The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-23
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The Motor Man at Last Invents Something
that Promises To b Of Use.

The Motor Man at Last Invents Something
that Promises To Bs of Uses
Nav York Sun
About twenty substantial looking men got off
from the philadelphia train when it stopped in
thesJeFsey Central depot in Jersey CITY, at IL
o'clock yesterday morning, One of them was a
tail man IN. dark clpthng and white Derby hat.
his COMP xionsWas sallow, his eyes black and
gttering,. and his black side-w hiskers were COM
nected bya black nustachA.l He perintended.
with a good dealof soliEitude, the landing of two
heavy boxes from the baggage car, the other
gentlemensof the party wat itching hiszquick, ner4
vous movements with mingled admiration and,
awe. The boxes were lowered to the latfoIms1
One Of themrwas of heavy woed and was about
eight feet long, By two feet wide. and one foot
deep. LIZ had three strong iron handles on each,
side, like coffin. The other was about three
feet long, and similar to- the first Both were rev
erently carried toa Pennsylvania railway tug
which was inswaiting, and the twenty or more
men, headed by the salIow gentleman, followed
them IN solemn procession on. board The. tug
was soon seurrying across the bay, bound for
Sandy Hook where Mr.. Kelly, the gentleman
of the sallow compl exion, was to give the first
public Inhibition OF the powers ,of that mystic
rious giant which the 1000 holders of Kelly
motor stock hope he has new got so nearly
under control that he viii soon have it patiently
turning cranks and putting its incomprehensi-
BILE strength. to other valuable uses The all
legged giant was in the boxes, confined sif thick
iron cylinders, suggestive of copper soda water
1lfs IAbelyf was 06DlalHeatL lau
conjnred it into existence four days BEFORE
chained it. and was taking it to Sandy Hook to
make it throw ounce leaden and chilled bul-
lets at the targets of the government range.
Colonel Hamilton, of Fort Hamilton., had got
the authority of the Secretary of War to use the
Headed by the band the procession marched
to where Mr.. Keely, in his shirt sleeves, and
Colonel Hamilton in speetaeles and awhile
fatigue cap, were bending over a queer littlelean
non mounted .on8 eighteeninch wheels In the
sand near by lay theeempty boxes, and onsthee
small platform on which the cannon stood rested
the giant, fast held in.s his two iron cylinders.
The little cylinder was connected with the big
ione,by flexible metal tube about three feet in
length, and a similar and larger tube connected
the big cylinder with a. chamber in the butt of
thegun. Thisehamb ers it was said, would lholdt
about half a,pint of the giant Mr. Keely
worked silently Notwithstanding the fact that
his hands are swollen and distorted i'm the most
extraordinary way, he moved them nimbly and Z
delicately. Although each of his fingers is al
most as large as the thumb of a boxing glove,
it is said he has a singuiarly sensitive touch
He nnscrewed the barrel of the gun from the
butt, placed. circularbit of rubber over the
opening.int the .yapor chamber, screwed on the
muzzfe again, rammed down closely: fitting
bullet about the size of an ordidary grape shot,
and the gun was loaded
'All ready said Col Hamilton.
Let her go, John, said Director Baldwin.
Mr. keely bent over the large tube and gently
tapped it with; a wooden hammer in two or three
places; then hHs turned aaceeks quickly and
tapped lightly on. the reservoirs in the but of the
gun There was dead silence for a few seconds,
then a rush of blush vapor from the muzzle of
the gum a sharp report. and the ball buried
itself in the sand ITO the rightof the target 500
yards away.
Several Shots were fred, and twice the target
was hit. Then: the velocity was tested, and
found to be about three fifths Of that. which
would have been derived from proportionate
chargeiof gnnpowder. Them three-inch spruce
panks4wefe set up about tens feet away; and
chilled steel MIME ball driven through onsSof
them and half way through the one behind it
That Is equivalent to piercing seven and al
half inches of pine said Colonel Hanilton
I have nowfred nineteen Shots said Mr.
Keely, and Il could fire 200 more. Ishave not
appreeiably diminished the store of vapor in
the cylinders. have enough left to give three
more exhibitions Of four-or five hours each.
The intensity of the positiuetahe has gonesdow
Lac; the negative has not been touched.
May say said reporter to, the Colonel,
while Mr. Keeiy was packing up; that you re-
gard thisa a force heretofore unknownl1
mo you can hardly say that.l You maylsag 4
that it is beyond me, do not know what it is,
and whetheritls new force, or a new appliea--
ton of an old force it issvery wonderful It
resembles no form Of compressed air that have
ever known, and it does not answer to the test
OF carbonic acid gas. AS to the merits of the
gun asa weapon, it might haveits uses
1T was not the ideaj said President Edey,i]
ITO test the merits of the gum, The gun wasI
the NEST convenient Instrument with which to-
give an exhibition of the dynamic force which
Mr. Kelly has discovered Yousregard the gun
as the lowest of the applications you have made
Of the yapor, do you not, Mr. KeeiyYr
HThe very lowest, said MI. Keely.
The entire party came back by the Starin
Shortly after starting all Assem- bled the after
cabin, and Mr. Kelly made a speech, in which
he said that by the4latter part Of November or
the early part Of DECEMBER, unexpected some
grand results, and nthis4 current year would |
close the matter out in allits branches He
said he expected to apply the motor to telegraphy
as we'll as the movement of machinery.
G. B. Collyer spoke with enthusiasm of the
Keelyfor the last tens. years There were loudl
repeated what he had said to the reporter, and
closed by sayiugsS
Why our Government does 4nots investigate
this matter, orr why. those whose duty it is to-
move do not move, do not know. II is wonder
full have never before seen any power which
could beidrawnanpo theenergy necessaryatoil
hurl those nineteenshots that did notsshowssome
sensible diminution. Whoever would condemn
suoila thing as this without investi CATION is a
fool Butt have with difference to MfaKeely,fl
to say that Iregret that he doesr not bear in
mind that his life is uncertain as. is the life of
all mem and give this great discovery in its enzj
trety to the world. 1t is his duty
BEEGfIER ON ELOPEAIENTS.
Remarks Called Out by the Morosini Case