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P nt, o em c ic , _ ,Railway, st. Paul, Minn., w. A. atntzrmt, The Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner's“”"'"' 7 report on the merger of the Northern Pacific, Great Nor-

— thern, Burlington and Spokane, Portland and Seattle rail-’ roads was released on Monday, August 24. The report is, a document of'457 pages plus 120 pages of appendices. Thet Examiner recommended approval of the merger subject

to certain conditions. These conditions would require themaintenance of all routes and channels of trade via existingjunctions and gateways. In addition, specific conditionsfor certain competing railroads were prescribed, togetherwith liberal employment protection for the small minorityof employes who might be adversely affected by the merger.His recommendations conform generally with the protec-tion offered by the companies and may be summarized asfollows:

1. If the earnings of an employe with fouror more years of service are reduced by

NATIONAL AWARD-Richard Beulke, reason of consolidation, he will be reim-assistant secretary for the Northern bursed for such loss for a period of atPacific Railway, displays a "Free- least four years. Proportionate benefitsdoms Foundation" plaque presented are specified for employes with less yearsby Minnesota Chief Justice Oscar of service.Knudson to the St. Paul AreaChamber of Commerce recently. 2. If an employe is required to transfer,Beulke heads a Chamber committee his moving expenses will be paid and hesponsoring activities in practical will be reimbursed for wages lost. In ad-politics, economic education and dition, he will be reimbursed for any lossCongressional and Legislative in the sale of his house at less than fairinformation far businessmem The value or for any loss in the terminationwork of this committee was ranked of his lease,among the topten in competition heldthroughout the United States. The

F"¢¢<l°"\-5 F°""d°li°" °' V°|l°Y The Examiner found the merger in the public interestF°"9¢ $P°"$°'$ ° "°'i°"°l °‘"°'d$ because of the greatly improved service that would result;P"°9"<"" °l ¢°$l1» "\°d°l$ °"d °¢"'l' further, that the merger would benefit the national defensell¢°l°5 l° A'"°"l°°"5 “"’h° bY “'°'d because of the larger transportation capacity of the new°' 5884 ht“/9 "1°d¢ °" °'-"5*°"dl"9 system. Finally, that the merger would actually promoteell"? <lW5"9 ‘he '3'-‘"9"’ ‘/9°" l° competition by placing the new system in a stronger com-P"°""°’¢ ° l>°"°' °"d°"$'°"‘d'"9 °l petitive position in relationship to the trucks and bargethe American Way of Lite." ‘lines

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Under the Commission’s procedure, exceptions orobjections to the Examiner's report must be filed within 30days, and replies thereto 20 days later, unless the Com-mission extends the time.On dam - - -

After exceptions have been filed, the Interstate Com-Northern Pq¢ifi¢’5 \/is]-q-D°me merce Commission will hear oral arguments before it

North Coast Limited glides "on top renders 3 nal de¢i5i°1'leof the wor|d," crossing the Conti-nental Divide east of Butte Mont.

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Tllé N3[lOnal Safety COUIIC“ has highQ5[ awafd issued by the Na-announced that Northern Pacific tional Safety Council. Earlier, the ,Railway has ¢‘l¢¢l lll Award Of Western District of the NorthernMerit for its system-wide perform~ pacific was P,-esenmd with 3ance of injury experience for 1963, similar award, '—.compared with the two previous The Np has also reeeived the The Northern Pacific Beneficialyears. Govemorvs Safety Award {mm the Association hadits Tacoma HospitalOverall improvement of 31 per Minnesota safety couneu t-in reeog. picnic recently with a turnout of 200cent in frequency of injuries coupled nition and commendation of safety people. John Goldyn, X-ray tech-With all imPl’0V¢m¢H! Of 71 P¢l’ Cell! standards and the cooperative "l¢l°": W95 l" ¢l'l°"9° °f °"'°"9°'in severity of injuries brought the stgmulmian of accident Prevention ments for the affair. Wallacecoveted award to the NP. Pe,f°rman¢e_ Walker, one of the orderlies, wasThe Award of Merit is the second chef, Registered Nurse Ms. Phyllis

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Sorenson was in charge of menus.Receptionist Mrs.Priscil|a Thurstonwas in charge of children's gamesand Registered Nurse Miss NormaVittori was in charge of adultgames.

A crowd of 200 was on hand forthe St. Paul NPBA Hospital picnicat Como Park. The Hospital Auxil-iary and candy stripers were specialguests of the Association at theparty.

