Guide to the Chicago, St. Paul, Mpls & Omaha Railroad Eau Claire Depot Records, 1880-1969
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Summary Information
Title: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1969
Creator: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot
Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BI; Eau Claire Micro 27; Micro 1167
Quantity: 27.2 c.f. (28 archives boxes, 14 flat boxes) and 16 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.
Abstract: Records documenting the railroad's facilities, operations, and personnel in the Eau Claire region including extensive information on agriculture, businesses, and communities in west central Wisconsin. The Eau Claire Depot served as a regional headquarters. Its records contain correspondence of the depot agent with local community agents and with the head office in St. Paul; reports on community business conditions, needs, and the role of the railroad in local industry; blueprints of railroad buildings and trackage and of area businesses; extensive employee case files and performance records; and information on a 1922 strike and threatened strikes in 1946 and 1948.
Language: English
Biography/History
In 1863 the Tomah and Lake St. Croix Railroad Company was organized by a number of prominent men from the counties of west central Wisconsin. Joseph G. Thorp and Richard F. Wilson represented Eau Claire county's interest in this railroad. Construction on the road began in 1867 and the line reached Eau Claire in 1870.
The Tomah and Lake St. Croix line was taken over in 1866 by the West Wisconsin Railway. In 1878 the bankrupt West Wisconsin was purchased by the Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis Railway Company. The latter became the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company after an 1880 merger with the North Wisconsin Railway Company. Subsequently, in 1882, the majority of the stock was purchased by the Chicago and Northwestern Company. Although connected to the Chicago and Northwestern System, the Omaha Road continued to operate under its own name until 1925 and retained a corporate existence until 1972. The Chicago and Northwestern System discontinued passenger service in Eau Claire in 1963. During its existence the Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis Railway Company laid 177.5 miles of track. The track laid by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company (1882-1925) covered 1,648 miles.
The Eau Claire Depot was designed by Charles Frost who is recognized for his contribution to small railroad station design. The depot represents a Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style. The Omaha facilities in Eau Claire served as a primary depot and office for all of the surrounding stations in west central Wisconsin communities.
Sources ross, Joseph, comp.Railroads of North America: A Complete Listing of All North American Railroads, 1827 to 1986 , n.p., 1986.aney, William F. “The Building of Wisconsin Railroads,” Wisconsin Magazine of History 19 (June 1936): 307-403. aylor, Mary. “Final Report: Intensive Historic/Architectural Survey of the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin,” unpublished, 1983.
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Eau Claire depot records for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company have been organized in three series: COMMUNITY RECORDS, BLUEPRINTS, and PERSONNEL RECORDS. The bulk of the collection spans from the 1920s through the 1940s. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of community development, the role of the railroad in community and local industries, and personnel files.
The series of COMMUNITY RECORDS is arranged alphabetically by community name and thereunder alphabetically by subject. Whenever possible the subject term assigned by the records' creator was retained; however, in a few cases subject terms were modified slightly for clarification.
Types of records in this series include correspondence, blueprints, and reports. The correspondence is primarily between the Eau Claire depot agent and local agents in the various community railroad stations. Scattered correspondence from the railroad's head office in St. Paul, Minnesota to the Eau Claire agent is also included. The correspondence provides information on routine railroad matters such as machinery platforms, sidewalks, the cleaning of ash pans, and the handling of mail. Other railroad matters documented include employees, depots, trackage, and joint facilities with other major railroads. A large portion of the correspondence in this series is concerned with community industries and local agriculture. Industries, such as lumber, produce, pickle, and fuel companies, applied to the railroad for trackage rights and water supply. Frequently, the correspondence pertaining to local businesses documents company beginnings, name changes, physical plant growth, production changes, and the closing of a company. Local agriculture is reflected in the correspondence pertaining to cream, milk, stock, and strawberry shipments. The materials in this series also provide information on towns that have become defunct. The correspondence in the subject files is enhanced by the accompanying blueprints. The blueprints were usually attached to correspondence items.
The series COMMUNITY RECORDS was microfilmed for preservation reasons. All of the materials within this series were microfilmed with the exception of some blueprints. If the correspondence accompanying the blueprint referred to colored markings on the print, the blueprint was not microfilmed. Nor was the blueprint filmed if it was oversized. In these two circumstances, a target reading “Blueprint Removed and Filed With Blueprint Series” was filmed in the place of the blueprint. A copy was made of the relevant letter which was attached to the blueprint. The blueprints removed during microfilming are a sub-series of the BLUEPRINTS series.
The BLUEPRINTS series primarily comprises blueprints not attached to correspondence. It is arranged alphabetically by community name. Generally, the blueprints depict railroad buildings, railroad trackage, and community businesses. The blueprints in this series are rolled and are identified by community name on the outside of the roll. A separate file consists of the blueprints removed from COMMUNITY RECORDS during the microfilming process. This sub-series also is arranged alphabetically by community name and thereunder alphabetically by subject.
The final series, PERSONNEL RECORDS, is arranged in three sub-series: strike materials, employee files, and employee performance records. The strike materials provide documentation on a strike in 1922 and called strikes in 1946 and 1948 by Omaha employees. The 1922 materials provide information on employee shortages caused by the strike, effect of the strike on railroad services, administrative policies, and violent interactions between the strikers and new employees hired as replacements. The 1946 and 1948 materials document administrative policies and procedures for strikes that were called but not acted upon.
The sub-series of employee performance record books, 1887-1931, includes information on employee starting date; reasons and date of termination; employee performance and involvement in accident incidents; and changes in job titles. A large portion of the employee performance records pertain to brakemen. Most of the volumes are arranged or indexed alphabetically. The volumes overlap considerably in date and what distinguishes one volume from another is unclear.
