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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-19

No. 80 Washington q Southwestern Linn
tied Solid Pullman Vestibuled train Atlanta
to New York, carrying Pullman Sleeping cars
Birmingham to New York. Dining car east Of
rirm nghan. Pullman Library Observation
c r Atlanta to New York, Pullman Club cal
AtlHnt to Washington.
No. &C. Pullman Drawing room Sleeping cars
Birmingham 10 Richmond and Atlanta to New
YORK. Dining car Spar snburg TO WAshington
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No. 20, Pullman Sleeper Greenville 70 Blrm-
ingham, Birminrba to Asheville and Birm-
inElaIn. TO New York. Cafe Observation car
Is rmingham, Ala, to East Radford, Va
No. SO carries Pullman Sleeper Birmingham
10 Chattanooga, connecting al ChRttano 70
with rain carrying Sleeper and Day Coaches
Chattanooga to salisbury without change, also
Sirerer 6 lisbury TO New York.
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There is some talk in certain
quarters about increasing the sala-
ries of judges and other officials,
and the contention is made that any
one of these can make more in pri-
yate life. If this be true, why is it
that there are so many applicants
for these positions when vacancies
occur. West Point Leader.
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Scates Little Havana.
Now smoked by hundreds.

Cypress Lumber at your own price
Schuh-Miller Lumber Co,
Berclair, Miss.
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No. g. Pullman Sleeper Greenvills 30 Rir-
mtngham and Birmingham TO Cincinnati with
out Coange.
Nc. 81 Pullman Sleeping Cars Birmingham to
Cincinnati and Chattanooga to Louisville.
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Oysters in every style. scates-
Momand Cafe, caterers to the best
trade.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-19

Oysters, duck, quail, Holsters, etc,
etc. Scates- MOmand Cafe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-19

No 36 Sleeper~ Birmingham 10 Brunswick
and Atlanta 10 Jacksonville.
No. y carries Pullman Sleeping cars Birm-
iagham TO Atlanta and Atlanta TO Neon. Din-
ing car Birmingham to Atlanta
No, gs Pullman Sleeping car between Bir-
minghum and Atlanta All trains run daily.
IT, h. SPENCER, g. NJ, Washington, D. C.
(. II. HARDWICK. p. 7. M, Washington. "a
W. II. TAfLOE, G.P. A, Washington, D. {.
{. A. BENSCOTER.AG.P.A Chattanooga. Tenn
J. n. HARRISON, D.. p. A, Birmingham. Ala
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RAILWAY.


Trains 81 and 80 carry Pullman Sleeping Cars
between Greenville and Birmingham,
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Route $50 Miles Shorter than the Shortest
Time 10 Hours Quicker Than the Quickest
Fare $40 Cheaper Than the Cheapest


So great is the earning power OF this road to-
day that 1t pays interest on securities amount
ing to than ten million dollars and is one
Of the greatest railroad successes the world has
ever known. What this road has done will be
done on incomparsbly greater scale by the
new electric line between Chicago and New
York
The pleasure and comfort OF electric travel
together with It's great speed, appeals to the
average person strongly that he avails him
self Of them when be can. No smoke or cinders
smooch the passengers no sickening stencil from
cattle trains befouls the air. and one is not
jolted from side TO side, lurcned around
curves There practically no curves
high-speed electric line, for such g speed cannot
be maintained except over straightaway course.
Wherever electric lines have been introduced
they have brought about new conditions. seeming
10 create a class of traffic peculiarly their own
and making money where the wise said it
could never be done. In the OF the Aurora.
Elgin & Chicago road the only high speed cleo
tric road as yet in actual operation. two steam
roads parallel it the entire way. and yet the
electric road has built up an enormous traffic of
its own without sppreciably crippling 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
class Of people who have heretofore travelled but
little not at all
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New Road Encounter. Few obstacle.