Mrs. Irma E. Anderson, CrossingWatchman for Northern Pacific Rail-way at Superior, Wis., made acontribution of $40 to the NorthernPacific Beneficial Associationrecently.

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GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY DAYS GONE, BUT

RAILROAD POLICE STILL HAVE JOB T0 DO

_]ust as the morning rush hour was getting into fullswing on Mississippi Street, near the St. Paul loop, asmall car turned out of the line of traffic onto a junk-lined, cinder road. Easing his compact car over thebumpy roadbed, the driver carefully maneuvered betweenrambling stacks of used oil drums and rusting skeletonsof obsolete automobile trailers.

Beyond the trailers, the road wound through treesand heavy undergrowth. Dew still glistened on the lowleaves and thick-growing grass. Then, where the twin-rutted byroad swept sharply north above the rail yards,the car crunched to a halt and a man stepped out carry-ing a pair of binoculars.

A dozen quick strides took him to the edge of thebluff. Through his binoculars he studied the scene be-fore him. Approximately 150 yards away was the SeventhStreet viaduct carrying motor car traffic across the rail-road tracks. And it was no coincidence that, onlyminutes away, Northern Pacific Train No. 26, the famousVista-Dome North Coast Limited, was gliding towardthis viaduCt and lh€ 52- P8!-ll Uni0n DCPOL Patrolman Ed Holt of the NP Special Agents Depart-

His scrutiny completed, the driver returned to his 'i"':":v::?:; d'::;:m‘:i ;t‘:mNs‘::"",°c5‘|’."" Li"‘l'°d 5°'°'°car, wye-turned quickly and was gone in a spray ofcinders. Sgt. Tom Burke, of NP's special agents depart~ was organized is not known. ln its early days, thement, was off to check the Third Street Bridge, as he eompany relied on private operatives from the legendarywent about the daily routine of "clearing a path" for !h¢ Pinkerton organization and the Scheel Detective Agency.premier streamliner. (Agents of the latter were engaged by Henry Villard in

At first glance, such precuationary measures may an undercover operation aimed at protecting NP’sBPPQBI I0 l>¢ °V¢l’d°"¢- Y", °"lY 3 m°mh ¢a\'li¢l'» "V0 Chinese employes against extortion, robbery, beatingsboys stood on the Western Avenue bridge in St. Paul, and murder at the hands of hoodlums and 19th Centurypelting Westbound N0- 25 Wilh 3PPl¢$- 00¢ Of lh¢5¢ exclusionists.) When the "secret service" (as Presidentseemingly harmless missiles smashed the double-paned Howard Elliott was to call it) was finally established, itwindshield before the eyes of a startled engine crew. was as an arm of the general claim department. Presum-Other youths recently "bombed"the North Coast Limited ably, this was during the tenure of Charles 5- Mellen,with a 15-pound rock, which crashed through a Vista- NP P,-¢sid¢m bgtween 1397 and 1903.Dome, hit the aisle and bounded down the gangway to Almost immediately the special agents began

the main deck. Fortunately, no one was injured. establishing a record that proved them equal in everyEnsuring the safety Of Noflh P3¢i¢ Wallis» em‘ respect to the famed Pinkerton men. Over the decade

ployes and passengers is but one of the tasks performed from 1398 to 1908, NP trains were held up 15 times at

bl’ 31° C°mP°"Y'$ f°\’¢¢ °f $P¢¢lal a8¢'"$ ""d°' ‘he Bearmouth alone. In each case, the robbers were trackeddirection of veteran Chief Special Agent C. B. jacobson. down and b[Qugh( to justice, usually by posses formedLittle of what these men do today is at the "cops and and [ed by M¢F¢;;idg¢ or Hindman,

l’°bb¢l’$" l¢V°l» alIh°"8h 31° ‘meat °f mal°F ¢'i"'¢ is That period, too, is replete with the heroic deeds ofever-present. The days Of G¢°1'g¢ Ha"\m°"di .l°h" the other NP employes. George H. Laub, an expressChristie, George C016 and Iallls H°Wa\’d (all °f Wh°m car messenger, single-handedly disarmed a two-gun

hdd "P NP "amsl ha"¢ Passed» aPPa'¢"dYa bu‘ 31¢ bandit and knocked him unconscious with a piece oftradition of dedicated service by special agents such as wt-¢¢kag¢ from [hg blown-up express car. In his firstW. ]. McFetridge, ]. S. Hindman, Bill Cummings and atwmpt at train robbery, Clarence B. "john" Youngothers, who almost always got their man, is evident in failed and was $¢n[¢n¢¢d to 50 years at hard labor in;h¢ department today. the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge. And for his

