Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1961 — Page 10

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Nickel Mate Railroad Merger Just what will the proposed merger <rf the Nickel Plate Railroad, one of Decatur’s three railroad lines, with the NorfoH and Western Railway Company, mean to us here in this community? First of all, railroad officials have assured us that the merger will not mean that the railroad will try to pull out of Decatur. The local line will be continued. The idea of the merger is to get more mileage together, rather than less. - A little background is necessary. In 1878 a narrow-gauge railroad (with rails differing from the standard 4 feel 8H inches apart) was built through this county, under the name of the Delphos, Bluffton, and Kokomo railroad. It crosses Kirkland, Washington, and St. Mary’s townships, and runs in an east and west direction. The main station in the county today is at Decatur. - -*• It was afterward consolidated with other lines under the name of Toledo, Frankfort & Burlington, and later with still other short roads, forming the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis, a continuous narrow-guage rail- " road from Toledo to the Mississippi river.' The road did not pay, however, and was purchased in 1886 by a reorganized company, and renamed the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1887 the road was widened to a standard gauge, and has since operated in that fashion. It was originally built in 1878, and the townships and individuals iri the county contributed $45,006 in aid of construction. The company was later reorganized again into the Toledo, St. Louis and Western, which was known through this area in the early days as the Clover Leaf railroad. In 1923 the Clover Leaf and the Lake Erie and Western consolidated into the Nickel Plate. The road’s ~ unusual nickname (its real name is The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company) has led to several legends about its origin. The name first appeared on March 10, 1881 — before the railroad started operation — when the editor of the Norfalk, 0., Chronicle wrote of it as “the great New York and St. Louis double-track nickel-plated railroad.” Nickel plating was relatively new, and the phrase apparently was to stress the glittering prospects of a new railroad. In 1882 the editor of the newspaper, F. R. Loomis, was given complimentary pass No. 1, for originating the name which caught the public’s fancy. . - Today the Nickel Plate is a 2,170-mile system with 4,009 miles of track serving five states: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The consolidated company would be called Norfold and Western. That railway, founded in 1838, serves six states (Virginia, West Virginia, North Ohio, Maryland, and Kentucky) is 2,743 miles long and has 5,812 miles of track. Also included would be the Wabash railroad, founded in 1838, a 2,423-mile system operating in eight states (New York, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, lowa, Nebraska), and Ontario, Canada. So much for the background. Now just what will the merger mean to Decatur and Adams county? First of all, we must all realize just how important the Nickel Plate railroad is to the county, and to the three townships and city through which it passes. (Continued) Editorial Writer Today Dick D. Heller, Jr.

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20 Years Ago Today •-> O June 21, 1941 — The Decatur Casting Co. has let a contract for construction of a new warehouse for the plant to Phil Sauer, local contractor. Civilian public service camp No. 13, for registrants classified as conscientious objectors to military training under the selective service act, will be opened at the Wells county state forest June 23. The Rev. George Walton has returned to Decatur after attending the Presbyterian synod at Hanover. The Civic section of the Decatur Woman’s club will close the. year’s activities with a picnic at tlannaNuttman park Tuesday evening. Members of the Zion Lutheran church choir and their families will hold an all day picnic at Clear Lake Sunday. The choir will sing during services at the Clear Lake Lutheran chapel. O o | Household Scrapbook L < By ROBERTA LEE | o a Wicker Hampers Wicker clothes hampers should be coated with shellac regularly to keep them spic and span. Shellac is best applied by spraying, but may be brushed qjidn a fairly uniform coating if thinned with alcohol to a watery consistency. Use only fresh, white shellac. Plaster Patch Small nail holes and cracks in white plastered walls can be filled in by patting in ordinary baking soda. It is a good idea to fill up all these holes and cracks in this manner before painting the walls. Cleaning Felt A little steel wool, rubbed on, soiled felt in the wrong direction of the material, will sometimes clean it very nicely. Don’t rub too hard! Flower Tube If the man of your house smokes one of the brands of cigars that come sealed in the glass test-tube type of container, you can improvise one of these little glass tubes as a bud vase for watergrown plants. Al you have to do is insert it into a candleholder. Children’s Shoes -> When your small fry’s shoes have become too badly scuffed to take a good polish, try rubbing them

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New York City Politics Based On Race, Creed By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—The development of a religious issue in politics is a political way of life in some parts of the United States. Racism in politics equally is a localized way of political life. That this is true will surprise many citizens, perhaps most of them. Tho.sp surprised will be the same citizens who were shocked at the ugly characteristics of the religious issue raised in 1928 against the Democratic presidential nominee, Alfred E. Smith. These same citizens were shaken again last year when the issue of his religion was raised against the presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy. Smith and Kennedy were Roman Catholics, but with a difference—Kennedy won and Smith lost. A mayoralty election is coming up in New York City and what do we have? We have municipal tickets chosen with precise attention to the bloodstreams and places of worship of the several candidates. The more religious and racial minorities represented the better. An Election Recipe A good election recipe in New

York City for the top three municipal jobs is: A Jew, an Italian-American, an Irish-Ameri-can. Italian-Americana and IrishAmericans are likely to be CathoThe Republican municipal ticket is precisely that: State Atty. Gen. Louis J. Lefkowitzrfor mayor; Paul A. Fino, for president of the City Council, John J'Gilwooley, for controller. Mayor Robert F. Wagner, of German descent, has decided to seek re-election. He is a Democrat There has been trouble within the Democratic party in New York City and state. So Wagner has chosen new running mates to supplant the Democrats who twice previously have been elected'* to high municipal office with him. Thfeyare: Paul R. Screvane, for president of the City Council, Abraham D. Beane, for controller. Screvane and Beane displaced politicians of Italian and Jewish background. Political writer Leo Egan in the New York Times reporting on Mayor Wagner’s selections. wrote: Would Continue Balance “The selection of Mr. Screvane and Mr. Beane would continue the present religious and racial balance of the Democratic ticket ” There is some rebellion among New York City Democrats against the mayor’s single-handed selection of candidates to run with him. But there is no challenge to the

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■ *•’ ’ XwISBMWHMI - A DEPLORABLE ABSENCE OF ETIQUETBE?— Although social arbitewi wouM nrt approve of their style, these eaters are having fun. Contest rules at a church picme in Finoccnio, Italy, provided that spaghetti be eaten without the help of knife, fork er spoon. _

precious concern with which he sought racially and religiously to balance the Democratic municipal ticket. Such a balance creates in New York City, of course, some degree of discrimination against those politicians who cannot boast a recent bloodline extending to

Europe or the desirable religious affiliation. However that may be, such a balance pays off in votes on election day, and both major parties are committed to such discrimination as may be involved. If this discrimination were re* versed to include on a municipal ticket some other minority repre-

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sentative to the exclusion, for example, of an Italian or IrishAmerican, politicians would expect Italian or Irish-American voters to react at the polls. That, anyway, fe the theory ' which has become basic in the political way of life in New York City. . " .