The histories Of most Of the steam roads read
like political melodramas. Bribery and corrup-
tion Of State and national dienitaries was looked
upon being as essential as the laying of
rails. industries were threttled. coal mines
forced into line and right-of-way secured by the
most desperate 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 way,
but lie very close to it, This has given the
project all Of the advantages and none of the
difficulties encountered by the steam roads,
The line is, in most cases Just near enough
so that an Insignificant spur of few miles long
VIII. for all practical purposes. locate the line
beside the city, while 1t is just far enough
away TO escape political similar obstacles
Never was a railroad project launched with so
few difficulties confronting It,
Everywhere along the line manufacturers and
other power consumers welcome 1t because of
the low priced surplus power the new road can
sell them. Thousands of homes will glow brill
liantly from the electric lights supplied from the
same source. 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 Chicago
New York Electric Air Line Railroad will be
the first example in railroad history in which
no other road. highway street is crossed .'at
grade' or on the same level The new road will
either go under or over all such obstacles a
feature which saves all the time that existing
steam roads lose by their slow downs" at cross
ings. and enables the electric train TO maintain
its marvellous speed.
The chicago-New York Electric Air Line road
I 4
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 operat-
ing department. II is well-known and uni
yersally acknowledged fact that the Burlington
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ECONOMY of Electric Power.

Electric power has such great economic sd-
vantsges over steam that there be no ques-
tion that the Chicago-New York line will pay.
Steam roads cannot keep up high speed for
any great distance. The fire slseks down and
necessitates rsking. the water supply becomes
p serious problem and the high speed soon stops
Electric trains don't have to slack speed for q
moment II the power IS on. and the maintenance
Of seventy-fve miles an hour between New York
and Chicago becomes an easy matter. Steam
locomotives are compelled. at high speed. To
burn the best Of coal whereas the electric power
IS generated from very low-priced coal. even
screeninss-some of II costing less than 70 cents
ton This in itself is an enormous advantage
in favor Of the electric road but it doesn't
begin to be al. The electric motor being TO
tary instead Of reciprocsting. works with a
smoothness that means thousands Of dollars
saved in wear and tear from vibration.
Besides the great economy Of electric power
over steam. this new electric line will have the
advantage Of economy in construction. With
rails costing more than twice as much as they
DO now. and with waste and extravagsnce char
acterizing every railroad project Of the past.
old-time lines show some cost per mile" rec
ords that are amazing. The new electric road
win cost somewhat more to build than steam
road would. but this cost viii include power
houses. and iy Tirtue Of the direct route there
are 80 miles less to construct than the old
time road builders had to pay for
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Gary, New Carlisle. La Porte. South Bend, Fix
hart, Goshen and many others, It serves popu-
lation Of 100000
1t has been shown that electric service through
region OF this character yields gross traffic
income OF from $40 to $3.50 per capita Of the
population Even at the lower estimate OF $40
per capita. the gross profits ngure up TO one
million nine hundred thousand dollars. Our
operating expenses will not exceed so per cent
OF the gross receipts. and this would leave net
earnings of nine hundred and nifty thousand dol
lars 1880, 000) on a section OF road only 100
miles long. This would enable the road to pay
dividends OF about 1873 per cent on the money
invested. These figures are startling. Of course
but are based facts and what has been
done by other electric roads.
1t is a matter of statistics that the operating
expenses of the Aurora road only SO per
cent of the gross receipts.
The moment such showing is actually made
the price of stock will go up by leaps and
bounds the second section will be built IN rec
ord-breaking time with the ample funds that
the stock sales have brought, and the completion
of the line from Chicago TO New York VIII fol-
low rapidly. The stock of this company Will
begin to pay dividends soon as the first hun
dred mile section is completed. and. as we have
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Aurora Road Shows What Electric
Rapid Transit Can Accomplish.