Employee case files, arranged numerically by file number, contain applications, employment histories, and termination sheets. The applications usually include employee name, address, age, race, and occupation. Employment histories are summaries of action taken by the company and include records of promotions, warnings, and discharges. Five percent of the case files also contain additional information in the form of letters and memos.
The sub-series of employee case files represents a five percent sample of an original 4000 case files. The first step in the sampling involved arranging the files numerically by file number. A database was created which included the names of the individuals, their file numbers, and the year in which they began employment with the railroad. The total number of individuals beginning work in a given decade, and the total number of individuals whose last name started with a particular letter of the alphabet were calculated. These totals provided two variables for the total population, year of employment and first letter of surname, with which to test the sample.
Next a table of random numbers was used to select a five percent sample. When a designated folder did not exist, as was relatively common in the low numbers, the nearest file was chosen. The variables to be used in testing the sample were obtained by tallying the number of occurrences in the sample for each first letter of the surname, and the number of individuals starting on the railroad in a given year. Finally, a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire history department compared the variables for the sample with those for the total population. The sample was compared to the universe of employee case files (4000 files) using the SPS-X sub-routine called Ttest. The test calculated “T” value estimates and the probability of their statistical significance, comparing year of hire and first letter of surname. The T-test results were statistically significant at the .01 level or in other words the sample was 99 percent reliable.
The sample is somewhat larger than 5 percent because in addition to complete files, the first and last document of every file was retained because of the high genealogical content. Two hundred complete files constitute the bulk of the sample.
The records are arranged numerically by file number. Indices by case file number, employee surname, and year of employment date provide access to the employee case files and are available at the Eau Claire Area Research Center.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information
Presented by Philip Atkinson, Eleva, Wisconsin, 1986. Accession Number: M86-085, M86-264
Processing Information
Processed by Debra Anderson, 1989.
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- Agriculture—Wisconsin
- Railroads—Wisconsin
- Wisconsin—Commerce
- Wisconsin—Economic Conditions
Contents List
Eau Claire
Micro
27/Micro 1167
Series: Community Records
Altoona
Reel 1
Frame 001002
Depot, 1912 May
Reel 1
Frame 003004
Ice House Relocation, undated
Reel 1
Frame 004A-
023
Industry Track Agreements, 1955 June
Reel 1
Frame 024-127
Joint Facility Charts, 1923-1928
Ashland
Reel 1
Frame 128-138
Interchange of Cars, 1922 February
Reel 1
Frame 139-144
Machinery Platform, 1937 August-September
Reel 1
Frame 145-283
Railway Crossing, 1892 September-1941 August
(Scattered)
Reel 1
Frame 003-004
Track Extension, 1939 November-1940 November
Reel 1
Frame 315-346
Tracking, Proposed, 1938 December-1941 May
Augusta
Reel 1
Frame 347-381
Opening of Stiles Street, 1920 May-1921 August
Reel 1
Frame 382-391
Right of Way, 1963 February-March
Barksdale
Reel 1
Frame 392-420
Dupont Powder Company, 1908 July-1912 June
Bayfield
Reel 1
Frame 421-448
Industry Trackage-James Peterson and Sons, 1939
August-December
Reel 1
Frame 449-515
Transfer Railway Co., 1904 May-1924 October
Bayport
Reel 1
Frame 516-538
Drainage, 1914 September-1916 May
Reel 1
Frame 539-617
Trackage, 1924 October-1931 March
Bennett
Reel 1
Frame 618-681
Drainage Ditches, 1910 May-1911 August
Benoit
Reel 1
Frame 682-691
Request for Cattle Pass, 1941 July-August
Bibon
Reel 1
Frame 692-814
Connection Between Omaha and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway, 1907 January-1930 March
Reel 1
Frame 815-831
Handling of Heaters, 1933 October-November
Reel 1
Frame 832-838
Livestock, 1930 May
Black River Falls
Reel 1
Frame 839-842
Depot, 1911 November
Reel 1
Frame 843-845
Empire State Oil Company, Lease, 1961 May
Reel 1
Frame 846-892
Hog Fuel Shipments, 1925 December-1928 June
Reel 1
Frame 893-907
Lease of Flat Cars, 1941 April-May
Reel 1
Frame 908-912
Limestone Unloading Pit, 1945 July
Reel 1
Frame 913-933
