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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
Wonderfully Level Route.

1t is almost beyond belief that so per-
feet national route for a rallroad as
that surveyed by the new ChIcago-NeW
York Electric Air line could have stood
all these years and not had railroad
built upon 1t For stretch OF ioo miles
in Ohio there is a fall of only two feet
to the mile. From Chicago TO the Penn
sylvania state line the grade does not ex-
coed sixteen feet per mile. and IN the en-
tire distance of 40 miles between chi
cago and New York no grade on the route
exceeds / per cent No doubt the reader
who looks on the map and observes the
snake-like winding of the existing trunk
lines, marvels as to why they ever We're
built so crooked. but the reason becomes
plain enough when il is reahzed mat
many of the cities from which these roads
draw their industrial life blood were To-
Gated on the great rivers which then con-
stituted the only highways of trans
portatiCn.
None of the great roads of today was
built with any idea of catering to
through direct route passenger traffic
from east to west, but were merely
gatherers-in of local traffic from these
river-bank cities with their alluring
freight tonnage the main object sought
Thus it came about that the routes of all
existing roads were crooked and rambling,
taking the passenger 10 destination by
routes that went round many a Robin
Hoods barn" 1t must be remembered,
too that it is only within the last, twenty
five years that the passenger traffic has
reached gigantic proportions W hen the
steam roads were built the passenger was
a matter of small consideration compared
with freight, but today. with the increase
of national wealth and consequent in
creased capacity for luxurious travel. the
passenger traffic holds forth ailuring
prospects of profit to any new road that
will equip itself for it and carry the tray
eler to the end of his journey by direct
line high-speed route that takes no ac-
count of and doesn't bother with freight
ON the same tracks.
Passenger traffic. with its constant de-
msDd for higher speed has made the Chi
cago- New York Electric Air Line Railroad
a reality; nevertheless. it is net intended
that freight shaff bp. overlooked. Freight
will ultimately be handled on exclusive
freight tracks and kept as distinct from
the passenger traffic as il two separate
roads ran side by side. 1t stands to reason
that il won't be so very long before the
freight shippers will begin to think that
such direct high-speed line is as good a
thing for freight for passengers. and
this. of course, will ultimately lead to
spur tracks being run to the main line
from more than twenty cities of over one
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
New Direct Line Electric Road Startles
the transportation World.
Route $50 Miles Shorter Than the ShorestTme 10 Hours
Quicker Than the Ouickest--Fare $40
Cheaper Than the Cheapest
Construction Gangs Are Now Working on 1t.

The pleasure and comfort of electric
travel, together with its great speed, APP
peals to the average person so strongly
that he eVailS himself of them when he
can. No smoke or cinders smirch the
passengers. no sickening stencil from CA
tie train befouls the air. and one is not
jOited from side to side, or lurched around
curves. There are practically no curves
on a high-speed electric line, for such a
speed cannot be maintained except over
a straightaway course.
Wherever electric lines have been intro
duced they have brought about new condi-
tfons, seeking to create a class of traffic
peculiarly their own and making money
where the wise ones said it could never be
done. Ia the ease of the Aurora. Elgin a
Chicago road, the only high speed electric
road as yet ip actual operation. two steam
roads parallel it the entire way, and yet
the electric road has built up an enor-
nous traffic of its own without appre-
ciabiy Gripping either of the steam roads
in their suburban patronage. The electric
road presents such delights of travel that
new traffic is actually created out of a
class of people who have heretofore trav-
eied but little or not at all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
Economy of Electric Power.