Exactly when the first Northern Pacific police force courageous actions in preventing the theft of a large

money shipment, Laub received a check for $1,000 and first groups of the AEF sent to France. Two yearshigh praise from a grateful President Elliott. later, former Gunnery Sergeant Jacobson became a

Engineers Dan O’Neal and Frank Clow died at their member of the department he heads today.posts as they sought to foil hold ups, 0'Neal in 1902, lt was ]uly, 1919,and, although Prohibition was stillthe latter in 1907. Clow, even as he was dying, dragged six months in the future, crime already was on its wayhimself to the controls and set the brakes on his pas- to becoming the country's new national pastime. Twosenger train to prevent a runaway on the steep grade weeks after he was sworn in, the rookie patrolman wasnear Butte. And NP President Elliott, reporting the plunged into the first of a number of gunfights that dottragedy to the company's vice president in New York, his long career. Making his rounds of a freight yard, hewrote: surprised a gang of merchandise thieves and, in the

"Engineer Clow had been in the service since battle which ensued, was shot in the left leg. The gangAugust 6, 1888, and was one of the best men the Com- retreated in the face of his withering fire and fledpany had. He was in one other hold up (1903), and has empty-handed.always been nervy." Some 45 years later, Chief jaeobson reports that the

ln February, 1903, the year the special agents de- technological revolution which has altered the face ofpartment was established as a separate entity, reporting the industry has wrought corresponding changes in crimeto the operating vice president, McFeu-idge reported the on the railroads. No longer are trains the easy mark forconviction of Clow's killers. An enthusiastic President robbery and theft. High speed diesels have seen to that.Elliott wrote NP's third vice president. C. M. Levey, The operating practices of the bygone steam era virtually“I think this shows extremely good work on the part of invited attempts to steal easily merehantable freight,our secret service department and our lawyers." And, according to the white-haired but still vigrous dean ofindeed, it did. Less than nine months had elapsed railroad chief law enforcement officers. He recalls abetween the night of the crime and the day the murderers case in point.were sentenced to life imprisonment at Deer Lodge. Neighbm-S saw lime of a cguplg, }{¢;b¢" Wall and

l-illle "I0" Illa" 3 d¢¢ad@ lat". 3 (all, l’aWb°"°d his wife, who recently had rented a farm near Crossex-soldier was recommended by a Minneapolis detective [_ak¢_ Minn,’ in the lake and wildefngss count;-y ofas a likely candidate for patrolman in the department. northern Crow Wing County in 1921. They wondered andBom in Stockholm, C. B. jacobson had come to the U.S. gossgpt wo_ about the fan ma; the farm was"-1 bgingin 1910 and l° “iesma in 1916, Whe he P'°mPllY worked. lt is certain that they would have been moreenlisted in the First Field Artillery Battalion. Soon he observam had they known {hm the walls imd servedfound himself on the Mexican border, when Woodrow “main jails in Mis50u,g_Wilson sent U.S. forces under General Pershing to em- 0 0

bark on a punitive expedition into .\lexico against theraider Pancho Villa. Then, when war with Germanybroke out, the Swedish immigrant was with one of the (‘onnnued on Page 8

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I‘/i.\I()US NP TRAIN RUBBIYRIIES were staged 1902 and killed Engineer Dan O'Neal in theat Bearmouth, .\lont., by (ieorge I’. Hammond and melee. Two years later, on june 16, I904, theyjohn (,hristie in 1903 and I904 be/ore they were repeated the hold up job on No. 3, nearlybrought to justice b) NI’ Railroad Detective obliterating the express car with dynamite (see]0el S. Ilindman. Hammond, one of the hes! Page 8). This lime, Detective Ilindrnan trackedpistol shots in Montana at the time, and (.hrislie them down and, with help from other well trainedheld up Train .\'0. 2 at Bearmoulh on (Jet. 4, police officers, made the arrests.