Sawdust Shipments, 1920 December-1924 May
Reel 1
Frame 934-957
Stock Shipments, 1911 July; 1926 April-1927 January
Reel 1
Frame 958-1072
Station Force, 1941 May-1942 October
Bloomer
Reel 2
Frame 001-009
Trackage, 1945 April; December
Burkhardt
Reel 2
Frame 010-061
Clearances, 1942 October-1944 August
Cable
Reel 2
Frame 062-067
Proposed Sale, 1940 March
Cameron
Reel 2
Frame 068-085
Carload Cream Shipments, 1941 February-December
Reel 2
Frame 086-114
Equipment/Abbott's Dairy 1940 December-1943 April
Reel 2
Frame 113-125
Transfer Platform, 1945 March-November
Reel 2
Frame 126-136
U.S. Mail Matters, 1919 July-September
Camp Douglas
Reel 2
Frame 137-160
Rental of Cars, 1939 May-1942 November
Reel 2
Frame 161-178
Roadway to Depot, 1940 December-1941 June
Chili
Reel 2
Frame 179-199
Cream Shipments, 1928 December-1930 January
Reel 2
Frame 200-212
Elm Street Crossing, 1926 April-June
Reel 2
Frame 213-248
Passenger Service, 1921 January-July
Reel 2
Frame 249-262
Trackage, 1924 June; December
Chippewa Falls
Reel 2
Frame 262-429
Freight Depot, 1921 June-1962 May (Scattered)
Reel 2
Frame 430-770
Passenger Depot, 1918 November-1969 October
(Scattered)
Reel 2
Frame 771-1015
Water Supply and Stockyards, 1925 March-1959 July
(Scattered)
Clayton
Reel 3
Frame 001-030
Trackage, 1928 November-1930 January
Comstock
Reel 3
Frame 031-057
Trackage, 1931 July-September
Cornell
Reel 3
Frame 058-070
Cattle Pass, 1926 May-June
Reel 3
Frame 071-089
Coal Shipments-Cornell Wood Products Co., 1930
January
Cumberland
Reel 3
Frame 090-107
Sidewalks, 1924 May-1926 May
Deer Park
Reel 3
Frame 108-121
Creamery Site, 1932 October-1933 July
Reel 3
Frame 122-141
Station Facilities, 1914 May-1916 October
Delco
Reel 3
Frame 142-154
Trackage, 1930 January
Drummond
Reel 3
Frame 155-169
Rust Owen Co., 1933 August
Eagle Point
Reel 3
Frame 170-176
Grain Doors, 1939 June-July
Eau Claire
Reel 3
Frame 177-183
A.F. Schwahn & Sons, 1947 August-September
Reel 3
Frame 184-199
Armour & Company-Trackage, 1934 May-1939 April
(Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 200-202
Briggs Transfer Co., 1948 November
Reel 3
Frame 203-218
Cast Stone Construction Co., 1920 June; 1928 July-
August
Reel 3
Frame 219-231
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railway,
1936 December-1948 August (Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 232-250
Chippewa Valley Produce Company-Trackage, 1923
January; 1924 July-August
Reel 3
Frame 251-264
City of Eau Claire, 1934 January; December; 1935
January
Reel 3
Frame 265-311
Consumer Service Co., 1930 November-1949
September (Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 312-589
Coordination of Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls
Facilities, 1933 May-1937 March (Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 590-714
Coordination of Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls
Facilities-Miscellaneous, 1934 (original order retained)
Reel 3
Frame 715-733
Damaged Property, 1926 September-December; 1929
April
Reel 3
Frame 734-798
Dells Paper and Pulp Company-Trackage, 1922
August-1928 September (Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 799-807
Eau Claire Cold Storage Company-Trackage, 1934
October-December
Reel 3
Frame 808-838
Eau Claire Milk Producers Association-Trackage, 1928 June; August; 1943 June; 1944 April-May; September
Reel 3
Frame 839-862
Eau Claire Pad Company-Trackage, 1928 November-
1936 September (Scattered)
Reel 3
Frame 863-878
Farmers Cooperative Spur, 1922 December; 1923
September
Gillette Rubber Company
Reel 4
Frame 001-063
Joint Trackage, 1925 December-1942 June
(Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 064-105
Joint Trackage With Chippewa Valley Produce, 1920
May-1929 June (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 106-117
Tunnel for Joint Trackage, 1926 May; December
Reel 4
Frame 118-129
Interchange Track, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
Railway Company, 1923 July
Reel 4
Frame 130-295
Joint Facilities with Green Bay and Western Railroad
Company, 1918 January-1940 August (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 296-315
Kaiser Lumber Company-Trackage, 1923 May;
December; 1924 January
Reel 4
Frame 316-344
Libby McNeil and Libby Co.-Trackage, 1924 April-
August; 1927 August-October
Reel 4
Frame 345-359
McDonough Manufacturing Company-Trackage, 1923
December; 1924 January
Reel 4
Frame 360-502
Northern States Power Company, 1920 March-1962
January (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 503-505
Peters Meat Products Company-Trackage, 1953
December
Reel 4
Frame 506-519
Private Crossing McDonough Street, 1925 March-June
Reel 4
Frame 520-532
