The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
rHREE-FUoRThS OF THE WAY

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The railroad soliciting committee re-
port good success and now have over
SIS, 900 of the necessary $4,000 sub
scribed. The last remaining $4,000
will be the hardest naturally. as all of
the big subscriptions are in and what
is left will have to be secured In small
amounts. However, the committee Ia
confident that the matter can be closed
up within a few days, provided the re.
naming citizens who have not as yet
subscribed show the proper boosting
spirit.
Next Tuesday evening the CONNER.
cial Club will hold a special meeting
to boost for the road and it Is expected
that something definite in the way of
subscriptions will come of that. It is
not likely that subscriptions will be
taken there that night, but the commit
tee has a plan to present which it is
thought will simplify matters greatly.
1t begins to look as though the road
would come into Brookings by way of
Candy. The people up there are work
ing ove time to secure the road while
the citizens east Of here are doing but
little. The people to the east would
like the road, oh, yes, but they figure
thai ac Oc iS onino fo ra;n1 IA
allotted amount the road will come
through whether they do anything or
not. The Electric Short Line, how.
ever, is likely to slip n over on them
by coming to Bookings by way of
Toronto, and leave them high and dry
between here and Ivanhoe. without a
railroad as they always have been.
Col. Luce met with the Toronto
boosters last week and the Herald
says Of the meeting. in part:
Mr.. Luce gave three reasons why
the people of Toronto and vicinity
should be interested In the road: First,
as an investment; second, the increas-
ed value it would put upon farm and
town property, and third. the conven-
fence it would provide. as stopping
places would be established on prac-
tically every section line where the
farmers could catch a car and go to
town to do their trading and return
when they wished.
1.-The Toronto committee, consisting
Of w. j. Horner, Harry Haden, X.
Diversion and Peter Sorenson, who
went to Minneapolis last week to in
vestigate the company and road up
held Mr.. Luce in his talk, and stated
that all Mr.. Luce told his audience
was true, and the meeting was also
told that the report Of the Brookings
committee was at their disposal if any
n had reason to doubt Mr.. Luce or
u home committee.
when Mr.. Luce finished his talk
he called for any questions anyone
wished to ask and several took the
opportunity to get further informa-
ton about the company and the line.
1.-THE electric road will handle freight
besides passenger traffic, in fact be
run or practically the same order as a
steam road. except that the local
trains will be run for the benefit of the
local towns and community. Mr.. Luce
stated that he and his father expected
to complete the road in two years but
he could set no exact date as that
would be impossible on account of un-
forseen obstacles, but should the com
pany see fit to change their route sub
scriptions for stock will be returned.
"The people of the Fish Lake dis
trict have done their share in sub
scribing for stock, and Brookings
citizens tell US that they have about
completed their subscription list, and
are heartily boosting for the road.
The large crowd that attended the
meeting in our town Monday after
noon are nearly all boosters and To-
ronto has about completed her share
of the subscription.
I'VE believe the road will be a bene-
fit to the country, especially, and as
Toronto lies just midway between
Candy and Bookings the road ought
to be the can of a nice boom for
us for a ear at least, and IL the town
people are alive to the opportunity it
ought to be the meal Of q good sub
stantiai growth and increase in popu-
%lation."