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slippers everything is low-cut, with straps over
with great latitude of styles in the way
of bows and trimming.
Black suede bronze slippers most popular of
all, both of them embroidered perhaps with beads
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-25

of gold and silver has had its effect upon
slippers the tnest of bows for trimming whole
cleaning slippers. which remind you irTesstibly of
those fairy which the little prncesses about
all day their little gold slippers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-25

But tinse slippers expensive and about perish
able things made. Handle little roughly
you've taken the luster from it minute beyond
hope OF repair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-25

MESS all signs fail, linen suits will be out in
great quantities early in spring, instead of lag
ging into summer. as they have the two years
they've been popular
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
Economy of Electric Power

Electric power has such great economic ad-
vantages over steam that there can be no
question that the Chicago-New York line will
pay Steam roads cannot keep up a high
speed for any great distance. The fire slacks
down and necesitates raklng. the water sup
ply becomes a serious problem and the high
speed soon stops Electric trains don't have to
slack speed for a 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 locomotives are COM
PEELED, at high speed, to burn the best of coal,
whereas the electric power is generated from
very low-priced coal, screenings-some OF
it costing less than rs cents per ton. This in it.
self is an enormous advantage in favor of the
electric road, but 1t doesn't begin to be all.
The electric motor. being rotary instead of re-
ciprocating. 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 electric line will have
the advantage of economy In construction.
as they do now. and with waste and extrava-
gance characterizing every railroad project OF
the past, old-tme lines show some 'cost per
mile" records that amazing. The new
electric road will cost somewhat more To
build than a steam road would, but this cost
will include power houses. and by virtue of the
direct route there are 100 miles less to con-
struct than the old-time road builders had To
pay for.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

Interest in the great Electric Railroad that
will cut down the running time between Chi
cago and New York to 10 hours. and carry
passengers at $1,000 fare, continues unabated.
People who were skeptical at first as to the
reality Of such a gigantic project have now
become convinced by the actual showing of
work already done. The first grading was
begun on the first day of September and
every day sees additional right of way made
for track laying. The Chicago-New York
Electric Air Line railroad will run over a
track that scarcely verges from a straight
line in its entire course of 750 miles, thereby
making the distance $50 miles shorter than
the shortest existing steam railroad route.
Over this direct route will be run hourly cleo
trio trains at a speed that viii reach a
maximum of 100 miles an hour and maintain
an average of 75 miles No steam road could
have ever hoped to do this because it would
have been impossible to carry enough fuel
and water to maintain such a speed. More
over, the limit of human endurance has been
reached by the stokers on steam locomotives.
According to Warren Stanford Stone, chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, a
stoker on steam locomotive shovels high
as 25 tons of coal a single trip The new
electric engines have no such handicap, for
ample and uniform power comes to them at all
times from mammoth power houses located SO
miles apart along the line. Their rotary
motors run without thump or jar and enable
them to do work under which a steam loco
motive would not last six months.
There is not the slightest question that the
road will be built and in running order or
schedule time. Every one OF its original pro
jectors is practical railroad man. and thei
personal honor and standing such as tc
guarantee the complete success of the pro
ject. They have placed their entire fortunes
into the enterprise and have urged their per
sonal friends to do the same
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
New Electric Line Offers the
Small Investor an Unusual
Opportunity

In projecting this road with the idea that 1t
should he built mainly by the savings of small
irvastoTs-by the people-every safeguard for
their money has been considered and adopted,
All the loopholes that have made former
railroad investments risky except for people
CT unusual judgment have been done away
with, and the whole proposition so simplifed
that anybody at once that it is the
soundest. safest and most promising invest
ment 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 now
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 or with view OF acquir-
ing wealth very rapidly by their great in
crease in values as the road gets into working
order.
The Chicago New York Electric Air Line
road will cost about one hundred and fifty
million 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 od-tlme method of bonding a property to
the bursting point will not prevail in this en-
terprise Not n 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 dol :
lars worth of stock in the Chicago-New York
Electric Air Line railroad will be on an equal
footing. first, last and all the time. The full
par value OF the shares is 800. fully paid and
non BILE, but. like all gigantic projects,
the first stock sold has to be offered at big
sacrifice in order to quickly get the road into a
position where 1t can begin to earn money. A
nortion OF the $l00 stock Of the Chicago New
York Electric Air Line railroad is therefore
offered at s97 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 p certain bank in New York city
that stand for 500 value cannot he bought for
less than $4,000. The Great Northern railroad
shares. at a par value of 800. sell in the
open market for s2S3. There are many such
cases. but none of them will ever show such a
surprising rise as will the shares of the new
electric line. Many a clerk. grocer, plumber,
carpenter or other man of moderate means who
has the foresight 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 hun
dred dollars invested at the price the ghares
sell for today will almost surely yield such an
income within Ave years that the holde' there
OF will never need to toll or work another
day as long he lives.
The stock certificates are given double value
and put beyond the power OF man to make
them worth less than par by the following
clause printed on them;
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
New Road Encounters Few
Obstacles

