The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-09-20
FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK IN 10 HOURS. FARE $40

come, is told that they are people
who years ago invested few hun
dred dollars each in railroad stocks,
the dividends on which are now pro-
viding them with competency. Why,
I ask, should not our Nebraska farm
ers and citizens profit by the example
of the thrifty New Englanders by in
vesting a few hundred dollars in this
great enterprise. True our Nebraska
soil is more productive than the stony
hills of the Yankees, but even IN Ne
braska there are easier ways of max
ing money than by farming. A hail
storm of thirty minutes often destroys
the work of a whole summer, as do
also floods and hot winds. This will
not be the case if you invest in few
shares of this new railroad stock. The
road is to be built double track from
Chicago to New York City. An ali
line road reducing the distance be-
tween these two great cities to '75C
miles and the time (now twenty
hours) to ten hours; fare now $40
will be on the new road, SO. AL
railroads and public roads crossed
will be either above or under the road
crossed; no level crossings to cause
delays and stops; no stopping for coal
or water, just going to New York OF
Chicago. It has been demonstrated
time and again on the interurbaT
electric lines of the east, that there
is good profit in carrying passengers
at one cent per mile; consequently
$40 for $50 miles, or one cent and q
third per mile will give big dividends
to the stakeholder That the road
will have all the traffic it can handle
goes without saying. Just, imagine
yourself going from Chicago to New
York with this road complete, stem
roads time twenty to twenty-foul
hours, fare $40. New Electric time
ten hours, fare $40; no smoke and
cinders from engine, no stopping tc
coal up and change engines, etc.
which route would you take even il
the fare were $40? The answer is
obvious
| The company will concentrate Its
energies on building the first hundred
miles from Chicago to Goshen, Ind.
and putting that into operation within
the next eighteen months, meanwhile
not neglecting the other $50 miles
this will make it.easy to sell the res
of the stock to complete the road,
not, however, at $25 per share, bu
at not less than 500 per share, fol
reasons already stated.
1t was the original purpose of the
company to begin grading early mex
spring, but the public subscription o.
stock has so far exceeded their ex
| pectations, that work will be com
menced at Goshen, Ind, on Septem
Der 1. l sat in the Chicago Offices
of the company in the MonadnocF
building and saw people by the doz
ems come in and purchase stock; and
every mail brought letters from all
parts of the country, containing drafts
or money orders for shares of stock
I am going to put my own money
into this stock and / feel perfectly
safe in saying to my friends and tc
others, it is the one chance of life
time to get in on the ground floor and
within short time get four dollars
at least for every dollar invested.
This is no visionary plan or scheme
but good hard horse sense. That the
electrical railroad is to be the com
ing road and that the railroad bust
ness of this country will be largely
revolutionized thereby within the next
ten years, is believed by the best rail
road men who have investigated the
subject from disinterested stand
point. If you want to take advantage