Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-12-27
ADVERTISEMENT.
TO the Public.


There having been Contention about the Invention
Of Locomotive for ascending descending inclined planes
Of ianads and having been epoitrd that ANDREW CATH
CART Se"chman has succeeded in establishing d. fght
10 that nveDiIn beg The indulgence or The public, while
make the following b'iei slatemen, Of faeisi
The suosebe living u Dupont Jecrsun county, lodi
sna, invented such he year 1882 aud in that
year aud year $780, Xix eight imperfect
model:o them on 20 Philadelphia BslimO,e aud
Washington Cy, ia order T. I'VE perfected and 10 get
as>isiahce TO pun the lnc.m"'ive ia op-iatioa
In the fail Of 1874 sPTng Il S45, had an introduce
ton 80 Mi CAibcaIt then tn machine shop Of
the aiadi>"n srd Indianapolis railroad company, 10 whm
explained all my plans of sumo y or Is
months sfte that interview surprised u hear that
CatncaH had gone 10 Philsde with del construct
engine Ir the Purp bcked 10y The railroad
Is"y Ia me srrg OF iS4s the oc motive OF Cahcar',
upon the yiaH OF my nveni put upon the plane Of
e rad. where has been Since The
inclined plane that iO.d is about 1t miles long, the
gse Jig ieel 10 the T. D. o ncsi et 10 iaehes ter
lUO ieeL That one Oconoli.e iaks the plane all tho
Height and passengers the road The company employ
10 "e nores "a liking the freight aud from the paue
FIN SO to 100 tons taken by the loco nre time
up the plane making the uip generally about forty min-
On the 18th Of Ap. last patent was granled
my Improvement. In May last Mr. CsthcsIt applied ioI
patent Tor the device MI. E~b4ok, the lately APP
pointed Commissioners Of the Patent Office. uVlice of
the interference, aud that he would give the parties heat
ing on the his MVtdsy Of September, 1919 Accordingly,
GA 'he lIh Of August, They commented taking depo>ilos
in the cry OF Msson and continued nom day 10 day
some eIsht days In these examinations Csthesu
proved that he had ing of pan upon paper far
back as the fail Of 1874, early the spHg Of Is45,
scbe tie also piO,ed thai he ,upeihirdej the
tiOn OF the pcomotIvr the plane ls47 and AS.
Further, il in pioi that hen my model,
III The 'pIIg OF 1880 had movable wheel, that the
wheels we've Ill si0Haiy. That MED. The
discovery OF movable whe.l>, UslgrrTre aud levers
made sD"ut week aitei ih eAhbiin II my mist model
Tn the pat Of The -HL>cIte q pin, en- hy Samuel
Thomas, Superintendent al machine shop
The IailTuad company that my model made
machne s"p l>4O ihai he a,ed making IL, and that
anei II w. made, di-cove pIa wheels,
bdge-uees and irseis .ud suing 10 nUdei.
but advised not 10 do uniI went Pal adeiphis,
where could be better done, AID whtIe hoped 10 geta
locomotive constructed The discovery
ment at that lime piosen by James Davidson,
milfisht was Poyen by Enoch Wheis and James Pat
ion Of Indiana that they my model with all the i'm
PtOvements now IN controversy upon it, time IN the
years Of 1910 A. Again by Warren Ltteil and Henry
L. Smnh, at Washington City, that they that model
with 'uch Improvements al ashiDgtun in 1910. But
wnhsandns all though clearly proven by uaim-
pescbabie witnesses my mproy made AID
that had model Of them in 1870 42-aud though Cath
CAT merely psoved that he had drawing OF mp papei,
aud that extending back father than 1914 as yet
new ConGi sone Mr.. Ewbauk, gave Nj CAihcar patent
fo tue ssine improvement already patented To
This strange decisiOn OF Commissiner of Patents
still hOds the foI controversy between the ptes
IA the DstiicI Court IO the State fortunately,
treisn Commissioned but jury OF ou county, will decide
the question Of light
SuIne explanation of the decision Of the Commissioner
may possibly be gathered fOm the foO wing statement
few days before the closing "f the depvso at Madison
Old Fox Fatty, that human ysa H. that manages the lnd
Isiroad iur the New York brokers, sl for Washing
ton City there suinnonng out Of the PAeut Office
niek. examiner Oi models ad bIoher Of the agent, Mr.
