Evening star., 1897-02-10

track at about an eight or ten-mile gait.
Turning to the right We were on that
world-famed Euclid avenue, the home of
the wealthy. The inventor placed his foot
upon the button-the engine speed gov.
ernor-aEd L caught my hat with both
hands. Along We few as IL upon air for
there Is no noise. Mansion after mansion
passed confusedly before my eyes and the
trees seemed like a thicket. Pedestrians
stopped by the curb and gazed at the flying
vehicle I'm wonder, though IL has for some
months been common sight to many of
Cleveland's residents. How fast are we
going?" 1 asked. Mr. Winton replied:
About a twenty-five-mile gait. 1 fire.
quently run the carriage at a thirty-five-
mile gait" 1 then felt we were slowing
down, and in about five lengths of the ve-
hicle we slowly turned into another street.
The experience was delightful, and filled
me with enthusiasm.
No Feeling of Danger.
Strange to say. the movement of the car.
riage frcm its stable, ard its smooth move-
ment on the roadway. caused all appre-
hension of danger to disappear by the time
we had ridden a block, and even when We
were moving so fast, there was feeling
Of absolute security. / realized at once
that the motor was wholly under control
OF the driver. A few minutes only had
elapsed ana 1 was at my hotel door. The
carriage then backed off, and turned as
does horse with a carriage, and was
again off, leaving a crowd watching.
On the business street there were elec-
trio railway and cable tracks and many
vehicles of all kinds. We wound along in
and out and between the moving vehicles
in a way and at a speed impossible with
a horse.
How Ii is Run.
The carriage, as will be seen from the
picture, is not unlike some fashionable
turrouts, with two seats back TO back.
Under the body. and entirely out of sight,
is the motor, which in this carriage is an
eight horse power gasoline engine. 1t is
driven by explosions, like a gas engine the
gasoline being fed from a distant tank by
an IN ger ious arrangement only as each
explosion is made. By means of a single
lever the carriage can be caused to go
forward or backward, or the motor thrown
entirely cut Of gear. The engine continues
to run while the vehicle is standing at a
very low speed. A touch of button reg
ulates the speed, which varies from zero to
one thousand revolutions per minute, Who'll
ly at the will of the driver. Mr.. Winton
has also devised means whereby the en-
gine can be started by the touch OF a but
ton, something not before effected i'm ex.
plosive engines.
The inventor has thus produced a thor
oughly commercial and practical motor
vehicle. capable of being applied to vehicles
of ell descriptions. The whole mechanism
is simplicity ITSELF and so simple to control
that in few minutes a woman can ope-
rate 1t. The steering is so easy that child
can manage II, the large pneumatic tires
gliding over car tracks and other obstruc-
tions as though they were not there.
BY the use of such carriages IL Is pre-
dicted that large retail houses will be able
to quickly deliver their goods to distant
parts Of the city, and at a great saving
over the now overworked horse.
Mr.. Linton expressed an enthusiastic de-
sire to run his carriage on our beautiful
streets, and remarked to me that 1 need
not be surprised to see him here with II.
A. s. PATrISON.