The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-03-04
r1eoJtNTs CHURCH CONVENTIONS


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0esss.ssss's Dsspsssl.
At nsasly III tlss big church conven
lions held In this city for some tune
BOW, ana they have been numerous
enough, doubles many persons have
noticed IN aged Irishman With . MI
road rontFivanoe which he has sway
bssa intent On exhibiting and explain.
ing 10 u gathering or dispsrsing A.
tsndants on the ooavention. II ever
any ono was entitled to the appellation
Of crank this old man undoubtedly ID.
His appearance i largely enough 70.
spoodble for this, bat Il = not ono
tsuth - much - his talk concerning
he machine b exhibits. This machine
spusises Of . wooden representation ol
. railroad car ON . railroad track at Q
steep decline. Il b meant to show the
working Of safety brake. The man
has been In this country four years.
The oonttivance In which he Il 90 thor.
oughly wrapped up, no told the writer,
h the invention Of . Londonderry ear
psntss.
He purchased Il Of him and patented
Il In England, France, Belgium, Aus
tsia and America In III Of these eoun.
tsies b. has tried to sell it TO the gov.
ssnmsat but, pervesely enough, they
have not ssen Il In the Same Light that
- Don. He would not ell II to Jay
Gould. Vanderbilt or anybody, in fact.
but The government; otherwise, he said,
hs could long ago have disposed Of II.
When he brought it 70 this country he
wrote to President Cleveland about II,
telling him what good thing tho gov.
eminent over which he was presiding
could ct for 90, 900, but, strange 70
~, he got no reply. He offered Has.
yison the sane opportunity to popu.
lasiss his administration and immortal.
iEe bis name, bat Cleveland's SUCCESSOR
= apparently Influenced by no such
high motives. for nary line has be
written In. answer. .t
The terms Of purchase included, be.
ddes the $50, 900 already mentioned, the
interest, at something like q pawn.
brokers' rate, on all the money I've has
bad to expend hitherto on the invention
and the management Of all the rail
roads in the country that he might
equip them with his continuance, and
thus give 1t good show. 1t is for this
reason that he will not sell it to any
private corporation, for, while they
might be able to pay what he asks fol
1t, still they cannot give him the right
to compel its use throughout the entire
country. Such a good thing as thai
should be unlimited in application
Moreover, only thus could it be carried
, If at all, to n greater degree Of perfec
, ton. He was asked If he ever showed
it to q railroad corporation or privat.
individual. Nevsf did he descend t.
such a course. Jay Gould, however
came to him once in person and Offered
him $50, 900 for II, but he imperiousl!
= told him that he could not get it TO
go, 900, 900.
4 Asked as to what evidence he ha(
that this enterprising moneyed maj
was Jay Gould, he said that he i'm
nlediately recognized him from descrip
tons he had had of the little wizard o
. Wall street. To sell it to one man O
0 corporation would be to limit its US
d unreasonably. The government woul'
4 have authority to compel railroad com
panies to put their lines under this sys
ten, and furnish the materials for tn
d manufacture and improvement of tn
continuance as he would direct. Blu
In all this the writer saw absolutely n
o reason why he should be exhibiting thl
!, safety brake business 90 persistently a
:, religious conventions. In reply to
i query to this effect the old man pointe
It to an inscription on the machine read
" ing, Search the Scriptures" ha
=. to promise to do 10, The old man a.
pears to be 60 years Of age or over. H
= speaks with brogue which virtual
makes different language Of the Ell
I, glish. His diction though, is exceeding
l. ly good, and therefore seems queer 1
" the company of such rich brogue.-
a. BROOKLYN Eagle.