Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-27
HERE Is A LAND SHIP.
IT Is A GREAT II HING FOR ExPLoR.
ING AFRICAN WlLps.

IL VIII Be Made 20 Travel Over Land and
Through Water FORESTS. Jungies and
Mountains VIII dTer No obstructious.
Details OF MIR. Le mery's Plan.
Plans worthy OF the authorship OF Jules
Verne have been undergoing process Of
slow evolution In tile brain of c. NJ. Lem.
cry, of Fast Oakland, for nearly four years.
lie has completed working drawings
Of quecrly contrived land ship. with
which he proposes 10 roam through the
undiscovered gold regions and the unex
plored plains aud depths OF Africa, discov
ering long los, depoHits Of riches. the source
Of Solomon's giided|glories, gathering tons
Of precious ivory. revealing the unknown
In books Of travel AID adventure; and gen
orally winning wealth and fame II success
shall reward his hopes.
His land ship is n big car OF alumni
mum. strong and light, which IL TO climb
mountains, jolt owe r logs. travel through
forests and over plains, and like duck
plunge from the banks OF rivers and lakes
right into the waiter aud speed uninter
rupted to opposite shores This contriv
Ance would be at on ce the home, fort, shell
ter. means Of transportation and travelling
storehonse OF the exploring party.
Ii is not the first attempt To combine
steam road engine Ind steamboat, yet the
application apnear4 20 be an original one
with Mr. Lemery.
Mr. lyemery seems To he neither an en-.
thusiast nor an allventurer He has no
particular ambitioI TO be a great explorer.
and the whole thing Is 10 him IA business
proposition lie N II quiet hammered man,
thirty-one years old. and Is a machinest
and engineer by trade lie has been on
the Pacific coast fifteen years, and during
four years OF that time was in business at
Reno, New. He has spent q good deal Of
time prospecting fpr gold. and as u pros
peetor he spent gbod deal OF time explor
ing the Sierra Madte mountains in Mexico
About four Years ago he became i'm.
pressed with the idea that the Dark CONT
nent was the one remaining new country
where poor man dould get rich easily, and
the idea has chung to him ever since. He
believed that there was plenty OF gold In
| African mountains forgotten or yet undis
covered, and he believes SO yet.
/ He wanted to 40 there to prospect for
/ mines, aud In planning how he could travel
/ long distances through AN almost unknown
country the idea OF steam engine TO travel
/ on land early occurred to him
As strength and lightness are requisites
/ MIR. Iemery opposed to build the land
ship almost entirely OF aluminium, which
weighs les pounds to the cubic foot while
steel weighs about 415 pounds To the cubic
4 foot The cylinders OF the engines would
he OF steel and n uch Of the fittings and
furniture inside Of wood The body OF the
land ship ns PLANNED is 60 feet long. 10 feet
wide and I feet high.
IL il to I've made Df aluminium plates one
fourth OF an inch thick for the lower hal
and one-sixteenth of an inch thick for tn,
upper half Of thu sides aud the roof. II
the rear end Is large space for wood
which can he cub and loaded anywhere
and the boiler stands abaft the center
At the forward end are two twenty fou
horse power cylinders working a shat
which bears n wheel outside the car a
each end by au endless chain the motion
of this wheel il transmitted to larger on
between the two main wheels, fourteen
feet in diameter which are driven b,
means Of chains passing over the drivin.
wheel between hem The main wheel
are built like "a bicycle wheel, the spoke
being aluminium rods one-fourth Of al
inch in diameter The tires OF the mai
wheels are eighteen inches in diameter
The large wheels have no a&ies CONNECTING
with the car,
The car rests On shaft which passe
through the driving wheels, and the mai
wheels ARE connected by strong aluminium
bar which supports the car and can revoly
on the main shaft The wheels could thu
go over logs without elevating the ca
much, aud the end OF the bars bearing tn
front main wheels can he hooked u
readily, making a three wheeled car, easy {
turn around Tie front end OF the car rest
on a single wheel which turns readily /
any direction.
> At the front end Is a drum, on which 50
feet of cable. To pIill the car II necessary, G
, TO pull obstructidns out OF the way can d
wound by small engine for the purItos,
The bottom of Ihe car is water tanl
, while another water compartment sai
: rounds the outside Of the car
The interior is 10 provide living accom-
modatiuns for twenty men A. steame
the body OF the cur or land ship resen
bles on its bottom tlatboat or a SEQ
schooner A lerer connects n propellt
, shaft with the machinery, aud rs the Ian
ship climbs dow into the water and ~
, gins To float. the propeller sends IL ouwar
a over the CLASSY surface OF some crysti
! lake rippcd only by the awful hippopo
I ami II the wafer trip be long the Ian
!, wheels can be aken of and laid on Il
. roof.
When wood Is 10 be cut the propeller
a slipped oil its shaft and little wood "a
chews up fuel III no time The engines
works the land ship from his pilot hon,
. In front The whole car is planned
!. weight fifteen or twenty tons
"You see. !" Eal ID Mr.. Lemery. as he e,
planned his drawings every part will
made 81 that it can he taken OIL yer
q readily | would expect to make froi
three to twenty miles "A day with II, accor.
ing 10 the trouiis met In clearing ava
They would he great in a forest, but
would avoid FORESTS
Attached 10 this land ship would hn,
another car Just like this except that
would have no m achnery. and in il woul
q take a three yaars' supply Of provision
Z. and ammunition. The expense OF an arm
: of porters would he avoided The C:
n would be proof against the arrows
e. hostile natives. and in II we could de
% thousands
!; well, | haven't been able 70 hgn
closely on the cost Of the ship yet. but
q suppose one would cost about s2O,uoo
would like TO gdt financial backing enous
10 build two Of them and two supply ca
IN New York, and ought To have $3.50. 0t
/ would calculate on being gone five or >
Il years | woult 90 mainly TO prospect {
Il gold That country il full of IT, No,
y don't know Just where | would go to 10.
, for il. woull 20 TO most any OF {
K mountains-pe1haps the Mountains of {
; Moan. No. do not know whether tn
c have been pros pected or not, but | dor
think 10.
aOh, yes, ther res plenty OF gold thei
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