Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-10
HUNTING A HOME.
Opportunity For Rock Island to
Launch a Factory
TO MANUFACTURE A BICYCLE PUMP

TO MANUFACTURE A BICYCLE PUMP
A Simple Preventative of Long Walks Re
sulting From Punctured Tires-To Or
ganize Company With $4,000 Capital
Should be Encouraged.
In the location of a patent bicycle
pump mandatory Rock Island has
an opportunity to secure an industry
which aside from giving employ
ment to at least 100 mechanics will
spread its already prominent name
from hemisphere to hemisphere
wherever the bicycle is used. The
patentee of this little continuance,
claimed to be the only successfully
operated pump in the world. is W.
n. Packard. of Cleveland, Ohio.
This gentleman has given the au-
thority to X. X. Bemiss, the boomer,
to select desirable locality where
sufficient capital to lend encourage
ment to the enterprise can be sub
scribed id stock. The local promo
ton of the affair has been placed in
the hands of Reidy Bros.
What Is Wanted.
Already several acceptable loca-
tions have been singled out. But the
matter first to be accomplished is
the organization of company to
manufacture and introduce into
wheel circles throughout the world,
this simple continuance. which is an
essential safeguard to the speed in
that it prevents an ordinary pune
ture from interfering with the speed
of the rider, and the application of
which to every wheel manufactured
will be only a question of short
time-hence the enormous amount
necessary to supply the demand, and
hence the profitable Investment. If
Rock Island wants this enterprise
she must assist it. If not, it will
launch in other fields.
To properly introduce the pump
would require about $4,000. Of
which the community wherein the
manufactory is located is to SUBJ
scribe for a reasonable amount of the
stock. When the company is organ
lied and ready for operation, Mr..
Packard, the patentee, will come and
devote his entire and personal atten-
ton to the manufacture of the
pump. as we'll as sending other APP
pliances which will be made here.
A Golden Opportunity.
Heres an opportunity for Rock
Island to secure an institution whose
good will be circulated from one end
of the globe to the other, ~
said Bemiss. "Certainly, to man.
ufacture little appliance of
this kind seems small affair, but
when YOU take into consideration
the enormous number of bicycles
ridden, which will gradually increase
and the inevitable popularity of the
pump, because of its preventive
qualities, the proportions of an insti-
tuition to supply the demand is a
matter worthy of notice. OF course
it will require some time to give the
apparatus proper Introduction, but
once befo re the public it will be there
to STAY. Now If Rock Island wants
this institution ali she has to do is to
give it reasonable support, and in
the course OF time a thriving little
factory will be in evidence"
How 1t Works.
The pump will be boon to eye
lists. especially those undertaking
long spurts. The pump gets it S
action from the axle, which is sta
tionary. the hub to which the pump
is attached revolving with the
wheel. 1t is little affair, weighing
about half ounce. With each rev.
olution of the wheel it initiates GER
tain amount of air into the tire.
When the tires become so full there
is a blow-off attachment which acts
unassisted. The gentlemen repre-
senting it claim that with one of the
pumps attached a rider need never
fear of being compelled to walk in
consequence OF puncture. as the
apparatus keeps the tire filled as
rapidly as its contents escape-unless
the puncture is unusually large
The pumps will be retailed at about
$3.50.
| Let's Secure 1t.
Rock Island should endeavor to
secure this institution. which may
grow to extensive proportions il
properly managed. In this .connec-
ton it might be suggested that bi.
tcycle mandatory couldn't find q
better location than right here, and
the pump factory ought to go into
the wheel business also. The three
cities alone would support fair
sized wheel mandatory.
Anyway, let's give this pump in.
stitution encouragement. Who
knows but what it might be the
beginning of e large bicycle manu-
factory.