Electric power has such great economic
advantages over steam that there can be
no question that the ChcagO-NeW York
line Will pay. Steam roads cannot keep
up a high speed for any great distance.
The fire Stacks down and necessitates
raking, the water supply becomes
serious problem and the high speed soon
stops. Electric trains don't have to slack
speed for moment. if the power is on.
and the maintenance of SeVenty-fiVe miles
an hour between New York and Chicago
becomes an easy matter. Steam iocomo-
tiYes are compelled. at high speed to
burn the best of coal. whereas the electric
power is generated from very lOW-priced
coal even sereeninss-sOme of it costing
less than - cents ton. This in itself
Is an enormous advantage in favor of the
electric road, but it doesn't begin to be
all. The electric motor being rotary. in
stead of reciprOcating. works with a
smOOthness that means thousands of dol
lars saved in wear and tear from vibra-
ton.
Besides the great economy of electric
power over steam, this new electric line
viii have the advantage of economy in
construction. With rails costing more
than tWice as much as they do now. and
with waste and. extravaganza character
izing every railroad project of the past.
Old-time lines show some cost per mile
records that are amazing. The new cleo
trio road will cost somewhat more to
build than a steam road would. but this
post will include the ppWpT houses. and by
virtue of the direct route there are $50
miles less 10 construct than the Old-time
road builders had TO pay for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
THE SALT LAKE IERAID SUNDAY NOVEMBER % 1906
Chicago to New York in 10 Hours, Fare $40

TeaG project launched with so few diff
crities confronting it,
Everywhere along the lire manufacture
ers and other power consumers welcome
Il because OF the low priced surplus power
the new road can sell them. Thousands
OF homes will glow brilliantly from the
electric lights supplied from the same
source. a feature that IS bound to make
friends for the road from one end of the
line to the other.
The problem of grade crossings has not
Only been solved. but done away with
The ChicagoNew York Electric Air Line
Railroad Will be the first example in rail-
road history in which no other road, high
way or street, is crossed ..at grade'' or
on the same level The new rrad will
either go under or over all such obstacles
feature which saves all the time that
existing steam roads lose by their slow
downs at crossings, and enables the cleo
trio train to maintain its marvellous speed.
The Chicago-New York Electric Air
Line road has among It's staff the very
mar who secured every foot of the right
of-way for the Aurora Elgin & Chicago
Electric road and was one of the most
prominent factors in bringing about its
great success. There are also among its
officials several men who were actively
connected with the Burlington road two
of them in the operating department 1t
Is well known and universally acknowl-
edged fact that the Burlington has grad
uated more successful railroad experts
than any other road i'm the country. and
the success of the new electric road will
be assured in no small degree by these
two men
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

Interest in the great Electric Railroad
that will cut down the running time De
tween Chicago and New York 10 ~ nouns
and carry passengers at Sl0-J rare COLI
tinues unabated. People who were skep-
Iicai at first as to the reality of such
gigantic project. have now become con-
WINGED by the actual showing OF work al
ready done. The first grading was begun
on the first day of September. and every
ray sees additional right of way made for
track laying. The ChicagO-New YORK
Air Line Railroad will run over a track
that scarcely Verges from straight line
in its entire course of $50 miles. thereby
making the distance 80 miles shorter
than the shortest existing steam railroad
route over this direct route will be run
hourly electric trains at a speed that Will
reach maximum of 100 miles an hour,
and maintain average of % miles No
steam road could have ever hoped to 90
this, because it would have been impos-
Slble to carry enough fuel and water to
maintain such speed. Moreover, the
limit of human endurance has been
reached by the stOkers on steam locomo-
tiVes According to Warren Stanford,
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Eng ;neers, a stoker on a steam locomo-
tive shOvels as high as % tons of coal on
q single trip. The new electric engines
have no such handicap, for ample ana
uniform power comes to them at all
times from mammoth power houses To-
Gated 20 miles apart along the line. Their
rotary motors run without thump or jar
and enable them TO do work under which
a steam locomotive would not last six
months.
There is not the slightest question that
The road will he built and in running or
der on schedule time. Every one of its
original projectors Is practical railroad
man, and their personal honor. and stand
ing are such as to guarantee the complete
. success of the project. They have placed
and have urged their personal friends to
do the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
No Makeshift Plans for the New
Electric Road.