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J. A. Risendal, assistant general claim agent for theNorthern Pacific in St. Paul, has been named assistant

_ __director of the claims research bureau of the Association ' ~, ~\‘-;~- A‘ iof American Railroads in Chicago..'\"*. \ o 3“Named to succeed Risendal is W. E. jones, district ' _" ' ‘_ I dclaim agent, St. Paul whose successor is R. J. .\i h ', REHRED " Mam -Fem,’ ‘eh’ W O “'05- "5' amp C-We S

1 WP l gqrmon for the NP in June. 1940, has retired at Broonerd, anddistrict Claim agent at Brainerd. Thomas E. Nash, right, has retired in Minneapolis after cl 4]-Risendal joined Northem Pacific's general claim Y°‘_" c°'°°' Wm‘ me Runway’department in 1941 and was promoted to claim agent at 'Spokane, Wash., six years later. During 1943 he served 'at that post in Butte and Tacoma, and the following year ' 4became district claim agent at Brainerd. ln 1950 he

1returned to St. Paul, and four years later he was named ‘""—»to his ultimate NP positionRisendal served in the Army from 1943 to 1946 and

was recalled to service from 1950 to 1952. He was Qawarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Korea.jones started his service in NP’s operating depart~

ment at Fargo in 1937 and entered the general claim de-partment nine years later as claim agent at Spokane and,later, in Seattle. His promotion to district claim agent DOUBLE RETIREMENT party was held recently in St. Poul3‘ B““"°“* °“"'° i" 195°» “"4 "° '“°"°d ‘° F‘“B° i" §iL.i.“l’.'.'liTL'i<i5'l"¢°;.'t‘5'.';..‘1§'.'.’..'Fli.‘ ’tf*‘i1'.°‘i‘>'.°.'..'?°él?'ilZ'l§.i’.§’.IR1954. That same year he was transferred to St. Paul. pg,” with vb, mo,

Murphy came to the railway’s operating department atLaurel in 1947- He appointed claim Fargo succeeds H. Anderson, who retired after more thanin 1953 and served the next two years at Tacoma and 38 Yeats with thé

_ .' . . . . L. C. Gemmilli formerly Assistant Car Foreman inSeattle before being named district claim agent at ’Bminerd.

St. Paul, has been appointed Car Foreman at Northtownyards in Minneapolis. ¢L. N. Arthur, district claim agent for the NP at

. . . . E. A. Cassell traveling freight and passenger agentDuluth, has been appointed district claim agent at ’__, h be Cl

Brainerd. He succeeds R_ J. Mm_phy_ for Northern Pacific in Da as as en appointe. . . l a ent in that Texas city.s d Arth D 1 h L. A. Walstad 8°"°“* 8formetgfegplgfaim agzgt L: Tarornta ls , He succeeds George J. Adamcik, who retired Sept. 1

. ' . r ' ‘tn h NP ‘Arthur joined the railway's operating department at :):fl'asm°'° ma" 38 years 0 setvlce W1 ‘ e m, . . . - - h ¢zlsigluls m ‘gfzzihilslzintzrzgz f:st::,:zg?::e:_re B. S. Guynes, city freight and passenger agent,°° °‘"‘"“"' ' lhldbC lid‘in8 dePartment at Livingston in 1947. He returned to "'°"efs"P ¥°e::¢edP:$¥]f°;"1<:a);ks¢ Y asse 3" » 1"

Missoula in 1955' then was appointed claim agent in mmCassilic a nativ)e o.f Dallas ioined the NP as chiefSeattle four years later. He became district claim agent ' ’h . H3‘ °"'""' '3“ Y"'- °'"" '" ‘fl’ ~°“'§.Z‘. T.§"§§.'"Z'.°.§.”l'. 17 §.°?§T. ‘I51. ...§Walstad began his NP service in the operating de- :::a:::: wig lastgposmosin 19:2 3

Pamnem at. :arg°.t.in Igégzhaatngeiiizsfntdgi If-1::;of:;: Adamcik was born in LaGrange, Texas, and startedyears occupie post ions n_ _ T I hS‘. Paul‘ He returned Fargo as claim agent In 1961 his Northern Pacific career in 19:: wo years after he!and Tacoma six months ago. was appointed chief clerk, then ca‘me‘trave ing reig

agent in 1937. In December, 1944, his title was changed ” to traveling freight and passenger agent. Eight yearsL. C. Wise has been appointed District Accountant 13*" he was 'l"‘""¢d 8°";"a|_la8a¢"‘-

for Northern Pacific at Tacoma, succeeding M. F. Gal- Gulynes 2 S‘? ‘mew r:‘_w Z Z2braith, who retired after more than 43 years of continu- "l D3 last a‘”"E s‘a“° '" 9_ ' Pservice. city freight and passenger agent in 1952.M C Mcmroy has been appointed -I-rainmaster Parks, Guynes’ successor, has been with the com-. iSt. Paul Division, with headquarters at Minneapolis. He Pa"Y at Dallas 51"” 1955'6