The histories OF most OF the steam roads read
like political melodramas. Bribery and cor
ruption OF state and national disnitaries was
looked upon as being as essential as the laying
or rails industries were throttled, 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 Chleago-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 II. 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 a few miles long WILL
for all practical purposes. locate the line be-
side the city. while 1t is just far enough away
to escape political or similar obstacles. Never
was railroad project launched with so few
difficulties confronting It.
Everywhere along the line manufacturers ana
other power consumers welcome II because OF
tho 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
10 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 Chi
cago-New York Electric Air Line railroad will
be the FIRST example In railroad history In
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
The Time to Invest Is Now
Never Again Will the Price
Be So Low

Railroad fortunes are the greatest fortunes
on earth. The men that piled up untold mill
lions by railroad investments were not men
who asked every Tom Dick and Harry what
TO do, what was safe what was good They
were men who turned deaf ear and an eye Of
lmpartiality upon the scoffers and thought II
out on the merits Of the case, whether or not
the proposition was worth while. They used
their own judgment, their own calm common
sense, that's all In saying to you that the
stock of the Chicago-New York Electric Air
Line railroad is not only the soundest. safest
and wisest investment for all your savings.
but that If you buy now at the low price Of s27
per hundred-dollar share, you will surely be-
come a wealthy from their rise in value.
we want you to use your own good Judgment
and convince yourself from the facts that
what we say is true.
Here is a proposition with every element of
risk absolutely done away with. Any man or
woman can see that no matter what the road
might or might not earn the clause Of the
stock certificates making them good for
transportation. stamps them with a kind of
value that cannot get away. This makes
every investor realize that no matter what
comes he just simply cannot lose one dollar IL
he invests in that stock. 1t is always good for
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
The Earnings of the Road Will
Be Beyond All Precedent

The new electric road would command an
enormous patronage even IL 1t did not offer
fort over existing steam lines, for It's rate of
sl0 whlcn is just about one-half of present
passenger rates, would command the traffic.
But when in addition to the fact that the
rate is only $40 add the fact that the time
is only ten hours and the well known ad-
vantages OF electric over steam transit. there
seems little reason to doubt that the old steam
lines will be forced 10 lose a very large part
of their present business and the electric road
will get it.. Not only that, but the new road,
with its cheap fares, will create new travel
ing element. will enthuse new people who have
hitherto travelled little or not at all, to go on
journeys just as summer rates do it even now,
to some extent, on steam roads.
The Chicago-New York Electric Air Line
railroad will traverse the richest and most
densey populated part of the country. 1t is
not road to be built on Garden of Eden
theories only to face sagebrush realities as
were some Of the great steam railroads, but
will run through country that fairly huns
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

figure up to one million nine hundred thousand
dollars. Our operating expenses will not ex-
ceed so per cent of the gross receipts, and this
would leave net earnings of nine hundred and
fifty thousand dollars Cs95O,O0O) 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 on facts
and what has been done by other electric
roads.
1t is a matter Of statistics that the operating
expenses of the Aurora road were only Sc per
cent Of the gross receipts.
The moment such a showing is actually
made the price of the stock Will go up by
leaps and bounds. the second section will be
built in record breaking time with the ample
funds that the stock sales have brought, and
the completion of the line from Chicago to
New York will follow rapidly. The stock Of
this company will begin to pay dividends as
the first hundred mile section is COM
peted. and. as we have shown, at the present
price of the shares these dividends should be
about 10 per cent on the money invested. The
new electric road Will, in its 75O-mile route.
cross IS steam railroads. most of them rum
ming diagonay from north to south. Every
Of these will act a ''feeder'' 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 as fast as these feeder lines
crossed will bring in immediate revenue
that Will assure dividend payments long before
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

