Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1849-12-22
ADVE7sNISENlENT.
go the sDfse,lyc.

| make the following bI ref statement of facts:
The subscbei hvrg at Dupont Jefferson county, luoi-
ana, invented such the 1882 and III hat
year aud the year 1910 >x eight imperfect
modeIs-tos one If them 70 Phadv phia B,mole aud
Washinstn CITY, ia ojr, perfected, and to get
a,sis aHte 10 pun The como i've IN operation.
Ia the fail Of isi4 srirg { ls45 had an I"'roduc
ton 10 MI Cahcait, then fo The machine shop OF
the Madison aid ndanapo, railroad company, TO whom
explained all my plans Of locomotive. Some IL OF -
months after that InevIew | pisei t. hear thar
Ca'hea mad gone to Philadelphia with del to c""' uue
engine tr he purp scked BY railroad con-
lany. In Tie spr OF 1915 he of Cahearf,
upon The an OF my invention, put upon the plane CT
tie road where has been since The
inclined plane that road II long. The
gfac ls 40 ieet 10 The tip, ~ nta iee 10 ic"es per
100 feet That Ioconofire taks the plane al The
freight aud OF the road. The company employ
ID locomotive, lii hkIhg the height 10 aud from The plane
Fl 50 to 100 taken by the locomotive
up The plane making the TIP generally about fo, mn
the 18th Of April last paten, granted IL
my improvement In May last, Mr. Cathcat applied ioI
patent for the same device. Mr. E~bank the lately
pointed COmmls>uner Of the Patent Office notice OF
the interference, and that he would the near
ing the fast Mohday Of Sepemhef. 1919 Accordingly,
he 1h If August, they commented taking deposit
III me Guy oi Naii'n anu Continued nom DAY " gay LOT
eight days In these examinations Caltcdrt
proved that he had drawing Of he pan upon paper a. FAR
back the fa of 1914, e.Iy the spIIug of lS4o,
which about The date oi his inier>ivw wlh The sub
sciibeI lie also proved uperln, nded the constue
ton of the locomotive NOW The plane 1871 and as
Further, II poV That When INST made my m'Gei,
IN he ping oi $50 II had movable wheel tha The
wheels all lcualy. ncsel d uied The
discovery OF movable wheels, bigc-ee aud levers
made about aite If model.
On the pat of The >uL>c.ise Il Wa pe,en ty Samuel
Tn mas, tic Superintendent Il tie machine shop
OF the ia"ad cmPiit, that ny model VAS made at the
mahine shop lNIO TIA he ed IA making IT, aud that
aites II VS. '.ad di~oos.ei The pa 81 .,s~ee Wheels
ouse-"e' ""u i'Ne''' al" VS. is " az ''e '"ols'
but d,i>od cot 10 do un welt PA aiephia
where could be better duue AID wheIe hoped get
locomotive constructed. Iae discovery oil The impIOv,
ment at that time also pIosen by James Davidson
mtllti-ht. 1t proven by Enoch Whe and James Pat
ton OF Indiana, that they saw my modei with ali the I'M
puvemcnts cODtIOveTsy IT, tine IN me
years OF 1910 a. Again by Wares Lttsi aud Henry
L. Smith, ii Washington City, that tey tat model
with .uch Impios ashnst,n III 1910. But not
whstandng all tins. though clearly proven By i've uun
peachabie wae>c. that my Improvements made, "a
th4t had model # them $40 42aud though Cath
cat merely proved that he had drawing OF n nP rate,
and that exendig tack fl,ei lo44a 40 yet
Comm MI NV bank, gave Nj Ia heart patent
fo tae same improvement AHEAD, patented 10 iae
This strange decision OF The Comni>s Il Patents,
holds the open fol contlovess between the pues
Ia TIE Duct SOut iNi The Safe, wheie Ietuna ely, no
frlso Commissione, but july OF GU county, VIII decide
the question of light
Some ex, Iauaon of The decision Of the Commissioner
may iOssiOy be gathered from the folio statement
before closing iepositIo Madison,
Od toN Fatty, thai human kdySfI that manages The lndi
Iailroad The New lok brokers', sI. s>hing
ton CITY there summooDg OUT of the Patent Office 10
vale loom VI Mr. keuwlck The agent Of Cah,al, Mr. Ren-
wick. OF models, AID boiher of the Mt
Mcintyre dIaughi.maD, Mt oughion, machih when at.
