Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-22

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YOU FRS, NY DEAR ;lLsTl)lT \!
Watertown Citizens Willing se llelp|
Electric Short Line bat or
Must Start from this End

Must Start from this ~ y
Anent the Electric Short Ilfna prog
osition, the Commercial club at itsI
meeting at the Kamp mpeska house bES,ll
day noon, after full and tree discus
sion, unanimously adopted the report
Of the committee Of ten III which
D. G, Noonan Is chair rnan, which car-8
sried with IL The following letter ~
Mr. w. r. Luce of the Illectric Short
Line s ssII
The railway COMMITTEES appoin ted
sby The Natertown commercial club
has given earnest consid eration to the 81
proposition made by your Hlectric
Short Line railway company to b,,iId
and operate an electric ail@ay liDss
from Watertown to Lake KAN
Our understanding Of the proposi
tion is as follows First the citizens
|of Natertown to purchase at the par
value Of $4,000 per share six per
cent preferred stock Of the HIectric
Short Line railway comp to the
amount Of $500 900, Which
amount would be used IA the cons strlis,-
ton Of the first forty miles pf ys'lars
line from Minneap polls, each sharA
preferred stock to carry WITH 1t as
Iponus n snare OF
the par value of $1,000 per share
lpreferred stock being six per cent
)non.cnmulative stock on Wliieis dfyf
dends would be paid NJ earrl-
ipga would iustify tha:,
judgneht of the Board of direct torg ofs
your company.
In addition to this stock subscr fps
/ tion. atertown IS required to furnish,
/ free right. .of-way from the east city
limits Of this city along First avenue
north, through the center OF the city
and thence d free continuous rightofs
way to the lake shore
IN return for these rights, pri
leges and paynianta of stock subscriI,-
tions. your company would agree hy
contract to construct and operate the
line to Lake Kampeska, after the cleo
Itric line from Minneapolis was built
lcontinue and In operation from
Minneapolis to Watertown lsss
This committee is reasonably ven
assured that It would be utterly ir,.
possible to interest the citizens 81
Watertown In an proposition inyoly.
Ing the granting Of these yalnab abla
rights together with the. s,ibscriptiom
of IN ainonnt Of money sufficient is
construct the line to the lake. which,
would not at thig time be used for
that purpose. with only the assurances
that the electric line to the lake would
be built after the line from Minneap-
oils Is completed and In operation tts
WatertoWn, South Dakota, TIE time ff
which completion is necessarily nov
somewhat indefinite.
The committee feels that there ara
certain valuable AZ advantages Va ba
gained BY the early construction of
the line to Lake Karnpeska from VA.
tertoWn. One Isl l,eca use sof Ii IL j nav
Ing Of the streets to be done in Wa.
tertown to be done tl,isS spring ana
summer, the contract for which IAN
already been warded. We feal that
the tracks through the ei ity, at least
through the portion to be payeds
should be put ir before the paving ii
done, thus effecting d large SAVING IN N
the cost Of construction All waII 81
eliminating the necessity of tearine
up the paving after it has been. III
and and at the same time, getting ! fat,.
Ter piece Of cong truction 4 ian fI,e
work is deferred until after the 81 ve
mment mel has been put in.
We also know that the III !, =, 81,
iesire Of orr citizens is rs Il ! ~ } 3
electric Ear line ID operat tion u.s. s,,s.
AXE prior to June 81 4, 4 "
nee to this sentiment and ii, yiaus sf
he advantages that Ws tel IS 81 III
aimed BY early cons true Il ion ~ 81
axe line. and as the various ss .,ro,,,,s
Ions which were presented Il. CA, ,,,'.
his committee at innes.a rs,sis .,s.s
gain on Monday last at ,,IT sS,, ],
Ial club meeting have siot bsse q Ss,, 4,
'dered ayorably yos,: ], L I,
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