run at n speed that sometimes reaches ninety
miles an hour. Ladies' on the electric cars
wave a swift good by to the passengers on
the two steam roads which run parallel to 1t,
the electric cars are going by fast that the
steam cars seem not to move at ALL
This road WAS built in the face of
pesslmism and ridicule. Nobody outside of Its
promoters thought It would succeed, and es-
pecaly was this true OF the magnates of the
two rival steam roads which 1t paralleled for
It's 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 re-
ality of a success beyond the widest dreams
of the electric roads best friends. Every train
that runs Is filled to its fullest capacity. and
the trains contain as many cars as the en-
gines can draw without n sacrifice Of speed.
Dining and buffet are provided. and to
the minutest detail everything is most luxuri-
ous comfortable and convenient. In the five
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 f1oated,
making rich men out Of some who had but
nominal fortunes at the outset.
So great is the earning power of this road
today that 1t pays interest on securities
amounting to more than ten million dollars,
! and is one of the greatest railroad successes
the world has ever known. What this road
greater scale by the new electric line be-
tween Chicago and New York.
The pleasure and comfort of electric travel,
together with its great speed. appeal to the
| average person so strongly that he avails him
self of them when he can. No smoke or Gin
ders smooch the passengers no sickening
stencil from cattle trains befouls the air, and
one is not jolted from side to side, or lurched
around curves There are practically nc
curves a high-speed electric line, for such
a speed cannot be maintained except over 6
| straightway course.
| Wherever electric lines have been intro
duced they have brought about new condi
tons, seeming to create class of traffic pc
| culiarly their own and making money wher
the wise ones said 1t could never be done. II
the case OF the Aurora Elgin & Chicago road
| the only high speed electric road as yet II
| actual operation, two steam roads parallel 4
the entire way, and yet the electric road ha'
| built up enormous traffic of its own with
out appreciably crippling either Of the steam
roads in their suburban patronage. The elec
trio road presents such delights of travel tha
new traffic is actually created out of
class of people who have heretofore Travelled
but little not at all.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
No Makeshift Plans for the New
Electric Road

The builders Of the Chicago New York Elec-
trio Air Line railroad have determined that no
matter of expediency shall cause them to build
with only today In view and to forget tomor-
row. Many minor curve or grade might be
left untouched. 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 constl
tutes a permanent drag on the operating cost
for all time, an expense that exceeds what IL
would have cost to do the thing right in the
first place by a thousandfold. The construc-
tionlsts OF the new electric road are pursuing
no makeshift policy II curve or grade ex-
lists and ought to he removed, It will be re-
moved. Wherever the new electric line crosses
steam road It will go over or under It.
The roadbed will be the most solldly built
of any in the world. the high speed of the
trains necesstatlng new calculations on this
score. 1t will be balasted with crushed gran
ite throughout It's entire length, and 100-pound
steel rails will be used
Power houses will be 50 miles apart, and will
keep a third ral' constantly charged with
5000 electrical horsepower Every part of the
machinery will be in duplicate, so that no
BREAKDOWN can possibly affect the running of
the high speed trains.
Some of these power houses are located near
coal mines, tho screenings of which can be
had at such low price that the total cost OF
power Will be greatly reduced thereby. 1t is
even contemplated to use some OF the sulphur
laden coal of Michigan a coal that sells at a
very low figure because its sulphur destroys
ordinary boilers. This coal can readily be
burned under boilers of special construction
and produces power at cost away below that
Of power derived from the ordinary steam loco
motive. Power derived from coal through
direct burning under a locomotive boiler com.
pares with power produced from central
station and through electric motors 3 Is tc
s, and in favor of electricity
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

which no other road, highway or 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 ell the time
that existing steam roads lose by their SLOW
downs" at crossings and enables the electric
train to maintain its marvellous speed
The ChicaRo-New York Electric Air Line
road has among It's stan the very man who Sc
cured every foot Of the right for the
Aurora, Eigin g. Chicago Electric road, and
was one OF the most prominent factors in
bringing about its great success. There are
also among It's officials several men who were
actively connected with the Burlington road,
two Of them in the operating department. It
Is a well known and universally acknowledged
fact that tho Burlington has graduated more
successful railroad experts than any other
road In the country, and the success Of the
new electric road will be assured in no small
degree by these two men.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
Construction Gangs Are Now Working on 1t

