The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-16

te me that he saw pressure Of 5000
pounds produced
INTERVIEW WITH rHE TREASURER oy THE
COMPANY.
As Nr. Collier became interested In
the matter shortly prior to this, 1 will
give my interview with him. found
him ensconced ia his beautiful office, In
the Press building, and very illing to
talk. lie said:
We don't want any publicity given to
this thing, as our policy from the first
has been 10 keep the whole matter a
secret until we had obtained patents in
all parts Of the world where they are
obtainable.
R.-Then the invention Is not patent
ed?
Mr.. c. No; we are making ont the
papers now.
R.-Therc has been a Company
formed, l understand.
Mr.. Z. Yes. sir; i'm This way. l will
state briefly my connection with II. i
had transactions with men which in
volved their contracts with Mr.. Keely.
| found then that "A number of men had
made contracts with him. the nature OF
which is not necessary TO state. But in
this way he had obtained money. l im-
mediately saw that if there was any vir-
tue ia the invention. the best thing that
could be done was the formation of 4
Company. | made myself acquainted
with the inventor; told him my object,
and asked 10 be given an understanding
of the invention. lie consented to this,
and went through so manyexpcriments,
and made his explanations SO lucid-in
fact. taught ne = that am now able to
produce any amount of power, or do
with the vapor all that its own inventor
can. Convinced OF it, value and i'm
portance. prepared a report aud sub
mitted il To interested parties in New
York. The result was the formation
last November of stock company,
sevent, five persons. These
we're principally men who had contracts
with Mr.. Keely. They were given
stock in exchange or in cancellation OF
their contracts. The amount Of stock
Issued represented capital OF $1,000
IocO, of which &leU 0c0 was paid in. aud
is now in the hands Of the Treasurer.
II. l. the stock pun chasable?
4 Mr.. c. Oh. yea but not Of the Comp
lany. understand individual persons
have been selling their stock, and have
n,ahe handsome sums.
In answer to Inquiries Mr.. Collier
stated that they intended running train
luf thirty Pullman cars from here 10
New York ia about four months. and
that the stationary engine now being
would be finished in abont
ten days. Mr.. keely, however, subse-
lquently Informed your correspondent
that il would take much longer time,
lprobahlv three months. for the compile
lion OF the new machine. These con-
lhictiug statements, A. well rs the con-
slant delay. ara the subject Of much
comment here. The demand is for
lSouIething more substantial than broad
statements. Ii certainly seems reason
able 10 think that with 100000 OBJ
llaiucd last Novem her some progress
should have been made. Procrastina-
lion now does cause one TO have suspi.
lcious thoughts. whether he will or not
There is apparently rs much mystery
about the corporation rs the machine
itself. But TO the invention. Mr.. Coll.
lltE QIu ttii iflt % wv VI
lvelous things. Severa. times | know
lMy HAIR WAS OK END WITH HAsToNIsnMEN1
And once | rccollect jumped from my
scat and said: "Mr. Collier, can't be
'lieve 1t. must sec it,"
He replied. simply, "Well. it's yer,
hard to believe. know. except ono see,
it, But he never gave me a chance tt
sec il. and there's the rub. Although
-this gentleman. Treasurer and Coun
sclor Of the Company, did tell me thing
Wonderful enough. they were but o
microscopic insignificancc when colS
pared with the statements of Mr.. Keel,
himself. some o: which are given here
with. and which every one il cxpecte,
Ito believe if he can.
IAN INTERVIEW WITH Mr.. KEELf, TIL
\ INVENTOR.
u Mr.. Kecly's appearance is rather tina
rlef retired business man than Of an in
llventor whose brain Is ever active. BE
rlsides, there is not that look indicative o
rcat mental power which one expect
Ito see i'm man of his character. Whei
che entered the ROOM had been wait
ling some time = should have taken hin
flor any other person that the invento
flof the new motor had not had \ paint
ming before my eyes all the time ! wa
ewaitng. lie is tall. broad-shoulderc
Sand very heavily built, and wears tolera
bly, long and bushy hair. lie grcetc
nine cordially, but with y sort Of rcserv
(which seemed TO tell me that he kne,
c nv mission. He did not appear at trp
] dcsirous OF saying much. But when
Uniformed him | had had n conver-aiio
; with Mr.. Collier, he seemed relieve
land became very free of speech. ] like
chis appearance much better after he ha
nltalked awhile. True, his convcrsatio
!, ,sreuucutly BETRAYED A lack OF the IN