The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14
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l.. E. MILLER, S Prone 's 's' St

ton, The patent office receives many
odd and curious inventions. faps, II
would be treat for you to go through the
patent office and see what the citizens Of
our country can do, always did enjoy
myself while In Washington. especially ia
the patent Office and department OF agri-
culture. I'm no farmer, but am Interested
IN agriculture. I've used great many in
ventions Of this century A great many OF
them are small and do not count much.
Many times have used the telegraph and
telephone, but how seldom did derive any
benefit from them. az course, business
men derive great deal OF benefit from
them. but tho locomotive does them Tar
more good. Ycs, and I think 1t does all
the Haps more good and is more iiseiui
than the other inventions Of the present
century The locomotive first made us
appearance In England at the beginning
or tho present century and has been going
ever since. 10 stop no more, Locomotives
have travelled az a great rate Of speed
more than q mile minute ~forty-EeFen
seconds Great trains Of cars pass ever
the roads in Texas all the time. taking
cattle in the spring. cotton in the fall and
winter and great amount of merchsn-
disc az all times large NUMBER OF pas
sengers also md means TO travel by the
locomotive. The grain products of the
Central states are sent to the Atlantic
seaboard by great heavy trains. The faz-
tories load their wares on A. tsIsiF own
doors 10 be put of In some other state or
Territory. There Is no end In telling the
benefit OF the locomotive About l,0l0,-
900 people are engaged in different
parts Of the railroad business In the United
states The electric ear could not replace
the locomotive Il takes power 70. generate
electricity With the locomotiye II is
quite different. One thousand trains arr
rive at and leave Chicago every day. That
shows what the locomotive Is good for.
Trains leave cities and do not stop for
hundreds OF miles They take Uncle sam s
mail and have TO be On time or they for-
felt certain amount OF money. according
TO contract What does all this but the
locomotiveg 4 long time ago y cost a
great deal to send a letter a few thousand.
miles but that Is all past now Now
some newspapers mail several tons Of pa
pers every issue. Could stage hacks d.
that now? No. Iva noticed freight be-
ing carried BY wagons but only for short.
distance. What II freight had 10 be hahied
from Chicago 10 New York In wagonsg u
would take Ice DAYS for a wagon to so that
distance with 1000 pounds. The team.
wagon and pay for u man would be no less
than SO 10 So per day. About $3.50 would
be charged for 1000 pounds. $3.50 for 100
/ pounds. Would there be any shipping
done? Very little. The locomotive goes
/ there great deaf quicker and cheaper.
Now what Hap il IL that VIII not vote for
the locomotive Yes expect il Is Thomas
Z Taylor. Tom. you must BIZ an invalid
Well. I'll 20 down on the locomotive and
/ see you II aou'll net try to travel On this
telephone o. yes expect VIII carper*
ter Clara Mcbride. Philip Webster and
Charles Fuller fthc dreemert) sse frav-
cling today on the telegraph. Y6uf
friend Sidn1t caxteG