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STATE OF' POLICING IN RAMSEY
<br />(and, to some de.~r-ee, the state oF the cit'.,' Per. iod)
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<br /> £1r~ce u~or, ~ time ther'e ~er.e two mer~ ~Jho h~d dr. emm~ ~:of the
<br />~utur. e. One o~ them wes ,James d. Hi l 1 Cr, d the other Osbor. r,e F.
<br />Schmidt. t3oth o~ them df. earned of ribbons o~ steel e>,:ter, din~ the
<br />ler,~th and br. emdth o~ this r,¢tion~ built to cmr-r-Y ~eo~le mhd
<br />goods to their, demt'inatiorms in s~:etY, comfor, t ~r~d witbm
<br />e~icier~c'v. Mr'. Hill or.~mnized his mater-iai mhd ~e~sor, r, el with
<br />~r'e~t car-e. He tour. chased the land ~c,P the ri.~ht-of-wmY, hir-ed
<br />wor. ker's and ir, stalled r. ails r'emchir, s to m wide var-ietY oF cities
<br />that ~er. ved r.e~ior, s. He ~ur-chmmed r. ol l ir,~ stock c,f ~c, od ~u~lit'-,-',
<br />~er.f,a~s not the vet-'-,' ~ir, est but ~oc, d de~end~ble stock. W,:,r. ker. s
<br />~er'e hir. e,J ~r'~d ir. mir, ed to pun him r'ailr'oad. Fr. om er,~ineer, s
<br />cond,Jcter, s to ~itchmer, to r. Ail'.,.'ar.d ~c,r-ker. 5. Fr-om cler.~c~l
<br />~t ~he ,',~ir, ,:,FF~ce to st~t~c, nmaster, s to ticke~ sel ler-s to
<br />car. s~aF~. Hhen ~t ~s ~11 Put together. Mr.. H~11 had ¢ ~ell
<br />Fur, ctionJr,~, eF¢icier, t albe~t e::<Per, sive r.~lpo~d and PeoPle ~ho
<br />came to I',~s stat~,)ns or. other.~se hit. ed hi~ F~c~tit~e~ end stock
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<br /> Osbor-ne ~,:hm~dt dr.e~med ~th eqLl~l let. van oF his r.¢~1~. He
<br />Put. chAsed the lend And laid the r.¢~ls. H1s r-eD~ons uer-e l~n~er-
<br />~ith Fe~er. Pc, int$ o¢ cc, nnectior~ and ~r'eight
<br />I-{~s r.,:,ll~r,~ stock uas ~ur-ch~ed at pedu,:ed cost ~r. om second r'¢te
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<br />m~nuFactur, er.s. Fie hJr. ed Per'~,:,r~ he consider'ed Dc, od ~opJ(er. 5
<br />Pr'.omi~ed them Pie in the sk'-,.', Some h~r-ed on end stAYed. Other-s
<br />~er.e r. ecr. uited ~'.,-' b'.,-' Hr.. H111 mbo oFt:eped them sc, meth~r'~ For.
<br />their. ~opk end ded~cCt~on to h~s c,:,mP~n¥. Hr.. S,:hmidt h~r. ed
<br />er~h~er'~ conducteps, ~t,:hmer,, F.~.~]'¥'~r-d ~,:,r. ker. s. Fie h~r. ed
<br />clef. Jcl1 st~F, st~t~onmCster, s, t~cket sel ler. s and d~n~r,~ ,:~r'
<br />st~F. S;c, met~mes he d~dn'"t h~ve er, c, umh Per'sobs to m~r~ e~ch
<br />of tr.~r, unit ~n,J ~hen th~s hCP~ened he c~ncelled Puns of told
<br />custc, mer.~ that he could r~,:,t ser. v~ce the Ar.e~ they r'e~ue~ted.
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<br />N~o'-,' c,F h~ c~Jstomer, s bec~me upset ~her, the'.,.' cc, u1 d not ~et er. om
<br />Hr.. '.3chm~dt the set. vice he h~d ~dver-ti~ed ~nd the'¥' took their.
<br />busir, ess elsemher, e. ~r.. Schm~dt'~nd ~r.. Hill competed ~of m~n'.,-
<br />·.,.'ear. s ~n the pAilr-oad bus~r,e~s. Tod~Y You h~ve ~11 he~r-d o~
<br />Gr.e~t Nor. ther. r~ R~lr',:,~d, r,,:,~ Bur. 1 in~t,:,n Nor. ther-n. Hc,~ mar,¥ ot:
<br />· .,-,:,u have he~r'd ,:,F Schm~dt R~lw~'.,'~ Inc.?
<br />The Pr. eceed~n~ Js ~ ~on~ue ir, cheek P~r.~ble ~k,~cf, h~s as
<br />mor"~l, at le~t' insot:ar, as Jt con,:er-r,s Hr.. Schm~dt, "Th~t"s no
<br />~&"~' ~0 F'IJFI ~ r.~lr.c,~d]". The r.e~sor~ ] ~m ~F'~FI9 th~ ~s
<br />ser. ve as ~ Ple~ For. the ,:ommun~t'¥' o¢ R~mse-," to r'e~lize its
<br />P,:,tent~&l ~s ~ metr. o~ol ~t~n ar'e~ c~t'.,.'. Nhether. of r, ot R~msey
<br />will gr, c,w is not irm ~uestior, ms the e:,(P~hsic, r~ c,~ POPUI8tiC, Fi
<br />the ~etr. o a.r. em will decide thmt ~of us. Now thePe is E four- ir~
<br />~ort'.,- r'e~uir, mmer, t Put uPor~ us b",' the Mmtr'oPolit~n C:ouhcil which
<br />is tr.'-rir,~ ~c, contr, ol the ~r.c, wth o~ roll mr.e~s under, its w~tchful
<br />eye so ms to mvoid helter.-sk~lter., unPlm~ned ~Po~th. This is ~ll
<br />well and good. However. I hope no one believes thm.~ sometime
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<br />unbear.~ble, tk, a _:ouncil will r.e.,air, er~mc, r-e,J with ,:,ur. r. ur-a. 1
<br />a. tm,:,spher-e ~t,d r,,:,t look this u~'-,' for. home ~it'es. ~ hope ~e ~lso
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