The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
NAN IN THE MOONS MAIL.
Possibilities Of the Pegasi-
pede as to that Problem.
LETTERS LIKELY TO THE LUNAR LOVER
Jersey CitY's Flying Machine In
ventor SAYS Wonderful Things
Can Be Done By His
Combination.
LETTERS LIKELY TO THE LUNAR LOVER

Scan you tell me sometb ing about your
flying m%achine?" said n NEWS reporter oil
Inventor McConnekin yesterday.
Come in and take a chair," said the in
ventor. land tell me what 0 want TO
know. I'm at your mercy, and will
answer all questions, providing you dom
try to pump me concerning the secret OF
my wonderful invention"
Have you had any offers for your In
vention YETI"
Eyes, a Chicago syndicate has written
me making an offer for the sole right to
produce it when completed, and the rep
resentative of an English syndicate has
just paid me a visit to negotiate for the
same privileges"
will you accept either of tn ell
offersP"
II don't think I shall. My idea is te
place the invention In SUCH a way thai
after / have received enough money from
it to reimburse me for the time. mo ney
and labor / have spent upon it. ca Il
put the proprietary rights of the machin {
in such shape that the people may hev
whatever benefit there may be TO the hui
man race in the invention. Or one
thing. YOU can rest assured, there will
never be any monopoly about the pegasi-
pede."
Il understand. Mr.. Mecconnekin, that
you intend to make your trial trip on the
Fourth of july
THE TRIAL RIP
mo. all reports TO the contrary. not
withstandiug, there will surely be no
trial trip by the Fourth, as l will not have
it ready by that time. You see. l am de-
pendent for my living from day to day
| upon my business. aud that Is a serious
drain Don time IN resources, therefor g
l haven't much time or money TO lay out
upon my inventloh. Naturally, the
evolution Of a Machine like this which is
largely experimental calls Tor a liberal
| expenditure of both both."
What uses can the machine be put
to?n
1.-THE uses for it are innumerable. It
will be of incalcuable, benefit to the army
In almost any situation that war might
develop. 1t will be of the greatest as
sfstance to the police n IL can be used
like the bicycle, simply as a means of de-
veloping muscle"
will a person riding the pegasipede
have to descend to earth aud dlsmounJ
when they get tired of pedaliug. like
they do when riding a picycle?n
mo. The pegusipede will go far
ahead of and other means OF individual
propulsion. When the bicycle rider stops
The expenditure of his energy he natural
ly ceases to advance, but one or the
features of the pegasipede that | have
in view is an arrangement that Will en-
able the rider to rest for long periods of
time and still move in the desired direc-
tiou as illustratiou:- The expert swim
mer becoming exhausted can urn on his
back and float without any expenditure
of energy and so prepare himself by rest
for another period Of activity. Another
illustration is u bird. which on flying a
long time becomes tired and scars in the
air.
1.-The rider will be able to use the cur
rents of the upper air just as the sailing
vessel uses them, although they NAV
seem to be against him."
"Can your invention be used for cross
ing the ocean?'
II don't anticipate that the ocean will
be crossed in it. but the whole Thug.
from the appearance of the first machine,
will be susceptible all along to develop
| ment and Improvene Mt | don't really
| see why a person couldn't do so. 1t can
be made as safe as a life boat. and they
| could descend whenever they wanted 60
and rest, just as they would on land. l
wouldn't want to try it myself, however,
| as it would be a dangerous Thing to be
| caught in a storm. Still there will prob
ably be people VINO will be venturesome
enough to undertake it. sAnother thing.
Every ounce of provisions that can be
| carried would mean that much extra
labor In padaliug.p
MAIL TO THE MOON
Would it be q good scheme for some
one TO charter a pegasipede and establish
a fast mai to the moon3"
"'Twould be tough on the old gentle
man up there, but a barrel Of money
might be made by carrying him letters
from his many sweethearts on the
| Bowery and at Coney Island. / have
never given serious thought to that,
but -"
An old lady came in at this point and
wanted M~ec:onnekln, who is one Of the
best judges of counterfeit coin In the
country. to tell her whether or not a
three cent piece a peddler had given her
in change was good or not. She thought
it wasn't, but after careful examination
the expert pronounced 1t good, and she
departed happy. After sue left a man
came to get a key fixed. and as business
seemed TO De picking up with the great
| inventor The JERSEY CITY NEWS report
or thanked him for his interview and
hade him 6no1-hav