Reid Murdock Company-Trackage, 1925 October
Reel 4
Frame 533-610
S. Gilson Lumber Company-Trackage, 1927 October-
1937 March (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 611-623
Soo Line Railway, 1929 February; 1949 June-August
Reel 4
Frame 624-633
Sterling Paper and Pulp Company-Trackage, 1940
January; 1949 October
Reel 4
Frame 634-640
Switching Service, 1941 May-June
Reel 4
Frame 641-714
Trackage, 1905 June-1940 August (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 715-805
U.S. Rubber Company-Trackage, 1941 August-1949
June (Scattered)
Reel 4
Frame 805A-
814
White Machine Works-Trackage, 1943 October; 1949
January
Elk Mound
Reel 5
Frame 001-005
Pickling Station-Trackage, 1925 May-June
Reel 5
Frame 006-012
Station Facilities, 1907 February-1926 January
(Scattered)
Ellsworth
Reel 5
Frame 013-030
Lease for Driveway, Fences, 1919 August-September
Elmwood
Reel 5
Frame 031-041
Elevator Site-Elmwood Lumber and Grain Co., 1919
February-June; 1920 April
Reel 5
Frame 042-061
Industry Trackage, 1942 May-September
Reel 5
Frame 061-076
Unloading Platform, 1920 January-August
Reel 5
Frame 077-098
Water Pipes, 1913 October-November
Elmwood-Weston
Reel 5
Frame 099-239
Retire Tracks, 1934 April-1935 July
Elroy
Reel 5
Frame 240-252
Chicago and Northwestern Handling of Omaha
Business, 1926 June-August; 1929 October
Reel 5
Frame 253-292
Joint Facilities with Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company, 1915 October-1927 December (Scattered)
Reel 5
Frame 293-326
Unloading Pit, 1934 August-1935 September
Glover
Reel 5
Frame 327-335
Station Grounds, 1917 January
Grandview
Reel 5
Frame 336-346
Marble Quarry, 1932 June-1934 January (Scattered)
Granton
Reel 5
Frame 347-355
Right of Way, 1962 February
Reel 5
Frame 356-379
Trackage Sites, 1944 August-1947 May
Reel 5
Frame 380-386
Unloading Platform, 1946 January-August
Hannibal
Reel 5
Frame 387-839
Train Service, 1911 June-1935 September (Scattered)
Hayward
Reel 5
Frame 840-846
Express Matters, 1932 April
Reel 5
Frame 847-857
LCL Merchandise Cars, 1941 October-November
Reel 5
Frame 858-992
Station Force, 1927 April-1929 August; 1934
November-1935 May; 1952 (Scattered)
Hudson
Reel 6
Frame 001-193
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad
Bulletins, 1907 March-1937 October (Scattered)
Reel 6
Frame 194-205
Cleaning Engine Ash Pans, 1926 August
Reel 6
Frame 206-216
Handling of Merchandise, 1941 January-April
Reel 6
Frame 217-222
Depot, 1892 September; 1913 July
Reel 6
Frame 223-224
Sand Stove and Fittings, 1922 August
Reel 6
Frame 225-235
Shops, 1890 September; 1918 November; 1919
August
Reel 6
Frame 236-431
Switch Engine Service, 1917 May-1948 June
Humbird
Reel 6
Frame 432-455
Location of Section Tool House, 1938 July-September
Hustler
Reel 6
Frame 456-476
Creamery Site-Proposed Trackage, 1916 February-
November
Reel 6
Frame 477-557
Stock Shipments, 1912 March-1932 December
(Scattered)
Itasca
Reel 6
Frame 558-569
Welfare Facilities for Trainmen, 1945 October; 1946
April-June
Jim Falls
Reel 6
Frame 570-581
Sunday Service for Milk Shipments, 1928 June-July
Knapp
Reel 6
Frame 582-590
Machinery Platform, 1920 May
Koll
Gravel Pit
Reel 6
Frame 591-601
Fences, 1912 December-1913 February
Reel 6
Frame 602-612
Lease, 1907 May-June
Reel 6
Frame 613-615
Loading Logs, 1928 December
Reel 6
Frame 616-629
Loading Sand, 1909 July-August
Lakeland Junction
Reel 6
Frame 630-633
Flagman Shanty, 1941 October
Reel 6
Frame 634-653
Interlocking Plant, 1941 December
Lampson
Reel 6
Frame 654-711
Trackage, 1946 April-October
Levis
Reel 6
Frame 712-731
Ditch and Drainage Matters, 1912 August-1914
February
Reel 6
Frame 732-750
Dwelling House, 1907 May-1917 October (Scattered)
Reel 6
Frame 751-757
Section Tool House, 1927 April-August
Marshfield
Reel 6
Frame 758-761
Abandoned Lines-General, 1938 January
Reel 6
Frame 762-784
Cheese Shipments, 1921 January-May
Reel 6
Frame 785-833
Cinder Pit, 1916 August-1928 January (Scattered)
Reel 6
Frame 834-861
Express Matters, 1911 October-1912 April
Reel 6
Frame 862-869
Grade Crossing, 1936 January-May
Reel 6
Frame 870-922
Icing Facilities, 1910 December-1928 February
Reel 6
Frame 923-933
Machinery Unloading, 1923 March-June; 1940 June
Reel 6
Frame 934-942
Passenger Depot-“Welcome Home” Sign, 1946
February-1947 August
Reel 6
Frame 943-944
Right of Way, 1948 July
Reel 6
Frame 945-953
Yard Expenses, 1931 March
Menomonie
Reel 7
Frame 001-007
Clearance Matters, 1934 September-1945 January
Reel 7
Frame 017-020
Passenger Station Depot, undated
Reel 7
Frame 008-012
Seal Records, 1932 April-December
Reel 7
Frame 013-016
Switching, 1946 September
Reel 7
Frame 021-058
Trackage-Menomonie Fuel and Supply Co., 1929
November-1930 September
Merrillan
