Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-09
HERE IS A LAND SHIP.
7 IS A GREAT THING FOR ExPLoR.
ING AFRICAN WHO'S.

Details Of Str. Iemery's Plan.
Plans worthy Of the authorship Of Jules
Verne have been undergoing process Of
slow evolution In the brain Of G. NJ. Lem.
cry. Of East oakland, for nearly four Year,.
lie has completed working drawings
Of queerly oontrivcd land ship, with
which he proposes 10 roam through tho
undiscovered gold regions and the unex
plorcd plains aud depths Of Africa. discov.
ering long lost deposits Of riches. thesourca
Of soiomons gllded glofies. gathering tons
Of precious ivory, revealing the unknown
ia books Of travel aud adventure. aud gen.
orally winning wealth aud fame II success
shall reward his hopes.
HIS land ship il bic car Of hiuml
mum, strong and light. which IL TO climb
mountains. jolt over logs. travel through
forests and over plains, and like duck
plunge from the hanks ~ rivers and lakes
right into the water and speed uninter.
rupted 10 opposite shores This contriv.
anc- would ~ at once the home. fort. shell.
ter, means of transportation and travelling
torehouse Of the exploring party
II Il not the first attempt TO combine a
steam road engine aud steamboat. yet the
application appears to bo hn original one
with Mr.. l.emcry.
Mr.. Lemcry seems 10 10 neither an en-.
thusiast nor an sdvcniurcr. lie has no
particular ambition 10 h. great explorer.
aud the whole thug IA 20 him business
proposition. lie il quiet hammered man.
thlrtyon years old, aud Il q machincat
aud engineer by trade lie has been on
the Pacific coast fifteen ycara, and during
four years Of that time was In business NJ
Reno, New. iic has spent n good deal u
time prospecting for gold, and as a prus.
p,ct0r be spent y good deal Of time cxplor.
Ing the Sierra Madro mountains In Mexico.
About four years ago be- bccamo im.
pressed with the idea that the Dark Cont.
nunt was tho ono remaining now country
where poor man could gut rich easily, and
the idca has chung 10 him ever since. Ito
believed that thcru was plenty Of gold In
African mountains forgotten OF yCt undls.
covered, and hr believe, 20 yet
lie wanted 10 30 thctc TO prospect for
mines. and In planning how he could travel
long distance through an almost unknown
country tho Idea ot steam engine 10 travel
on land early occurred ~ him.
A. strength aud liRhtnoas nre requisites
Mr. irmcry proposed 10 build the land
ahip almost entirvly Of aluminium, which
weighs iOs pounds 20 the cubic foot, while
steel weighs about a. pounds ~ tho cubic
foot Tho cylinders Of tho engines would
h. Of steel and much Of the nttlnga and
furniture inside u wool The body Of tho
laud ship us planned Is 20 feet long. 10 foct
Wide aud feet high.
It Is To 10 made Of aluminium plate, one.
fourth u an Inch thick for tho lower halt
and onc.slxtccnth Of an inch thick for tho
upper half u the sides aud tho roof. In
tho rcar end IL a large space Tor wood,
which eau b. cut and loaded anywhere,
and the boiler stand, ataft tho center.
AZ the forward cud aro two twenty fons
horo power cylinders working u shaft
which boars y wheel outside the car AZ
each end. lly nm endless chain the motion
VI this wheel 4 transmitted to larger ono
b,twccn tho two maln wheels. fourteen
feet In diameter, which aro driven by
means Of chains passing over the driving
wheel between them. Tho main wheel,
arr built like n bicycle wheel. tho npokcs
bcing aluminium ROD. one.iourth Of an
Inch Ia diameter Tho tir,z 81 tho main
WHEELS arc eighteen Inches ia diameter.
Tho large wheels have no axlcs connecting
with tho car.
Tue ear rcsia on shaft which passct
through the driving wheels, and the main
wheels are connected by strong aluminium
bhr which support, the car and eau ruyolNa
on the main shaft. The wheel. could thus
~ over logs without eloyAtinR tho car
much. and the end Of tho bars bearing tho
front main wheels eau b. hooked up
readily. making thrr- wheelei car. easy 10
turn arpund. The front end " the car rests
ON n single wheel. which turns readily Ia
any direction.
AZ tho trout end Is drum, on which no
feet Of cable. 10 pull thu eat u necessary, or
10 pull ohstFuctions out Of the way. can 10
wound by small engine for the purpose.
The bottom Of the cat IL a water tank.
while another water compartment Aur.
rounds the outside " the car.
The Interior Il 10 provide living accom-.
modntiunA for twenty men. A. a steamer
tho body Of tho cat or land ship rrscm.
biea on it, bottom a nAiboat or scow
schooner. A lever connects n propeller
shaft with the machinery, aud NJ the land
ship climbs down iuto the water aud bo-
gins 10 fioat. the propeller sends Il onward
over tho RlaAsy aurfaea of some crystal
lake rinpled only by tho awful hipp0p1t.
anil. II tho water trip DO long tho land
wheels eau 10 taken on aud laid GU tho
root
when wood IA 10 b. cut tho propeller I.
Slipped on IT, shaft aud a llttla wood saw
cheWs up fuel IN no time The engineer
works the land ship from bis pilot house
Ia front The whole car IL planned 10
weight ilileen or twenty tons.
"iou sec." said Mt. lsmery, rs he OF.
pialned his drawings, every part will 10
made 20 that Il can DO taken on very
readily would expect 10 mako from
TIRES 70 twenty miles a day With IL, accord
Ing To the troubles met Ia clearing away.
They would b great In a forest, but
would avoid forests.
ATTACHED 10 this land ship would have
another car lust like this except that IL
would have no machinery, and In Il | would
take three years supply Of provisions
and ammunition. The expense 81 an army
Of porten would be avoided. The car
would bo proof against the arrows Of
hostile natives, and Ia II we could defy
thousands
"wcil, haven't been able 20 fgiro
closely on tho cost Of the ship yet, but
suppose one would cost about s.lOOd |
would like 10 get financial backing enough
" build two u them and two supply ears
IN New York, and ought 10 have $4,000
would calculate on being gone i've or six
years | would so mainly 10 prospect ior
gold. That country Is full OF Il. No, |
dou't know just wherc would 20 10 look
Tor H. ! would 10 10 most any u the
mountalns-porhaps the Mountains Of tho
Nooh, No, do not know whether thrY
ny, nA,e heen prospoeted or not, but dont
oh, ye-, there's plenty Of gold there,
Mhgrs else did solomon get his poldl
Woull take company OF strong men with
ne Nolld have thrve or four mining