The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-04

It is certainly true that NIL these persons. IN
thus eesociatlnE thensoiycs with Mr. Nicely nh1
| HIS inventions. the particular one in wni'h they
| were alone Interested being. however. the by
| drO-pncumntic pulsatng va no engine IL was
represented To them and they sinccr sly bniicved.
| that within u very few months would be-
| ready 10 be introduced TO the world. and they
| entertained great hopes. as Ia no doubt truly
sad. OF the fortunes II would severaly bring to
hhe kat the PndSrHHS C em Tp2 was S orsansod
Mr, siiiz anI Nj. schuckers. who are said to
have been at that time warm friends lnnd they
| may be so vet for all ] know TO the contrary),
soon alter this made nm offer TO Mr.. keely ior
Northern and certain oil the southern States Of
| the American Union. about tw'nty in number,
excluding Pennsylvanln ana New Jersey; Inry
concession and Mr.. Kcoy accepted their olrrr
| They then made . similar offer of s5OOooo for
| the remainder vt the United States. Canada. and
| Mexico, and certain States IN South America.
which was also accepted. Subsequently, they
Europe ut o. 600 Ooo. witch Mr. Keely also accept
| ed. BY the terms Of these s,veral Oif1rs and
aqceptlnccs keGly did not part with tho ttleto
| although obligng himself to make title upon
tender Of payment of proportional parts Of Lhc
| whole purchase money. when rendered accord
ing to the terms OF the contract.
| 1t ought to be Observed that Mr.. Yarnal had
meantime, renquishqd his agency for Mr.
| knowledge and approval with NJ ssrs. Stilz and
Schuckers in the contracts Just dos ribbed;
| prior to the making Of these arrangements
Kelly had entered into q contract with Charles
| q. TIL Of Morristown. n. j.. under which Mr..
TIL claimed 70 be a half owner in Mr.. Kcely's
| INVENTIONS some legal sparring now TOOK
place between TIL and the other "clnimanis.'
| which ended ia a conpromise, however. by the
terms OF which Still. Iarnall. S'hu k"rs. and
| I'M ussociaied themselves ~ equal partners IL
the management and profits of the hydro
pneumatic pulsatins va' 10, engine" THIS ar
rangemcnt took place in The winter OF 1873 ;
| and II was during the cOnr, between the par
| ties 10 IL tnut hUplN made the dis tff the
| generating engine" which now constitutes. as
Already, SAID; the pringipM property OF The
1t was during these troubles also OF Just be.
fore. that an application was made Tor United
| snting va"uo engine through the agency Of
Mr. j. Snowlen Bell. awcN-known mechanical
been furnished to the Patent Commissioners.
| and the Commissioner declined ~ take actiO
upon the Application without mudel ia u
word, the application WAS not prosecuted; and
IL Is now Stuted-as Il very remarkable cirtlm-
stancc-that in making the drawings and pa
prrs. keuly reserved out of them without the
knowledge Of his associates r. Of coursul ule par
ticular principle in 1t which alone could give
the invention valued
THE KELLY MOTOR COMPANY.
Tho discovery Of the "gcnernting engine"
was AN era in the history OF keglys Inventions.
ana. 81 course. IA the history OF all those CON
ne,t,d WIN IT. A. have already SAID, what is
unknown 10 any other person than Kerly him
self hut that It powerfully impresscs those who
pressed those who held contracts under him us
4 has since impressed hundreds OF others.
They were greatly eluted NJ their pros pects and
began 10 hold their contracts rs OF enormous
value. The motor" WIS extensively talked
about nlrny IN private circles however. ana u
was not until later date. and about the time of
the organization of the keely Motor Company
in the iail OF lS7t-that it, wonders began 10 find
th,ir way INTO the public prints.
Money being needed with which to push the
g.nrra,or to completion, Il was sought from
certain New York capitalists. who We're very
holders Of the contracts under keely. They
sold half intercs, ia the State OF New York for
s2bo.OoO, OF which $4,000 wis paid in hand.
Among the pur'hnsers-ten in numh"r-wcre
Israel Corse, Enos 7. Throop. FREDERICK w.
citizens Of the metropolis. This was in the
stract Of Title Of thhe Inventions Of John ".
hveiyi nov lying before mel q large quartz
he conveyances made hy KS is and hi ass ,''.
