The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-05-16

From the Springfield tOhio) Republic.
THE CHAMPION wATER-WHEEL
OF THE WORLD.
~pRsNGF,ELDAGAINA AHEAD, AsUsUAI

OF TIE WORLD.
The IL .,cl Dou blc-Turbine Beats the ss Wyn.
koOp. Two TO One.
slO 600 S,,an;xed 10 Fay Expenses and to
purchase the Winning Wheel.
The I.efe! Double-Turbine Water Wheel, in
vented and perfected by James Lefel, and man
ufactrred in this city, by James Lsffel & Co., is
the best water-wheel in the world This is a COM
of territory, but it is true, and ii the "World'
doesn't believe it, let it apply the test.
There is a wonderful wheel which had its
birth at Owosso, Michigan.-Its inventor is Mr..
l.. D. Wynkoop and its manufacturer is Mr. d.
r. Stone. Mr.. Wynkoop is nachinist and Mr..
Stone a capitalist. Wynkoop furnished the bare
wheel and Stone the money and the faith. These
gentlemen lived in region of country where
the leffe wheels are in practical operation and mer
it's well known, and from their observations, they
were satisfied they could "clean it." They put
their own wheel to the most severe, practical
and scientific tests. The schoolmaster was abroad
and happened to see it done. Hence we see the
name Of Mr.. |. G. Cochran, Principal OF the Owos-
SC Union School, attached to paper certifying
to the enormous attainments of the Wynkoop
wheel.
Consequently "Great Expectations were built
1p, which even the frightful apparition Of
-'Trabb's boy" twitching with frenzy, could not
sIissipate. The Wynkoop must buck against the
Leffel! Of course it would beat it-and then
Alas! for the ''then y
In January last, Messrs. Leffel & Co. received
a letter from Mr.. G. A. Colby, Banker, at Niles,
Michigan, informing them that Mr.. D. r Stone,
Of Owosso Michigan was anxious to test the
Nbaa1 with no Loft W1aa1 and "a
back it with $5000
Messrs. Leffel j. Co. replied that they would
net accept the challenge as given in the form of
a bot, but they would accept it on the following
terms namely, that each party put up $4,000,
the unsuccessful party to buy the successful
wheel at that figure.
A contract was then entered into by the par.
ties, on the terms mentioned, and Monday,
May 4th 1865 was agreed upon as the day, and
the vicinity Of Springfield Ohio, as the locality
of the trial.
The day came The observation-disclosures. Jas.
Leftel g. Co., of Springfield, Ohio, with the LET
fel Double Turbine wheel, and Mr.. D. r. Stone,
of Owosso, Michigan, with the Wynkoop wheel,
were on the ground.
At about ten o'clock the parties came together
and the following gentlemen were appointed
committe to superntend the proposed test and
20 decide IN favor Of the victorious wheel
Mr. Charles Morgan, of Springfield, and Mr..
5. S. Staley, of Mechanicsburg. were chosen BY
MessIs. Leifel & Co., and Mr.. D. Bush of Shi-
awassa county, Michigan, and Mr.. J. Anderson,
cf Saginaw county, Michigan, were chosen by
AIR Stone.
Mr.. Andrew Robert, Of Springfield, Ohio, and
the owner Of the mill in which the test was to be
made, was mutually agreed upon, as the fifth
member of the committee
1t was then decided that Mr. Robert should
.aold the money. Mr.. William Zoos, OF Leiiel
~ Co., then planked down 81 600 IN Government
bonds, and Mr. Stone covered it with $4,000 in
greenbacks, the parties having each previously
deposited $1,000 rs forfeit in the event that ei-
ther party should fail to come to time.
The display of SO much of the "needfur' was
rather novel and exciting, to crowd of hungry
spectator, Judge John II. Littlor then admin.
istered an oath TO tho committee, to the effect
that they were not interested, directly or indi-
reety, i'll the manufacture of any turbine or
other water-wheel, and that they would perform
their duty faithfully.
Al halt past twelve o'clock, each wheel was run
about fifteen minutes to test the amount of water
used by each
This preliminary test showed that the Wynn
6oop wheel had been so constructed that it used
nearly iolty cable feet per inmate more than the
Lefel wheel
The test commenced at three o'clock, the Letfel
wheel running one half an hour, and then, at q
little after four, the Wynkoop wheel commenced
ITS work.
We give the exact result in the report of the
Committee which we append.
May 4th, 1868.
'Thisis to certify that we, the undersigned,
chosen rs judges in a water-wheel test, made at
a. Roberts Mill, in Clarke county, Ohio, Nav
ath, 1867. between D. r. Stone, representing a
uhaall y,n, 1 r 7,
wheel, and James Lcffel & Co., representing the
wheel known as the James Letfel Patent, 49,
amen wheel. The contract requiring the tests to
ne made with same amoant of water for each
wheel, and the test to be made grinding grain
with the said wheels running half the time at full
gates and half the time with half gates.
AT full gates the Wynkoop wheel used 27455
cubic feet
AT full gates the James Leffe wheel used 274
IS cubic feet
The grain ground by each wheel was as fol.
lows:
h Ihs WiSyn ag wheel full gates ground of
The James Lstfel wheel full gates ground of
wheat 2S3 pounds.
Therefore according to the article Of agreement,
we order that Mr.. A. Robert, who holds the
money or l. ). bonds, pay now, before leaving
.he mill, the ten thousand dollars to James Lef-
lei Co.. they being the party that had the
~hee' that ground themost grain: $1,000 of this
40 'heirow money returned to them, and the
o'hef s''oOo Is paid to them for the wheel used
an the test, NC, &c, according to the article of
agreement between the parties.
5. $. STALEY,
CHARLES MORGAN,
DANIEL BUSH.
JOSEPH ANDERSON,
ANDREW Robert,