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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
1908
01 04 The Chicago & Northwestern is placing telephones in the depots on their line. The telephones will be used only in the running of trains or the block system. That is, in place of telegraphing the arrival and departure of trains from one station to another, the telephone will be used. According to a law passed by the last legislature that operators are only allowed to work eight hours and this will necessitate the services of another man after the first of January.
1983
05 03
Workers installed a crossing diamond where
the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western railroads will intersect in
Watertown north of West Street. C &
NW plans to abandon east-west track through Jefferson County this summer and to
restore north-south track from Jefferson Junction to Clyman, abandoned several
years ago. WDT
Cross
Reference:
No 1: “When the St Paul Railroad came here it was
so poor that Daniel Jones couldn’t pay for the wood it needed to run its
engines. “Alexander Mitchell was a great
friend of mine and he told me that if I would pay for the wood he would see
that I didn't lose by it. For two years
I bought the wood for it. When the Chicago & Northwestern got this far it
couldn’t get its iron, which was in bond. With several others I signed the bond
that released the rails and permitted the road to go on. These acts cost me dear.”
