The independent., 1906-08-23
FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK IN 10 HOURS FARE $40

who years ago invested a few hun
dred dollars each in railroad stocks,
the dividends on which are now pro-
viding them with a competency. Why,
| ask, should not our Nebraska farm
ers and citizens profit by the example
of the thrifty New Englanders by in
vesting 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 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 air
line road, reducing the distance be-
tween these two great cities to $50
miles and the time (now twenty
hours) to ten hours; fare now $40.
will be on the new road, $40 Ali
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 or
Chicago. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again on the interurban
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 a
third per mile will give big dividends
to the stockholder 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-four
hours, fare $40. New Electric time
ten hours, fare $40; no smoke and
cinders from engine, no stopping to
coal up and change engines, ETC.,
which route would you take even if
the fare were $40? The answer is
obvious
The company will concentrate it's
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 rest
of the stock to complete the road;
not, however, at s25 per share, but
at not less than $100 per share, for
reasons already stated
1t was the original purpose of the
company to begin grading early next
spring, but the public subscription of
stock has so far exceeded their ex-
pectations, that work will be COM
menced at Goshen, Ind, on Septem-
Der 1. | sat in the Chicago offices
of the company in the Monadnock
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.
| am going to put my own money
into this stock and l feel perfectly
safe in saying to my friends and to
others, it is the one chance of life
time to get in on the ground floor and
within a 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 busi-
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 a disinterested stand
point. If you want to take advantage
of this rare opportunity, don't delay,
but write me at once, stating how
many shares you desire and on what