The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-19
AUTOS BUILT HERE
WaIferschied Bros. are Work
ing on One al Their Factory
PART OF THEIR BUSINESS
VIII be the Construction of
Steam Automobiles.

The valterscheid Automobile company
Germ that will build steam automobiles
in this city. The company is composed
OF c. 4. and ". Walterscheid and Alex
Glass. she foreman OF Watershed Bros
Pump factory. They are now working
on their first auto. and II VIII be ready
for use about the first Of next month
This IS going TO be part OF the bust
ness conducted at the factory on North
Rock Island avenue. They have been
working quietly on the machine for sew
eral months, and q few weeks ago Mr.
Glass went east to look At some new
machinery, and while there made a study
OF the different types u autos OF Chicago
and other points. he came back with a
great many IDEAS about making a horse
less carriage, and mas been putting those
IDEAS INTO patterns, and now mas about
completed his first machine.
Automobile building VIII be one OF the
industries OF this city from now on The
company IS not doing this as an expert
Tnent, but they VIII establish a perma-
nenE factory II tkis city and VIII bLild
additions 70 their plant II order 70 man
ufacture the carriage Every Part Of the
machine viii be patterned and cast in
this city. They viii be operated BY steam
The boiler VIII be fourteen inches each
way and VIII have over three hundred
flues IL II 10 give il great heating sur
face. The heat viii be supplied by gaso-
line. The engine viii be a self-goveruOr
machine When the engine IS stopped and
the steam reaches such z pressure, then
the FIRE is reduced automatically. The
engine VIII be Of six-horse power The
company viii build any and ali styles
Of autos, from q road wagon to the
heavy express truck and Up 20 any horse
power.
Mr. c H Watershed. in speaking OF
the new Industry yesterday, said:
I've have arrived at the conclusion that
we can build automobiles cheap here than
anywhere else, and that the horseless car
rage, like the bicycle, has come 70 stay
There IS not 4 state II the Union where
an auto can be used 70 better advantage
than in Kansas. We have no hills, and
an. automobile can be constructed TO run
IN this country that VIII require less
power to carry a heavier load than in the
east There IS something about auto
riding that is very fascinating, and there
is nothing else equal to il. It is a fact
known to no one Tut a user Of an auto
that they cannot get repairs for their
machines any place west OF New York
City or tie factory, and there IS no fac
tory west of New York. There are whole
sale houses, but it is impossible 20 get
repairs for q machine there. They VIII
take your order and then serd 10 the
factory for the parts wanted We are
going 10 make the machines here. and
Will also make the repairs needed, and
the price viii be as low or lower than on
any other machine OF as good quality"
The machine was designed By the fore
man Of the Pump factory, 4 Glass, and
each part was patterned by the men at
the factory Then the castings were
made here. and the machine now nearly
completed shows that IL viii be a very
beautiful and useful machine
Waitersche:d Bros. have established
branch Office Of their factory at Winfield.
and VIII handle their wholesale trade OF
that territory from there. They shipped
a car Of goods to Winfield last week.