[milwaukee-electric] Re: The Lost Staircase at 124th Street

[Ken and Tracie]

Thanks for the information, Don.

I have identified the location as County Line Road stop.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 10:00 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: The Lost Staircase at 124th Street


> Good Shots by Larry Allen......
>
> For the record:   The Stop was known as County Line Road, and so
> announced by the Conductor on the westbound trips.
>
> In those days, the great prepondurance of ridership was inbound in the
> morning and outbound in the afternoon rushhours.  Therefore, no stop
> calling was offered in the opposing direction of travel until reaching
> 35th, 27th and 16th streets for those passengers wishing to disembark.
>
> Although Golfers did use the Rapid Transit Lines to the Brown Deer and
> Town of Greenfield Park (now in West Allis-124th street), that ridership
> faded out with the oncoming highway improvements and the Ford Model A
> automobile mass production of the '30's.  Commuter traffic did continue
> to rise into the WW 2 era.  Gas Rationing (an A Sticker got you four
> gallons per week during the conflict) forced the travelling public to
> public transportation for the duration of the War.
>
> Don L.
>
>