Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-04
CREsCo HOWARD COUNTY IOWA TUESDAY FEBRUARY l. 1905
The Decorah Electric Road Meeting,

AM 0SSVAoA GASSS1lC CNVdO lOCCSlUk
i On Friday last the Decorah Com
mercial Club had public meeting il
the Ora nd opera house in the interes
of the Dan Patch electric road project
which was addressed by Pres. Savag,
and Secretary Boutelle, of the Trac
ton Company, the latter being tn,
principal speaker. Although the even
ing was stormy the opera house wa.
filled and much enthusiasm was dis
played.
Cresco was represented by E. R
Thompson. S. A. Converse, Robert
Thomson and Joseph Copeland, and af
ter conversing with some of the dele.
cation, we believe we violate no con.
fidences in saying that all Of the gen
tlemen returned with increased faith
in the ultimate completion of the road
and confident that when the road is
built that Cresco will surely be one OF
the towns on the line.
Neither Mr.. Savage or Mr.. Boutelle
will make any definite promise or guar
antee as to where the road will go OF
when it will be completed, but make it
clear that if the road is to pay it must
touch every town of considerable popu-
lation in the territory traversed, and
also state that they already have suf-
ficient money, either paid in or good
subscriptions, to grade, iron and equip
ready for the rolling stock, so miles of
road, includ ing the building of the big
bridge across the Minnesota river.
Already about % miles of road are
ready for track laying and work on the
bridge is in progress. Mr.. Savage and
the other directors of the Company
have paid in about $500, 900 of the $500
600 stock already taken, and Mr.. Saw
age says that he will put in more of
his money just as fast as it can be tax
en- from his other business enterprises,
and has great faith that considerable
proportion of his 200, 600 customers will
invest in stock and says that so far the
sales of Dan Patch stock to these GUS
toners has fully met his expectations.
The Cresco delegation return firm In
the belief that Mr.. Savage and his as
sociates are sincere In their promulgat-
ed plan to build the road its entire pro-
posed length, and will build and extend
the line just as fast as the money nec-
essary to do so can be obtained. The
plan Of obtaining the money may be,
and is, questioned by some as not be-
ing the most feasible, but the directors
seem satisfied of its ultimate success
and feel sure that once the first section
of the road is in operation that stock
subscriptions to complete the road will
be quickly Forthcoming.
Both Mr.. Savage and Mr.. Boutelle
expressed to the ICresco delegation
their willingness to meet the people of
Creseo at some time and discuss elec.
trio road matters. We suggest that
our local Business Mems Association
throw off the lethargy resultant from
their heavy labor in trying to secure .
new depot through the Intervention of
the states dummy board of railroad
commissioners, and cooperate with the
handful of Cresco men who have been
at work il, the interest Of our town in
the electric road matter. Let them
arrange for meeting to be addressed
by Messrs. Savage and Boutelle, and
make an effort to do something worth
while to further the real interests OF
Cresco and tributary territory.