New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10
A NEW MOTOR.
SOMEBODY'S SECRET A SUBSTITUTE FOR
STEAM

FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEw-YOKK WITHOUT
STEAM. FLEcTmCITY, OR Ho1-AIE.
fPgoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TEi"oNh''
PHILADELPHIA, June Icy Within 30 days yon
viii see train of 20 Pullman cars drawn from Phindci
pha TO York without steam, electricity, hota' or
any other known motive power"
T,r snoaker.s tone was one Of profound conviction,
and there we're symptoms Of insanity IN MS face.
had known him fol a long time as man VINO atehdeu
70 his business paid his debts opposed to tho Third
Term. ard gave other evidences OF sanity.
"Wcll what is 10 haul the train =" asked incrcd-
ulously.
"Thc wonderful new motor" he replied n htc ma
chine that needs only small supply of water and air.
Ahout bnckefu of water will he enough to run to New
York"
4" And the fucl1"
"Thcrois no ficlabsoiutely nothing but the wafer
the air and the little machine
Jrenremhcrcd vaguely having read something about ms
invention last Summer and having wondered how some
poor lafcracked inventor had got newspaper 10 nm
fold his Wild fances. Since then had heard TAXED
about occasionally during the Winter by people who had
ONLY bearsay information MY friend was so enthusiastic
that promised look into tho matter. Whereupon ne
said that il could not looked into yet. everything
connected with the invention being kept profound
secret from everybody except few capitalists who had
furnished the money develop it, and two or three ex-
pcrts who had been employed by them to examine ana
rcport upon machine few days after this CONVEX
saton an Insurance brought IN au equally exrav-
acant tale of the new lie had seen it work and
owned some stock in IT, which not for sale at any
price Now il is hard get the start of IN insurance
agent in bargain and the fact that this gentleman had
invested money in the machine gave it certain clam 10
respect. The claim enhanced, when inct thc III
yelor who drove his carriage and looked IN every
way sane and solvent Obviously the new motor what
ever it might be- had propelled him into very comfort
able circumstances lie used 10 live in back street iii
said and tnkered away at bis machine for IA years he
fore nc got work. fighting off poverty the while as
best he could With curiosity stimulated by the eng
aca talk Of the inventor and the marvellous stories OF
his friends set picking mp and putting together
The facts about machine with such results as appear
below.
The inventors name is John w. Kelley, and lie
calls his invention the "Kceley Motor" 1t is
owned by stock company composed chieily
OF Ney-York and Philadelphia capitalists, who
have paid in n working capital OF about Sioo,ooo
and hold stock of fhe nominal par value of SloOOOOO
They value this stock fabulous prices The original
associates of Mr. Kelley, who are all members Of the
present company, James s. Yarnall, John shz,
Chas. B. Collier, j. W. schuckers, and william
Boekcl of this city, and Charles Is. Till OF
MorIfttown, n. j. The apparatus that gen
crates the power is called multiplication" uhd
is composed of iron chambers of cylindrical
FORM connected by pipes and fitted with certain cocks
and valves The machine upon which experiments have
been conducted during he past eight months Is about 80
inches high, ~ long, and 13 wide, and lis cylinders will
bold about six gallons of water small brass pipe,
with orifce cue-quartero an inch IN diameter leads
from it to strong wroughtiron reservoir six inches i'll
diameter three feet long where the power stored,
and whence it is fed 10 beam engine through still
smaller pipe. Ine process of generating tile
power CONSISTS in forcing air into the upper
chamber Of the multiphcaior, and aitcrwafd
letting water run IN from hydrant until the re-
ceptaeles are nearly filed. In the experiments lately
iu,era for air
pump, blowing through tube for few seconds, then
turning cock TO shut or the air, connecting the tube
with the hydrant and opening the COCK until sufficient
water in within minutes after this operation
is performed the cocks on the tubes connecting the upper
with he lower cylinders arc turned and tho power
ready for use. The little machine exerts through the
small time cne-eigth OF inch in diameter pressure
at the viii OF the operator. The power is accurately
measured by force ngisfiF wnen applied rn 10 e
supply Of power always being kept below It's iuli ca
Vefy thorough tests have been made by those inter
estcd in probing the mystery 10 see II there was not
trick OF concealed chemicals 10 generate gas me
pupcator has been suspended from the raers OF the
building and air blown through It, and it has been
compound i; might hold concealed Immediately aiter
these tests the power has been generated Last Fan
Chie Engineer Rutherford of the United States Navy.
+ sao"dSS nd asS c. eBsS Collier "'G
Lwyer Of this city and the results i we're
d in of the F@at i' Beside IHT the ar nd
tests they examined the escape from the valves.
and found il to be vaponc VI gaseous production"
manle properties when exposed to a flame. Whena
piece OF muslin cloth was held over The escape an lcice
vestgators also tasted the water which had been used IN
the inultiplcaor and discovered no unusual flavor
OdOr and took the machine 10 pieces WITHOUT nndue any
What. thon is this strange power capable Of doing the
work OF steam without heat The inventor talks ab0n
the multiplied power OF hydraulic columns held in AIS
pension but gives further explanation Of tho manner
by which pressure OF 70 pounds to the leh wcn the
schn,lki water has in the ydrnt, is increased to 900
pounds by merely passing through his iron cylinders It'll
his secret he says and lie will reveal it his
patents IN this country and in England are issued One
strange force on the spposton that the machine se-
into its ultimate atoms and changes their
cohesive force into of strong repulson 1t is sin
glar peculiarly vi the force that wnen IL Is diminished
inch, it extinglishes ITSELF fading out and leaving
sign. Mr.. Kelley Is now engaged on new ana larger
fercnf machine shops preserve the secret its
sirrction II is almost ready for use.
legations: either Mr.. Kceey is perletIating
marRably ingenious and successful fraud, or he has
must suI~rsede steam aud reyolufioiize pr-
chincry. II the invention is genuine It's importance
become obsolete Steamships viii be reInodclcd.
The railway locomotive nust.s give way TO tho
smoke, and coal will become drug the marked.
Perhaps al fuel win I've needless for heat and
ntoconycrtibe. and il air and water apparatus
generate notion why may not that motion be changed
win ready ask, DO yon, newspaper correspond
ent, who ought to have had yor crcdnty Knocked out
OF you by experience believe in this moiorP II is
fam question, and answer MOI seeing Is beliey-
Ing. When see the tIain running 10 Ncw-Iork VIII
believe, aud not before. But that there many per-
sons who have faith IN the invention. can youch Tor"
Let add that the stock IL not Tor sale and that all
the inventor asks of the pubc is that 1t Will let him
alone until he completes the multiplication he Is
making and is ready to exhibit Ii.
NAVAL ORDERS.
WAsHINGToN, June 9.--Assistant Paymaster 8. G.