[milwaukee-electric] Re: Hales Corners Terminal

[Bill Sell]

I remember much of what you describe. We moved to Hales Corners in 
1944. I was 5 and even remember the move. We used the rapid transit 
for the remaining years of its life.

Somehow I connect that oil facility (at the turn around loop) with a 
cooperative, but I'm not clear what the purpose of the cooperative 
was. I do think they had something to do with the oil or fuel storage 
tanks, but I also remember once buying food there.  It did not become 
"our" store because others were closer to our house on Forest 
Home.  We lived across the triangle from the rapid transit station, 
which was a white and green four walled (not heated) structure.  The 
triangle had a historic inn (Senft's) and two or three homes, before 
Forest Home was widened, decimating the possibility of a central 
Hales Corners downtown. The town is all about cars now.  I could go on....

Bill Sell





At 01:11 AM 2/2/2009, Don L. Leistikow wrote:
>Ken and list:   You're forgetting the online industries in Hales
>Corners.
>
>There once was an industry on the site of today's Holz Motors.  A Lumber
>Company, perhaps, long gone before Speedrail.  Then, on the SW corner of
>S. 108th Street (Hwy 100) and North Cape Road, was the site of Hales
>Corners Lumber & Fuel.  They regularly received Hopper Cars of Coal over
>there.  At Hillcrest (HC Loop) was a small Standard Oil facility, very
>similar to that which stood at the wye in East Troy.  Plus  separate
>lead track also led to the fence line of a former WEPCO Yard for Line
>Poles and Line Hardware.  So, there was ample reason for the cars to
>loop at Hillcrest.
>
>Furthermore, the 300, 301 cars had a smoking partition still in place
>which was kept to the rear of the car.  Albeit, there was a no smoking
>rule on Speedrail cars, no one removed this partition.  The Smoker
>actually encompassed about 25% of the cars seatingl.   The number two
>end of these cars saw little use.
>
>Don L.
>
>
>ps:   During the rush hours, the Duplexes were pressed into service.
>the 31-40 being used on the Waukesha Line.  41-46 were used in HC
>service and the 47-50 trains were used in PSB-WJ service only.  The last
>two trains did not get Field Tappers.           dll

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