The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK IN 10 HOURS

The Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Rail-
road will accomplish three things:
First: Reduce the mileage between Chicago
and New York by building on the shortest route
that physical conditions will permit. The Penn
York is about $50 miles in length. The Air Line
will be $50 miles in length, saving Of 200
miles.
Second: Reduce the time between Chicago and
New York The present time is from Is to 20
hours on the fastest. Air Line electric locOmO-
tives can run 100 miles an hour The time will
easily be cut down to 10 hours
Third. Reduce the cost of transportation be-
tween Chicago and New York. The present fare
Is SO over the Pennsylvania. This fare does not
include the Pullman sleeper, which is mneces-
sary the I0-hour electric Air Line The fare
on the Air Line will be $40. The Air Line is
to be d0uble-tracked. built with minimum grades
and curves, eliminating highway and railroad
crossings at grade and to be equipped with cleo
tric traction. A railroad constructed on these
lines can be operated with far greater economy
than with steam traction. and a high speed at
tanned with perfect safety. impossible for exist
ing lines to equal.
Read what the Hon. W. +. Porter, ex-
Secretary of the State of Nebraska,
says about the ChicagO-New York
electric Air Line Railroad.
In part. he says: about the middle Of July
there appeared in number Of Chicago papers
advertisements of the CHICAGO-NEW YORK
ELECTRIC AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.
which greatly interested myself and number Of
my Nebraska friends. decided TO make a per-
sonal investigation of the company and its plans.
l accordingly went TO Chicago and spent several
days looking up the men who had formed this
company. Their plan l knew, from previous in
vestigation, to be entirely feasible, consequently
1t was the men who were back Of the company
l was interested in looking up. Were they mere
Nly band of promoters, trying to swindle the re-
liable business men, or were they experienced.
practical and reliable business men. who could
be trusted to carry out fairly and honestly that
which they were undertaking? These were the
questions / wanted answered satisfactorily.
found that the president OF the company, Mr..
Miller of the responsible business men
of Aurora, H., and ex-railroad man OF some
80 years experience with the c. B. and. Q. r. r. !;
that the secretary and treasurer Of the company
railroad men IN Illinois. and former general su-
perintendent OF the Chicago and Alton r. r. That
associated with them as directors and officers OF
the company were some of the most responsible
business men of Illinois and Indiana They had
already spent a great deal OF money making
the right-of-way. That instead of issuing bonds
much in excess Of the cost of building the road,
as is usually done, the company had decided to
make this peoples road by selling stock di-
rect to the individual citizen. ON such terms as
would enable the small investor to buy shares.
My deliberate judgment is, that stock will be
selling above $50 per share in a short time and
in in operation, from Chicago to Goshen, Ind
that the stock Will be at par, for the that
there is no preferred stock. and every stock GER
tifcate bears on its face this clause: This GER
tifcate will be accepted in payment for trans
portation to the amount of the par value of the
rent tariff rates. over any part OF the road In
operation This provision should prevent the
stock selling at less than par.
Il am going to put my money into this
stock, and l feel perfectly safe in saying to my
friends and TO Others, it is the one chance of a