Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-03
,..oues1s CHURCH CONVENTIONS.
..,a Nar wl.h an isventior at the
- c,v~.pns-st's pi.rosai

~ cov~-pn,cnt's disposal.
,,.,rly al tho big church convcn.
=. bela h III. city for some timo
-, and they have Been numerous
~ ,,.h dona.icss many persons have
,i,s1 an aged irl.hman with a rail.
~, ri conirivencc which he has always
- - intent on exhibiting and explain.
80 the gathering or dispersing at
san,s ON the convention. " ever
sas one was entitled to tho appcllation
~f.-,nk this old man undoubtedly L..
H. appearance is largely enough re.
nJble for this, but u Is not one.
,.s.h na much as his talk concerning
~, machine he exhibits Tlds machine
s1,.las OF wooden approximation OF
sr,llrond car on rnIlroad track at
-, decline. II Il meant to show the
.,r,ine Of safety brake. Tho man
~, bcen IN this country four year..
Ty,s oon,rivancc in which he Is 30 thor
eayhly wrapped up he told the writer,
/, 10 invention Of a Londonderry car
ylntor
He purchased II Of him and patented
a n England, France, Belgium, Aus
ia and America. In all OF these coun
,5es he has tried to sell it to the gov.
,rment. but, pervercly enough, they
h,y, not seen II IN the same light that
No docs lie would not sell II to Jay
Gould. Vanderbilt or anybody. IN fact.
bul the government; otherwise, he said.
Ne could long ago have disposed OF Il.
When llc brought Il 30 this country he
vrote to President Cleveland about L,
,enln, him what u good thing the gov
eminent over which ho was presiding
could ct for $4,000, but, strange &c
,a,. he got no rcply' lie offered liar
non tie sainc opportunity TO ISpu
larirc his administration and immortal
he his name, but Clcvclands successor
I. apparently Influenced by no such
hlgh motives, for nary a limo has he
written IN answer
Tho terms Of purchase included, be
ddesthc $50, 900 already mentioned the
interest, at something like pawn.
brokers' rate, on all the money he Ia,
had 30 cypcnd hitherto ON the invention
and the management OF all the rail
roads In tho country that he might
eauip thom with his continuance, and
thus give u n good show. II Is for TIL,
rcason that he will not sell Il TO any
private corporation, for, while thcy
might he ablo 20 pay what hc asks foi
II. sill they cannot give him tho right
10 compel rs rte throughout tho cutlr,
country. Such a good thing as that
should ho unlimited IN application
moreover only thus could Il be carried,
Hat all, TO greater degree Of p.riec
ton lIc was asked II he ever showed
Il 20 a railroad corporation os privui,
Individual. Never did hc descend 1.
such course. jay Gould, however.
came 10 him once IN person and Offered
him s,1, 900 Tor H. but he iinpefiuusly
told him that hc could not get II foi
SO,Q00OOo.
Asked as 10 what evidence lie lind
that this cntcrpfislng moncycd nian
WIS Jay Gould. be said tlnt he I'm
meliaicly recognized him from dcsciip
tons he had had OF the little wizard Of
Wall street. To s,ll 10 TO one man oi
corporation would he TO limit Ii use
uuncasonably. The government would
have authority To compel railroad com.
panics TO put their lines under this sys
ten, nnd furnish the materials for the
manufacture aud Improvement of the
contnyance n he would direct But
In all this the writer snw absolutely ne
mason why he should he exhibiting TIL.
safety brake business 40 pcrslstcntly nj
religious conventions. In reply To u
query to this effect the old man pointed
TO IN Inscription on the machine rcad.
lng Search the Scriptures. had
10 promise 10 do So Tho old man ap
pear to be 60 years OF Az or over lie
speaks with II broguo which virtually
makes different language Of tho En-
rlhh. His dlotion though, Is exceeding
y good, and therefore seems queer In
The company OF such Il rich broguc.-
Brooklyn Eagle.