[CBQ] Irish Mail

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Jeff,
 
We've discussed the question of the origin of the name Irish Mail here  
several times and dont have anything firm. I'm purely guessing that it has  
something to do with the area the line went thru as the "Irish Club" is a 
social  club just off the line a couple blocks North of Illinois Ave. Aurora is 
full of  the these social clubs(Luxembourg Club,etc,etc,etc) and they are 
located in  neigborhoods where their names reflected the origin of the re
sidents. 
One thing is certain there was only one Irish Mail. The mails that used to  
go to West Chicago were mails.
If you want to get Ben Darling,and some of the other old timers rolling  
around in their graves start calling anything else a mail. Believe me I 
learned  first hand when they were working !! The only Irish Mail went up both 
sides of  the river.
 
Leo Phillipp


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