The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-25

ana SpOkeS. In this business was con-
stantly at work in devising and making
improvements IN our operating machin-
cry and apparatus. In 1873 l sold out,
and organizing an exploring expedition.
went with others over the tar northwest
and Manitoba. Mr.. ]. ]. Hill advised me
to locate for the railroad to come, and
secured concession from the Dominion
government for SO, 900 acres of land, also
six river lots containing $40 acres, for
town site. 1t was just across the Cana
dian border on the Red river, and on
the Great Northern railroad and the
Canadian Pacific. l laid out and built
the town. of Emerson. We brought in
settlers and the town grew to 3,OOO peo-
pie. l was mayor and also elected three
terms to the legislature Of Manitoba at
Winnipeg. Started lumber yard, put
in sawmill. and at cost Of $4,000 I
built the Emerson Harvester Works and
also had large store where we handled
hardware, sash, doors and wagons. l
then built a hotel which alone cost me
$4,000. A railroad west was needed to
hold our trade, and for this bridge
costing s250,00O was built. Pending this,
we entertained at Emerson, Lord Duffer-
in, wife and daughter, also the Marquis
OF Lorne. put $50, 900 into the build
ing of this bridge, but tine intrigues of
other railroads broke us down. aban-
doned everything and went to Washing.
ton, D. c.
About 1884, when we closed up at
Emerson, 1 entered into contract with
Duncan Mccarthy, William Boyle, son
OF Lord George Boyle, banker in Lon
don, and George Allen, son of Commo-
dore Allen, of the Allen Steamship Line,
to start the manufacture of coin chang
ers. In carrying this out went to Chi
cago. When in various businesses, we
use gold and silver only, and it seemed
to be sheer necessity to have something
of a money changer to assist us i'll hand
ling it and making change. The custom
then was to throw the different coins in
to special receptacle marked for each.
l invented, and in my own shop built
this coin changer; the keys of which,
when touched, would, through the tube
drop the coin into the hand as wanted.
At Chicago we made five or six hundred
of these coin changers, but by mistake,
placed the price too low, and after some
conference, became assured that there
was not enough money, in it. A rich
Chicago manufacturer had become fam
liar with the urgent need of cash reg
lister, and the losses which followed in
business without one. The National, at
Dayton, Ohio, had been invented, but
had not been perfected as it has been
since. Parties at Chicago agreed to put
up the money if would invent what
would answer the purpose Of cash reg.
lister, and make marketable machine.
| went home and gave the matter some
hard thinking, and talking with my son
about the matter one night, l looked up
at the clock and said: why Harry,
there is the right thing; go minutes make
an hour; 100 cents make dollar; all
have got to do is to change the wheels
little, put some keys into it, and there
will be a thing which will register cents,
dimes and dollars, just as that clock will
register time in minutes and hours In
clocks, the minute wheel, when it has re-
volvedto its sixty point, throws its added
result of sixty minutes over on to anoth-
er wheel, which takes up the story, with
one hour in place of the old sixty min
utes The first wheel then begins again
and goes Its round. A second complete
revolution of the minute wheel throws
another sixty minutes onto the hour, and
gives one more hour registered, making
two hours. md so on. took some
wheels, and with pasteboard made hands
and machine. It was very rough, but
l took it to my friends and explained it
to them. We went on; but encountering
difficulties and obstacles, we merped our
whole enterprise in the National. l fol-
lowed it,and have since invented, worked
and helped along in N. c. R. service. L
developed the No. IS machine which the
company began on and uses yet. 1t is
now in use in every civilized country,
for it can be made to register English
money and any decimal currency. 1
have made at this factory, and have
been continuing on cash register inn
provements and inventions too numer.
Gus to mention. The patents will speak
for themselves" -Hallock Enterprise.