Of
the road do like to take crack at
him and he is loved in other places
with as much fervor as he is here.
For that reason all who have done
business with him, with mighty few
exceptions, are ticKled TO see someone
take fall out of him and The Dia.
mond Drill has been congratulated
from stations all along the line for
"showing him up.
NOT VINDICTfVE
The action taken by this paper is
not vindictive. We have no reason 20
throw stones at the North Western sys-
tenn but we feel that we would be
derelict in our duty il we didn't ad-
Use theip % the sentiment o. the sever.
nj commuA les towards their domineer-
ing official. iind, there Is no necessity
for any III feeling. There is no reason
why Mr.. Andrews shouldn't be just
as we'll liked as the superintendent for
the 81. Paul who always has glad
hand attended 20 him when he gets 20