The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
Electric Line VIII Build Up Many
Great Fortunes.

The time has come when the people ought tc
own the railroads, and they are going TO owr
them.
The chicago-New York Electric Air Line Rail
road is the great entering wedge. When this
road is built the farmer can look out upon bis
grain field with the content that comes from
knowing that when the harvest ripens the bulk
Of his earnings won't go into the jaws of a
greedy railroad as excessive freight charges
The manufactures and small freight shipper will
be able to get his product through as quickly
and cheaply as any other shipper No longer
will the small shipper be fooled with Inc slcki!
excuse that I'VE can't get cars, whlle he sees
his big rivals goods go whisking along through
pull and favoritism
But what is the best OF ALL the small stock
holder and there is reason that II shouio not
be you. will have an investment that Will make
him financially independent. The conditions thai
made possible the building up of America s
Greatest fortunes are many times more prom
ising than they were in the olden railroad days.
The old steam roads being loaded down with
debt. wateriogged with ver-capitalizatfon and
worn to their marrow bones by their fearful
struggle to pay dividends on securities tnat
stood for false values. in no position 10 sac
rifce their Millions OF investment and build
through electric line like the Chicaeo-New aork
Electric Air Line Railroad. 1t TOOK now piood,
new courage to do it; it took faith that the pro-
ject was so big and broad and well conceived
that the necessary hundred and fifty million dol
lars would be forthcoming.
The profits that this great electric road Will
make for it's stockholders are almost beyond cal
culation, while the natural rise In value OF the
shares because of the extraordinary earning
power is likely TO he such that an Investment OF
500 at the reduced price Mt. which the nrst
shares are marketed may, at the end OF few
years. stand for quoted market value Of two
thousand dollars and yield yearly income OF
two hundred dollars If it does this. and 1T is
not at all unlikely that it will. the man who
invests $500 in its shares now will have a
yearly income of $1,000 OF course. the only
time such colossal profits can be made is at the
very start After the first section of the road
is built and the people see 1T in actual working
order, see it rolling up profits and making money
like a mint, there will be slight reason 10 oner
the shares at any considerable sacrifice. as we
are doing.
AS we have said. nothing can stop the build
ing of this road. OF course, IL Its projectors
are compelled to build it unaided by popular
stock subscription, it would take much longer
than otherwise and as the road will earn
thousands upon thousands of dollars more for
every day its completion is hastened. 1t has
been planned to make it a peoples road in
every sense.
The road will undoubtedly commence earning
money within one year from date. and will do
1t by opening up and operating the first Sec
tion. stretch Of track about one hundred miles
long, and ending at Goshen Ind. This section
runs through a region peculiarly rich in traffic
possibilities. Running through the towns of Whit
Ing Hammond. Toleston, Hobart, Chesterton,