Minnesota Highways, March 1954

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VOL. 3, NO. 5
1246 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn.
MARCH, 1954
Department Aids In
Setting Up Mining Museum
Roy Nelson and Byron Jalley of the Central Office Maintenance division's load permit section scratched their heads
one day this winter when they got perhaps their most unusual
request—permission to move a locomotive on a trunk high-
'! But after the request was explained to them, they
_ lized that it was not made in jest but was made in order
to begin the setting up of one of the most unusual "museums"
in the entire country.
Civic leaders up at Chisholm, on
the state's famed Mesabi range,
had decided that it was high time
that something was done to retain
some of the past history which had
been enacted in the development
of this mining area. Because it
would be impossible to house the
desired educational display in a
building, it was planned to set up
an outdoor museum in the city's
Memorial Park atop the hill on
the westerly end of Lake street.
T. H. 169 runs along a portion of
the stone-wall enclosed park which
was built during the depression of
the 1930s.
If present plans materialize, the
museum will be one of the out-
fita.nd.inp tourist attractions in the
Based on the number of vis-
who have registered at ob
servation platforms at mining
operations, it is expected that upwards of 250,000 people will view
this unique exhibit annually.
Headquarters for the museum
will be in the "castle"—an impressive stone building which looks
like a Norman castle—which will
include displays of mining equipment, iron ore samples, mining
relics, old mining clothing, etc.
The area around the castle will
have on display large pieces of
equipment, such as the locomotive
and ore cars recently hauled to
the site.
Included in the plans is the development of an underground drift
within the park, so as to enable
visitors  to  actually  see  how  iron
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This "on the scene" picture of this unusual use of T. H. 169 was taken by
Herb Schultz, Maintenance division. Shown are, left to right, Highway Patrolman
Nino Fiorio, District 1 Foreman Carl Johnson, District 1 Maintenance Engineer George
Welch and Ervin Kuper, St. Cloud, District 7 stockman. Notice the truck in the background skidding a section of track up forward to be used again. The locomotive
and three ore cars are being moved backwards, with a big truck supplying the
Hwer.
Patrol Chief Larimer
Proves Courtesy DOES Payl
A good many Hiwaymen and gals might think that the
subject of courtesy is being harped on too much, but if they
could see the results of such courtesy to the public everyone
would realize that there is no possibility of being too courteous
or hearing too much about how to deal properly with die
public.
To many employees ( especially those of us who are
closely concerned with it) a
traffic fatality too often is just
another statistic — another
black mark against Minnesota's motorists. Those of us
who have become so hardened
and   calloused   can   learn   a
Engineers Offer Aids
For University Study
Several scholarships in highway engineering at the University of Minnesota are again
being offered by the Minnesota Surveyors and Engineers
Society, many of whose members are Hiwayans. Announcement of the grants was
made by C. C. Colwell, chairman of the Society's scholarship committee.
Two types of awards are being
made this year. One, valued at
$500 to $1,000, is for graduate
study in highway engineering,
while the others at $250 each, will
be awarded to assist undergraduates complete their final or fifth
year of study in highway engineering.
In the announcement of the
scholarship, the Society states that
the purpose of these awards "shall
be to promote the training of highway engineering personnel, particularly those whose interests are
directed toward construction and
maintenance of highways in the
state of Minnesota".
Reciepients of these scholarships
will be selected in terms of academic achievement, special aptitudes, leadership potentialities and
personal qualifications. .
Application forms and further
information may be obtained from
the Bureau of Student Loans and
Scholarships, 201 Eddy Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
14, Minn. April 1 is the deadline
for filing applications.
great lesson from a letter and
a newspaper columnist's account of courtesy, sincere sympathy and understanding displayed by an employee on the
occasion of "just another traffic death".
Let's pick up the story as
related by Paul Light's "Once
Over Lightly" column in the
St. Paul Pioneer-Press of
February 18th:
I know I would not have the
courage of a St. Paul man and his
wife who knocked on the door of
Mrs. Joseph Birger, 1864 Ford
Parkway.
As Mrs. Birger tells it, Feb. 4
dawned bright and sunny for her.
But late in the afternoon came
that knock.
She answered the door to meet
an average-looking gentleman who
introduced himself as an employe
of the highway department. His
wife accompanied him.
He asked Mrs. Birger her name,
whether her husband was Joseph
Meyer Birger and whether their
auto was a certain make and color.
Mrs. Birger nodded.
"Then, Paul, as kindly, as gently
and as comfortingly as ever a
mother    could    have,    .told    me
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