The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-04-23
TOWN MEETING
At the Commercial Club Re
suits in Some Good
Work.

many citizens away from the meeting
called to be held at the Commercial
Club rooms to discuss matters Of inter.
est to the city. The attendance wa:
fair, however, and what was lacking
in numbers was made up in the right
kind of boosting for enterprises and
facilities absolutely necessary to the
welfare OF the city. Madison has ar.
rived at the point where certain
modern Innovations must be made to
keep the city from becoming at least a
little behind other towns of the state
and this was apparently fully appreci.
ated by the gentlemen present at last
evenings meeting.
The first business taken up was the
| Meridian Road. 1t seems that resi-
dents along the adopted line, embrac-
ing the section line dividing Leroy
and Pennington townships. do not
appreciate the importance of the road
and have SO far declined TO make
voluntary contributions to assist in
building the highway. This has de-
layed construction, and now farm
ers of Leroy township come in and
| offer assistance to the road if the line is
moved one mile east of the TO wnship
line. Y. r. Walden, NJ. E.. Hart and
J. A. johnson were appointed a COM
mittee to look into the matter and
| determine the best method to pursue.
The next business was a cluster light
system for Madison, something that is
absolutely necessary if the city keeps
pace with surrounding towns. Dis
cussion of this matter occupied con-
siderable time. T. E. McAllister read
letters from manufacturers giving pric-
es of posts with clusters of five lights,
ranging from $24 to S33. All present
agreed that there should be no delay
ia installing cluster lights and have
them in readiness for important meet
iugs to be held in Madison the coming
summer.
Finally committees were appointed
to proceed definitely. J. G. Schultz, Z.
[. Mease and T. K. McAllister were
appointed to confer with the city com
mission. Other committees were ap.
pointed tc take the matter mp with
business men with a view of securing
voluntary subscriptions for the purpose
i necessary, These committees are as
| follows: First ward. F. ID. Fits, joe.
| Henkin, II. H. ~Frudenfeld; Second
ward, G. L. Kennedy, J. Z. Schultz,
I. E. McAllister; Third ward, X. b.
Fitzgerald. Crist Rensch, DIR. Burl-
ingame Fourth ward, Sid Lee, A. q.
Schmidt. A. e. Fuller.
The appointment of ward commit
tees serves to chow the extreme desire
of business men to have the cluster
light system installed. But as a mat
ter of fact business men ought not to
be called upon to make voluntary
| subscription. The business should be
placed in the hands Of the city COM
mission and the lights installed as a
municipal enterprise, to be paid for
by the municipality. Every resident
of the city will profit by the proposed
system Of public lighting and there is
no good reason why they should not be
maintained at public expense. Bust
moss men are called upon to contribute
to many public enterprises, such as
county fair, chautauqua, meridian
road, street sprinkling. and dozens of
other enterprises that might be men
| toned. But when it comes to public
street lighting the business man should
be relieved other wise than paying his
proportionate tax to pay for main
tenance.
The city commission is the proper
source from which the cluster light
system should come, and with a
proper demand made for the system
the commission will feel in duty
bound to accede to the demand.
People of Sioux Falls appreciate the
magni6cence of Lake Madison as a
summer resort and are deyising ways
and means of availing themselves of its
pleasures. 1t has been proposed to run
a gasoline motor train from Sioux
Falls to Lake Madison daily to per-
NIT of the people of that city visiting
| the lake for picnic and other purposes.
| Sec'y. Schultz of the Commercial Club
| was instructed at last evenings meet.
ing to correspond with the Sioux
| Falls Commercial Club in regard to
the matter.
1t was a good meeting, coupled
with a wholesome desire to develop
| Madison's natural facilities to attract
to the city people fol business, pleas
ure, and seeking homes. Madison is
especially favored with natural facili-
ties, and their development will make
the city grow with leaps and bounds.