The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-05-26
THE MOTOR OF HOPE.
Mr.. Kelley More Sanguine Than Ever an6
on the Verge of Success.
From the Philadelphia Times, May 5.

From the Philadelphia Times May s.
"If l have luck and no further breaka.
ges I think I shall be able to exhibit the
motor at work to the directors of the COM
pany and those of the public who choose
to come, about June ~ said Mr.. Kelley.
the chief protector of the new engine which
is to revolutionize the procuration of force,
as he yesterday escorted Times man into
a workshop in the rear of his residence.
" You cannot conceive" he continued,
1.-THE power of this machine and what we
have had to overcome in experimenting.
This register SHE'LL for instance, weighs
1000 pounds, although it is only AZ inches
In diameter outside, and 80 inches inside,
being q inches thick. 1t is spherical, is of
wrought steel, and holds 81 gallons; it took
two weeks to cool off after manufacture.
L can charge it in less than one second with
vapor generated by about three thimblefuls
of water, that will run 500 horsepower
engine nine hours This gauge registers
81, 600 pounds to the square inch, 0Oe
pounds over that of gunpowder. We have
tested it eight times. The safety valve
which you see here" and Mr.. Kelley
touched with his foot a wrought-iron pipe
foot in diameter and three inches in
thickness, which enclosed, loosely, small
er pipe, "cannot do much harm if it bursts
as the outer casing prevents the pieces fly
ing. Here is one we split" and he placed
his hands upon huge "valve" that had
been riven like reed. "The material we
now use is almost entirely of steel, forged
in solid masses and bored out. The COM
pressing cocks which are attached to that
cylinder are my own invention. Under
stand what we are fighting against is thirty
tons to the square inch. This machine will |
develop $500 horse se-power-enough to run |
all the cars in Philadelphia and New York |
put together-and it can be charged with |
seventy gallons of pure vapor per minute.
We have about so men employed. all told;
the workl generally is done outside by I.
T. Morris and Morris & Tasker, and is SIM
ply put up inside Yes, that patch in the
wall is where a bolt that blew out went
through short time ago. The greatest
care is needed, and yet some of our applian-
ces appear very fragile. This copper tube
which you see is not much thicker than a
lead pencil, and has a passage not larger
than pipe stem, will stand pressure of
1000 pounds to the square inch. A mag
nificent motor is being put together by
Messrs. Sargent & Cunningworth in New
York; it is, of course, for our company"
Mr.. Kelley then conducted the reporter to
his model-room, where number of deli
cately constructed specimens of iliputian
motors and machines invited inspection.
There are SO many points about the in
vention that it would take me three or four
lays to describe them, and your paper far
more room than it could spare in year to
publish them. The present century has
gwen birth to many marvels, steam, tele-
,raphy, ETC., and we are going to astonish
he world in greater measure than even
,reat scientists can imagine. You may tell .
idents, the motor will be in working older
,y 5he Fourth Of July" The interview
hen terminated.