The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-06

This discovery has had an important. effect
upon the manufacture Of fancy glass.
\ number Of -. Louis men have made
great improvements in methods for the dis
tribution OF electric currents along the feed
wires OF electric railroads. and the city Is
noted for its transformers. which permit OF
the usa uf a much smaller volume OF cleo
trlcity than would otherwise he required.
There arr \ vast number % both minor and
important Inventions in connection with
street railway equipment and machinery
that are credited IA ST Louis men. George
W. BaUmhonrs name figures largely in the
letteTs-patent for these inventions.
One q: the first patents granted 10 Mr..
Baufnhoff was for the method that Was
generally put into use on the i.indell Rail
way Of combining two small street ears
into one large combination car. OTTO
Schmid is also credited with being the
originator OF some OF the most important
Of the street railway equipment improve
mentS. and he j. regarded as one of the
orieina:orS OF the gigantic rail-bT-aking
machine, which has wrought such an I'm
pCrtanr part in the tearing up Of old street
car tracks. The names OF Casper s. iosi.
George w. Baumhoff. 4. II. Haeemeiar. +.
Fitzler and Otto Schmid are also found in
| The patent reports In connection with i'm
portant Improvements in street-car tenders.
Frank Wyman. one II the best known
men in ST. Louis. is given in the Patent
Office reports AS the ipc"nto~ Of a valu-
able evaporstor for ho,-air pipes.
William Levy. a 81. Louis architect. las
recently perfected and patented a necnsr-
ism by means Of which 4 double-Dar-el
shotgun may be provided with only one tris-
ger, which Will fire either or both barrels
Of the gun. He has been at work on he
device for some time. and his first patents
were taken out some time ago. .;ut b.
found that the recoii of tie gun would
sometimes cause an unintentionai discharge
Of tn. remaining load in the gun. and has
ONLY recently succeeded in overcoming this
defect. lie has made arrangements with I'll
Eastern gun mandatory to maIUfar.ure
guns on his plan.
Charles T.. Boyer Of 81. Louis has a pat
ent on a., Ingenious device when SIS ex-
pected to do away with the hat pin. the
dependence Of every woman. 1t is an ar
| rargement Of two small combs at The ide
Of the interior OF the hat. and a syst-m Of
! operation which ptrmits OF the fastening
| and unfss.eniug of The combs 10 the rsir.
/ be Hernia James I. Hiatt and Frank g.
I Ei1SCle. TWO -. LOUIS young ni'-i. Lave
! recently patented an adding machine " lich
promises 20 upset certain recognize d Meth
DDS in the manufacture Of thos. Machines
| aud introduce a number OF novelties in their
work.
\ number Of 81. Louis men have secured
/ patents On flying machines ana air shios.
| and models Of some new devices are in the
! Offices Of some downtown patent attorneys
now. But none Of these devices fave
| proved any more practicable than have
those invented by people in other cities : nd
/ other countries.
Ia the shoe manufacturing business there
have been n number OF improvements. and
St. Louis men are thick in the list of the in
ventcrs Of them. Perhaps one Of he most
important OF these inventions is Il shoe
lasting machine invented by Thomas Avery
and a man named Shining. II is in use in
nearly every shoe factory in the country.