Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-04

4 Remarkable Invention and How II Is
Worked.

Worked.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Gfbt- Democrat writes under recent dal' as
follows. 4 coupe ot fashionable hnlld'
with convex gla-s front and q swell man
IN livery on the hpN-soat, came 20 "a STOP ,n
front of John Chamberlain's Gt precisely
$3.50 2. NJ yesterday. The swell man
Jumped down over the tore Whtei anu
oueupd the carriaes-dOor. upon when al
Acknowledgements youth .emergeo Hi..'-
fully from the vehicle and saunterer mo
the hotel. with Que hand grtspine q
pair OF tan-colorcd kid gloves beh!nu
tho small of his back and the other
awingiug "a cane witNa silver crook as II IL
were "a wnlp. Tie was IN evening
dress, with fail overcoat thrown
over his arm: his boots were Of patent iea-
thor and his hat Of silk besides ms c"tiar
was unusually high, and he wore chry-
santhcmum iu d., button-hOle; but ~ was
not 9t hm that the crowd gathered upon
the sidewalk gazed with mute astonish-
upnt. The, weyo looking no the coupe.
Il was not that the carriage did not reseui-
bic iu all sri ible particulars any Otner OF
ID, not infreuuent kind. The funny ana
surprising thing about 10 was that u seemed
To have 10 motive power. II had dashed
up before the hotel without any horse 10
pull II or any other palpaDle means 81 TO-
comotiou. The swell man touched his nav
when bystander asked him question:
and said respectfully, with strong Ing
lish accent:
"IFs young masters notion, sir. lie
doesn't ride himself. yOu know, and he
thinks be- can save money by driving car
rlage without q horse; it's ~ week m ms
pocket. don't YOU see, Tor { he board ~ the
animal. and this coupe only cost $500 moro
than ana ordinary one. Besides, 'twiXt YOU
and me. Young master likcsto set the stllc,
and this is the first locomotive carriag"-i
believe that what they call it-so!d 80 lar.
A company at Bethlehem. Pa. has tine
patents and is setting out to make hun
drads more Ike it,"
And how docs 1t run ~
Come around 10 the back Of the coupe
and III. show you. SIP. This thing between
the rear aXles Ia q steam boiler. sur
prisiugly small? / should think It was.
/ Why. you see. it's no bigger round than
your thigh, or hardly, and only about three
| feet long But its q patent boiler. with
+ tubed cylinders inside and 10 can got
una wonderful lot Of steam. Under the
front part of the carriage Is wator-tank,
and the going around OF the coupe <
whecl-tho of ono bchind-pumps the
water mst rs 10 is needed back
into the boiler. The steam FROM
the boiler flows into the condenser
beneath the middle OF the carriage, and IS
made into water AGAIN by fans that reyolye
when the coupe Is m notion and drive
away the heat. There Is @ special arrange
nent bv which thi. heat IN cold weather Is
conducted into the carriage bya regulator.
SO that as much OF 10 can be had inside ~
j. wished tor. ard young master can drive
along in the coolest winter nights ana De
as warm a, If he was IN the parlor, don
you know
"But where does the fire come from and
how ~ the machine -teeredl"
1T is a coal-oil fire. sir, under the boil
cr. but you can't see It, because 10 Is INSIDE
the sheet-ir1n and Is ventilated by fans
that run when the machine goes. The on
j. forced by alr-prcssure from box on the
forward axle. and there is enough Of Il %
last and run tho coupe al full speed for
TOUR hours. / do the steering myself from
the bOx-seat with "A sort Of wheel like
the wheel If a ship and brake along
side for my foot. On good rOad
can run ten miles an hour, aud on
"a car-track Tye gone fifteen. The
suoed 1 regulate by little knob at my
right hand that turns on and lets on the
steam. There's 10 smoke. except perhaps
"a little pun or two, and. AS you've seen. the
carriage goes Ike a charm and az smooth
asa ghost. Eve understood that the com
pany at Bethlehem IS gong 10 get out d
steam ransom pretty soon, with driver sit
tinO M behind and steering. and also q
f0ur-seated family carriage that VIII b,
4 guided by the driver on the right-hand
/ side Of the front seat, as ordinary"