The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-26
TWO MILES PER MINUTE.
The Railroads Not in It With the
Invention of a Worcester
Man.
He Has a One-Wheel Cycle Capa-
BILE Of Doing 100 Miles
an Hour.
Tho Wonder First Suggested by the Feats
of Trick Cycle Rider-Machine
Described.

A one-wheel cycle. eight feet high. that a
%greenhorn can learn to ride in a minute and
then write his name in the dust with it IN
fifteen feet of space, not to mention a speed
capacity OF two miles in sixty seconds on a
good track, is the astonishing invention
which Victor Beranger, of Worcester, editor
of LIE Courier de Worcester, claims to have
produced after TIVE years Of hard work.
Tho inventor was in the Springfield, Mass,
Republican Office the other afternoon and
told a remarkable story.
Last week, he says, his brother in Mon
treal rode the phenomenon seventy-three
miles in one hour on an ordinary highway,
and that was at the rate of much more than
mile a minute. Mr.. Beranger himself, on
q wager of 500 will leave Worcester
some day next week in the presence of a
number of witnesses, SO he says, at the
same time the new s'Chicago Hyer'
on the Boston and Albany railroad
leaves for Boston, and he promises
to arrive at the Hub at least fifteen min
utes before the express train reaches there.
Notwithstanding that he will have to trav Ell
sixty-six miles by highway as against forty
four by rail. If he does it, in the face of
the fact that the highway between Worces-
ter and Boston Is III no way prepared for
such a lightning trip. "Monsieur'' will
have furnished the world the biggest sensa-
tion possible short of an actual flying ma
chine Mr.. Beranger may be an enthusiast
but he has made applications for patents in
five countries, and his patent IN this coun-
try is already assured. The Ames manu-
featuring company of Chicopea, whom he
visited Yesterday, are ready to make his
machine the moment it's success is demon
Rtrated. and other contracts the inventor
shows indicate that persons acquainted
with the invention anticipate its complete
success. In the city of Worcester alone,
says MIR. Beranger, $50 machines could be
sold Immediately. The new cycle will GER
tainly make the fur fly in bike" circles if
it goes, for it will be sold for $40, and Its
weight will be about fifteen pounds less
than the ordinary Warwick safety"
Two years ago on the Worcester fair
ground Mr.. Beranger saw Il bicycle trick
rider perform on one wheel. "Why can't &
one-whcel cycle" queried ne, "be made
practicable for ordinary user" The result
of two years application is this: A laret
wheel about eight feet in diameter at fh,
outer circumference n six feet ut the in
ner circumference, the two circumference
beiTP Eelu toSetneF DY common wire spOke
about fourteen inches long. The rubbe
tire on the outer circumference Of such
wheel is one and one-quarter inches wild
and the inner circumference is two ant
one-half inches wide and one inch thick
Upon the inner surface of this inner cir
cumference is n spur gearing, and that's tn
sum and substance of the outside wheel
Within this wheel is the seat for the ride
and the mechanism for the propulsion o
the wheel as a whole. This inner mechan
Ism ~consists in simple terms of
framework which theoretically may b
compared to an equilateral triangle upsid