Gates prior TO the orenn cation OF the kcely
Motor Company. have SIX pamphlets dnrud-
lns tho one Just namedl. winch may hc said 10
| form the kcely motor literature. and from
which ct good many of my facts, the six
two ~ tom in Quartol Aggr"gnting over seyen-
~ pss = OF letter prrss printing;
,imem,tM.e>y aNr ih's sal, 81 nm interest in
the sale of u hnli int rest in the six NV England
States g. j. L. Andrews, W. j.. Huuiloy, and
;. Parish Tor the sum Of sl0oo.Ooo. so,ooo of
which WIS a. he paid in cash within about thir-
~ days from the date of tho cgnirnt VIII n ap-
pears ~ the ~ Abstract Of Title 10 the lnven-
W
haNo been made In April. 1874. For some reason
II seems thnt this contract VIZ not carried out ia
accordance with liz terms .and that serious mis-
Hnder-l iniirgs grew out Of the failure, which
l-i a. considerable Coiupli0Hi Ions, IN which
k"ely became involved. tho consequence being
mat Tor som. months thr pr pgr.s- oi the lnycn-
uon ana the business CONNIE tod with II were at
substantial stand-still, There appears 10
have been crrat lral of bitter feeling b,tw zen
some oi TIA" parties o. his "Ontrhrt during his
self with great warmth h. Mr. Andrews. The
fltsfIit Of flip 80 IHfiN NJ ..-glt.ll4uf d
sort o' Informal hlS Moss organization entered
into ly Nl"ssrs Stl9. S'hu'k"rs Yarnall, and
hnolnr "Nas peraied ut what they lppeartn hlve
,oh-lu rod IN 'Ncu~hhlr deiay on III" part oi Mr..
Keel in pr. eeling with his inventions. and
nhhf y,"n October. ls'i-riigaErd MIR;
Charles H.. Collier, who appears H. have had
som" l"'al reputation ~ patent lawyer 10
hring legal proceedings aGain~t hr"y with a
view t. secure wht they believed 10 be- their
riaits. and 10 pro urc dis l'~re n to the real
h|ufr ol ms mWhinrs. of which, II appears,
they knew NJ Little ~ Is now known. exc, Ut
what Mr ko.ly told them; but IT In very clear
that they iuiy believed tle repr'-r ntatipns lie
maie b. Them about 4. - far A. they went.
Mr.. 'u!licr a,.ordlnEly procure an inier-
with liz, uasu .tud. If K"ely'- inVrrilous aud
b. ard Mr.. keelN = statements of his r"g~nis for
,"lH. wn'l Seem al~' - im>. impr 49, Mr..
and Mr.. E,,iy, il upr"ar7, reoIro. n,od TIN,
sympathy. and 1t gut" l!krli VII. X ,'ly had
th' '' I-,n; diii u''iD-. Mr.. Col .or ultimately
tNl-, tf no" toruttDnnl p -iu. cpupnuy md "A
,lI-IlNiHuilnn ol luN SiN . winch would give To-
h"'v AMI certain friends Do Should uanir u
lnrg" portion Of %. a. which. after some hr.it-
uon. fAr krrly Mot r A-1ur iatiun agreed.
| tbs agreement resulted IN tine formation Of
The existing Koely MOTOR Company am VIZ.
k"rly having lndrr'd Mr. Chnr',- g. Caller
AZ one nt hs iri"uds that gentleman WIS n-
rludrd ia n" d.sirihutiln Of the storA 30 an
amount iiNod 10y Mr. key hms II.
IN" whnl" nom nal oupital agreed upon WIS
si,Wuopo divided into 2Oupp shares of SOU ,rip ii.
on THESE shares hrrly r"r.iNrd 1000 (which
W'ro additional to ~" two millions 81 money 10
!. paid him undrrhi contracts with the" kroly
Mo- e Ass1riaion john Stilz weeiycd 2sp;
t'Hrl"s H. Collier, jaime, l.. lurnnll, j. ".
/ : .hurA"r- and Charlie c. Till, enrh 2AO:
William B!e"kel Hni Gouoib Glorker (machn-
lists ~ Mr. k'.iy's cWpl"vl. each GOO: in an r. -
tn' slnn-; Tw'niy-iolr hundred w,ro r. served
'p Doe -'ll, ia" pr1"'rd- 20 form the Workuas
capital of In" company. Mr.. Kocly received his
sOgi p purrnou" 'l 4 resolution of .ue
hr.,t -i"hr As.o .'Ht 'n,' alolt'i loug h fore
q" h".} Motor Company VIZ Organized ur
Thought OF hv which il WIS agreed lr -houli
h' paid onc-ilih of Ia" prot fits derived from his
inventions. beside he S1tnj 300 H. ii Ia W.. paid
in tne contracts. Mi Collier received h..
shares in pursuance Of Mr krry's wish. nnd
with an understandings il is alleged, that thry
were lu b' ''rulr nation iYi pvsi logd services
Nh uiir" services until the p'u Mt, ior knry' s
Inventions were pr. cured, which IT WIS ul,u
supposed would lnpli' within few months