The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-07
FARMERS SEE
LUCE LINE WORK
REPRESENTATIVE PARTY VISITS
CAMPS AND SEE GRADERS
RUSHING THE WORK
THE TRIP OVER ROAD GIVES CONFIDENCE
In Ability and Purpose Of the Luces
to Keep Their Promises to
the Public
Hutchinson, Mimi. Leader.)

Hutchinson, Mimi, Leader.)
Piloted by Right of Way Agent C.
I. Burbank a delegation of about 35
farmers, some Of them accompanied
by their families, from Acoma, Cedar
Mills, Cosmos and Brookfeld and two
auto loads of Hutchinson business
men made a sight seeing auto trip
over the Luce Line and witnessed the
actual construction going on Of the
railroad which is expected to mark a
new era in the development of the
region east and west of Hutchinson,
and which 1t is predicted by conserva-
tive men will add rs to SO per cent to
the selling value of farms tributary,
especially of those In the region west
of Hutchinson where many farms are
from s to IA miles from a market.
The trip was made last Saturday.
Starting in at Hutchinson, where
Balduc Bros big crew was starting
a ponderous steam shovel into a
twelve foot embankment the party
saw two crews grading east of town
and inspected the big Engstrom &
Horsford camp five miles east. Heavy
work is being done here and there
were two other large crews seer at
work before reaching Silver Lake.
where a short stop was made to view
the busy and pretty burg.
Between Silver Lake and Winsted
there were four big camps and crews.
two %elevating graders and horses and
men in droves and troops putting the
finishing touches on the IL mile
stretch at a rate that will see the con-
tract nearly completed this week
when several Of the crews, among
them the large Studer outfit, will move
west of Silver Lake.
After a short order dinner splendidly
served to the party at the Murphy
hotel in Winsted the party visited the
depot grounds, warehouses, elevators
and railway round house and was i'm
pressed with the idea that the Luce
Line does things thoroughly and on a
large scale. In the round house they
saw n of the big and handsome g.
compartment motor cars that makes
the run to Minneapolis in two hours.
Many of the party marveled at what
the Luce Line had accomplished in
and fnp INipntAI H. A. r1-x .--AI-
since it's tracks crossed the townsite
and remarked that they hoped the COM
pany would push on into the country
west Of Hutchinson as rapidly possible,
for after waiting till their hair is get
ting gray in a hope that the old com
panies would give them an outlet at
last a live company has come along
with the vigor of youth and the ambi-
ton and ability to do something be.
sides promise.
Among the party were the following:
John label and family, Herman Krue-
ger and son, Jas. Littell and father,
Jas. Atkinson, Sam Atkinson and sons
Fred and Jesse, Chas. Anderson, C. D.
McEwen, Thos. Ryan, the Minor bro
theirs, Gus and Peter Adams, H. F.
Schultz and family, Cashier r. J..
N%ueninger Of the Bank of Cosmos,
Michael Koch, Herman Miller, Herman
Kalibe, Anton Popp, besides the men,
bers Of the party from Hutchinson
among whom we're Mayor Langftt and
ex-Mayor Ella.
Must Move for Luce Line
Thos. Pitts. having sold his house
and lot to the Luce Line, has been
notified to vacate in three weeks. The
company will 0 the house to the
north part Of the ice house lot which
they purchased OF Roll Senescall.
Chas. Hammers house will be moved
to the northwest corner Of his lot
which they have purchased. Both
houses will be for rent. Ames Bros.
will move their warehouse from the
south half Of the lot opposite the mill.
which will be the new depot site, to
the north half of the lot. The COM
pany will keep the barn and use 1t tenn
porarily for a tool house. The line
runs within % feet Of the electric light
plant. 1t enters Fourth street about
80 rods west of the mill and occupies
the street for a distance of about "a
rods in a diagonal crossing.
President Writes Letter
(Marshall Mimi, News Messenger
On account Of many inuuiries re-