The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-06

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cry curve and grade that is left in {
roadway to save construction cost CON
stitutes a permanent drag on the opeF-
ating cost for all time, an expense thai
exceeds what it would have cost TO Dc
the thing right in the first place by q
thousand fold. The constructionists OF
the new electric road are pursuing nc
makeshift policy. If curve or grade
exists and ought to be removed it will
be removed. Wherever the new cleo
trio line crosses a steam road it will
go over or under it.
The roadbed will be the most solidly
built of any in the world, the high
speed Of the trains necessitating new
calculations on this score. 1t will be
"ballasted'' with crushed granite
throughout it's entire length, and 100
pound steel rails will be used.
Power houses will be so miles apart,
and will keep a third rail- constantly
charged with 5000 electrical horse
power. Every part of thu machinery
will be in duplicate, SO that no break
down can possibly affect the running
of the high-speed trains.
Some of these power houses are To-
Gated near coal mines, the screenings
of which can be had at such low prices
that the total cost of power will be
greatly reduced thereby. 1t is even
contemplated to Use some OF the sui.
phur-laden coal of Michigan, a coal
that sells at very low figure because
its sulphur destroys ordinary boilers.
This coal can readily be burned under
hD of 4fr.1rf
produces power at a cost away below
that of power derived from the ordi-
nary steam locomotive. Power de-
rived from coal through direct burn
ing under a locomotive boiler compares
with power produced from a central
station and through electric motors as
3 is to 8, and in favor of electricity.
When it comes to safety electric
power is so superior to steam that
there is hardly any comparison at all.
The danger from fire is insignificant,
the danger from explosion eliminated
and the danger from breakdown due to
practically done away
with. 1t is well known that constant
humping on any kind of metal tends
to make its crystalline, with danger
from cracking ever present. Every.
body knows how a steam locomotive
jolts and thumps, and it at once be-
comes evident why many railroad ac-
cidents occur on steam lines. On cleo
trio lines, the motor being rotary and
without any humping what
ever, it can be clearly seen how cleo
trio transportation increases the safety
IF every passenger, even when going at
the highest speed
LINE WILL BUILD UP
MANY GREAT FORTUNES.
The time has come when the people
ought to own the railroads, and they
Are going to own them.
The Chfcago-New York Electric Air
Line Railroad is the great entering
wedge. When this road is built the
farmer can look out upon his grain
ield with the contentment that comes
rom knowing that when the harvest
"opens the bulk of his earnings won't |
90 into the jaws of a greedy railroad
Is excessive freight charges. The |
and small freight ship |
Der will be able to get his product !,
through as quickly and cheaply as any
'ther shipper. No longer will the small .
shipper be fooled with the sickly ex- !
use that I'VE can't get cars" while
lie sees his big rivals goods go whisk-
ng along through pull and favorit-
SIN.
But, what is the best Of all, the
mall stakeholder and there Is no rea-
on that 1t should not be you, will have
IN investment that will make him
financially independent. The condi-
ions that made possible the building
'p of Americas greatest fortunes are
many times more promising than they
we're in the olden railroad days.
The old steam roads. being loaded
lown with debt, waterlogged with
and worn to their
narrow bones by their fearful struggle
o pay dividends on securities that
TODD for false values, are in no posi-
ion to sacrifice their millions of in
-estment and build a through electric
inc like the Chicago-New York Elec-
ric Air Line Railroad. 1t took new
aith that the project was SO big and
'road and well conceived that the nee
ssary hundred and fifty million dollars
would be Forthcoming.
The profits that this great electric
Oe&o
lmost beyond calculation, while the
latural rise in value of the shares be-
ause of the extraordinary earning
ower is likely to be such that an In
estment Of 800 az the reduced price
t which the first shares are marketed
nay, at the end of q few years, stand
or a quoted market value Of two
dollars, and yield a yearly
lcome OF two hundred dollars. II it
oes this. and it is not at all unlikely
hat 1t will, the man who invests $500
1 its shares now will have a yearly
lcome of $1,000. OF course, the only
me such colossal profits can be made
at the very start. After the first
sction Of the road Is built and the
eople see 1t in actual working order,
ee 1t rolling up profits and making
honey like mint, there will be slight
eason to offer the shares at any con-
derable sacrifice. as we are doing