The builders of the Chicago-New York
Electric Air Line Railroad have deter
mined that no matter of expediency shall
cause them to build with only today in
view and to forget tomorrow. Many a
minor curve or grade might be left I'M
touched and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars saved in original cost, but they must
and Will be Strengthened out and leveled
down. Every curve and grade that is left
in a roadway to save construction cost
constitutes permanent drag on the oper-
ating cost for all time. an expense that
exceeds what it would cost to do the
thing. right in tho first place by a thou
sandfold. The constructionists of the new
electric road are pursuing no makeshift
policy. If a curve or grade exists and
ought to be removed it will be removed.
Wherever the new electric line crosses a
steam road it will go over or under it.
The roadbed will be the most sOlidly
built of any in the world. the high speed
of the trains necesstating new calcula-
lions on this score. 1t will be 'ballasted
with crushed granite throughout its en-
tire length, and 1O0-pound steel rails will
be used.
Power houses will be fifty miles apart
ard will keep a third, rail- constantly
charged with 500 electrical horsepower
duplicate so that no breakdown can pos
sibly affect the running of the hish-speed
trains.
Some of these poWer-houses are located
near coal mines. the screenings of which
can be had at such low prices that the
total cost of power will be greatly re-
duced thereby. II is even contemplated
to use some of the sulphur-laden coal
of Michigan. coal that sells al a very
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
lurora Road Shows What Electric
Rapid Transit Can ACCOMPLISH.

frhe Aurora, Elgin & Chicago r r. has
shown the world the marvellous POSSIBLE
ties of lOn9-distance electric traction. The
story of this unique project is II tale OF
success from start to finish Fortunes
have been made by the men who had the.
courage to break away from precedent
and do something that the railroad world
said could not be done.
Over this fifty seven-mile line full trains
are run at a speed that sometimes reaches
ninety miles an hour. Ladies on the cleo
trio ears wave a swift goodbye TO the
passengers on the two steam roads which
run parallel to IT. the electric cars going.
by so fast that the steam cars seem not
10 move at all
This road was built In the face of pes
simism and ridicuie. Nobody outside of
its promoters thought it would succeed
and especially was this true of the mag
mates of the two rival steam roads which
il paraileled for its entire length. They
laughed and said the electric road would
get no patronage worth mentioning. the
people would not dare to ride AT such a
speed. etc. They were not good prOph-
cts for we now have the everyday real
ity Of a success beyond the widest dreams
of the electric roads best friends Every
train that runs is filled to its fullest ca
pacity. and the trains contain as many
cars as the engines can draw without q
sacrifice of speed Dining cars and buffet
are provided and to the minutest detail
everything is most luxurious. comfortable
and convenient In the FIVE years that
the road has been running lsot oi5s serious
accident has occurred
The Aurora road has been the great
est moneymaker of any electric project
ever fioated. making rich men cut OF some
who had bur nominal fortunes a the out
set.
SO great is the earning mower of this
road today that II pays interest on Sc
curities amounting TO more than $1,000
80 and is one of the greatest railroad .sucr
cesses the world has ever known. What
this road has done will be done on an
incomparably greater scale by the new
York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

per cent extra charges required on this
train. what. then. will be the patronage OF
a road that carries one from Chicago 10
New York City for SO. a figure that is
about one-half the regular fare now
charged? There can be no question that
the Chice go-New York Electric railroad
will become the richest and most power
fui business factor in this country, It's
workings being on the basis of new or
der of things industrial and the fpunda-
ton stone upon which our economic Well
being will rest. When this great electric
road gets into full working order the
basis of absolute equality with the big
simmer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

