The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-05
Kcely Motor.

Kcely Motor.
yng sssEAT ,Sc8tME REPRESENTED AS STILL
gLOrRIsHKSss-TB N0NDfsC9lPT NvEN'
TOR YaEPARtp TO DAZZLE THE STOCKHOLM
Frs WITH BRILLIANT PRoSIsEs-Tht
PRESExI CoNssIIOX OF Tue GENERATOR.
fpsSsadeiphia frtss.i
Just assoCi THE time q the year Kelly
ne Of The nuotor that wont move, OF rather
moves eeSiCeiy TOO much and TOO eccef-
trlcaIiy-is beard from. In December tbe
apn,,s meeting OF the STOCKHOLDERS OK the
coSDasny rs held, and Just previous {" that
occasion tDe great discoYerer OF the ire.
mendens power iaieRt la eoA water gem
orally turns 10 with soDe new scheme, or
improved ord one. csieUfatCd 10 confirm the
shareholders in theiI faith IN Ia N ana DIS
Uaik, and make them strong std periect
Keeiyiies. A Press reporter, In whom
the idea OF doing all things Ia season
Is f.sily rooted, Knowing that the
stockholders meet 10 Two weeks. yes
tetday paid visit 10 the motor
men 10 see what he bad TO say for himself
this time. He was not disappointed. for
Keeiy turned up as smiling and IA cOnBden'
as OF gore. Eeely's shop, laboratory. siu
OF what not, according to whether bis
ernfor is reyarded as a machine. chen
apparatos. Woik of art, or bumbug, Is -
pifd on Twentieth street above Ridgc
avenue. tits sfaall two.siOry brick affair,
with large door on the first floor. There is
no sign or sbipgIe abpOuncing the occupan-
cy of the place by the naD who holds water
In his mighty grasp. TIE door was licked,
and there was no evidence OF anybody be-
ing within. AT one side Of The building Is
narrow alley, the gate to which was open.
and through this the newspaper man
passed uniil be reacbt d door at The
rear. on witch was a sign giving notice
in plain Eu.lish that Mr.. Keely WIS busily
engaged and could not be disturbed. A
few vigorous knocks az The door brought q
head out OF a window ab0ve-a head that
is generally recognized by those who know
him to belong 10 the father OF the hom9o
paibic system OF waler-power. Mr.. KeeIy
inquired what was wa %, and upon being
Informed tha, itv q that the Motor
Company Wiz abou u ,F nd, exclaimed:
u,,s,ano, 49,, ered such fool
ish rpIor as tbptI Z sDpahs Was never
in h:ter condition." With This he dc.
scended and opened the door, and invited
the visitor ip. "YCs. sir" said Mr.. Keely,
",be COMPANY is In splendid condition. We
had a meeting OF the directors last night
an elegant meeiiny! The company has got
fen over all its financial difficulties. and has
all The money IL wants. IL was consolidated
q year ago. and the capital increased nom
one million dollars TO five millions, ana
every share Is taken. Come up stars"
Up stairs variety OF iron things were scat
teIed about, and there also was The Gene
rator! Mr.. Keeiy looked at 1t with PRIDE
and pa,ted ils cold surface, and hapdled its
levers and valves lovingly. Then be began
10 talk: aud how he did talk He spoke
like man thoroughly confident In bim>eif.
and 10 whom thousands Of pounds OF
pressure TO be square inch were us pulls OF
wind. "Tbls geneIator," he said, SIS only
of anart capsclv, bui all I've rot to do is
10 iurn thi, lever soaDd disturb The tqu'
libri,rm and have forty or fifty thousand
pouuos' pressure" Mr.. Kcely turned
the lever, and the reporter watched for
results, but the di>coverer concluded. III
IL were SET" Ii was not Sc, and no.
thing happened. Mr. Keeiy then brancbed
of and talked about vibrations aud pulsl-
tions, and drops al WAFER and pressure, ana
a variety OF other things. The reporter re.
maj ked that he could mol understand II, but
IL sounded grand. "rhe greatest scientists
in TIE world can't Understand It," replied
Mr.. KeeIy, The reporter felt greatly 'e-
iieved at this intelligence, and IL seemed
that on one point there was bond of TEL
lowsbip between him and the great scent-
lists. Mr.. Keeiy picked upa violin bow and
drew il over a wire stretched on a metal
frame vuii it vIbrated loudly. elf that
wire Were set" sad he, II could break
every window in this building" The re-
porter ara no; see the exact value Of win
dow breaking apparatus, but Mr.. Keely
eyidcat.y EiougRt II big thing, for he
oeyt tried bis bow On large tuning-fork,
AID remarked iriumphantly, 81 could
break every windew with this. too.'
DropOipg the momentous subject OF break
ing glass. Mr.. KeeIy conducted his visitor
Into another room where man was engaged
at work on vlbraiOry engine, on which
Ms. az eeIy cowme nted that IL was OF twenty
horse power uudfhree DROPS Of water wouls
run !, for thirty ho0rs. 80 This" continue
Nj. Kee'y, poiaiiog to another apparatus
was an experi2ental engine, but ] an
going 10 r6infofce IL and make IL peifec
engine OF tDiry-horse power. | am tHse
bxi,Ging a iwo.tlsausand horsepower en-
eine wkich will he competed sooD. The
work ~ heing done In different machiae
. bep6, axd over srs1en'y men are at present
eSgaaaa ga II. The engine we are riggseil
up now / wsh have completed b5
Christma< and will connect 1t with ciroo'
Z ar saw TO do besyv work. This machine
bere,s ssih Mr.. lKeey, poipSing TO large
brass botlov globe set on an axis, SIS an
other vItrwtaey engius. Connect this pta-
no-sfriDg 20 tue other engine and draw .
bow over Il to adj last tse pitch, six hundred
an< farty--and OF she goes, eight hundred
revolutions Gmnuie." 10 this room were
also Ar. Keef,<< vaporie guns, with one as
whiet nc SAID de had driven an incn ban
through nine caches OF solid timber and
dug Aoie In 1rick wslf. The bole was
exhibited. II wss In the front wall, and
the iboHeht xose inst II he had
put kuie more vspor In tie gun
the ball would haze gone through the
well and perhaps pat iDch.hales in num-
Der cf estiuabie enizens ksing east OF
Tsentieth street. Mr.. Keeiy remarked :
"a uamber Of foreign mi'iars sffcers who
were here said the idea was worft more fer
gunpers slenc Than I'll iLe INoneythe Keely
Motor Company has N IT, As The visitor
vas departing he said - No, sir; TIE CON-
psng v not going to 0isband. Why, can
control 100000 10 twenty -four bours IL
want v. In six moaihs we can control
$4,000 $50 When the reporter had
yecQvtrtd bis breath be abked II a great
oes' Of mepey bsd not sliesdy been
exnfnded. "GeSIty . Qunrier Of 4
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