Reel 7
Frame 077-110
Coal Tickets, 1933 August-October
Reel 7
Frame 111-120
Construction of Cement Block Manufacturing Company
1946 May-August
Reel 7
Frame 121-154
Crossing Flagmen-Pearl Street, 1936 May-1939
January
Reel 7
Frame 059-071
Depot, 1880 April; 1909 December
Reel 7 Frame 072-076
Derailings, 1941 January
Reel 7
Frame 155-190
Turntable, 1942 October-1943 September
Reel 7
Frame 191-205
Western Union Matters, 1944 October-1945 May
Millston
Reel 7
Frame 206-238
Retire Portions of Valuation Tracks 1 and 3, 1931
August; 1934 February-March; 1940 April-May; 1941 January-February
Reel 7
Frame 239-262
Right of Way Fence, 1921 August-1928 December
(Scattered)
Reel 7
Frame 263-277
Temporary Spur Track, 1940 July-September
Minong
Reel 7
Frame 278-283
Right of Way, 1947 May
Reel 7
Frame 284-301
Safety Conditions, 1944 October-December
Mondovi
Reel 7
Frame 302-319
Unloading Device, 1948 July-August
Reel 7
Frame 320-322
Western Union Matters, 1946 September-October
Neillsville
Reel 7
Frame 323-330
Depot-Autos Driving on Platforms, 1941 August
Reel 7
Frame 331-336
Drainage Matters, 1939 July-August
Reel 7
Frame 337-353
J.B. Inderrieden Company-Trackage, 1930 January;
1943 June-July
Reel 7
Frame 354-359
Merchandise Cars, 1942 January
Reel 7
Frame 360-369
Station Force, 1945 October-December
Reel 7
Frame 370-411
Switching Matters, 1942 July-November
Reel 7
Frame 412-449
Tibbets Ice and Fuel, 1942 March-December
Reel 7
Frame 450-478
Trackage-Burley Elevator Company, 1923 March-
August
New Auburn
Reel 7
Frame 479-487
Drainage, 1927 March-Hay
New Richmond
Reel 7
Frame 488-520
Agent, 1941 December-1945 March
Reel 7
Frame 521-570
Clearance Matters, 1943 July-1944 May
Reel 7
Frame 571-573
Engine House, 1929 April
Reel 7
Frame 574-601
Oil Unloading Device, 1945 January-1948 October
Reel 7
Frame 602-775
Snow Fences, 1905 March-1947 September
Reel 7
Frame 776-802
Trackage-Strand Ski Company, 1943 August-1945 May
Reel 7
Frame 803-884
Willow River Lumber Company, 1911 February-1919
December
0jibway
Reel 7
Frame 885-905
Guidelines for Log Jammer, 1943 November-1944
February
Reel 7
Frame 906-908
Pipelines and Unloading Devices, 1947 July
Osseo
Reel 7
Frame 909-914
Oil Unloading Device, 1948 March
Reel 7
Frame 915-959
Pickle Company Station Site, 1924 January-December
Park Falls
Reel 8
Frame 001-196
Assigned Log Flats-Edward Hines Lumber Company,
1941 August-1944 April
Reel 8
Frame 197-303
Atwood Lumber Company-Track Materials Contract,
1914 December-1937 July (Scattered)
Reel 8
Frame 304-333
Discontinuance of Passenger Service, 1933 January-
April
Reel 8
Frame 334-367
Electric Railway Crossing for Park Falls Lumber
Company, 1916 March-1917 May; 1943 May
Reel 8
Frame 368-373
Flambeau Paper Company, 1938 December
Reel 8
Frame 374-416
Hog Fuel Cars, 1932 December-1936 August
(Scattered)
Reel 8
Frame 417-429
Ice Requirements, 1937 August-1938 December
(Scattered)
Reel 8
Frame 430-679
Log Train Service, 1927 October-1942 April
Reel 8
Frame 680-689
Passenger Service, 1938 April-June
Reel 8
Frame 690-692
Sleeping Quarters, 1944 August
Reel 8
Frame 693-696
Unloading Platform, 1940 June-July
Reel 8
Frame 697-868
Train Service, 1909 March-1937 May (Scattered)
Radisson
Reel 8
Frame 869-879
Station Grounds-Historical Building, 1935 May-1937
January (Scattered)
Reel 8
Frame 880-889
Train Service, 1905 October-1907 December
(Scattered)
Rice Lake
Reel 8
Frame 890-904
Bridge No. 698, 1931 September; 1935 September-
1936 June
Reel 8
Frame 905-909
Car Repairer, 1914 January-1918 December
Reel 8
Frame 910-965
Ice Requirements, 1938 December-1944 December
Reel 8
Frame 966-970
Log Shipments, 1930 April
Reel 8
Frame 971-974
Operation of Road Engines, 1936 July
Reel 8
Frame 975-980
Park Fence, 1942 November-1943 March
Reel 8
Frame 981-988
Station Force, 1926 March
Reel 8
Frame 989-1029
Yard Tracks, 1939 August-1941 December
River Falls
Reel 9
Frame 001-012
Coal Storage Bin, 1949 October-December
Reel 9
Frame 013-046
Ice Supply, 1926 December-1934 January (Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 047-117
Mail Matters, 1916 March-1922 April
Reel 9
Frame 118-131
New Station, 1915 August-November
Reel 9
Frame 132-248
Stockyards, 1902 November-1930 November
(Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 249-278
Trackage for Whitcomb-Campbell, 1908 June-1909
March
Roberts
Reel 9
Frame 279-282
Removal of West Bound Passing Track, 1942 August;
December
Reel 9
Frame 283-329
Stockyards, 1913 November-1937 December,
(Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 330-440
Trackage-Hemp Company, 1920 March-1936 August
(Scattered)
Rockmont
Reel 9
Frame 441-458
Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1919 February-
