The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-08-22
RAILROAD TALK
Is Rife and A Second Line Is a
Possibility
MEETING At MITCHELL THURSDAY
Was Enthusiastic and Project
Was Given Boost

trio railroad at MltCnell last HuT Suds
evening. at which time varioussmatter
pertaining to the road were discussed.
There was considerable interest
shown and the hackers of the line
are confident that it will be built
Brookings was represented by Frank
Sherwin and l.. l.. Sperng From
the Mitchell Republican We get the fol
lowing account of the meeting:
Thursday evening there was an inn
city. which was attended by the rep
resentatiyes from the towns that are
situated along the line of the pro
posed route. This enterprise is de-
signed to build a railroad from Mitch
ell, S. d., to Marshall, Mimi, and as
near as possible will be an air line.
thus cutting down the distance to
St. Paul and Minneapolis nearly 100
miles
Delegates were present from Mitch
ell. quite a number OF citizens out
side of those who are assisting in
the promotion of the affair, Madison,
Salem, Epiphany, Clarno, Yankton,
Brookings, Ivanhoe, Mimi, Hendricks,
Mimi, but no representatives were
present from Marshall,
Secretary Neill read the minutes
of the previous meeting, wich was
held at Brookings sometime in June.
c. 3. Kennedy, of Madison, was call
ed upon to make report of the COM
mittee which made a buggy survey
of the route from Mitchell to Marsh
all. Mr. Kennedy was one of the
Prof. r. F. Kerr, who unfortunately
was unable to be present at the meet
ing, to draft a sort of a map survey
of the route. This work has been
completed and it was shown at the
meeting, it being fully explained by
Mr.. Kennedy. The map showed the
line traced over the various coun-
ties through which the line will pass
starting from Mitchell and cutting
off a small corner of southeastern
Sanborn county and passing through
the extreme southern portion of Min
er county, thence going into Lake
and taking a northerly direction and
reaching Madison. From that point
it takes a direct line through to Brook
ings, and thence northeast to Marsh
all
Mr. Kennedy gave a very interest
ing statement of the situation as they
found things in driving from Mitchell
to Marshall, speaking with particular
reference to the grade that would
have to been encountered in building
the line. He said that there We're
but three or four places on the entire
line where anything of difficult ma
ture in engineering would be encOunt-
cred, one of which was in getting out
Of Mitchell over the Firesteal and
river to the north part OF the county,
and then again over in the eastern
part of the state. Mr.. Kennedy said
that in two places two lines were run.
the least Objectionable of which
could be taken. In passing through
southern Miner county, Mr.. Kennedy
stated that a slight deviation of a few
miles could be made and the town of
Epiphany could be taken in.
In referring to the matter of secur,
ing the right of way for the road, Mr..
Kennedy said that he believed that
the promoters would encounter very
little trouble, for the conversations
he had with the farmers indicated
that they were very glad indeed that
the line was being proposed and that
they showed a most sincere and hear
ty disposition to help all they can.
The question of selecting 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 ideas that such a
committee should be appointed and
sent to Minneapolis as soon as posi-
bic it was suggested. and the sug-
gestion met with a hearty approval
of the gentlemen present. that each
town represented in the meeting Sc
lect three delegates to comprise the
full membership of the committee
and with that idea in view the fol-
lowing names were submitted for the
sanction of the meeting:
Mitchell-D, b. Miller, o. f. Cas-
sem.
Madison-John Walden, John Lar
kin, c. b. Kennedy.
Ivanhoe, Mimi. p. Johnson, r.
F. Schulz.
Brookings-George. West Ed o.
son, Frank Sherwin.
Hendricks. Minn-Carl J. johnson,