El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-29

ity holders. II is even more startling
| when we consider the fact that no
really satisfactory reasOu for this ex-
traordinary state OF affairs has yet
| been given. Railroad managers and
railroad magnates attribute 1t to the
unwise crusades that have been made
against the railroads-the laws that
have been enacted to cut down reve-
nues, to increase taxes and to harass
the companies In every way possible to
conceive, and to the low rates that
have been forced by reckless competi-
ton. The public attributes 1t chiefly to
Encouragement, but unites with the
managers in admitting that wild COM
petition and costly but useless extern
sions have had much 70 do with plung-
log the roads into bankruptcy.
"Now, these have all been strong
factors in bringing about the present
situ8tion of affairs undoubtedly, but
other and equally powerful factors have
been at work, which I have not seen
mentioned at all. and which, contend,
have been overcome by this invention.
The millions worth OF rolling stock and
the millions worth of useless eidings
that have not earned any revenues for
the road and cannot earn any under
the present system have q great deal
to do with the situation. These hun
dreds of millions together represent q
vested in track and equipment in the
railroads of the country, and just as
long as they have no earning power
the situation will remain as it is.
Finauciering and squirt in trade and
manufacturing may give temporary
prosperity. rs it ia doing now, but it
cannot lift the mortgages.
"This invention gives millions of
this capital an earning capacity. 1t
OiVaa the cOmnaDfaa the nae Of avarv
wheel-the use of every mile of rails.
Seventy-6ve cars operating under this
system will do the work OF 100 of the
cars now in use. One hun
dred aud sixty thousand miles of
track will accommodatc the traffic that
now requires 200, 900 miles and more II
accommodate. Every railroad ststisti-
clan admits what claim. after he has
gone into the figures with the light of
this invention in his eyes"
PROTECTING THE INVENTION
"How about the patents?" asked
the reporter at this point.
"They are coming along all right.
Our attorneys have mad the specif1ca-
lions and drawings for q long time and
several models have been made. Sew
eral of the accessories are being
patented separately through different
agencies without any reference to the
maln luVeoClOn. twenty I'D tuIrty
patents will be required to amply pro-
tect them. But our. best protection will
be in possession. We will control
through sub-companies every device
and they will be used to the exclusion
of ell other devices on transportation
lines we are interested in. Mr.. Edison
will tell you that if he had his life to
live over again he would surround him
self with powerful companies and not
W.
has several safes full of patents just
the same.
"But let me illustrate how we'll this
invention will be protected by
patents. Take a modern house as an
example,: It has a patent roof on it,
patent windows and fixtures, patent
sheathinR, patent locks and bolts;
patent refrigerators and stoves inside,
patent plum bling fixtures and SO on.
Probably fifty patents cover the house
and its furnishinRs--esch owned
separately. The only difference be-
tween that house and this car and its
accessories, from . patent right stand
point, is that the house patents are
on this s5sten v Ss evsed
exclusively by my company. We
assemble the parts to make the system
complete as the parts of q house and
It's furnishings are assembled. Do
you see?"
The reporter saw in the eyes of the
inventor a consciousness of m astery over
the problem which has driven
bankruptcy-a consciousness which
explained why he had put forward
such bold claims as to the value of the
invention and the power of his company
to put it into general opera
tion.
"Now for glimpse into your life,"
he ventured, land photograph for re-
production.''
"Thank you. I am. not exploiting
myself, sir, but an Invention. Danl
York wants no glory"
Information as to the ownership and
exploitation of the invention was Civ
en- fully 20 the reporter at subsequent
interviews, and as the inventor is seek
ing neither capital nor men, but has
ample resources for all needs and con-
nections already made with railroaders
represe nting two-thirds of the mileage
of the United States, it will be given
in other articles.
1t would appear:from the vast cores
pond ence the inventors secretary laid
before the reporter on Christmas day
that among the cities which will re-
vention by the location of shops for the
manufacture of the accessories are eth
er Ell Paso, Dallas. Fort Worth, Houston
or San Antonio In Texas; San Fran
cisco or Los Angeles in California;
Portland, Tacoma or Seattle in the
Northern Pacific region; Phoe-
nix, Salt Lake City, Butte,
Helena or Anaconda in the farther
west and south west; Denver, Kansas
City, Topeka, ST. Paul or Minneapolis,
and Omaha, St Louis, Chicago, In
diauapolis and Louisville; Little Rock,
Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville or