Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-31
The LOcOM0BIIE.
+. E. Stanley. the Inventor, Arrives on Loco.
mobile With Family.

The people between this city and
| Both were somewhat surprised. yester-
! day, 10 see a locomobile speed along
the road to Augusta. These machines
are not as yet familiar to Maine peo-
pie in general, and they wonder at the
sight of the carriage with neither
| horse, trolley nor sail, rushing along
like the very wind.
The aforesaid locomobile was run by
the inventor and manufacturer. F. f..
Stanley of Newton, Mass, and with
him We're Mrs. Stanley. Miss Blanche
and Master Raymond Stanley. The
party is on pleasure tour through
| Maine, going from town to town with
the lOcomobile. They left Newton,
June y, and since then have had a
truly enjoyable time. During the last
four weeks, the carriage has gone 500
miles. The trip from Bath to Augusta
was made in a little less than three
hours, the party reaching the Augusta
house at 4.15 2. NJ.
Are we enjoying our trip through
Name" Yes, immensely said Mr..
Stanley to a Journal man. II am
acquainted with the Old Pine Tree
State: when / was a boy | lived at
Kingtield. l was happily disappointed
with the Maine roads. l have heard
that the roads here are as rough and
| billy as any on record, but i found
them in excellent condition. 1t is fine
run between here and Bath We have
been over most of Franklin and Som
erset counties and l think the roads
are as good as any in New England.
excepting Massachusetts"
Mr.. Stanley will go to Gardiner. to-
day. to meet r. w. Soule. who will ar
rive on the Boston boat with his new
locomobile. Speaking of Mr.. Soule Mr..
Stanley said: Il knew the Hustler
when we were boys; he used to pitch
on the base ball team at Phillips and
| played short stop on the Kingfields.
l remember we played at Salem one
day and they beat US. Mr.. Soule has
had to wait for his locomobile. as the
demand has been very heavy. We
could have sent him one long ago. but
it would not have proved as satisfac-
tory as the one he now has. We had
trouble with the boilers of one lot
The party is stopping at the Augusta
house for a short time and will con-
tinue up the Kennebec. perhaps as far
as The Forks. Mr.. Stanley is charm
ed with the route along the river on
account of the fine roads and the beau
tiful scenery.
Mr.. Stanl=y believes that steam is the
most satisfactory power for the use
of the horseless carriage and uses it
for his own machine. Ordinary he
keeps the speed at about 10 miles an
hour. as the party is travelling for
pleasure and in no hurry. On Massa-
chusetts roads he has run at the rate
of % miles: he thinks that on smooth
straight road the locOmObile could
probably go a mile in 40. The ma
chine is graceful and handsome and
weighs 500 pounds when fully equip
ped. In front is the steering and re-
verSinG gear and the brake. Under the
seats are the gasoline and water tanks
the gasoline being surrounded with
water, making it safer and keeping it
col. The tires are the Hartford single
tube and Mr.. Stanley finds them more
satisfactory than any he has tried.
AS Mr.. Soule. who went to Boston,
Sunday night. is due in the city, today.
people may expect to see two locomo-
biles running through the streets.