Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-07
DAN PATCH AIR LINE
Personal REPRESENTATIVE OF NJ. W.
SAVAGE VISITS DEBORAH.
A Pleasing Interview With MIR. NJ. E. har.
rison, Who is Making Tour of Inspec-
ton Of the Route of the Proposed
Electric Line, Gathering Data
for Advertising Pur-
poses, Etc.

ever projected and line that is now |
actually being built, DEBORAH is GER
tainly vitality interested i'll the Min
neapoiis, Rochester and Dubuque !
Traction ompany, commonly spoken
of as the "Dan Patch Air Line" said
M. E. Harrison, personal represen-
tative of President M. w. Savage
when seen in this city Saturday.
Being vitality interested. it is only
right that the people of DEBORAH
should know something of the condi
tions and prospects of the road. The
Dan Patch Air Line is more than a
paper line l. is reality. 1 will
tell you why.
"In the first place Mr. Savage has
never undertaken anything that has
failed. That is his reputation among
business mer all over the country and
he cannot afford to begin now. He
has taken hold of this interurban
proposition Has secured the control
ling interests, and states positively
that the road will be built and built
quickly.
Second, the company has been
thoroughly recognized and placed on
practical business basis, the imag-
NATIVE promotion element has been
eliminated and some of Minnesota
leading business and professional men
are now interested and have been
elected to the Board of Directors.
These are men whose names have al.
ways been connected with successful
undertakings The company has also
secured the services of the best engi-
neers. and men who have all their
lives followed railway construction
as business.
''Thirdly. Iowa and Minnesota are
woefully behind the times in the mat
ter Of interurbans. This territory.
one of the richest that lies out of
doors, is simply waiting for interur-
bans to make it without an equal. Its
people appreciate the value of the
Il
and are enthusiastically helping with
the help that counts.
Lastly, the company is on a sound
financial basis, has already graded
about seven miles of road bed out of
Minneapolis, and will have ears run
ming as far as the Minnesota river by
the time snow flies "
How soon will the road be built
into Dec rah?" asked the reporter.
That depends on many things, I"
responded Mr.. Harrison with a smile.
Mr. Savage thinks il safe, however,
60 predict that the ''Da- Patch Air
Line" will be here by year from
January. 1t is intended TO build the
long bridge across the Minnesota river
next winter. Grading and building
contracts Will be let and work all
along the line will be begun and
rushed forward as early as possible
next spring
1.-THE company will waste no time
in getting here as the road opens mp
wonderfully rich country naturally
tributary to Dubuque. but that is now
practically inaccessible through lack
Of direct or any transportation, and
that all means business and ultimate
dividends. I"
Will You carry freight as well as
passengers?"
Certainly. everything that the
steam roads haul now, only as has
been proved by interurbans in the
East, we can do it quicker, easier and
more satisfactorily. Not only will
patrons be able to take baggage with
them, but there will be freight cars.
milk cars. fruit cars, fresh meat cars,
combination express and passenger
cars. and full freight cars. -
"Some of the advantages TO the
farmer are of special interest, and
these are well explained by President
Wilson of the American Engineering
Co, who says The farmer will be
able to take his produce to town in
good or bad weather, in the busy
season or the slack, and can choose
his market and the time TO sell. He
can telephone his orders to town for
supplies, and receive them by parcel
freight at his door. instead OF hauling
long distances over bad roads. He
can visit hundred miles from home
and return within the same day. He
can turn his farm into a pasture,
with the exception of a few acres,
and make good return producing
milk, garden truck and small fruit,
which the electric car will each day
take TO ready market. The progressive
farmer can, in short, keep in close
touch with the great world around
him and enjoy the broadening influ.
ence which always accompany more