The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-17
sight

Tho only drawback to the inventors
idea being Endorsed Is that the auio-car
Is but ilgment OF his brain, for he
sees no reason for It's construction al
present. but his plans are matured.
and the actual construction Of the
wonderful car would be simply the
employment OF mechanical skin.
Drawn up In line Of battle a bat
TALON OF auto-cars resemble nothing
so much as Roman charlots. moved by
an unseen power with the charioteer
hidden from sight by the framework
OF steel. Above the framework OF the
body OF the car. upheld b. two mon
strous wheels. and steadied by third
smaller on In front. rises a tower 20
the height Of seven feet Standing In
the car and within the tower. which
is really only half tower for Il Is
open In the back. Is the man who at
once Is engineer aud soldier
From without the auto-car bristle'
with death Directly In front. moving
mp and down. and backward aud for
ward at a rate regulated by the speed
Of the car there ~ 10 be a slx-pr0nged
pitchfork sharp, heavy. and powerful
From the wheels. extending toward all
points OF the compass. there are 10 be
blades. two feet In length. which by
peculiar arrangement Of mechanism
not only revolye with the wheel. but al
so move backward and forward The
conical tower g. punciured with eight
holes. from each OF which extends a
gun barrel. firing bullets OF small
callber AZ the rate Of i22 a minute. but
OF penetrating force calculated to de-
molish the finest armor.
But Of an the wonders Of this car Of
var the greatest by far Is to be the
terrible force beneath the simple touch
Of the finger OF the soldier lie works
absolutely beyond the sight OF the op.
posing army. yet not a move on theii
part escapes him. by series OF
lenses from the apex Of the tower
there appears before him on a ground
glass a reproduction In miniature oi
the battlefield so that standing 10 se'
curlty he is able to direct his car. dr,
bis shots and watch all effects al
calmly as though be were In his qule
home. Electricity Is the motive powel
OF the car. and the touch Of a button
urges the carriage to lightning speed
o. retards Il 20 a snails pace.
This little ivory tipped button Is q,
be- directly In front Of the operator
sunk deep IN an iron plate, with a doz
"a similar buttons. each Of which con
trolls some action OF the ear A toucl
u a certain one regulates the arlnl
capacity Of the death dealing guns. an
other controls the razor edged kniye
OF the wheels. another the front fork
Set slightly apart from the other
Is the button Of the guiding power a
the will Of the operator this butto
connects with the motor and gearln
arrangement by which the car dart
forward. turns. retreats or cuts fear
hl circles. Il Is this last little butte
which h. TO give life to the auto-car {
make Il a human machine.
Tho genius with the Imagination I
construct this wonderful car OF va
believes that dozen Of them wi
decide In an hour a battle which undo
ordinary conditions would rage "a
months. lie points TO the cohcluslo
hat had Napoleon been possessed OF
eroup OF auto-cars on the even feel
pf Waterloo he would never have see
the shores OF ST. Helena. and the his
tory OF the entire world would hay
been changed.
To illustrate more perfectly what N
futo-car Is capable o. lts creator say
that u a single one was started som
, morning at Broadway and FOurtsent
ttreet. Il would reach the Battery wa
. In Just a. seconds. and In those fe
tcconds Broadway would be cleared
, living humanity.