The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-16

The New Electrical CarrfaEe-NaflS
Point 20 Isevivfng Trade.
The motor carrssgr, now the object cf
much experiment. arm convinced Win yet
become an accomplished fact. The main
difficulty in the way of a satisfactory ma
chine Is that no ore has vet found cut
how 20 make II climb a hill yet recent
devricruaenfs Indicate that this defect
may De removed. and when IL has heen.
the progressive and Inventive Americans
may expect to supply the civilized world
with Il carriage practically automatic.
with a speed saw ef from asteen 90 e.gh-
teen miles an hour. All the operator Will
need to do viii 70. IN push a lever. and
away he viii so AZ rate that viii soan
ousstrip the fastest horse"
This remark came last evening from
Charles M. tsrerw. a representative OF tina
Indiana Wire Fence COMPANY. Of ssraw-
fcTSsstslle. Ind. who reached Seattle Tues
day from the south. He has made a study
90 the motor carriage. ard seems conf
dent that the Idea conceived many wears
ago VIII soon Ne worked csft nv Invent
ers. and tire self-nrersllsnw machines put
on the market az a price within the reach
Of the man with moderate means. Al
ready machine has been pat 70 the test.
and IL win do everything Indicated above.
except. as aEr. GreEx SAYS, elijah n hin's
IL Is sn@edy and bowls along on a level at
some fifteen miles honr: vet il costs
class OF expensive toys. With the per-
fected motor carriage. modern civilization
viii approach closely upan aerial nayi-
CATION.
Speaking OF the crawfordsvife factory.
Mr. Gregg said:
We manufacture Two and four~pant
steel harhsd wire and all kinds Of wfre
nails. Since tho beginning Of better times
there has been rising market. and
Rre now running night and dsy and put
ting OUT about seventy-five tons per dsy
Of fencing and Shcnt 100 KEGS OF nails.
The factory gives steady employment To
about leo men, The increase i'm demand
resulted IN u substantial rise I'm priee
about fortnight ago. when nails jumped
10 20 cents. We place n considerable poF-
ton OF our product in the Pacific North
west. although competition is close
Trade seems 20 increase and diminish by
sections. I might say. FOR one season thu
largest demand will cone from one pox-
tion of the country and be shifted to an
other portion the succeeding year.
We have some specialtses in nails this
year. one Of them being nail coated with
parailine by a patented process. making 1t
so that 10 cannot be pulled out. Details az
the process are not known TO the manu-
facturers even. and all that can he told
Is that the nails are placed in a large
polishing drum with the parasfins and
when they come out they are coated with
the substance.
"Our factory also makes the dova-tailed
body-works for carriages. which gives
them n structure not unlike a granarv
and imparts great durability without tho
use of a nail
Mr.. Gregg had been in Seattle only
short time when he ran across John II.
HUMPHREYS. an old-iime resident of Craw-
louisville, and was much pleased st find
ing quite a colony OF his fownspeople
here. He was in San Francisco last week
and says he intended returning home Ivy
the southern route. when the thought oe-
CURED TO him that his friends would i'm
qusre about Seattle. Upon that ha deter
mined to visit this city. lie has found
that IL exceeds his expectations. and he
speaks commercially of the stir and
push noticeable among the people.
why he says. "as was coming in on
the train, the engineer pulled the throttle
wide open, and we came flying.
i turned TO an acquaintance and
remarked, like this. There ia
some so about IT, and when I reach the
town I discover that the citizens are just
like that engineer. I am glad 20 see the
work progressing on the South canal. and
must say that ! am impressed with IL as
a stupendous undertaking. ! arm glad
that I came here. for / can carry hack To
my friends the report that Seattle is fair
~ In the lead. so far as commercial activ-
ity on the Pacific coast Is concerned
Mr. Gregg left yesterday for his home
at CraWfnrdSVille.