mately be carried by this route It has been
shown by tho work of the goth Century
Flyer" OF the New York Central that there are
plenty of people willing to pay the 80 per cent
extra charges required on this train; what,
then. will be the patronage of n road that
carries one from Chicago to New York city for
$40. a figure that Is about one-half the regu-
lar fare now charged? There can be no ques-
tion that tine Chicago-N New York Electric rail-
road will become the richest and most power
full business factor in this country; Its work.
ings being the basis Of a new order of
things Industrial and the foundation stone up
on which our economic wel-beinG will rest.
When this great electric road gets into full
working order, the small shipper can send his
freight on a basis of absolute equality with
the big shipper
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HARRY H. LATHAM, president of the
Latham Machinery Co., Chicago.
ALEX. C. MILLER, former president of
Aurora Trust and Savings bank, Aurora, Ill
HARRY f. PROCUNIER, president of the
Moon Manufacturing Co., Chicago.
HON. CHARLES T. CHERRY capitalist,
Oswego, Ill.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

When 1t comes to safety. electric power is so
superior to steam that there is hardly any
comparison at ALL The danger from fire is .n-
significant, the danger from explosion is elimi-
mated and the danger from breakdowns due to
capitalization practically done away with. 1t
any kind of metal tends to make 1t crystalline,
with danger from cracking ever present
Everybody knows how steam locomotive iolts
and thumps. and 1t at once becomes evident
why many railroad accidents occur steam
lines. On electric lines. the motor being ro-
tary and working without any humping
whatever. it can be clearly seen how electric
passenger. even when going at the highest
speed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
How This Great Electric Road
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:
ALEX C. MILLER, president
CHARLES t. CHERRY, vice president
THERON M. BATES, secretary and treas
urer; formerly general superintendent Chicago
& Alton railroad.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

This means that no matter what the certl-
qouted at In the market, the bearer thereof
can step onto a ten-hour train for New York
and pay his or her friends fare with 1t, or pay
for freight 10 the amount OF 500, and all with
present moment. 1t Is evident therefore.
what an unusual opportunity this stock Of
fers. Nothing on earth can wreck Its value.
From the moment the road begins 70 run
trains, each share Of stock Will be just good
as money four times as good II bought at
present prices. II will be easy to turn into
instant cash II you don't want transportation.
because any ticket broker viii cash Il at
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
Aurora Road Shows What Elec.
trio Rapid Transit Can
ACCOMPLISH

The Aurora, Elgin & Chicago railroad has
shown the world the marvellous possibilities of
long distance electric traction The story OF
this unique project is a 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 hfty-seve mile line full trains are
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

This certificate will he accepted In
payment for transportation 20 the
amount of the par value of the
shares of stock represented hereby,
and mt current tarin rates over any
part of the road In operation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

small discount for brokerage, even in one year
from date when the first hundred mile section
Of the road is in actual operation between
Chicago and Goshen.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
New Direct Electric Road StartleS
the Transportation World

Route $50 Miles Shorter Than the Shortest-Time 10
Hours Quicker Than the Quickest
$40 Cheaper Than the Cheapest
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

the line is completed to New York, while
ultimately the freight receipts from this tribu-
tary tonnage will be enormous
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
SUBSCRIPTION COUPON

SOUTHWESTERN SECURITIES CO..
3oS West First St, Los Angeles, Cal,
Fiscal Agents ChicagoNew York Electric Air Line r. Stock
Inclosed find in (say whether
full or partially payment for shares of stock
in the Chcago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
ADDRESS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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have much chance In competition with
English, which long ago displaced
French as the most useful and widely
spoken language and which is gaining
faster than ever In all parts of the
world Quite recently the German gov
eminent has ordered that all railway
officials and employees must learn to
speak English. In Antwerp also the
authorities are urging all classes to
study English and are providing spe-
cial facilities in the public schools; the
city has become almost an English
speaking port" In Japan all school
children are now obliged to learn our
language. A few years hence tourists
from this country will be able to get
along there as easily as on a trip at
home. With Great Britain, India, Aus
tralla, Canada, the United States and
large sections of Africa using English,
what hope is there for any other Ian
guage1