The Greeley tribune., 1904-03-10

| amount OF luelI SdNIuR. he eoiH
pany is not asking donation, but do
ask each farmer To purchase stock
and aid this enterprise and benefit
themselves many times the amount
Of their Investment.
The first leo acres at right angles
from the electric railway has no haul;
the second a \ mile; the third |
mile; the fourth y miles, ard so on
From this it will be seen that The
second l6O acres would save 52E
Gems per ton; the third As cents per
ton and so on until the eighth, which
would receive benefit OF ~ cents
per ton
BY tiAuring one third of the num-
ber of acres OF tillahle land in each
quarter section or fraction will deter
mine the amount Of stock each land
owner should subscribe for
The Greeley < Northern Railway
4 Utility company desire to state to
all owners of land along the line trav-
ersed that they purpose putting In
the thickly settled parts of the dis
trlct. This Will enable each farmer
to reduce his force OF work horses to
minimum and will insure him cars
for long distance Shipment at any
time and will not increase to the
freight rates from Greeley over the
present, as Greeley is common point
The advantages the farmer will gain
are not half told.
When we find one can gain large
returns by max ing small investment
in an enterprise that has merit, why
not take an interest? This Is not
speculation any more than the plant
ing of a crop Of potatoes, beets or
wheat.
The proposed electric railway is an
undertaking for the benefit OF the
agricultural district which its
lines traverse. These lines will
be principally in Weld county and
there is not doubt in the mind OF
any member Of the incorporators but
what cars will be running within a
few short months. The support and
announcement the citizens of Weld
county extend will in measure deter
mine the length Of time.
The illustrations herein given may
not in every instance be correct but
it is basis to work from; and when
only one third OF the tillable land OF
farm or tract Of land Is COnsiderea,
and the saving the owner gains for
five years on the delivering OF his
crops from this one third, to be In
rested In q profitable enterprise
where is the man who will say no?
1t is possible he may have to draw
on the future to become one Of the
stockholders, but when be does this
and invests In full paid stock OF Ihe
Greeley & Northern Railway s Ctil-
ity company, he is in possession OF
y value received; why. because his
land is more valuable and he pays
nothing for this rapid Increase in
value. The only thing he does 10 to
advance what he will save for i've
years On one third Of his tillahle land
on the basis herein named.
The Investment will be a good one
from . business point Of view. az we'll
as from the economical. 1t Is busi-
ness, because it increases the value
OF mis- farm from so to 100 pei cent.
1t is economy, because he can carry
on bis farm with less expense, and
deliver his produce to the transporta-
tion company with less help and
horses. This will last longer than
FIVE years; it will remain for genera
tions and be lasting monument to
everyone who becomes stockholder.
The business people and property
owners Of the city of Greeley will be
largely benefited, on account of the
center of the system and the business
offices being located in that city.
They, 100, should put their shoulder
to the wheel and encourage this
enterprise with substantial aid.
The assessed valuation of the prop
erty of the city Of Greeley is sufficient
to warrant OF a subscription of slOO, 900
Of the stock Of The Greeley &
Northern Railway & Utility COM
pany at par. BY doing this they
would then be placed on the list
with many eastern cities who have
during the past few months voted
bonds to aid like enterprises.
The citizens OF Greeley, as a
whole, eau do this by individual sub
scription, and own that amount of
stock, instead Of making a donation,
as so many eastern cities have done.
The survey Is now being pushed as