teI sub statements AID asumens The manages aud his
counsel prole mike without opponent contro-
them, Proceeded take dispositions Of these thee
oticcis Sloughiun his dcrosIion testified that there
additions made my deposited IN
the patent ohee Which was an Maich. lssJ that lever
and weights added 10 throw the spun wheel gear
aud keep theto lhi> testimony opp sod by
umouy alcsdy alluded T., also by that # Vim. lieudcks
aud John A. Hendricks, Of Wn. Hendricks, foImer
Governor II Indiana, that the model hld the NOV able
wheel dge-tee weights and lever beoo left Alsdscn
lo the Paeu Ohce," and by Mes.is Elliott 10 ln>ou aud
Woodruff o' Washington CITY, that who" brought 10 ha
city, had all these improvements upon IT. aud just as II
now in Office aud these facts be sustained
10y The testimony OF hundcds
The the deponcu, Of patent Office are understood to
be BROTHER ScOtchmcn with Nj Caihcai and ALL with the
Commissioast fegncrs Such circumstances should have
improper influence aud such impressions may be wong
but 1t ha been suspie'oncd that All 'no sh there that
weight THIS Mt Rcuwck, brother Of The agent reported
upun the win nj these dispositions bcfote him. 60 the
Commissioners aud 1t Is enough to say II decided for Nr
Caihcalt accordingly Some Of The ie,.ons &C. my hsbot-
ing such 'sspcon have been drawn iom the following ef-
cumstanccsf
When called upon the conmi,, or The d.t Monday
Of Sepicmc aud asked hun I" put the 'al oil ii ten day
qucuce If my being jeai cd by accidents upon
the Aoad 10 Ohio, that could not bo present aud coss-
examine nj the Rkng 0f the Dispositions ~ Washington aud
had attorney 10 peiafc an Argument ~ answer - the
hnslhy and aboed that had been rd the pat 81
Csthcaft The CemmsoUet icpliri that he would cal
Mi licnwck--iung the bell, aud IA came Mi H. 10 whom
he shd MI io' WISHES couu'nce 81 his eni Cattle ''
for days u All that not consistent viih he
custom Of The oice OF ihele continuance
Monday fouowpg 10 the .iiee and asked the Com.
missioner when M would hu decided e made tliaus,
AID asked what tesp iold nnd then aid yes Wi
cs ai, Nebwck -iuns HE bell. sni a. MI t. whom
be- athcl, when WI YOU ae Me ilti aud tahc,us cas'
u
nhly tqnae ZONE two ot thter isis "Namn't hi ih'
tumMiiuuei bat w thee huhs fum that time II was de-
eiod o,'el tstheau would get psicn' Again
thee days efcl hi' deel'ion, calle ~ 'h'
ohee and m,ved ip new hl af causes stated "a cubs
sianoe, A nil, the t,immi's nc sad viii call NJ ken'
wtkH-ihns tho bel and ~ came Nj H., TO whom the Cum
mslantf male known The eppicniion T. ,a,d ,ou eau
not give anew he'rs eltel you have once made ie'oo
new t,ial was not ganed stands the ease now all
in oidef show what beliel Judges than myself hnk upo
Tho subject, refer "a The accompanying opinion Of Nj
holke. the 'omn''''ne' ~ho granted my p'''n'
d " ARLINGTON, Oct :. iNI9.
"a Ma Wn, lioYr-Sb a. yout 'qucst. have casful
examined papets placed D., You nay haud. which ,o
say ue copes 81 the esi'nanla' taken "a h,th lie
al tn mat 81 II nte enoe h'iae the pate ulee between
you and Add talhca both claiming iev,'v g., ascend
=, ug de,ori ding Inclined planes latitads undef
slaud that bath claim substantially the deN
winch mechanical combination hr which lho wheel ope
rating the ,ak middle ia adapted Ia the inequi
lies which II may encounter tle4sl,e 4, not - nis Il
examination Of The nature character o The dr,
assuming they substantially ltenteal aud iniefeis
e but consider merc, lie fct II pnniy OF nsenn, con
Gning my m,e'leaion 10 The question Of loiiy u pnsl
l.se between IA and Nj. Ctilcaii
have carefully examined the tesiimouy. and have CON
10 the conclusion hai you he sinal aud inst 'veto
1t appears hom The testimony uai you invented ihe De
r. wee, and produced IN the iom II mode between lsi
y" aud sls whereas Mt cahcau did not according 10 IN
testimony prescned bs him. invent u beloe The Later pal
Of lsii early lSiJ ttnk other conclusion ca
be arrived without throwing out entirely the testimony
ltee on four wnt sses no stand wholly ached
h In expresing the opinion that the testimony cs,eful
considered leads this ie.ult do not Of design
wish To reflect upon any officer II the COVE nmea who h
passed fo have doutt hat all who has
had any thing to d. with it, have drsncd TO do you justice
express only candid conviction after careful -
gc animation ny dug the question merely
lie one Of fact. am respectfully,
Your ubedieut servant,
EDMUND BURKE.
he In concu.ion lie, me say that from the best data ca
find the company daily benei.d by -tud
Nv lber money and discovery, something Ike 800 OF 81
Now all | ak o them IA reasonable compensation, and
not granted SHALL seek that justice ihey withhold "m N
legal tribunals Of my countis Having made o'fangemen
Ear publishing fuller statement OF the mater. with all ~
intriguing of Fox Fatty aud his aid this brief sui
mitled he public I'LL the Other can be pnoi,hed ~ pan
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