Mcintyre dIaught,mAn MIR. onghou machibit when af-
ter su statements and arguments the m.nsgri aud his
counsel saw prope 10 ike without opponent
them, proceeded To take the dispositions OF these Ih
officers S'oughiOn in his deposition, testified that there
sdditi0ss made my model after deposited in
the patent office, which March, 1919, mat lever
and weights added throw the spar VIII Ell gear
and keep Iheie Thu testimony opposed BY the tes-
iinony already alluded 10. also by that II VIM Hehdcks
aud John A. Hendricks, Of Wtn Hendricks, foImer
Governor II Indiana, that the modc had movable
Nhee dgetree weights aud lever before left Madison
for the Patent oce, aud by Nests Elliott, JoAusun aud
Woodruff OF Washington City, that when brought to the
city had all these Improvements upon il, aud just it
stands in the Office and these facts night be sustained
by the testimony OF hund eds
The thee deponeus Of the patent Office understood TO
be brother Scoichmen with MI Cathcs aud ALL with the
Commissioner, Foreigners Such circumstances should have
improper influence and such impressions may be wong,
but has been suspicioned that alt is uo tight there, that
the opinions Of Mr.. Reuwick have Than ordinary
weight This Mr. ReBwick, brother Of the agent epOrIed
upon the case, with all these dispositions before him. 10 the
Commissioner; and it enough TO say decided for Mt
CaIhcat accordingly. Some of the fr my harbor
ing such ssplcien. have been drawn from the following cit
cumstances:
When called npou the Commits Toner on the first Monday
of September, aud asked hun TO the a off for ten days
in consequence Of my being DELAY ed by accidents upon
the IsUad in Ohio, that could be present and
examine at the taking OF the DISPOSITIONS IN ashingon and
had attorney prepare argument in 10 the
lengthy and laboIed had been flied part
Caihcatt The Commissioned replied that he would call
MIR. Renwick-Iung the bell, and IN came MI K to whom
be said Mr. Hoyt wishes continuance of his and Cathcais
for ten days said that not consistent with The
custom of the Office or there continuance
Monday following went TO the cice and asked The Com
missioner when The would be decided. He made
and asked what case wa. told and then .aid yes will
call Mr.. Reuwick-Tung the bell and 10 Mr. r., whom
he a.ked hen will you get Mr. Hayt aud CaihcaIts case
made our r. said ihi, afternoon. The would prob
ably rsqnre days examination by the
Cumn ioaer, but in thee hOus fom that time il de-
eided aud eIoried that Csibcau would get patent Again
thee days after hi. decision, called at the
office and moved for trial. for causes stated IN sub
stance. Agar. the Cummissi said will call Mr.. Rem
wickang the bell. aud MIR r., TO whom the Com
missioner male the application r. said you
give hearing after yoa have made deeision
uiai g,sned SO stands the case now; and
in order 20 show hat better Judges than myself upon
the subject refer 10 the mpanying opinion oil Mr.
Burke the Commissioners wh" granted my patent.
wA>HrNoros, Oct. 3. Is49.
Ma. WIZ. HoYr-Sr al your request, have carefully
examined ga pes placed by you my hands which
say of the testimonials taken on both sides
of the ma er inei befUe the patent Office between
you and andrew Cahca both claiming device for ascend
ing and descending inclined planes railroads under
stand that you buh claim substantially The same device
which is mechanical combination BY which The wheel ope
rating il rack middle rail- adapted 10 the nequaIi
ties which may encounter Therefore d. not 60 into
examination OF the character OF the two devices
assuming that they substantially iderteal and interfere
merely the fact Of prioii of invention
filming my the question Of priority Of pTvi
lege between you and Mr. Cs.hcaIt
have carefully examined testimony aud have conn
10 the you ginaI and inventor
II appears from the testimony that you invented the de
vice. and produced il in the form Of model between s4
1912 whereas Mr. Cshcsrt did not, according to tn
testimony presented by him. invent before the latter
of 1874 or early in ls45 think other concu,ion
arrived without throwing out entirely the testimony
three or no stand wholly unmpesched
In expressing the opinion that the testimony, carefully
considered leads 10 this result do mol oil course design
wish reflect upon any officer Of the who ha
passed upon your doubt hat all who hs
had anything do with it, have desed TO do you justice
express only ms candid conviction after careful ex
animation OF ding the question merely
one of fact. I am respectfully,
| Your Obedent servant,
EDNIJND BJJRKE