The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23


be used for the operation of the rail-
road was discussed. The general I'M
d~erstanding had been that the road
was to be of an electric character.
President Walden stated that SO far
as he was concerned it was a matter
of Indifference to him what power
was used-what he wanted most was
the building of the railroad and then
the power question could be settled
later. Mr.. Walden stated that he
had some correspondence with a pro-
moter OF an electric road down in
Iowa and that he gave it as his
opinion hat an electric road cost
more to build and that it cost more
to operate 1t after it was done. Mr..
Walden said hat he did not care to
prejudice the mind of any on the
subject, but gave the experience of
a man who has had the experience,
claiming that a steam road could be
Present in the meeting were John
Absher and A. H. Pease, of Wagner.
These gentlemen have under organi-
cation an electric road from Wagner
to Mitchell, and on which they have
made some progress. Each of the
lgentlemen made a short talk with
reference to what they were doing
and gave the promoters of the Mitch
ell-Marshall line some good sugges-
lions which could be followed to
some extent in their work. Both gen
tlemen expressed the opinion that it
would be an easier matter to Sc
cure a right of way for an electric
road through the country than for a
steam road-at least that had been
county. They found the farmers
We're less prejudiced against a pro-
ject of that kind than against a
steam road.
The question of selecting a COM
mittee to go to Minneapolis for a
conference with the Commercial Club
was taken Up later in the evening
again and the sense of the meeting
resolved into the idea that such a
committee should be appointed and
sent to Minneapolis as soon as posi-
BILE. 1t was suggested, and the sug-
gestion met with the hearty approval
of the gentlemen present, that each
town represented in the meeting Sc
lect three delegates to comprise the
and with hat idea in view the fol-
lowing names were submitted for the
sanction of the meeting:
Mitchell-D. b. Miller, O. E. Cas-
sem.
Madison-John Walden, John
Larkin, G.. b. Kennedy.
Ivanhoe, Mimi. p. Johnson, R.
F. Schulz.
Brookings-George West, Ed Oh
son, Frank Sherwin.
Hendricks, Minn.-Carl j.. John
son, L.. A. Larson, G. P. Skortum.
Salem-I. j. Todd.
Epiphany-W. S. Doty.
Clarno-C. W.. Shirley.
Winfred-Alfred Swanson.
This meeting of the railroad pro-
motors developed the fact that the
men who were behind this mavement
were very sincere in their efforts to
make the line a success and that the
1 men living in the vicinity were equal
ly as enthusiastic in seconding the
efforts of the promoters. They all
0 realized that the building of this
: line means the bringing of Minneap.
oils and st. Paul 100 miles nearer
T and making them a closer market
d and it developed, too, that there
was quite a sentiment on hand t.
bring the trade relations with st
Paul and Minneapolis into closer
touch with the business interests O
this state.
u Mr.. Kennedy in the course of hi
y remarks commented on the fact tina
St. Paul and Minneapolis jobber
q said they could not do any bushes
II with this section of the state, AM
he told them it was a good reason
why, because they were SO far iron
q. here by the circuitous line of roa
IS that one had to travel to reach tn
y Twin Cities. The almost airline Q
le the present project indicated to tn
IS Twin City jobbers that they woul
"a not be so far removed from an es
$ cellent trade territory with that lin
'f built, and hence, they naturally fe
e in heartily with the project.
u When an adjournment was take
III no arrangement was made about
III future meeting, but when the tim
comes the president will assembl
~ the gentlemen at some converter
le point for further work on the pre-
u iect &