Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — INTERURBAN PATRONS KNOW JOE JACKSON [ARTICLE]

INTERURBAN PATRONS KNOW JOE JACKSON

Everyone On the Line Galls Him “Rensselaer*—Writes Letter to The Republican.

Chicago, 111., Nov. 12, 1912. Messrs. Healey & Clark: Enclosed find $1.50 for The Republican. Could not get along without It I am a conductor on the interurban, same job that I had when I first came to the city. Everybody up and down the line calls me “Rensselaer,” and I am told that more people know me by name than any con on the line, and some of the men have been here on the same job nine years. “ I have been running the work car putting in eight blocks of new track In Harvey and every kid In the eight blocks know me and Wave and hello at me. I see Bert Rhoades about three times a week, and in Chicago Heights I have met nearly every one that used to live in Rensselaer. Our line runs through Steger, the one-man town, where Dr. Bernie Maloy lives. I had a run on a passenger car through Steger for seventeen days, passed through the town six times a day, and when I called the town, I would yell at the top of jay voice: “Steger, Steger, the one man town, ail off for Steger.” You should see some of the frowns I would get. • I hardly pass a day but what Usee some old acquaintance so I never get loneseffie. Give to old friends. Will be home Christmas for a day or two if I can get off. Your friend, JOE JACKSON.