The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-04-29
LET'S BOOST
For the Gas-EIectric Service to
Madison, Says Sioux Falls
Business Man.

+. s. Smith of the Smith Auto Co.
of Sioux Falls in an interview with
the Press of that city in regard to the
proposed gas-electric service connect.
ing Sioux Falls with Madison, calls
attention to the fact that a Y could be
installed at Madison at bnt small ex-
pense while arrangements might be
made with the South Dakota Central
for the use of its Y. Mr.. Smith in
speaking of the matter to the Press
said:
The esta blishing of gas electric ser
vice between Sioux Falls and Madison
would be Of very great benefit to the
people of this city. Lake Madison is
an ideal summer resort. It's shores
are lined with large shade trees, af-
fording excellent places for cottages
or camping. The water ia clear max
ing it a splendid lake for boating OF
bathing, while for the varieties of fish
found in the lake it has no superior as
a fishing resort. 1t is located only
| about an hours ride from this city and
the gas-electric service would enable a
great many people Of this city to ENJOY
a days outing on the lake who under
present conditions find it beyond their
reach to hire expensive automobiles
| to go there. | understand that one
party is making preparation for plac-
ing q large number of boats on the east
end of the lake to accommodate Sioux
Falls people who now are driving there
with their machines. Several launch
es have already been shipped there or
will be shipped in a day or two.
Now If people will 30 to this ex-
pense to 60 to Lake Madison for an
outing you can readily imagine what
railroad service which would enable
those who cannot afford these ~luxuries
would mean. A Sioux Falls business
mau can have his family on the lake
during the hot summer months and yet
attend to business at home during the
day. When people will drive to
Green Lake and Lake Okoboji, both
considerable over one hundred miles
away from here there should be no
doubt but what this service between
| Sioux Falls and Madison would be a
success. The question of US for turn
ing the cars has been called to my at
tention and l will say that this can be
accomplished with very little expense
to the railroad company as / took
particular pains to look up this matter
while in Madison last week and / find
no less than four places where the COIN.
pany could establish q Y without any
great expense, the two best ones being
at the junction and the parting of
the Washington Springs line aud the
Madison cutoff, either place, by the
building or a short piece of track would
make an excellent Y for turning the
cars. While at this end / think a
very economical arrangement could be
made with Y now being used by the
South Dakota Central. This however
/ have not looked over.
That this service would be a pay
ing proposition there cannot be any
doubt of. Look at Lake Washington
go miles from Minneapolis and yet a
great many Minneapolitans have their
regular summer cottages there. Lam
sing, Mich, is a city of about thirty
thousand people and Pine Lake is about
fifteen miles out Of that city. The
street car company maintains q thirty
minute schedule between he lake
and the city and still l had the salts
faction last summer of waiting three
hours for standing room in one of the
cars going out to the lake. Lake ser
vice does not mean 80 much to the man
who owns an automobile but the great
majority of our people cannot afford
these Injuries but would gladly avail
themselves of an opportunity Of spend,