1931 November
Roxby
Reel 9
Frame 459-540
Gravel Pit, 1902 January-1935 May (Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 541-655
Trackage-Bayfield County Highway Commission, 1930
April-1943 March (Scattered)
Sarona
Reel 9
Frame 656-670
Station Facilities, 1905 March; May
Reel 9
Frame 671-681
Station Personnel, 1925 April-December (Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 682-695
Stockyards, 1906 August-September; 1923 May;
1943 May-June
Seeley
Reel 9
Frame 696-707
Check of Station Accounts, 1928 January; 1929 April;
1930 May
Severona
Reel 9
Frame 708-722
Highway Crossing, 1928 April-June
Shell Lake
Reel 9
Frame 723-734
Stockyards, 1940 June; November
Reel 9
Frame 735-751
U.S. Mail, 1919 June-August; 1943 May
Reel 9
Frame 752-866
Water Supply, 1903 December-1939 November
(Scattered)
Sheppard
Reel 9
Frame 867-974
Interlocking Plant, 1912 January-1942 February
(Scattered)
Reel 9
Frame 975-1005
Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1913 February-
1944 February (Scattered)
Sioux
Reel 10
Frame 001-067
Station Facilities, 1909 August-1914 April (Scattered)
Snider
Reel 10
Frame 068-083
Log Shipments, 1910 January-1911 January
Reel 10
Frame 084-111
Retirement of Tracks, 1935 March-September
Solon Springs
Reel 10
Frame 112-237
Trackage, 1928 July-1942 December (Scattered)
South Range
Reel 10
Frame 238-249
Check of Station Accounts, 1928 October; 1929 July;
1930 April
Spooner
Reel 10
Frame 250-271
Chandler Gravel Pit, 1932 July-1936 August
(Scattered)
Reel 10
Frame 272-308
Cleaning and Washing Boxcars, 1937 July-1943
October (Scattered)
Reel 10
Frame 309-327
Clerical Force in Roadmaster's Office-Assigned Hours,
1918 October-1920 March
Reel 10
Frame 328-637
Eating House and Hotel, 1901 October-1940
September
Reel 10
Frame 638-772
Electric Lights, 1906 February-1931 September
(Scattered)
Reel 10
Frame 773-798
Express Matters, 1922 February-1930 November (Scattered)
Reel 10
Frame 799-1297
Ice Supply, 1923 December; 1929 April-1948
February
Reel 11
Frame 001-019
Inspection of Heated Refrigerator Cars, 1912
February-1923 February (Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 020-131
Passenger Station Facilities, 1912 September-1927
March (Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 132-138
Roadmaster's Office, 1943 July
Reel 11
Frame 139-229
Water Supply, 1902 June-1920 December (Scattered)
Springbrook
Reel 11
Frame 230-277
Stockyard, 1913 June-1918 October (Scattered)
Spring Valley
Reel 11
Frame 278-357
Iron Ore Washer Building, 1904 May-1917 March
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 358-469
Rock Spur, 1902 May-1936 December (Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 358-469
Slag Pile, 1901 August-1935 January (Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 470-606
Spur and Sidetracks, 1907 March-1925 September
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 607-672
Stockyards, 1920 September-1939 November
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 703-766
Trackage, 1923 March-1925 October
Reel 11
Frame 767-806
Water Supply, 1908 August-1939 November
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 807-838
Wire Crossing, 1925 August-1927 July (Scattered)
Stanton
Reel 11
Frame 839-855
Check of Station Accounts, 1928 January-1930 April
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 856-881
Closing Station-Caretaker, 1930 February-1935
January (Scattered)
Stinnet
Reel 11
Frame 882-906
Abandonment of Station, 1944 February-December
(Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 907-911
Loading Dock, 1936 July-August
Reel 11
Frame 912-931
Overhead Bridge with Soo Line, 1927 July-1939
November (Scattered)
Reel 11
Frame 932-938
Retirement of All Valuation Track No. 1, 1942 July-
December, (Scattered)
Stowell
Reel 12
Frame 001-027
Track Retirements, 1941 August-September; 1942
March-June
Strum
Reel 12
Frame 028-054
Cattle Pass, 1917 February-April
Reel 12
Frame 055-056
Depot, undated
Reel 12
Frame 057-107
Mail Matters, 1919 August-1937 December
(Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 108-290
Stockyards, 1903 February-1947 September
(Scattered)
Sweden
Reel 12
Frame 291-404
Spur Trackage, 1900 July-1942 December (Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 405-433
Station Facilities, 1927 April-August; 1944 February-
June; 1948 August
Sydney
Reel 12
Frame 434-439
Freight, 1909 November
Reel 12
Frame 440-445
Passing Track, 1942 August
Trego
Reel 12
Frame 446-499
Caretaker, 1944 July-1952 September (Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 500-563
Check of Station Accounts, 1927 October-1952 August
Reel 12
Frame 564-572
Highway Crossing, 1923 December; 1925 July
