Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-19
WHITEHEAD INVENTIONS
LATTER An @siHlLATos or TINE.
says voyage Across the Atlantic Can be
Reduced to Three Days Carpet
Cleaning company.

Inventor whitehead came in from
Washington. -. C.. Thursday evening
ana was seen at h's home last night
hy d "NcWs" representative. He was
in the beet ~ spirits and says that the
reception d. met with 90 lha national
capitol was VI the most gratifying
character iie.was not aversc 90 talk.
ing. ana only became ret'ccnt when GER
tain subjects were preached. Mos, u
bic time. and the entire time ~ his at
lorney CH. Nat ward. Fitzgerald. had
been 1keu up 10 entering and getting
through the patent office some ~ hIa
many iuvgntiuus In speaking ~ his
electric automatic field gun. he said
than they had no difficulty In irvrost-
Ing the war dcparmlnt Ia the inNen-
ton.
% was b. Intention. when leaving
SAT- Lake. % have perfect gun made
nt one Of the great ordnance iletnfigH
in Connecticut Upon rrathinE wash
ingtou. however. b. NlH advised 20 90
Oh gun shop hi Btulmure. unl ne
started the mhnu1ciufr Uf q ruu there.
but the action tHkHn uy ihc war de-.
IlrimHut htrr caused him Do return
lu Washington. aud thr sun ls now De-
log manufactured in CO.. ordnance de-
pariment ~ the navy yard. a. tn thr
action Of the ordnance board, on the
Stu inst. he was faiIUrui. only stating
thar ihf board had determined 90 build
the gun. which viii be- completed upon
biz tturn 10 The navy yard, which viii
BE- iH about two weeks.
when asked nH ~ the other invrn-
lions b. was pushing through the pa
tent ONCE h. said that one WIS his
triple. krplcd steam boat This invCu-
ton h. raid. had created u greater In
torcHt as the navy yard than the sun.
In explaining tho principle " hia boat
be- said that u had always been the
object II sh.nbuildcrH % obvlatc the
eddy suction In the craft The less
this was present IN vessel the faster
the boat became. when asked o. eN-
plain. he ruld that the moro rapidly
ihenid style " hulk was propelled
through the water. the greater was the
forward current that was caused, The
action NJ the wheel al tho stern caused
current 60 the rruf. hence the ship set
In un eddy between the two currents.
and nearly half nf the initial force was
lost In hts triple keel boat this sue.
tlun was entirely avoided. by two ullid
c1lumns 81 water being between the
kcelu. The boat ana not cause for
ward current and the wheel was con-
stnntly cutting into solid mass u
water. This style ~ boat could be-
propelled through the water M rate
~ over sixty miles nu hour.
ON going 60 Washington h. took with
him his small w0rkluH model which.
he said was n revelation % the experts
~ the navy yard. he IN Co build large
working model az the yard which viii
be- tested there. This model VIII BE- be-
tween twenty and thirty feet long. The
Inventor said. with laugh. that he had
no fear of The outcome.
when asked the effect this would
have upon tho United States navy he
said that u would render the craft ni.
ready built hy the government nearly
useless, Az hattlrnhip could be- made
that could easily cross the Atlantic
ocean ln three days and that could be
mnneuvorcd aH easily nH u yacht.
How about your carpet cleaner. Mr.
WhHehend9" asked the reporter.
you can say that I hayo the only
siIum cauOt cleaner ever Invented" he
rophcd. 4 have succeeded ln securing
the formation Of u company wish "a
capital ~ nve millions ~ dollars and
intend il open up plants an over che
world. You VIII see these IN every eEy
of any size In the un.icd states before
when asked n tho company was
formed VI eastern mon h. answered
that 70 wAH almost entirely so. whom
qucat1ned aH to hla accrIginE Ely-
Diumrti position 90 tn navy yard
be- imply laughed ana rcpneii
~ believe I have alll that I was
suing htek pn the navy yard tu oversee
tho construction ar the KUN ana che
boat. That iH aiL"
lie was de- GIFTED with the machine
shops nt thc navy yard saying that
they were thn most complete ~ htd
ever brheld. Tho WIrkmru we're 400 rK.
peris ana there iH nothing in the ilnr ~
mcchan IN shat carnlt be- made va ihc
sound.
Mr. Whitehead brought with him
complete drawings of hiH Inventions
which We're made hy government
drauEhimen. and they we're truly work
NJ art lie stated chat h. had no trouble
az the patent uiiice ana that cone " h.a
snventNus ala he cunnict ln ihe slight.
est gree with anything nird there.
HIS gun ana prolcrtle alone are GOV.
cred 10y ihlrty.oue clIsms. The Inventor
returns 10 Salt Lake ~ this time 10
make Arrangements i0 move his fam-
NY 20 Washlnrnu 10. This would pruh.
ably, he sllt rike him ton ur twelve
days 60. Fiisgerali IN the meantime
II looking after his interests AZ the