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Clair E. Heater Locomotive Engineer Yakima 51Walter B. Lucas Car Repairer Pasco 38Thomas E. Nash Machinist Minneapolis 41

k§%I..5:’.t‘..:.F.r:.‘1".‘:;‘;..’,~ #.;.?.'::¢ :22; :."t.'.:‘.::‘!:.":: ¢'~~~== :9No. 26 between Glendive and Mandan. Green had been with the Orvil W. Newman Layer-Out-Man Brainerd 33Northern Pacific 47 years on the Yellowstone Division.Joseph Paulos Brakeman Seattle 22Virgilio Pistoresi Locomotive Painter So. Tacoma 28William Papp Section Laborer Billings 21Sqfgfy Sqpfg Bgqfd ...}......... ...{..-.' ..._...-~ 1.

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January 1 thru July 31, 1964 David F. Schwartzkopi Section Laborer Laurel 22REPOR-|-ABLE Frank M. Smith Machinist Livingston 2]

RANK INJURIES CAS.RATlO Archie S. Sylvester Store Helper Brainerd 43Robert H. Thiele Section Foreman Poplar 29

STANDING BY DISTRICTS Arnold T. Torgerson B8. B Carpenter Billings 271. Western District 56 51 8.34 7.69 Ray A. Travis Section Foreman Pine City 392. Eastern District 76 55 1176 3_49

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FIRST VOLUNTEER tor the newl Jormed NPBA HospitalTrain 4-Ind Yard A¢¢id¢f\t$ 83 137 Auxiliary in St. Paul was Miss Ruth Stevens (above). MissMotor Car Accidents 13 16 Stevens Formerly worked in the Northern Pacific tax department.

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Express cor of Northern Pacific offer dynomiting and robbery by Hammond and Christie in 1904

Th6 lohg, 100-mile trip back to the farm at Cross Lakemade it a full night's work for this smooth workingC°"'i'"“~’d /'0'" Page 5 husband and wife team. Little wonder their neighbors

Another puzzle was bringing sleepless nights to the saw ‘hem scaled)’ 3‘ alh 5"‘ ‘he?’ $°°" l¢al'"°d ‘hepatrolmen who manned the special agents department “'h°l° s‘°'Y'offices in the Twin Cities and Brainerd. Box cars were Patmhhah C' 5- lac°h5°" was wlih ‘he midi"?being entered and height sioien hem them somewhere party that approached the farm in the first light of dawn.between Northtown and Staples. How, when and where A depmy sheriff» who P"°S""“ahlY khew his W3)’ awuhdwere elusive facts. For between those points, freight ‘he “mat made a “"'°"3 mm ahd h°"aY°d ‘h° P"~‘$°"°¢dings made oniy one stop, at Sane“ ioi. eoai and Wale“ of the raiding party. Wall fled, leaving his wife to faceThis short delay didn't allow time enough for anyone to ‘he lawmmt wh° f°“"d m°'° thah 510.000 °f $‘°l¢"Pu“ eff the iob without being seem pmioimen were merchandise in the house and barn. Included in the lootassigned in watch [he train an aiong its route, and it were carpets, sterling silverware, suits and dresses,was only a matter of patience and time before all the "h°°5w hheh ll°°d$, °"'~‘ |°l °f '"°"’§ silk h°$° Valued 3!qugstigns were answ¢i»ed_ 32,000, furniture, and hundreds of other items. Herbert

The Walls would drive their truck to the Twin Cities Wan dld"" k"°W 5' Y": hm he had ¢°""hl"ed his 13$!where Herbert Wall wouldmake his way to Northtown Crim€-while his wife returnedeas far as Sartell to await the Three days after the raid, a newspaper carried thetrain and her husband. When a freight train pulled out at story of a man who lost his life under the wheels of anight, Herbert Wall was somewhere aboard it. Then, at a passenger train near St. Louis. He was not a revenuepredetermined point he would appear atop a box ear, passenger, but had been, apparently, riding the rods.attach a rope ladder to the ninning board and lower The body was later identified as that of the acrobatichimself to the door. As the train rolled along at speeds freight thief, Herbert Wall. His widow stood trial, wasof 30 to 40 miles per hour, Wall would break the seal, found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.open the door and throw out crates of merchandise, allcarefully selected for fast disposal at ood prices.

When the train stopped at Sartell,gWall would rejoin CONCLUDED “EXT "'0" T"his wife and the two would return to pick up their loot.