The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-10
4 LAND,GND. WATER WAGON.
PILLFE'S HOLLOW WHEEL BOAT
AFLOiT IN EAST RIVER.

uotor was Anton Piller. inventor. Tread
IlnE Away Astride q BlCSele Frame
broke a SprOcket Chain OF che
Coast OF The Bronx and Was flowed IN
Shippers Of craft sighted OF Hunts
Point yesterday afternoon a queer vessel
IKE nothing any Of them ever saw before
II resemhled at the distance Of knot and
half drifting, half submerged automo-
HE. yet il proceeded over the waters sanely
and at steady, moderate speed. Some.
thing human sat in the middle, working q
pair OF legs.
The shippers footed their whistles solo and
in chorus hoping 70 get a near view Of the
odd shape, hUt il worked shoreward with q
umlling noise and disappea red o n view
around q point Of land, A busy little tug
followed it and hailed, inquiring IL IL wanted
+, be rescued. The whis;ling wind bore
Rack six words Ia German. The purport
Of them, il appeared, was to inform the
hsier that he was a pig dog and that there
vas no salvage for him. The tug footed
an insult and fused down the Sound about
Der own affairs.
On a rough dock at the foot Of Tiffany
street a very excited little man was await
ing the coming Of the seagoing German.
He was Julius Eisenstein. and he was ex-
blaming to half hundred Bronxites that
out there on the windsWept waters was an
invention worth millions and millions In
money. just waiting for some wise capital
ist to pick up and develop. The invention
Mr.. Eisenstein explained. with a wealth Of
language and intense feryor, was a prac-
teal water wagon, q vehicle that would
traverse sea and land with equal facility
and tremendous speed Safety TO the
rider. it appeared, was its prime feature.
one could not fall on this water wagon.
M-. u5,n-tein, as the minutes passed
waved a handful Of blue prints and a Gov
eminent patent and shouted through his
hands for MIR Piller TO hurry up and bring
the water wagon to land.
Mr. Piller responded nObly by pump
ing his legs up and down, but something
seemed 70 he wrong The water wagon
made no progress. A thoughtless person
81 The Bronx suggested that Il had broken
down. Mr. Eisenstem was consumed with
Indignation. That could not he, said he
This was water wagon that could not
break down.
Came then the cultural voice OF Mr..
Filler. haiiHg MI Eisenstcin. calling for
help, asking that q beat lie sent. A tear
shCne in the eve Of Eisenstein. Out went
the boat and in came the strange craft
under car power Mr.. Piler cannot speak
q word Of English Ii was Just a. we'll under
the circumstance, there being ladies pres
ent because his feelings were in a narrowed
state lie whispered with Mr. Eisenstein
while representatives Of the fashion and
beauty Of The Bronx inspected the in
NeniiOn.
The water We gon was not much to lool,
at. 4 bicycle franc and saddle mounted
on four hollow galvanized iron wheels
resembling immense dishpan5 fastened
face to face in pairs and bucketed instead
Of tired, we're the principal features The
wheels supported the weight. Pedals and
sprocket wheels run by the legs OF the
rider furnished the power. The wheels
Will run on dry land, tho buckets being on
the bevelled edge. Mr.. Piller had legged
II a bit too hard. A sprocket chain had
broken, That was why he couldn't get
back unassi sted
This particular water wagon hasn't yet
been tried on land. II needs rubber tires
for that and a more powerful motor. Mr..
Piller, whose first name IL Anton, is a brick
layer with a passion for mechanics. He
has dabbled in flying machines and per-
petual motion. He has large head full Of
ideas. When the wagon arrived to trans
port his water wagon back TO the shop
y Third avenue, he chung to II lovingly
Mr.. hsenstein waved a farewell hope
beaming in his small earnest face