Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-29

morrow, said Richard b. Palnton, OF Will
Transport, Pa, the inventor of the PaiutoR
electric system Of multiple screw propel-
leIs, who has been lobbying in Congress
since the commencement of the session for
an appropriation to build a cruiser or tor.
pedo boat destroyer fitted with his system
of propulsion,
Why are you going before the session of
Congress is over" asked the GLOBE
well, sir" retorted the jolly English
man, without the long green there is no
show to git hanythink through Congress on
its merits. Ere hive been since the be.
ginning h ov the session spending my time
on this ere Rihalto a talking to these news
paper correspondents from the beagle to
the sparrer' and h'outside of the SUNDAY
GLOBE not one of the papers that these ere
fellers represent as published single line
about MY hinventiOn."
Have you explained it to any Of them,
Mr.. Paintou?"
Why. yes, hi not only explained it to
them but made one Of them a director in
the company, and he insisted that hi should
bring on model Of the boat, saying that
everybody would take stock in hit"
What happened then?"
Hi had the model made at great ex.
pense and h exhibited it in a store window
'olding the shares Of stock at one 'uudred
dollars a share, the company being iucor-
pOrated under the laws h'ov Virginia with a
capital Of one million dollars"
Well did these people sell any stock for
you, Mr.. Painton?"
mo, but when heVery body was mad for
stock, the 'Ouand submarine boat people,
who were 'ostile to me, scared the store.
keepers SO bad that they discouraged apph-
cants who came to look at the model with a
view to take stock and hi removed my boat
from the window. Hi then put the boat in a
window near the Rihalto and the same thing
'appened.
We'll what finally became of the boat?'
Hit cost me 5000 to build that model
and hi sent it back to headquarters IN New
York"
How much stock did you distribute, Mr.,
Painton from the eagle to the sparrow on
the Rialto?"
Not dollars worth They couldn't do
nothink and wouldn't do nothink for me
but they were very 'ot for the stock hi 'eld
fast, owever, aud with the exception of
Col w. K. H andrews, private secretary Of
Senator Penrose, not man in Washington
got a dollar Of the stock"
What particular service did Colonel
Andrews render Mr.. Paiutou, and how
much stock did he get?"
e didn't do nothink, but e got 6fty
shares of the stock worth $1,000, hand hi
made m vice president Of the company
because Of 5 HinAuence with Senators PEN
rose, Perkins and other Senator'S"
I'm what way did he propose to use his
influence Mr. Paiutou2"
Well, he proposed TO ave tais 'ere
amendment hi now show you hattached
to the naval appropriation bill Hit reads
has fOllers:"
Amendment intended to be proposed by
Mr.. Perkins (for Mr.. Peurose) to the bill
(H. r. I4o46) making appropriations for the
naval service for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
and for other purposes, viz: Insert the fol-
lowing:
Provision is hereby made for torpedo
boat destroyer to be built aud constructed
with Richard B. Painton's electrical system
of multiple screw propellers and electrical
rudder steering-gear apparatus. aud this
motive power shall be a combination Of
electric aud steam turbine dynamo and
electric motor power; and the electrical
system and all improvements contained in
his United States patents shall be embodied
in said destroyer; and the sum Of three hun
dred thousand dollars is hereby appro-
priated out of any money IN the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the
destroyer which shall be constructed to
make forty knots or more per hour, said
Richard B. PaiutOu to oversee construction
on his devices herein named. Said Paiuton
to execute and deliver to the Secretary Of
the Navy free release of royalty of his said
pate nts for use on this one boat only with
out compensation of any character what
ever before this provision named shall be
of any force or effect.
Was that amendment incorporated in
the naval bill?"
No sir Col Handrews neither got
scared hout or went boldly hover to the
'Olland Company, because my detectives
who were honto It reported that they saw
i'm Ob-nObbing and in conversation with
the treasurer Of the 'Olland Company Mr..
FROST"
And the colonel still has the fifty shares
of stock, has he, Mr.. PaintouP"
Yes, 'ees got the stock. but we are going
to reorganize the company and e will no
longer be a yice.presdeut He paid out
few dollars ere for he1penses in a Few
small matters, hand hi thought e was all
right, but the Oland people 'ad too much
money and they bought hevery think hand
hevery body in sight Now hi propose to
never come near this bloomin' Congress
again, as hi ave 'ad the hexperence that
hi needed with national legislation on
matters Of this kind hand hi got it cheaE
too, though hi had no money to spend like
Frost, who told me that S2so.ooo would mol
cover his hexpenses. and when hi met i'm
last night e said e 'ad drawn draft on the
company for hanOther roll to see is bill
through the conference committee"
The Holland people. we understand
Mr.. Paintou, are iufringers on your patent2'
'Hov course they are. hand hour com
pany proposes TO make them pay. Houi
lawyers aud theirs are in consultation
about il now"
did you secure any attorney Mr. Paintor
10 look after legislation for your"
Eyes. hi got Col Dudley and e workeC
pretty ard but finally threw up his and
and told me hi might as well go 'ome, tina
this Congress would do nothink for me
whatever they might do for 'Olland o