The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-29
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
The Superior Mower and Reaper
Its Advantages Over Other
Machines.
Az Important Enterprise.


Wheeling, il she is any thing, Is a man
uiacturlng city. Her numerous industries
of various kinds are her boast and Consti'
tute her prosperity, She has her iron
mills, her blast furnaces, her foundrteS
her glass works both flint and green, her
woolen and paper mills, her hinge fac
tories, tack factories snd what NOT; but II
does not seem to be so well understood
that The enterprise Of some ol her citizens
has established within her limits the man.
ulaclure Of reaping and moving ma.
chine, the most worthy and successful
thing of the kind Judging from all tho
testimonies ofFered) that has yet been put
upou the market This machine manu-
lsctured by the Superior Machine Co., Is
called the Superior Mower and Reaper,
and Is a marvel OF simplicity and com.
pleteness. II well deserves It's name, II
all the accounts can be believed, ior it is
said that wherever and whenever brought
in,o competition with other machines, on
favorable or uniavorablG ground, thispar.
tlcula: one has invariably furnished Ocu-
lar demonstration OF its superiority. The
reasons are not lar TO seek.
Since the first invention aud Use Of
machines for gathering agricultural pro-
ducts, great strides have been taken on
the road to perfection in mowers aud
reapers. All oil them, however,
have been made, so 10 speak,
In the beaten track trodden by each sue
ceeding inventor. In other words, the el.
tort always has been TO improve spur and
beyellcd cog-whGel mschines-the kind
heretofore known and used. The worlds
debtor to the talent which gives It labor
saving machines Of any degree Of excel
lcnce, and willingly acknowledges It's OBJ
LEGATION. But tho first inventors always
fail TO completely attain the object for
which they strive. The history OF any
contriyance 10 save the labor OF human
hands is history of suggestion and modi:
ficntiOu. tic record Of IL slow process OF
growth and development, and the history
Of mowers and reapers furnishes no ex-
ceplion TO the rule. They did not spring
Uniformed, complete in all their parts,
from the brain OF any single inventor.
But prolIling hy the knowledge derived
from early successes and failures, succeed
ING Inventors have buildcd more success.
luIly, have overcome difficulties which, ii
they were seen at all, were mountains to
their predecessors; in word, have con-
siructed machines much more capR-
bio than the carly ones Of fulfilling
.,hs.cnds for which they were designed.
Progress, however, cannot continue III the
same diEpCtion forever; the motive force
must give out sooner or later; anu then
comes the dead stop. In order TO pro.
coed, a new departure must be taken, and
that Is precisely what has been done In
tho construction Of mowers and reapers
II would appear that COg-whcel machines
had reached the highest degree oi excel
lence OF which they were capable, but the
original objections still existed; the CON
strTction was too complicated, entailtn[
extreme liability 10 get out OF order; th'
draft too heavy; wear and tear OF part
TOO rspid; and repairs too expensive
How 10 obyiate these difficulties was tht
question, and it is claimed that 1t has
been al last successfully answered IN the
construction Of the Superior Mower and
Reaper.
This machine unites in itself the valu-
able features of all others Of its class to-
rether with improvements not possessed
6y any of them; and this desirable result
has been brought about by the application
of that old yet new las here applied) me-
chanicsl Device known Us tho worm
wheel and screw, 10 tho rotation OF the
crank Shaft which drives the cutter bar
The wheel and screw Is among the oldesl
of the mechanical powers and is now useC
ju elevators, holsters, cranes, lathes &c.
the screw being made to drive the wheel
developing and applying the safest power
known, TO simply reverse the direction
and gain as result tho speed and power
needed for driving the knile OF a mower
or reaper, is one OF those open secrets o
nature which, when laid bare for the frs
lime, excite u smile that they were nsVel
hit upon before No one until the inven
tion Of the Superior ever thought ol thi!
simple device, or nt any rate, made use o
It in the construction Of mower anC
reaper.
Comparing this with other machines
the advantages 1t possesses over then
may DO summed up under the following
heads:
SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION,
Ii consists Of but one single csst-ir0r
covered frame, in which the bearings 70
the axle and crank shalt are bored by
tool specially constructed Tor the purpOst
and 10 which the tongue is bolted, II
main brace carrying the cutter bar 6etn
attached to II by double joints. Their
are but two shaits-the axle which sup
ports the frame, tho two drive wheel
iue worm wheel and the clutches; an
the crank shaft, on ono end OF which tn
screw Ia cut. There Is not In the who
thing cog-wheel ora single extra sha
or unnecessary piece.
EASE AND CONVENIENCE OF HANDLTN'
The lever of the cutter bar is with
easy reachaoG the drivers hand, Wit
without leaving his seat, at one mOliO
can lit the bar TO any elevation In ordt
to pass an obstruction, or 10 n pCrpendlcI
lar position to avoid tree, aud secure
there to 90 on the road. The tilting lew
Is also within his reach, so that he ca
Instantly roll the cutter bar and knile
any angle of elevation or depression
suit tangled grass, on rough and sloI
ground, while the knile is cutting. The
Is no stop to hold the bar, consequently
may drop into any depression, and th
is supplied q requirement Of great II
portancc, namely, a perfectly floating CT
Ter bar.
LIGuTNEss or DRAFT.
The machine does the work OF six
aight oVIro ,yLno1a and their extra Sha