The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

ten horse power. and can do better with every added horse power.
 Building in units Is entirely faciie. Steam is fuel, so that a saving of twen- ty-five per cent in fuel cost and coal space is obtained.
 All of the packing revo1ves: not a facing Is ever jolted. and my engine, being simple beyond the dreams of the modern mechanic. will save ninety per |cent in care and repairs.
 Now, taking into consideration speed, lack of vibration. direct connec- tion and compactness. let us see what changes it would make in the great employment of power.
 Single Car Propulsion.
 'In railway use the centre of gravity can be lowered one-half and the long dreamed of single car propulsion is within reach. A freight hauling en- zine would be in shape more like one of the long. low. auto touring cars than anything else. with a conical boiler, on the apex of which, as 1t Is turned to cut the air. would be a mobile head light. One of the combination car- riages and engines for single car pro- pulsion would be pointed like a cow catcher in front, and the roof would shape OaCAWdTQ duu upWdru tO utlli&o the ari pressure in holding the car more steady on the rail.
 Travel at the rate of one hundred miles an hour would be just as safe and practicable as an ordinary journey to-day at a forty mile rate.
 "A man in hurry can go from New York to San Francisco in a few hours more than a day. There is an unlimited field for speculative thought in this feature. A
 '"For marine use a complete revolu- tion will occur in all steamers abaft the bulkhead forward of the boilers. The new construction will allow for great economy of space in boiler room, bunker room, engine room. In gen. eral hull construction there can and must be new allowance in lines for speed. The weight of steel intended to resist vibration can be lessened to meet the exigencies of other strains. for vibration will no longer be a fea- ture. When the screw flies out of water the ship will not be shaken.
 Two and a Half Days to Europe.
 GA liner fitted with my engines should cross the Atlantic in little more than two days.
 For stationary use slight founda- tions are needed, and a five hundred horse power engine could be put on top of the Flatiron Building with ab- solute safety. There is, no vibration. The transportation jand installation of a power plant for mines difficult of access Is nicely facilitated.
 Power cost will be reduced forty per cent. Electric currents will be cheapened fifty per cent There will be great saving in gear for speed. There are dozens of other things I need not point out.
 Tn automobile building scores of problems are solved. Complicated gear to make up for the limitations of the reciprocating engine is now unnecessary. There will be one breakdown where there are ten now from jolting, pound- ing. vibration and wrenches Direct connection, perfect control, the ease of running on momentum and decrease in cost of construction are great points. As to speed, l can merely say that an automobile with my engine in it can be run as fast as any man living will dare to steam 1t.
 Double Speed of Battle Ships,
 If l did not believe that greater efficiency of machines of war means less likelihood of ruptures of inter- national peace l should regret to think that l am a contributor to the mass or war implements of a device which will double the speed of the battle shlps' Will reduce by two-thirds the danger of engines being crippled by missiles or mines and will add ten or more per cent to the accuracy of the guns In rough weather and alter mod ern manoeuvrlng systems.
 Train transport of troops, auto mobile field artillery, tripled speed of the torpedo boat--all these new pos- sloilittes the military engineers, ord nance officers and naval constructors or the future must take into account Admiral Melville has recently declared In favor of the rotary engine, but my engine must not be confounded with inc turbine engine, which is rotary also. The American navy stands ready to test a marine type of my engine as soon as am prepared.
 The Russian government is hold ing It's officers here till 1t decides if 1t will be satisfied to share with the United States In the use of the engine. All of the big railroad lines of the united States know what 1 have done and am doing. Scores of engineers have seen my engines. and yet I defy any. of them to duplicate certain es- sential details under five years work. My patents are perfect and adequate for commercial protection The Grand Trunk, l might mention, is especially interested in the invention.
 General Recognition.
 Just this morning l received a letter from the great English engineer, Sir Moreton Frewen. saying his men have reported entirely favorable on my en- zine and he will visit my shops this winter. So I have little yet to be de- sired In way of recognition. have grown so accustomed to praise from experts on my failures that find my self indifferent to their commendation of my success and now that I have reached the goal of my lifetime. ."--the stub of the black cigar had burnt low and gone out as he talked and he lit another as big and black as the first before he went onto tell the truth, the feeling of having no enormous task in front of me is painful, and am eag- CT to take up something else that will give me an equal struggle for the mastery"