The Aurora, Elgin and Chicago r. R has
shown the world the marvellous possibilities Of
long-distance electric traction. The story Of
start 10 finish. Fortunes have been made by the
men who had the courage 10 break away from
precedent and do something that the railroad
world said could not be done
over this hfty-seT mile line full trains are
run at speed that sometimes reaches ninety
miles an hour. Ladies on the electric cars wave
q swift good-by 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 70 move az all
This road was built in the face OF pessjrisn
and ridicule. Nobody outside Of its promoters
thought II would succeed and especially was
this true Of the magnates Of the two rival steam
roads which # paralleled for its entire length
They laughed and said the electric road would
get no patronage worth mentioning. that people
would not dare TO ride at such a speed, etc.
etc. They were not good prophets for we now
have the every day reality Of a success beyond
the widest dreams Of the electric roads best
friends. Every train that runs is filed 10 its
fullest capacity. and the trains contain as many
cars as the engines can draw without sacrifice
Of speed. Dining cars and buffet are provided.
and TO the minutest detail everything is most
luxurious. comfortable and convenient In the
I'VE years that the road has been running not one
serious accident has occurred.
The Aurora road has been the greatest money
maker Of any electric project ever hoated. max
ing rich men out Of who had but nominal
fortunes at the outset.
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This means that no matter what the certificate
Il worth as stock. matter what II Is quoted
Mt in the market. the bearer thereof can step
onto ten-hour train for New York and pay his
or her friends fare with IT. or pay for freight
TO the amount Of 800, and all with certificate
OF stock that costs only s27 at the present mo-
ment. II Is evident. therefore, what unusual
opportunity this stock offers. Nothing earth
wreck its value. From the moment the road
begins to run trains. each share Of stock will
be Just as good as money: four times as good
II bought at present prices. 1t viii be easy to
turn into instant cash II you don't want trans
portation. because any ticket broker will cash
II at small discount for brokerage. even in
one year from date. when the first hundred mile
section Of the road IS In actual operation be-
tween Chicago and Goshen.
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No Makeshift Plans for the New EIec-
trfc Road.

No Makeshift Plans for the New EIec-
tric Road.
The builders of the Chicago New York Electric
Air Line Railroad have determined that mat
ter OF expedlency shall cause them TO build with
only today in view and to Nrget tomorrow
Many minor curve or grade might be left un-
touched, and hundreds of thousands of dollars
saved in original cost, but they must and will
be Strengthened out and leveled down. Every
curve and grade that is left in roadway to
save construction cost constitutes permanent
drag on the operating cost for all time, ex-
pense that exceeds what. 1t would have cost
to DO the thing right in the first place by a
thousand fold. The constructionists OF the new
electric road pursuing no makeshft policy.
II curve or grade exists and ought to be re-
moved, 1t will be removed. Wherever the new
electric line crosses steam road it will 20 over
under It,
The roadbed will be the most solidIy built of
any In the world the high speed of the trains
necessitating new calculations this score. 1t
VIII be ballasted'' with crushed granite through
out its entire length. and 100.pound steel rails
will be used.
Power houses will be 80 miles apart and will
keep third rail- constantly charged with 5000
electrical horsepower. Every part of the ma
chinery will be in duplicate, so that break
down can possibly affect the running of the high
speed trains
Some OF these power houses are located near
coal mines. the screenings of which can be had
ct such low prices that the total cost of power
will be greatly reduced thereby. 1t is even con
templated to use some of the sulphur laden coal
OF Michigan coal that sells at very low
ngure because its sulphur destroys ordinary boil
ers. This coal readily be burned under
boilers OF special construction. and produces
power at cost away below that of power de-
rived from the ordinary locomotive.
Power derived from coal through direct burn
ing under locomotive boiler compares with
power produced from central station and
through electric motors as 8 is to S. and in
favor of electricity.
When it comes to safety, electric power is
so superior to steam that there is hardly any
comparison at all. The danger from fire is
Insignificant. the danger from explosion clint
mated, and the danger from breakdown due TO
Capitalization practically done away with. 1t
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passengers and freight. and which earns over
100 per cent yearly on its stock OF course.
this is exceptional. but so are the conditions
that surround the Chicago New York Electric
Air Line Railroad exceptional. and great deal
more likely to produce spectacular results In
dividends than any railroad project that the
country has ever known
Dividends from railroad are surer than from
almost any other kind OF investment. from the
fact that great dre. earthquake OF other
calamity can entirely Obliterate and ruin the
property. The investment Is spread over such
wide expanse that 1t Is an utter impOssibility
that more than small proportion OF 10 can be
wiped out OF existence at any one time.
Trust funds. which seek only the safest IN
vestment are more largely placed In railroad
securities than in any other way. The total
value OF the stock and bond securities Of rail-
roads IN the United States amounts to about
fourteen billion dollars, which Is about one
eighth OF all the wealth OF the country.
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is well known that constant humping on any
kind Of metalN tends TO make it crystalline.
with danger from cracking ever present. Every
body knows how steam locomotive jolts and
thumps and It at once becomes evident why
many railroad accidents occur on steam lines.
On electric lines, the motor being rotary and
working without any humping whatever, it can
be clearly seen how electric transportation
increases the safety of every passenger. even
when going at the highest speed.
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The Earnings of the Road VIII BE
beyond All Precedent.

