The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-29

Letter has caused the scheme to be
clearly set forth before the British pub
lic and today the norselcss truck, as
manufactured by the American Whee-
lock Engine Company Of the city of
Worcester at it's plant on Gardner
street, promises to carry the Worces-
ter trademark to the four quarters of
the globe Now that the great and en-
terprising capitalists Of the country
have taken hold Of the horseless truck
project, the plan is a sure success, and
the direct results are brought home to
this city with greater force from the
strong probability that the American
Whaelock Engine Company win be
compelled to enlarge its plant to great
proportions to accommodate the in
crease in business and thereby double
or treble it's number Of employees.
William c. Whitney is at the head
Of the electric power syndicate of New
York, Joseph Letter and William G.
Whitney are in control of the COM
pressed air motors for the running of
the cars of the great street lines of the
city by air instead Of electricity, as in
the past and William c. Whitney and
Joseph Letter appear in the fore
ground in the mammoth enterprise TO
place the horseless truck upon the
streets Of the great cities Of the world.
The horseless truck promises a still
greater revolution IN the methods OF
transportation and in the neal future
pedestrians viii confront a new vehl-
Gle. Instead of lodging electric cars,
they will dodge cars run by compressed
air, and the horseless tIuck viii be an
other step in the stage of progress
And the beginning of it all is the in
corporation of the New York Auto
truck Company, with capital Of
&00J000 under the laws of the state
Of New York. With this capital for a
foundation, it is planned to place au-
toUucks operated by compressed air,
on all the streets of the city After
the first experiment has been made ana
the utility and desirability of the in
n0yatiOn have proved it successful and
the public has been gradually inn
pressed with the necessity of the re-
youtionary measure, the entire scheme
will be unfolded
The leaders in the enterprise are
James H. Hoadley and Henry p.
Knight both of New York, who have
their plant in Worcester; William c.
Whitney who became interested in the
compressed air investigations some
time past, and Joseph Letter who has
recently secured the exclusive foreign
patent rights on the compressed-alr
motor as manufactured by the Ameri-
can Wheelock Engine Company of this
city 1t will be remembered that the
motors We're recently adopted by the
Metropolitan Traction Company Of the
city of New York for all their cross
town lines, and cars operated under
this method viii soon be in service.
BY this use of the compressed air
system the overhead trolley wire dis
appears, and the ease and comfort
Wllh which the compressed-air cars
1df affords great additional comfort
70 The public at large. From the adoption
OF the system on the cross-toWn lines
Of the Metropolitan Traction Company
It has been understood that other lines
Will come over to this method as soon
as the Metropolitan has made com
plele test in actual service. Ihe com
pleSsed-air motors have also peeh
brought to the attention of the Leading
railroads of the country and ALREADY
some Of the great trunk lines OF New
FORK are seriously considering the pro
position of adopting the compresseu-
ar motor in limited portions OF thelr
oaen displaced by the great uses 10
which the compressed lair motor can
De put but steam motive power is now
equally threatened
According to the statement of MI
IHoadley, of the firm of Hoadley q
might, the organization of the new
company is not complete, although no
9qrnlal has been made of the fact that
"NHam G. Whitney and Joseph Letter
Gre me great capitalists VINO are tile
backbone of the movement Mr. Hoau-
states that the autotrucks nay
o4en built at the local works OF the
company for some time. 1t is estimated
Ila' a single truck can haul load OF
gym tons twenty-five miles without re-
prhShing the air. 1t is claimed IN De-
eaiI Of the autotruclS that it is easier
soy we trucks to move eight tons imam
AZ. three horses to haul six tons IN an
mulhdry street. On wet asphalt, horses
aF almost helpless, and with the SUD
Tt'tUuon of asphalt for paying stones,
~ morse must go. From sanitary
g,,'uopoint and in the matter OF clean
tG"eSS 1t would make a great difference
~ The city Of New York il the 100000 TO
aO3o'n horses in its streets were done
away with,
Iue trucks take up less room and VIII
1--WE faster than an ordinary team ana
tLHeE are under such perfect control
F r, there is less danger to life and limb
man With horses
Az Iectricity cannot be used for TRUCKS
f'-4ed to carry heavy loads, owing 70
' weight of the storage batteries thaL
oula be required 1t does well for CABS
tW Hght delivery wagons, but truck
tas Is another matter. An attempt =
~ pe made to absorb the princlpal
sucking interests of New York, and TO