The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
themselves what they read or are
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(To be Continued
TINY BATTERY.
viii Propel Vehicle Across the Con-
tinent, Says Inventor Edison.
New York Times1

(New York Times.)
Thomas A. Edison, when questioned
1 yesterday about the new storage battery
which the public has been expecting for
over a year, said:
THE popular impression seems TO be
that my new storage battery was more or
less possibility, but that it began aud
ended there. That is not so-one of
them hus been in operation for the last
three weeks in one of the Altman's de
livery wagons. and is doing ali that eN-
pected and claimed for it.
There is a great deal TO be said for
the new battery, and all in its favor. IL
will average more than Il third greater
mileage for half the weight than will the
old lead battery. II has an additional
advantage. inasmuch as it can be re-
charged at much faster rate than lne
send the motor forty miles can be put IN
ii in less than an hour.
Ever since took up, this problem OF
worked with the idea of using it for
street locomOtion-in automobiles ana
troleys. And row the auto battery is
finished. Last Monday three friends ana
myself took a trial run to Atlantic (lty
in car consisting of Mors frame ana
one of my batteries. We wished to attain
great velocities over rough surfaces ana
we succeeded beyond anX OF our eXpec-
tatlCnS. me lded was 10 IiHu any Wy
fects in either the frame of the car or the
battery and motor. The latter two were
entirely successful but there are a rev
things which can be bettered in the car.
NY experience shows me that we have
, much to learn from the French makers
they have been at it longer than we nave,
and are still several years ahead. sew
eral of the auto makers in this country
have sent for my battery specifications
and are beginning to make types of their
machine in which it is to be used.
II have been experimenting with an
electric coach today and it is surprising
how well it showed up. We climbed Eagle
Rock where the hill-climbng contests
are held. with the greatest ease. and we
really did not dare to attain our maxi
mum speed.
1--WE cannot put the new battery on the
market in any quantity as yet. The best
we can do now is to make one day; BY
October we will make at least SIX daily,
and about Christmas we will be in shape
to meet any demand. The trouble has
been that special machines had to be
built. but the last of these VIII be com
pleted next week. Another dlsadYant-
age I have to contend with is paying 10
per cent duty on a certain sheet steel that
must be imported from England or Ger
many, and then the present high price
for the batteries will be reduced.
This battery will drive all other meth
DDS of locomotion out of business, and
in less than ten years the horrible odor
of gasoline on the public highways VIII
ne unknown. AS LOT d ldCh VI 4ScHai
ing stations, that is nonsense: In the
last month forty-five new ones have been
installed in the New England states
alone. and this is going on all over the
country.
Next year will wager that I can take
a car of my own design. fitted with my
motor and battery, and go to Chicago and
return in less time and with Taore pleas
ure than any other machine In existence.
There will be no breakdown no eXplo-
sions of gas or gasoline, and the trip
will be made at an even twenty-five
miles an hour"