Reel 12
Frame 573-576
Mail Matters, 1922 December; 1942 January
Trow
Reel 12
Frame 577-591
Retirement of Passing Track, 1941 September-1942
June (Scattered)
Truax
Reel 12
Frame 592-620
Stockyards, 1906 October-1935 November
(Scattered)
Tunnel
Reel 12
Frame 621-661
Drainage Matters, 1919 October-1921 August
(Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 662-683
Employees, 1915 December-1942 June (Scattered)
Turtle Lake
Reel 12
Frame 684-695
Mail Matters, 1923 March; 1938 December; 1945
December
Reel 12
Frame 696-738
Stockyards, 1900 August-1936 June (Scattered)
Tuscobia
Reel 12
Frame 739-743
Sale of Land, 1934 July
Reel 12
Frame 744-766
Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1919 February-
1944 September (Scattered)
Valley Junction
Reel 12
Frame 767-769
Depot, undated
Reel 12
Frame 770-1070
Interlocking Plant, 1900 November-1926 May
(Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 1071-1214
Joint Station Facilities, 1902 September-1933 June
(Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 1215-1274
Mail Matters, 1921 March-1923 November; 1932
March
Reel 12
Frame 1275-1313
Stockyards, 1898 November-1928 May (Scattered)
Reel 12
Frame 1314-1353
Telegrapher-Assigned Hours, 1915 December-1926
February (Scattered)
Waller Pit
Reel 13
Frame 001-078
Fence Matters, 1921 April-1936 January (Scattered)
Reel 13
Frame 079-114
Sale of Land, 1930 September-1935 June (Scattered)
Reel 13
Frame 115-180
Track Retirement, 1934 November-1942 October
(Scattered)
Reel 13
Frame 181-306
Wedges Creek and Trackage, 1898 February-1934
June (Scattered)
Warren
Reel 13
Frame 307-352
George Warren Co.-Trackage, 1898 October-1899
September; 1914 April; 1916 June
Reel 13
Frame 353-403
Pickling Station-Trackage, 1906 April-December
Reel 13
Frame 404-417
Strawberry Shipments, 1924 June-July
Wascott
Reel 13
Frame 418-445
Check of Station Accounts, 1928-1943
Washburn
Reel 13
Frame 446-461
Car Department Work Force, 1929 April-May; 1930
January; April
Reel 13
Frame 462-486
Crossing at Fourth Avenue East, 1927 June-August
Reel 13
Frame 487-603
Excelsior Products Company-Trackage, 1920 May-
1936 May (Scattered)
Reel 13
Frame 604-607
Handling of Company Coal, 1928 December; 1934
March
Reel 13
Frame 608-771
Kenfield and Lamoreaux-Trackage, 1902 March-1929 October (Scattered)
Reel 13
Frame 772-774
Mail Matters, 1918 October
Reel 13
Frame 775-839
Sprague Lumber Company-Trackage, 1910 May-
November
Weston
Reel 14
Frame 001-079
Assigned Hours, 1915 December-1931 December
(Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 080-130
Check of Station Accounts, 1920 August-1931 January
(Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 131-185
Engine House, 1909 June-1917 April (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 186-192
Mail Matters, 1923 January-February
Reel 14
Frame 193-215
Moving Terminal to Elmwood, 1921 January-1928
February (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 216-242
Private Pipeline for Henry Bates, 1925 May-November
Reel 14
Frame 243-261
Retirement of Spur Track, 1925 May-June
Reel 14
Frame 262-356
Starr Lumber Company-Trackage, 1904 March-1910
May (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 357-436
Thies Pickle Company-Water Supply, 1925 June-1935
May (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 437-474
Water Supply, 1910 April-November; 1920 January
Reel 14
Frame 475-583
Weston Lumber Company-Trackage, 1919 July-1934 September (Scattered)
Wildwood
Reel 14
Frame 584-702
Station Facilities, 1903 March-1949 August
(Scattered)
Wilson
Reel 14
Frame 703-931
Assigned Hours and Caretaker, 1915 December-1949
August (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 932-1030
Check of Station Accounts, 1921 February-1952 March
(Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 1031-1112
Closing of Station, 1950 August-1953 July (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 1113-1117
Depot, 1908 August
Reel 14
Frame 1118-1122
Grain Doors, 1939 December-1940 January
Reel 14
Frame 1123-1159
Mail Matters, 1915 May-1946 June (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 1160-1169
Nestle's Food Company-Private Crossing, 1927
December-1928 January
Reel 14
Frame 1170-1203
Standard Oil Company-Unloading Apparatus, 1920
June-1921 May (Scattered)
Reel 14
Frame 1204-1217
Stockyards, 1939 September; 1943 June-July
Woodville
Reel 15
Frame 001-047
Drainage Ditch, 1915 August-1916 December
Reel 15
Frame 048-986
Freight Depot-Electric Lights and Leases, 1926
September-1942 September (Scattered)
Reel 15
Frame 087-101
Highway Condition, 1918 May
Reel 15
Frame 102-158
Stockyards, 1904 July-1939 September (Scattered)
Reel 15
Frame 159-202
