The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
4 R,eyele ACCOMPLISHMENTS that
win AStOnlsh the Natives.
Pittsburgh Leader.

Mr.. f. d. Boyton is stopping AZ the
Mononyahela House. He is fine looking
man oi about 40 years Of age, with
black hair and a clear eye. He is \ YAM
kce by birth, and engaged III the manu-
facturc Of patent saws. A representa-
tive of the Leader fell into conversation
with him last night, and discovered ti'at
he had the most immense IDEAS as to WHAT
could le done in the way Of Improvements
Most people suppose that We have gotten
M far in the way Of scientific improve
u,cnts ~ We can got for some t'Me, o"t
not so for Mr.. Boyntor. lie believes tha'
in the matter Of improvements we are OIL
IL in Our infancy, and has the most g.
santic IDEAS in regard to tho things I"
come. 'Why,' said he, 81 saw al item
| in the Com. Gaz where the government
had expended $40, $50 in the Improvement
of a western river and \ howl was raised
about it. Suppose they did spend ten
thousand dollars on an Improvement "1
that kind. what is that! Nothing. Why,
| If # would only enable u boat t" reach a
town Of five hundred inhabitants it would
he we'll worth the money; that town
would grow AMI he Of benefit t" your city.
After awhile they would he sending to
Pittsbury to have steamboats, AMI ma.
chinery, etc, built. Any Improvements OF
the Western rivers benefits the cities all
along the line. Why, the government
sl,oul,l cx,nl,d millions on such improve
mcnts. expect to SEQ the time when
wheat loaded 1T Fort Benton will l'e
brought to your city by means OF the
Davis Island dam Improvement, and not
only that. but that vessels will go mp the
: Mononyahela, thence I've taken over the
: mountains by way of Ea.ls' railway, and
from thence find their way to the ocean
and to Europe"
Here orr representative looked some
Z what astonisled ut the magnitude Qt the
scheme. Whercupon Boynton sad:
II 'You seem to l'e skcptica', but eoo%
tell you something about railroads wb'ca
, would probably astonish yo9 further. !
= have patents for \ new railroad scheme
now hy which Il train will he run III" OF
II $50 miles au houra railroad by which YOU
II could 90 to BOSTON in the morning, ana
!" return to Pittsbnrg in time for dinner"
l. The gentleman then branche.l ont on
" the railroad business He said he got inc
y idea Of his new railroad from observing
s. the operations Of the bycicle, which com
binc.i ligl,tmess with speed. He had got
ten into an argument with friend 81 his.
who was in the telegraph business, and
who claimed that while the science Of teIe
graphing had advanced the locomotive
had not improved since StephcsNn ran thu
II, first one at a speed Of thirty miles an hour
t., 81 told him." said Mr.. Boynton, "tlat
u would draw him plan Of locomotive
ws that would run 100 or $50 miles All hour
his and l did ~. Isl,owcl him my plan, n
ng liked it and advised me to get it patented
by | did 10, and have several patents nov
Ill. pertaining to my plan.
IKE Mr.. Boynton then proceeded to give
'nt brief description Of his new railroad
on, which was on the bicycle side. lnstea
our of four or five or six foot driving wheel
ION he proposes to have single wheel
q eighteen or twenty feet III diameter q
cry each end Of the locomotive. This whe'
gls- would turn into grove, in other wore
be there would be n rail below and IA
EN-, above the wheel in order to hold it
'me place, and he claimed that with the ligh
We ness and size Of the wheel it would SCI
Q along and draw train Of cars with ligl'
the ming rapi,lity. The gentleman tliIate'l I
ON the subject to y considerable extent, b.
It'll the details would fill . column, and '
have not space to give his IDEAS in fa
Meantime We anxiollsly await the a'ive
t. Of the bicycle locomotive.