New Electric Road

A fertile topic of conversa rion Ín msiness circles and one that !s raught with far more than usual increst to the people oí Dexter and tlie 'ountry tributary to it is the proba lile rutare and line of operation of the Lansiug, Dexter & Ann Arbor Electric Railway. The preliminary work to date, :ií giyea to the Leader by Mr. Birkett, wlio is very best authority ou the subiect. shows the work in nearly every respect moving on satisfactorily. The right of way has been seeured through all the townslilps trom Lansing to Dexter, excepting the townsliip of Stockbridge, and the road is nat obliged to touch this tawnship. The people of the village were too modest (?) in their demands to uiake a ver.v pleasing rapresslon upon the conipany. Their proposition was thut the road could have the rignt of way if it would come to Stockbridge village- uot otherwise. A still further ei ■i.tiiiiou was that no sMetrack nor spur should be built in the township Cöt anv punióse except for the passing of cars; and uo elevators nor waivhouses constriKted other than those in the vlfiage. These exceedin-'v modest demande wore decltoed by 'the Board of Directors, avíHi thaiiks. The Bord have been holding meetings at variouB points aloug the line and tatenlded eomlng tlirough to Dexter, but threé of their number wei-e abliged to return to Lanslng last Prid;iy evenlng. At eaeh place where meetings wete. held, a com'mfttee oí from seven to ten representatlve ciUzens w-ïre appolnted tú see whai conld be done In the way of aid and ín seeurlng the consent of adjoining property OTvners. Cali wül be made In Desier at an oarty date. Everyone along the line secms hopefnl and entliustastle. A bont -HMj peopie assembled at the meeting iu the town hall at Kto.-kbridge last Thursda.v niylit. At GregoTy, althougn the stop v:is at an unseasooable hour, at 11 a. in., and aljournment at 2 p. in., '200 people were present. Thi direetors weré bill-ïd to arrive at Pinekney ai 230 p. m. and. althongh it was fully 330 bofore they were ready for business, there were perhaps 150 persons present at the. meeting. At Pinekney. a committee oí ten was appointed. In sorne way the idea laas ►e.-.ni' eurrent that the road is eertaln to come to Dexter. Th is dea, Uowever, ia erroneons, and, if adherecí to ru the point of Imactivtty, ís lialne to Ieave as in the lmvh a ml the histary ei past railroad venturos in our towu repeati il. Dexter must lic up and stimug. I." we want tliis roadt- and we eertalnly do- we must go after ft. v'helsea and Stocktoridge, both HtsIjt, stirring towns, are working agatat Dexter and I'inckncy. to Iiave the road run to Stockbridge and tlie terminus at Chelsea. To anyoiie axiquainted wit-h the push and energy of the two towns. Ohelsea in particular, mts o]i[msition assumes fonnldaWe proor rions. Dexter and Plnckney have sv-raetliiug to do if tlu'y wpnld makt' a good sbowing in the matter. They mus; n ot rely too Btrongly ujion the ua,tural advantages of theii route bat l.' preIKired to put up the "sinows of war" as wel!. To paraphrasc a familiar quotation. 'Ktcra.-il vigïl&uce is the pn?e af success." It is well to kit;i this in miiid and when the board of directors shall cali hf-re, lot us ave a meeting thnt wlll shew theai that Dexter means business aml wfll let no more good things go by dofault. Advices from our neigWoor Pineknej state that the electrte raJilway comir.ittee of citizens of that place are loiiiS sonie lively hustliuar iu the ntere-ts of the ro:id there, and t' Piuékney is left out iu the eold it woii't l)i their failt. It is to foe boped tlial when the time ruines a like amount of interest will be fouml hete. Dracter eaunot afilord to be backwaivj about doing her share for tliis project, and from the amount of interest airead; shawn, we don't believe she wiil be.