[milwaukee-electric] Re: 9th street

[Don L. Leistikow]

Gary:   Looking again at the Retro Milwaukee 1950's photo, ..  is
somewhat difficult as the location of the then GE bulding is way over at
the right side of this photo.                                                       

I can see and identify Wells, Wisconsin, Michigan and Clybourn streets.
Also evident, for our purposes are the Royal Hotel at 5th and Michigan,
the MILW Trainshed, The North Shore Terminal and the intersection of
6th, Clybourn,and St.Paul streets.                                         

The Court of Honor (the boulevard on Wisconsin Avenue) is clearly shown
thus identifying 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th streets.  Sliding over to
the far right is somewhat obscured and fuzzy.  That could be a problem
with my 'webber' and its limits.  However, it does appear that the east
end of the then GE property is somewhat cleared.  A rather small black
spot, could be the remaining entrance to the Subway.                                              

As for the 1963 photo, I have trouble with that date.  It looks like the
RTL ramp up to 8th street, is still there.  As I was employed there (GE)
in 1951, right after Speedrail shut down, that ramp was torn down.
Furthermore, there was a very tall Line Pole, from the ground up to way
over the track level.  There was a STOP board at the crossing, in both
directions.             

There hung that STOP board, way up in the air, untouchable.  One day I
came out and the very tall line pole... was down and cut in half...and
that sign? ...... Intact !  That sign is now in my basement.  So, what
I'm saying is, the yard was cleared in the late 1951-1952 era.                         


Furthermore, this photo is older than 1963.  Look at the railroad cars
at the bottom of the photo.  The tracks and Fowler Street LCL yard is
apparently still there.  As I recall, that operation was ended when the
railroads dumped the LCL traffic.  (LCL meaning Less than Car Load) as I
had posted earlier.  The land was cleared, as I recall  That space
became the site of the new, combined MILW and C&NW Passenger Station in
1965.                                                        

As for a new buiding on Clybourn in the 700 block.... ??????     I doubt
it.  What that is, I don't know.                                  

Don L .