The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-22

We had the pleasure on Tuesday last
of making the acquaintance of Capt.
John NJ BrossIus, formerly of Philadel-
phia, but now a resident of this city.
Capt B., in connection with other gen.
tlemen, have the contract for building
the Kansas City, Emporia q Santa Fe
railroad, and is now, we believe, engaged
in that work. Capt. Brossius is also the
inventor and patentee of a valuable i'm
provement in car trucks, the manufac-
tory of which he proposes to establish in
this city, provided he receives sufficient
announcement from our citizens to war
rant him in commencing the enterprise.
Capt Brossius has machinery suitable
for the manufacture of his car-truck, and
to do a general machine business, valued
at $4,000. This he proposes to move
here. His idea is to form joint stock
company, with capital of $4,000, in
which he asks our citizens to take stock.
The gentleman assures us that his con-
templated establishment will give en-
plOyment to at least one hundred skilled
mechanics at the start, which, with their
families, would add largely to the popu-
lation of our city. Of course Capt
Brossius, being an entire stranger to us
and to most of our readers, we can only
recommend him on the strength of his
endorsers We have examined the work
ing model of his car-truck, his patents,
the notices which it has received from
the eastern press, the letters of distin-
guished inventors and prominent railroad
officials, and from this array of evidence
have no hesitancy in stating that his car
truck is all that he claims for it, and is
most assuredly destined to supersede all
others now in use as certainly as the air
brake has superseded the old method of
GShl-a L oryJ nm railway We haUa
here only space to allude to few of the
noted builders and railroad men who
recommend this improved truck. 1t is
spoken of in the highest terms by Bell,
Myer & Small, the noted car builders of
York, Pa; by A. s. Buford, President of
the Piedmont Air Line, Richmond, Va,
by John NJ. Vernon, President of the NJ.
B. & p. railroad, Canada; by the Off
Gals of the Peach Bottom railroad, w.
s. Boyd, President, Pa; by Thomas Lin
gle, master mechanic of the @. & D. rail
road, Va; by John B. Vaughn, master
car builder, r. 81 D. Railroad, Va, and
many others.
This is a subject in which we hope our
leading citizens and business men will
interest themselves, and after being fully
satisfied that the proposition and the
parties are what they are represented to
be, extend to Capt. Brossius the necessa-
~ encouragement to locate here his pro-
posed shops for the manufacture of rail
road cars and agricultural implements.
A public meeting will be called at an
early date and the matter properly pre-
scented to the people.-Emporia Ledger.
We can add to the above the informa-
ton that Capt Brossius stated that he
has been guaranteed that $4,000 worth
of shares will be taken by several of our
citizens, whose names we refrain at pres
ent from giving. One feature of the
truck is that it permits the wheels to run
independently, so that in turning curve
the drive wheel, which of course gives
the slant, does not cause the friction and
wear that it has to on the trucks now in
use. This is an Improvement long de-
sired by railroads, and will of itself en-
sure the sale of cars having this truck.
The present seems an suspicious time
for the establishment of manufacturing
system here. Let us take hold and en-
courage every practicable enterprise.