The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-20
TO REPLACE HORSES
New York Merchants Testing
Automatic Carriage.
SOME HAVE GAS MOTORS.
The Perfect Machine Has Not Appeared
Yeti VIII Probably BE
Run by Electricity.
New York word

Daily uptown a horEeiess wagon tx be-
ing tried in the delivery Of goods from
a big dry goods house. Orders for several
more wagons have been cent 70 Franz.
and other firms viii adopt TIA innovation
X. H. Macy & co. have Two OF the Feaii-
cIes under experiment.
The first horseless wagon 20 be used for
practical delivery purposes IN Ne~ YORK
city is owned by Hilton, Hughes x %.
who nee IL iB connection with their dells-
cry department The wagon has been found
90 work satisfactorily under ordinarily
good condldtions. while ~ works well on
asphalt payements. Beii-laid cobbie stones
offer little obstacle - II. The inventors
ere afraid NJ nothing short Of deep rats,
which would be apt 70 dislntegrate the ma
ebinery.
The wagon now in use b. Hilton.
Hughes & 60. Was made by r. n. Roger.
who invented the contrivance by which
its speed IS regulated. The motive power
f. supplied b. a horizontal petroleum en-
CINE OF four horsepower. The action OF
the engine Is simple. A bit Of vapor.Zed
oil is exploded In a cylinder by an electric
spark. The explosion drives tho piston
forward. When the force Of the explosion
fs lost the piston returns 10 its first pos
fion. Exceedingly rapid succession Of tlhs
action supplies sufficient power. The en-
CINE carries oil enough for a 1Oo-mile run.
The wagon can easily make fifteen miles
an hour, and take steep grades at a total
running cost Of less than cent mile.
One Of the remarkable features Of the
wagon Is the way the forward wheels are
controlled. the front axle Is perfectly sta
tionary The wheels are, however work
Cd on what . practically hinge just back
OF The hub. they can be made 70 turn
almost at right angles % the main axle
hy 4 device worked from the drivers seat.
The wagon can thus turn as quickly AZ
though It had but three wheels Ia fact.
= can be turned completely around on the
came ground 1t may have been standing
upon.
The important feature of the wagon is.
whether it Will he practical for delivery
business This it, owners believe t viii
become in a few years time. but they de-
clare IL VIII have 20 undergo some modin-
cations. IL viii, Ia sort, have TO be Amer
fcanized. made by American workmen.
with American improvements and with a
special view ~ suit American conditions.
Tho present wagon !s decidedly foreign in
tts get.up. and IL not well adapted 10 sut
the conditions 81 our roads and streets.
The streets Of Paris ara not the streets
Of New York, and neither are the suburbs
like those Of French towns.
r H. Macy & 90. are among the large
retail establishments whose owners have
been impressed with the great utility Of
7ha horseless vehicle. This Arm has al
ready ordered two delivery wagons from
France They will he used on the suhur-
han roads around New York city In order
20 test their usefulness. II they work mp
20 the standard expected they may be uni
versally used by the firm.
Macy e. Co. are experimenting largely
with horseless carriages proper They
have lust received two from France made
by Roger, OF Paris. They are top
buggies in shape. One Is of pony
and one Is OF full size The small one will
seat two persons and the large one four
persons. The general plan. as far as the
internal parts are arranged. is much the
same as Hilton. Hughes a Co.'S delivery
wagon The engine rests in the rear end
OF the body part OF the vehicle. The engine
IS started and stopped. the brakes manpu-
lated. and tho steering gear worked from
the drivers seat The wheels have exceed
ingly thick solid rubber tires and along
Sixth avenue in the shopping district the
vehicle rolled with almost no Earring mo-
ton 10 the passengers aboard.
II is announced that two electrical horse
less carriages viii be IN successful opera
ton by the LIST OF November They wifi pa
operated by storage batteries and the in
veninr expects them to supersede the hi-
cycle. An Inventor tn Trenton. -. J.. rs
made three-seated open wagon whirh IL
worked by petroleum motor. The wheels
have cushioned tires, 4 50. Louis inve1-
tor has invented an electric carriage. n
Is buggy supplied With storage batteries
and motor. The motor is connected by
n sprocket chain 10 thu axies Of the car
riare. An indianapolis firm Is making
tests 81 the various systems or power 10
10 applied - horselcss carriages with a
view 10 making them as a regular article
81 manuft Sure. \ Wiljimantic. conn. in
MENTOR has 4 vehicle run by electricity. II
Is m the form II q tricycle.. The motor
and batteries are carried under the seat.
camden. \ J VIII have perfected two
electric carriages hy November T. X is
claimed. ana Springfield Mass, has COM
pany capitalized At Sloo 40 for the proau-.
tion 81 horseless carriage % 30 propelled
BY a gasoline motor.