Storage Track, 1913 June-November
Miscellaneous
Reel 15
Frame 203-205
Cave (East of Roberts), 1917 May
Reel 15
Frame 206-209
Crossing Gates, 1917 May
Reel 15
Frame 210-211
Depot, 1912 February
Reel 15
Frame 212-216
Derrick Cars, circa 1914 May; 1915 August
Reel 15
Frame 217-220
Ditch (South of Baldwin), 1915 April-May
Reel 15
Frame 221-236
Engine Houses, 1902 April; 1913 February, July; 1927
June
Reel 15
Frame 237-255
Smoke Jacks, 1902 April-1929 November (Scattered)
Reel 15
Frame 256-261
Station Platforms, 1915 June; 1916 June
Eau Claire Mss BI
Series: Blueprints
Box 2
Altoona
Box 2
Angus
Box 2
Anson
Box 2
Arnold
Box 1 & 2
Ashland Junction
Box 5
Augusta
Box 2
Baldwin
Box 1 & 5
Barksdale
Box 2
Barronett
Box 5
Beldenville
Box 2
Bennett
Box 2
Benoit
Box 2
Black River Falls
Box 1
Bloomer
Box 2
Boardman
Box 2
Brill
Box 2
Burkhardt
Box 1
Cable
Box 2
Cameron
Box 2
Camp Douglas
Box 2
Cedarhurst
Box 1
Chetek
Box 2
Chili
Box 1
Chippewa Falls
Box 2
Clayton
Box 2
Clear Lake
Box 2
Cobban
Box 2
Columbia
Box 2
Comstock
Box 2
Cornell
Box 2
Cumberland
Box 1
Dauby
Box 2
Deer Park
Box 2
Donald
Box 1
Drummond
Box 1
Eagle Point
Box 2
Earl
Box 2
Eau Claire
Box 2
Eleva
Box 3
Ellsworth
Box 5
Elmwood
Box 5
Elroy
Box 5
Fairchild
Box 3
Fall Creek
Box 1
Grandview
Box 3
Granton
Box 5
Hammond
Box 3
Hannibal
Box 3
Haugen
Box 3
Hawthorne
Box 1
Hayward
Box 3
Hines
Box 1
Houghton
Box 3; 5
Hudson
Box 3
Hughey
Box 5
Humbird
Box 3
Hustler
Box 3
Jim Falls
Box 5
Kaiser
Box 3
Knapp
Box 5
Koll
Box 3
Kurth
Box 3
Lakeside
Box 3
Lampson
Box 5
Lemington
Box 5
Levis
Box 5
Linderman
Box 5
Marshfield
Box 3
Mason
Box 5
Menomonie
Box 3
Merrillan
Box 3
Midvale
Box 3
Millston
Box 3
Minong
Box 3
Mondovi
Box 3
Narrows
Box 5
Neillsville
Box 1
New Auburn
Box 3
New Richmond
Box 3
Norma
Box 3
Northline
Box 3
Oakdale
Box 3
Ojibwa
Box 5
Osseo
Box 4
Phipps
Box 4
Price
Box 5
Requa
Box 5
Rice Lake
Box 4
Richardson
Box 4
Roberts
Box 4
Rockmont
Box 4
Rodell
Box 4
Rusic
Box 1
Salmo
Box 4
Sarona
Box 4
Sauntry
Box 4
Seeley
Box 5
Shawtown
Box 4
Shell Lake
Box 5
Slag Pile Spur
Box 5
Solon Springs
Box 5
Spooner
Box 4
Spring Brook
Box 5
Spring Valley
Box 4
Stanton
Box 4
Stowell
Box 5
Strum
Box 1
Summit Spur
Box 4
Superior
Box 5
Sydney
Box 5
Teegarden
Box 5
Trego
Box 4
Trow
Box 4
Truax
Box 4
Tunnel
Box 5
Turtle Lake
Box 4
Tuscobia
Box 4
Valley Junction
Box 4
Warren
Box 4
Wascott
Box 1
Washburn
Box 5
Wilson
Box 4
Winter
Box 4
Wyeville
Box 4
Yarnell
Blueprints Removed from Microfilmed Correspondence
Box 6
Folder 1
Altoona
Box 6
Folder 1
Ashland
Box 6
Folder 1
Bayfield
Box 6
Folder 1
Bayport
Box 6
Folder 1
Chippewa Falls
Box 6
Folder 2
Camp Douglas
Box 6
Folder 3
Eau Claire
Box 6
Folder 4
Elmwood
Box 6
Folder 4
Elmwood-Weston
Box 6
Folder 4
Glover
Box 6
Folder 4
Koll
Box 6
Folder 4
Marshfield
Box 6
Folder 4
Merrillan
Box 6
Folder 4
Millston
Box 6
Folder 4
Neillsville
Box 6
Folder 5
Roxby
Box 6
Folder 5
Sheppard
Box 6
Folder 5
Solon Springs
Box 6
Folder 5
Spooner
Box 6
Folder 5
Spring Valley
Box 6
Folder 5
Sweden
Box 6
Folder 5
Tuscobia
Box 6
Folder 5
Valley Junction
Box 6
Folder 5
Waller Pit
Box 6
Folder 5
Warren
Box 6
Folder 5
Washburn
Box 6
Folder 5
Weston
Box 6
Folder 5
Woodville
Box 6
Folder 5
Miscellaneous
Series: Personnel Records
Eau Claire
Micro 27/Micro
1167
Strike Materials
1922 Strike
Reel 15
Frame 262-602
Correspondence, 1922 July-August
Reel 15
Frame 603-902
Telegrams, 1922 August
Reel 16
Frame 001-224
Correspondence, 1922 September
1946 Called Strike
Reel 16
Frame 225-368
Embargo Notices and Other Instructions, 1946 May
1948 Called Strike
Reel 16
Frame 369-471
Office of Superintendent Communications, 1948 May
Eau Claire Mss BI
Employee Case Files
Box 7
51-482
Box 8
484-770
Box 9
754-1097
Box 10
1063-1616
Box 11
1618-2563
Box 12
2082-2643
Box 13
2644-3175
Box 14
3176-3716
Box 15
3622-4319
Box 16
4368-4831
Box 17
4838-5263
Box 18
5265-6222
Box 19
6168-6332
Box 20
6333-6427
Box 21
6429-6538
Box 22
6539-6643
Box 23
6644-6763
Box 24
6764-6933
Box 25
6934-7049
Box 26
7050-7291
Box 27
7292-7456
Box 28
7457-7652
Box 29
7653-7817
Box 30
7785-7966
Box 31
7697-8164
Box 32
8165-8350
Box 33
8351-8566
Box 34
8567-8781
Employee Performance Record Books
Box 35 Folder 1
Brakemen, 1887 August-1898 September
Box 36-37
1892 September-1926 November
Box 35 Folder 2
1894 January-1913 January
Box 38 Folder 1
1895 March-1912 February
Box 38 Folder 2
1898 May-1912 June
Box 39 Folder 1
1902 April-1931 May
Box 39 Folder 2
1902 September-1914 November
Box 40 Folder 1
1903 April-1913 August
Box 40 Folder 2
1906 August-1912 May
Box 41 Folder 1
1907 September-1912 September
Box 41 Folder 2
1907 December-1912 September
Box 42 Folder 1
1910 April-1912 November
Box 42 Folder 2
1910 November-1912 July