The new electric road would command an
enormous patronage even II II did not oner any
advantage In speed. convenience or comfort over
existing steam lines, for its rate of $40. which
is just about onehaf OF present passenger rates.
would command the traffic. But when in addi-
tion to the fact that the rate is only $40 we
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
The Time to Invest Is Now Never
Again VIII the Price Be So Low.

Railroad fortunes are the greatest fortunes on
earth. The men that piled up untold millions BY
railroad investments were not who asked
every Tom. Dick and Harry what TO DO. what
was safe what was good. They were men who
turned a deaf and eye OF fmpartiality
upon the scOffers and thought IL out on the
merits OF the case. whether or not the Dfcposi-
tion worth while. They used their own
Judgment. their own calm common sense. that's
all. In saying 10 you that the stock OF the
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wonderfully Level Route.

II is almost beyond belief that so perfect
natural route for railroad as that surveyed by
the chicago-New York Electric Air Line
could have stood all these years and not had
railroad built upon IL. For stretch of $50
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

This certificate Will be accepted In
payment for transportation to the
amount of the par value of the
shares of stock represented hereby,
and mt current tariff rntes over any
part of the rond I'm operation.
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New Electric Line Offers the Small In
vestor an Unusual Opportunity.

4
vestor an Unusual Opportunity
In projecting this road with the idea that II
should be built mainly by the savings of small
investors-by the people-every safeguard for
their money has been considered and adopted
All the loopholes that have made former rail
road investments risky except for people of un
usual Judgment have been done away with, and
the whole proposition so simplihed that anybody
can at that II is the soundest, safest
and most promising investment that has ever
been offered to the public. We have already
shown why it is wiser to have the people own
the road; we will show exactly why there
is not the slightest element of risk in buying
the shares of the Chicago New York Electric Air
Line Railroad. either for investment with a
view of acquiring wealth very rapidly by their
great increase in value the road gets into
working order.
The Chicaeo-New York Electric Air Line
road will cost about one hundred and nfty mil
lion dollars to build. This money is TO be
raised by the sales of common stock which is
the only form of security that will be issued.
The old-tirne method Of bonding a property to
the bursting point Will not prevail in this en-
terprise. Not dollar in bonds, preferred stock
or securities Of any kind will stand ahead Of or
take precedence over the common stock Every
man or woman that owns dollars worth of
stock in the Chicago New York Electric Air Line
Railroad VIII be equal footing. first last
and all the time. The full par value of the
shares is 800. fully paid and non-assessa ble
but, like all gigantic projects the first stock
sold has to be offered at big sacrifice in order
to quickly get the road into position where
1t can begin to earn money. portion of the
500 stock Of the Chicago-Ne York Electric
Air Line Railroad is therefore offered at s27
per share. The shares that are invested in at
this low price of twenty seven dollars will. when
the road is finished. not only be worth their
full par value. but many times that value
Shares of certain bank in New York CITY.
that stand for 500 value. cannot be bought for
less than $4,000. The Great Northern r. r.
shares, at par value of $780, sell In the open
market for s2S3. There are many such cases. but
none of then, will eyer show such a surprising
rise will the shares of the new Electric line.
Many a clerk, grocer, plumber carpenter or
other man of moderate means who has the fore
sight to realize the marvellous possibilities of
this investment and buy at present prices will
be numbered among our rich men five years
hence. Even few hundred dollars invested
at the price the shares sell for today will almost
surely yield such an income within five years
that the holder thereof will never need TO toll or
work another day long he lives.
The stock certificates are given double value
and put beyond the power of man to make them
worth any less than par by the Following clause
printed them:
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Chicago to New York in % Hours, Fare 5 %.