hundred thousand inha bitants. and a prac-
teal absorption of the freight business
from territory with a population of
about nine millions.
The main line runs so close to several
large cities, such as Cleveland. Toledo.
etc. and others are so near. that SOUR
tracks OF less than 80 miles in length will
connect them with the main line and even
then get their freight to New York or
Chicago several hours quicker than is now
possible. That is what confronts the ex-
lStlng steam lines today. The plans for
the new electric line contemplate ample
track space for freight as well as passen-
ger traffic when the time comes to han
die IT,
Such is the railroad situation Here is
a direct route between Chicago and New
York. the greatest traffic terminals the
world has ever known. 1t is almost as
level as billiard table for more than
half its length. and through its entire
distance of $50 miles there is not a single
mile in which there is a rise of more than
s. feet. How strange it seems that no
great railroad has appropriated this amaz-
ingiy valuable piece of property. The
fact is, it required men who were not rail-
road men to furnish the money it took to
make the first start, and. of course. it will
take men who are railroad men actually
to engineer the project. After much work
TINS happy combination of business men
future great shippers} on the one hand
and railroad men, present mana gerial
heads OF some of the great railroads in
the United States. on the other, were
brought together TO launch this most
stupendOus undertaking Of a century,
These men have made the start. but 1t will
be the plain everyday citizen who will
complete the project. 1t has been deter
mined that the people. the plain people,
shall own this great electric road.
1t is. of course. the votes of the people
that enable this road to exercise the
right of eminent domain" law whereby
the welfare of the people as a whole is
put above me interests of any of7s. man
or set of men. and the building of rail-
roads made possible. BY this process of
state law a railroad can appropriate for
its use Cat fair valueD any land that is
essential to its completion. A railroad is
no intrigue greed or selfish restraint of
progress can possibly stop its building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
New Road Encounters Few Obstacles.

The histories of most of the steam roads
read like political melodramas. Bribery
and corruption Of state and national dig
ntaries was looked upon as being as es-
sential as the laying of rails, industries
were throttled. coal mines forced into line
and right-of-way secured by the most des-,
perate tactics.
No such struggles will be necessary in
the construction of the Chicago-New York
Electric Air Line Railroad. Most of the
large cities are not absolutely crossed BY
the right-of-way, but lie very close to It,
This has given the project all OF the adj
vantages and none of the difficulties en-
ceuntered by the steam roads The line
is. in most cases. just near enough so
that an insignificant spur of a few miles
long will, for all practical purposes. To-
cate the line beside the city, while IL is
Just far enough away to escape political
Or similad obstacles. Never was a rail-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
BOARD oE DIRECTORS.

HARRY II. LATHAM. President of the
Latham Machinery Co. of Chicago.
ALEX c. MILLER, former President
of Aurora Trust and Savings Bank, Au-
TOra. Ill
HARRY f. PROCIrNIER. President of
the Moon Mfg. Co, Chicago
HON. CHARLES 7. CHERRY, Cap
italist, Oswego. Ill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
How This Great ElectricERoad Came
to Be a Reality.

The ChicagO-New York Electric Air
Line Railroad is duly incorporated and
chartered under the laws of the State of
Maine. Its officers are:
ALIEN. &. MILLER. President.
CHARLES T. CHERRY, Vice Presi-
dent.
THERON NJ BATES. Secretary and
Treasurer-formerly Gen. Supt Chicago
and Alton r r,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

This certificate will be accepted on
payment for transportation to the
amount of the par value of the shares
of stock represented hereby, and at
current tariff rates over any part of
the road in operation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

Via Pennsylvania r. r. .9t1 Miles
Via Air Line Railroad $50 Miles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25

Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad. $50 Miles.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-06
Options Cost Money.
DE LAMAR AWAKENING.
Magnolia Has Valuable Dump Which
Will Be Shipped Soon.

In our mcanderlngs the other day, says
tho De Lamar Lode. we inadvertently
overheard a conversation that moro fully
than ever convinced us that this should
not be n one-mne camp. 1t was to the
effect that the Magnolia now has on the
dump at least seventy-tive tons Of $40 ore.
that their bins are full of ore that Will go
away above that, and that they have
sacked ready for shipment large
amount. and intend shipping. as soon as
the roads will permit. about thirty tons
that Will run from the hundreds TO the
thousands. Tho lessee, Harry Lowery
was perfectly familiar with the property
and knew the values were there, hence
the lease, They broke new ground last
week that showed rock bristlne with
gold
We are informed there are other prop
critics adjacent to the Magnolia that are
Just as good We are on the great min
cral zone that passes from north to south
and tho day is not far distant when De
Lamar Will be the greatest gold pro-
ducing camp I'm the world Capital to
develop the minc is all that is needed
and we are getting In shape TO show the
values are here, which VIII induce capl-
tai TO come in.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-06
TELLS OF CONDITIONS
IN STATE OF SONORA
Mining Man of HermOsillO in
Salt Lake Looking for
SmeIter Men.

