The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-03
Eise.ris Ire Viii Bald U HAM
Great Perfumes.

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Crest Perfumes.
The time has cnHts uhsn tie pcn-
I pie ought 90 own the railroads and
they ate going in aHu them.
This Chicago New York tlrciric
4 Ar LINE Railroad l. the great en-
feHinH wedge When thia road u
built the fafmsr can look cat ppun
hiH grain field With the cuuteutntg -
7 that cpmea from kn0wfnF thht when
f the harvest ftprnn the bulk ~ his
earnings went e. intn tha Jaws "a
la greedy railroad az saceHaiFe
Z freight charges. The Manufactures
and small freight shipper VII b.
ahin % get hiR product through -
outs kiy ard CheaulX ~ any other
I shtppsr. 30 ionEaf Whi the small
shipper be fooled with tbs Hlchly
excuse that I'VE can't get cars.
while ne sees him hiE rivals goods
a. whiskine along through pull
and favnritism.
Il,lt what iz the best % ali. the
Z small rfue khnider and there IL no
I rea ann that 81 should nor be you.
viii have an investment that viii
mako him financially Independent
/ The conditions that made possible
the building NJ % Americas great
est fortunes are many times more
promising than they were Ia The
Blasn Railroad days
The OLD steam roads. being loaded
I down with debit. waterioEkea with
aVercapitalisatinn and worn r. their
I marrow haHes by their fearful
sfrurrio - pay dlxldends on seCuri-
Z ties that stood for fatHo values. are
I IN na position 80 sacrifice their mil
d 81 a4HalNA u
through electric lire like the Chira-
go New York Electric Air Line Rail-
road. II took nov blood. new cnur-
age 90 o. It. ii took faith that the
pfafers waa ~ big ard bread ana
well conceived that tho necessary
hundred and fiftv million dollars
would be forthcoming
The profits that this great cleo
I tfie road will make FOR the stock
holders are almost beyond calcula d
ton. while The natural rise in value
n the shares because ~ the cN-
traurdinaFY earning power Is likely
J - be such that an investment %
fta8 ~ the reduced price st which
I the first shares ara marketed may.
al the erd ~ q few years. stand for
quoted market value Of two
I thousand dollars. and yield e yearly
income ~ two hundred dollars. II
Il does this. and u n not az all un-
I likely that u viii. the man who In
vests $500 IN ita shares now VIII
have a fearlY income ~ $1,000. or
course. the only time such colossal
profits can be made r. AZ the very
] ainrf After the first section ~ the
/ road Ia built and che people see Il
[ n actual working order. gee n rolf
I ing 90 profits and making money
/ like mint, there viii bee slight rca-
| SOFA To- offer the shares az any cou-
| siderable sacrifice. a. we are doing
A. we have said. nothing can stop
/ the building % this road. N the pro-
I leetora are compelled 90 build II un-
aided bv popular stock subscription,
aud "a the road VIII earn thousand (
upun thousands OF dollars more fAr
every day fta completion r. haateo
cd. 10 hos been planned to make II
n peoples road IN every SENSE.
The road will undoubtedly come
meucp earning money Within oUe
2 year from date. and sill DO u by
opening up and operating the first
section. n stretch Of track about one
I hundred miles long and ending a,
Goshen. Ind This section ruR
4 through q region peculiarly rich ~
traffic possibilities Running through
7 the towns ~ whiting Hammond
I ToloHt0n Hobart. cheatcrtou Gary,
I New Carlisle. Ia Porte. South Bend
/ Ttkhart. Goshen aud many othora,
I II serves "a population 81 100000.
II has been shown that electric
service through a region of tbs
character Yields n gross traffic in-
come % from so 90 1850 per cap
I TIA of tho population. Even a. the
| lower estimate ~ $40 per capita,
/ the gross profits figure up 10 one
million nine hundred thousand doll
I lars our operating expenses win
not exceed 50 per cent Of the gross
| receipts. aud this would leave net
earnings of nine hundred aud fifty
| thousand dollars tS9ao.0nll en 4
section 81 road only 100 miles lons
This would enable The road - pny
dividends Of about 81 per cent on
| the money Invested These figures
are startling. ~ cclfec' but are
| based on facts ard "a shat hae been
done BY other elcctsir roads
1t iaa matter ~ sfattaiics that tha
oueratiug eNpenaea ~ ne Aurora
road we're only SO per cent ~ tbs
gross recetnta
The moment meh a ahntFinf III
netufsly made tho iiriec ~ flaris WI
GO up ny leaps and bounds the 30
and section VIII b. tHlit ID reeorf I
breaking time with the ample fm