[milwaukee-electric] Re: West Junction Waiting Room and New Power Poles in Milwaukee

[Gary Schnabl]

On 8/1/2010 11:09 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
> There was recent discussion concerning the Hales Corners station. If I =
> recall correctly, Don mentioned the West Junction waiting room was =
> similar or the same as the waiting room at Hales Corners.
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> Attached is a photo of the West Junction waiting room for those who are =
> interested.
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> I received some additional pictures from Larry Allan from the Northwest =
> Side of Milwaukee. The Red Owl-turned-drug store which still shows in =
> Google satellite photography has been torn down and replaced with a =
> McDonalds.
>
> It also appears insulator technology for power lines is improving, as =
> many of the old transmission line poles which used to use "multipart" or =
> "post" style insulators are being replaced with new poles using =
> insulators which are about the same size as the smaller "pin type" =
> insulators used by power lines of lesser voltage.=20
>
> The transmission line along the west side of Atkinson Avenue between =
> Northside Station and Capitol Drive, however, is getting new poles with =
> a newer style of "post" style insulators.
>
> K.
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To me, practically "everything" in my old neighborhood has changed: no 
Fruit Ranch, no Capitol Court, the custard stand a block away that made 
its own custard, "phosphates", deep-fried fish, chicken, and ribs, etc., 
yada, yada, yada. Even my parish school--St John de Nepomuc--which was 
doubled in size in 1955, was prematurely closed by the Archdiocese for 
no apparent reason back when it happened. Eventually, the facts came 
out: there were three pedophiles working my old school starting seven 
years after I attended--a lay fifth-grade teacher and two parish priests 
(http://terrenceberres.com/ise-sex.html). It was rather shocking a few 
years ago to discover why a fairly new school building (plus the older 
building) was shuttered and eventually sold to the public-school system.


Two questions:
(1) When the interurban started its rapid-transit phase, it started near 
35th Street. An older map shows some rail extension heading NE off the 
interurban toward 35th. What was that used for?

(2) How many streetcar lines serviced West Junction when the interurban 
shut down? Did the West-Allis Wells stop at 70th and Greenfield back 
then or did it extend out to West Junction? I never rode the Wells 
further west than County Stadium until 1957, about the time it ended.

Thanks for the creek work, BTW. Did Banner Lumber at 35th and Marion 
burn down? I have a vague recollection of a lumber yard burning for a 
few days, but I forgot which one it was. The railroads were notorious 
with their diesel exhausts starting grass fires and such near lumber 
yards--assuming that was how many such fires started.


Gary
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Gary Schnabl
Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is...