The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-11
SALE0F STOCK
IS PROGRESSING
SOLICITING COMMITTEE SELLING
LUCE LINE STOCK is
DOING WELL
ROAD MAY COME HERE FROM CANDY
Possibility That Line May Select An
other Route Into Brookings-Why
Electric Lines Help a Section

The committee in charge of the
work Of selling stock of the Electric
Short Line company, which as u
readers know, is coming to Brookings,
report f1attering success, and the mat
ter is expected to be cleaned up in the
next week or ten days. Brookings
business men are showing a very graft
flying boosting spirit, and this city's
end Of the agreement looks as though
it was cinched.
Col. Luce was scheduled to meet
with the people Of Toronto the first of
this week, but We have had no report
of the meeting. From this it looks as
though there was a possibility that
the road would come here from Candy,
by way of Toronto and Argo township.
The people along the east route be-
tween here and Ivanhoe will be given
the first opportunity to get the road,
but unless they meet the requirements
promptly the scene of activity will be
SHALhSN " AK pCOpIS up
there are very anxious for the road
and stand ready to do their share. The
country between here and the state
line on the east route is now being
~canvassed. A meeting was held Mon
day afternoon in Alton township, east
of Bushnell, and there was a good
attendance. The following were pres
ent from ~Brookings: w. M. Cheever,
Charles E.. Hall, DR.. A. w. Hyde, j. H.
Bushnell, S. ]. Rudolph, c. w. Hast
ings.
There Is also a possibility that the
line will not go to Watertown and that
Brookings will be the terminal of both
the main line and the branch. Water
town has all the roads, and more, than
it can support right now, and a line
just going in there would have rather
slim picking. And the country the line
would pass through between Candy
and Watertown is rather poor and is
MOI to be compared with the rich ter.
ritory between Candy and Brookings.
Following are some interesting facts
about the Electric Short Line:
Minnesota and South Dakota, two
of the greatest states in the union in
respect to nature! resources, are prac-
tically without an electric line.
The Electric Short Line Railway Is a
standard electric freight and passen-
ger railroad, o. under rapid construc-
ton, running from Minneapolis in a
westerly direction through central
Minnesota. A large part of the terri
tory which it will serve is from ten to
thirty miles wide, without railroad
facilities of any kind; Notwithstanding
this handicap, practically every acre
is under cultivation.
The policy Of the company has been
carefully mapped out-the construc-
ton will be of the latest and most ap-
proved type and the operation will be
efficient The first forty miles of road,
the most expensive to build, will be
completed and in operation within the
year. From this point the road will
be bonded and completed, as outlined,
at an early date.
An investment in the Electric Short
Line Railway Company's stock will be
proftable:
Because the success OF this enter
prise was assured before the stock
books Of the company were open to the
public-W. L. Luce and Col. e. D. Luce
having spent eight years in securing
most advantageous freight and passen-
ger terminals in the heart of Mime
apolis, today conservatively worth 3d.
900, 900. 90. Adequate terminals are an
absolute necessity for the financial
success of a railroad.
Because the Luces also invested be-
tween three and four hundred thous-
and dollars in the Electric Short Line
to make this proposition doubly sure
before any one was asked to join
them.
Because it is being built on a spot
cash basis, no equipment being bought,
no contracts being let, until the money
to pay for same is in the bank.
Because the outstanding stock and
bonds per mile will be only about one.
fifth the amount OF. the outstanding
stock and bonds per mileof the aver
& railroad in the United States.
Because the territory which It will
serve 10 in urgent need Of quick, clean.