The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-01-15
BROOK|NGS
MAKES GOOD
$4,000 WORTH OF SHORT LINE
STOCK IS SUBSCRIBED FOR
BY BRooKINGs
MATTER IS NOW UP TO THE COUNTRY
Sections East and North OF Here viii
Now Have to Get Busy-Dr. Hyde's
Committee Does Good Work

There was general rejoicing among
Brookings boosters this week when
the railroad committee announced
that they had completed the sale of
$4,000 worth Of Electric Short Line
stock, the amount stipulated by the
Luces. The members of the commit,
tee, particularly DR.. Hyde, the chair
man, are to be commended for the
splendid work they have done. They
have spent many days of valuable
time in ~canvassing the city, purely
from a patriotic standpoint, and all
good citizens will unite with the Reg
lister in thanking them for their efforts.
Now that the railroad campaign is
at an end the Register believes that
all good citizens should unite in
boosting for the road, in the hope that
it will mean everything to Brookings
that it's warmest supporters believe
that it will. Everyone here wants
Brookings to grow and as long as the
majority decided that this railroad
would help we believe the small mi
nority should come across and help
boost, or at least remain silent.
The raising of the $4,000 in Brook
ings puts the matter squarely up to
the country, either east or north of
here, to raise the remaining 10000.
Both sections are interested and
whichever gets into the game first
will get the road.
DR.. A. w. Hyde, chairman of the
railroad committee, hands us the fol-
lowing report of it's work:
To the City of Brookings:
At the mass meeting called to con-
slider the proposition Of the Electric
Short Line R. r. Co. Of Minneapolis,
to build their line into Brookings a
committee was appointed to sell $780,
900 of stock in said line in Brookings.
AS chairman of that committee / am
able to say 1--WE have met the enemy
and they are ours" The $4,000 has
been subscribed. I wish to especially
thank the citizens Of Brookings for
their cooperation with me and the
railroad representatives and to es-
pecially commend the railroad repre-
~sentatives for their fair, considerate
and very careful methods of promotion
of the proposition. Never has it been
promoted as a get rich quick PROPOSE
ton but rather as a well laid out and
financial venture the success of which
is as sure as al possibly be under
taken in railroad building.
Let me also remind our people that
our responsibility as a city has not
ceased till we have induced the coun-
try east to the line and north for
twelve or fourteen miles to so con
serve their own interests by subscrib-
ing their $4,000 worth of this valuable
stock so as to assure the railroad to
them. They ought easily to do this.
We want both lines of road and the
country needs these lines very much
We hope the work of completing
this work will be pushed rapidly.
Please note carefully Mr.. Carlisle's
letter following my report, which add
ed to the very favorable report Of the
committee sent to Minneapolis GER
tainly give evidence Of the real virtue
and sure success of this proposition.
Anyone desiring to subscribe towards
the line north or east may see me or
the country solicitors.
Respectfully yours,
A. w. Hyde.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. IL, 1914.
DR.. A. w. Hyde,
Dear Doctor: Being here for a day
I thought l would call on Col. Luce to
see If I could learn of anything of in
terest to us relative to the Short Line.
Found a mighty busy Office ana
could only talk with the Colonel a
minute or so without interruption.
Their power car having arrived they
invited me to go put over their ter
minal property to the a barn and see
It. It is what Is known as the Drake
car. The body of the car is made at
st. Louis. the motor in Paris, France,
and the electric equipment by the
Westinghouse people. It is a fine look
ing car, with capacity for A passen-
gers besides express. Today they pro-
pose to get 1t ready and tomorrow
they will give 1t a trial run.
The Luces certainly have got q
great TERMINAL property, and probably