has graduated more successful railroad experts
than any other road in the country, and the sue
cess OF the new electric road will be assured in
no small degree by these two men,
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How This Great Electric Road Came
TO BE n Reality.

TIE Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Rail
road is duly Incorporated and chartered uIieI
the laws Of the State Of Maine. It's officers ere:
ALEX C MILLER. President
CHARLES T. CHERRY. Vice President.
THERON NJ BATES. Secretary and Treasurer
Formerly Gen. Supt. Chicago and Alton R. r.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HARRY r. LATHAM. President Of the Latham
Machinery Co. Chicago.
ALEX. c MILLER. former President Of Aurora
Trust and Savings Bank. Aurora. III
HARRY f PROCUNIER. President Of the Moon
Mfg Co Chicago.
HON. CHARLES 7. CHERRY. Capitalist, os-
uego. H.
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shown at the present price of the shares these
Dividends should be about. 13 per cent the
money invested The electric road will in
most of them running diagonally from north to
south. Every one Of these will act as feed
er" to the electric line. because shippers will be
too much alive to their commercial interests to
overlook its Advantages. The local passenger
traffic that will come fast these feeder
lines are crossed will bring in immediate
enue that will assure dividend payments long
before the line Is completed to New York,
while ultimately the freight receipts from this
tributary tonnage will be enormous.
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. Interest in the great Electric Railroad that
will cut down the running time between Chicago
and New York 10 10 hours and carry passengers
at 8. $1,000 fare continues unabsted. People
who were skeptical at FIRST as 10 the reality of
suah gigantic project have now become con-
WINGED BY the actual showing Of work already
done The first grading was begun on the hrst
day Of September. and every day sees additional
right n way made for track laying. The Chi
oaeo-New York Electric AIR Line Railroad viii
run oeer. track that scarcely verges from a
straight line IN its entire course of 100 miles.
thereby making the distance $50 miles shorter
than the shortest existing steam railroad line
over this direct route viii be run hourly electric
trains at 8. speed that will reach a maximum
Of 100 miles an hour and maintain an average
Of IS miles No steam road could have ever
honed 10 do this because il would have been
impossible To- carry enough fuel snd water TO
maintain such speed. Moreover. the limit Of
human endurance has been reached by the stok-
ers on steam locomotives. According 10 Warren
Stanford stone. Chief Of the Brotherhood Of
locomotive Engineers. stoker on steam loco
motive shovels as high as 25 tons Of coal on
single trip. The new electric engines have no
such handicap. for ample and uniform power
comes 10 them Al all times from mammoth
power-houses located 80 miles apart along the
line. Their rotary motors run without thump or
Sar and enable them 10 do work under which g
steam locomotive would not last six months
There IS not the slightest question that the
road will be built and in running order on
schedule tine. Every one Of its original pro
jectors is practical railroad man and their
personal honor and standing such as 70
guarantee the complete success OF the project
They have placed their entire fortunes into the
enterprise and have urged their personal friends
10 do the same.