The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-06-21
VOLUME XVIII.---NO. 40
A VALUABLE INVENTION,
a Chance for Another New Enterprise for
Atlanta-A Wheel Factory Proposed,

yesterday 6. : ;f:5ttut;0a man met g
gentleman at the Markham house who
carried in his hand what seemed to be
reduced model of an ordinary wagon, car.
riage or buggy wheel.
The gentleman told an interesting
story. lie said: "My father was a me.
chanlc aud wheelwright by trade, and,
though say it myself, good one. A
few years ago while engaged one day re-.
pairing an ordinary wheel such as are
now in use, he was seized with n conyic.
ticn that there could be an Improvement
upon wheels, which had been thought to
have reached perfection. He set to work
| upon II and succeeded. The model that
l hold in my hard is the result of his
work, and is a wheel which the very best
experts declare must sooner or later sun.
plant every wheel upon every vehicle in
this country and wherever else it may bo
introduced"
Taking small wrench from his pocket
he unscrewed four little taps from as
many small bolts which ran transyerseIy
through the f1anges Of the hub and said.
See here" At the same time he re.
moved tho entire back of the hub, leay.
ing the mortice of every spoke exposed
to view."
w cllt WUat OI IL
"iou see," the gentleman went on.
the Improvement consists first in this.
u you break one spoke in yonr buggy
wheel as nov constructed, the blacksmith
niiist first remove the tire, and then the
wheelright must tear UP the whole wheel
to get out one spoke. With this wheel
neither tire or rim is removed. You
simply take off one half the hub, draw
your broken spoke out thus (suiting the
action to the word) and put another in
thus, close up your wheel and the work
is done, without upsetting the rim of the
wheel, or taking of and reshrinking your
tire, thus saving labor, time, annoyance
and money. The second Improvement is
in the box" Hero he drew forth tho
part of the hub in which tho spindle Of
the axle runs. "You see this box i.
eight square, so it cannot go wrong, and
is larger at the point where the hub
comes apart than it is Mt either end, 80
that when once placed in position and
the hub locked together it holds tho
wheel precisely concentrc upon its axle.
Any wheelwright will tell you how diff.
cult it is to box wheel SO it will Tn
true, and many machines have been in
vented for that purpose alone. The hub
is made of malable cast iron, the box of
the same material as wheel boxes are
now made of, aud outside of this and the
hub the wheel is the same as any other"
Have you patent on it 2"
eyes, indeed. My father patented it
before his death, which occurred recent
ly."
"What do you propose to do with the
wheel2"
II desire to organize here in Atlanta,
stock company for its manufacture
upon the same plan Of the Roger Wheel
company of Cincinnati was organized 10
manufacture the Sarven wheel. Itmade
its incorporators all wealthy, and though
us have said, the patent expired years
ago, the company still does an immense
aud profitable business. Atlanta
has every facility for this business, geo.
graphical position, fuel, rs fine timber in
reach as there is in the world, and with a
small capital a beginning can be mado
'Thich there is little reason to doubt may
grow into one of the greatest ant most
profitable industries in The South. am
not offering the patent for SALE"