Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-22
NEW INDUSTRY
IN DANVILLE

The Star Motor Meter Co., Limited,
has opened a factory in this city for
the manufacture of automobile acces-
sories, each Of which devices mas points
of merit peculiar to itself aud which
in time will no doubt give rise To an
important industry here. The company
has taken quarters in the brick build
ing on Railroad street owned and oc-
cupied in part by the clock company
and will for the present devote itself
to the manufacture of a speed-re2ord-
ing instrument for automobiles, which
at the present day is very much i'll de-
mand
The speedometer indicates the
speed attained pei hour and the num-
ber of miles travelled, giving the daily
and the season run. The ordinary
model records the speed up to sixty
miles per hour, while ii special scale
can be made to Indicate one hundred
miles per hour. The indicator regis
ters a seasons run of ten thousand
miles and repeats. The daily trip reg
listers one hundred miles and can be
set back at will
There are three points claimed for
the speedometer, r,distinctively its own,
either of which gives it preference
over any other device of the kind on
the market The most important is
that it will register on lower milage
than any other Indicator 1t has been
subjected to very severe test and has
been found to register at the rate of
two miles per hour with absolute ac-
curacy The test with the same crafty
ing results was carried from two miles
up to sixty miles per hour
Another valuable point of the speed
meter is device for stopping the
speed hand at any required time and
showing the exact speed attained at
that moment. By this stop" when
an automobile is held up Ivy an officer
for exceeding the speed limit, all CON
troversy as to the exact rate the mach
Inc was travelling will be settled by
glance at the speedometer.
Another point of merit lies i'm the
adjustable bracket by which the speed
recording instrument is fastened to
the dashboard. BY means of this brack-
ct it is adjusted and held at any incli-
nation before the driver. The speed
Ometer, liEe all other devices of the
kind is operated by flexible shaft
connected with the automobile wheel
The bracket as we'll as the speed
ometeI is the invention of W. r. Dud-
ley and L. A. Greenleaf, two young
men, who are in Danville at present
looking after the manufacturing. The
Star Motor Meter Co. Ltd, is compos-
ed of the two inventors allowed named
W. W. Dudley, father of ". r. Dud-
ley, who is president of the concern,
and W. Fl. Hitchler, we'll known here
about, who is secretary and treasurer.
The company at present is busy per-
fecting tools and it will be month or
so later before any of speedometers
will be on the market
The speedometer is protected by
twelve distinct patents. Messrs. dudley
and Greenleaf are the inventors of a
valuable clockometer and other
speed recording and time-recording de-
vices, the manufacture of which will
be taken up in due time at the local
factory. The clock records the time of
day and the number of miles travelled
aud is the first clockometer invent
ed, which by actual test, keeps reli-
able time no matter what rate of speed
is attained or how rough are the roads
traversed. The clock is provided with
a patent adjustable escapement The
patent regulates the depth of the pin
ions so as to overcome jar and vibra-
tion.