T. S Lewis, a well-known mining man.
who formerly made his headquarters in
Los Angeles, Cal. but now Of HcrmoeLllo.
Mexico, is registered at the Kenyon ho-
tel He is the secretary and director
Of tho Cieneguita Copper company, and
has come to Salt Lake for tho purpose
of securing the services OF two smelter
men at a new plant which win soon he
blown In at the company's property.
Pleased With Outlook.
Mr.. Lewis's company is operating in the
Sahuaripa district in the State Of So
nora, thirtyfive miles south of the town
cf Sahuarpa. He Is very enthusiastic
over the future OF the Sahuaripa district
end the State OF Sahuaripa us mining cen
ters. and says that a great amount OF de-
Nelopmcnt iS being done by companies
controlled by people In all parts of the
United States
Tho Cieneguita Copper company has
been identified with the Sahuarlpa dis
trIct for moro than seven wears and II
has been producing great quantities OF
rich ore since last September. One l50-
ton smclter is now in operation. and as
stated above, another plant OF the same
capacity Will be blown In within a short
distance The company uses reV@rbcra-
tory furnaces and burns wood as fuel
The company manufactures Its own FIRE
brick on the ground, and owns about
thirteen thousand acres OF heavily tim
hercd land Immediately adjoining the
mines.
Handled by Gravity,
on one OF the groups tunnel has been
driven into the mountain a distance Of
more than fifteen hundred feet. between
two veins, which varies from four 10
twenty feet In width and which widens
out with depth. The lowest tunnel Is
eight hundred ceet from the apex of the
HILL and by series OF tunnels, a num-
Der of which are located one above the
ether, and connected by upraiscS. the ore
is handled by gravity TO the lower tunnel.
and hauled by tramway TO the smeltcrs
at a very small cost
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-06
MORNING CALL.

1ORNlNG CALL.
Daly-Judgc 100 at SIO45.
May Day. 100 at 1GIzc: 500 Mt l63.c. 800 at
lie. 1850 at l1hc. s1o at l7hc.
Silver Shield 9OO at 2Ohc
Shares sold. $500
Selling value. s3057 g.
OPEN BOARD.
er-Llbarul. 81 at 1O'zc
Columbus Consolidated, Coo at $40. iGJ at
S77l5 100 ut 81 75.
CariFa, lO0) Mt 2Ec
Golden Crown 2rc0 nj 49c.
Lower Mammoth 200 &c
Now York, 1900 at lac leoo at 1870 so at
1oac.
Sacramento, 1000 at lie
Shares sold. Sy5i.
Selling vnluo, S7l3G.S0.
AFTERNOON CALL.
Carlsa 5000 at 24c.
Eagle & Blue Bell 100 at sl95.
May Day. 2OI0 at FI5c: 500 l1Ac: 5Go at
hc; 100 at 167Sc, 500 at 1e%c seller 60 days.
Victoria 200 Mt sl9S.
Buticr-LIbcrTI, 500 at 12c. GOO at 12c seller
81 days. S2OO at l2Ac, 2OO0 at PFC 10 coo at
15c. seller 60 dnys
New York, 1909 at lac; GOO at lS7sc, seller
50 days; 80 at lSi5c, buyer 50 days
Shares sold. ?0}b1
Selling value. Tl1o.2.
OPEN BOARD
DaIy-Judge 50 at sl025
Ajax. 2lGp ut 3oci 70 at 2lc.
Butler Liberal, 900 at lc so at lIl2c; 1909
ut lie
Columbus Con. 100 at sI79 300 at $3.50; 100
$4sl. % at N.s2lz. 100 at a So: 200 at 81 sO;
100 at SLsSh; leo at s4.S, 100 at s495. buyer
81 days; 100 nt sI9g
Lower Mammoth, 200 at 35Ic. 800 at s8psc
May Day, 500 at leSsc. seller 10 days; G0o
at 1870.
star Con. 25OO at 13c
Sacramento, 900 ut lin,
Thompson 1900 at l5c.
Keystone. 1900 mt lie.
Victor lSgO at &c.
shares sold 1890.
Selling value. &N8ls