Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-30
NO FRICTION HERE.
SPIRAL BEARING DEVICE is
A WINNER.
Two Immense Buildings for Fac
tories with Wonderful Promise
for Business Information Con-
corning Industry.

lHNlIaClOH Vi MI OuobIoI A. AnOuhni
manager Of the proposed factory and
inventor Of the Anti-Spiral Friction
r bearings which will be manufactured
in this city, several Of Hannibal's
} most prominent citizens went to the
factory site and inspected the con-
struction Of the buildings and were
shown points Of interest concerning
this new industry. Those in the
party were: Pres. Robt. Robinson Of
the Commercial club, Capt. W. A.
: Monger, John 7. Holme, Jr.. e. NJ.
Alger, Col. Henry Leamon, J. o.
Farmer, City Surveyor Moltz and
Samuel Dudley. FF a"
The foundry or casting room build
ing will have an era Of 5000 square
feet andfs being erected Just east OF
the Bluff City Shoe Company, facing
to the west on a continuation Of
Maple avenue, Directly south Of the
foundry will be erected the machine
shops, store rooms, etc., with an era
in square feet Of q, 800 1t is thought
that by the end Of next week the for
mer building will be completed, and
work commenced at once on the other
one. Both will be made Of solid
cement and at this point it might be
well to state that Capt. Ezra E.
Beard, Of Wichita, who is superin-
tending the erection and practical
cement man, states that the article
manufactured by the Atlas Portland
Company Of this city is the finest
grade Of which he knows and the inn
mense amount Of weight which these
cement bars will sustain is nothing
short of enormous. The company is
now employing nineteen men in the
construction Of the building and when
the machinery is placed and the fac
tory in full working order there will
be on the pay roll at least 500 men
and Captain Beard estimates two
months as the outside limit for the
plant to be in operation.
Anti-friction Spiral Bearings are
new invention, Mr.. Latham having.
procured patent rights upon eight
different appliances for spiral uses
all controlled by this company, viz:
Threshing machines, farm wagons,
line shafting hangers, gasoline motor
cars, electric street cars, steam rail-
way rolling stock, rock and ore
crusher, and stationary engines.
In the first place the expense of put
ting the anti-friction bearing on will
be no less cost than old bearing as no
babbit Is used, and as the new bear
ings are all made out of steel, and all
made by machinery. The saving Of
the owner Of the threshing machine
for instance amounts to the labor Of
one man per day, the oil that it takes
to oil the old machine and practically
half the fuel, all Of which were figured
out will amount to possibly IS per
day, or during the season Of three
months would save owner an expense
Of 1915. As an illustration the much
used farm wagon shows degree Of
expense that is surprising. There
were manufactured in the year end
ing 1900, $4,000 farm wagons, which
when manufactured with the anti
friction bearing would cost less than
otherwise. By use Of this bearing
just so per cent Of the work is saved,
or one man and team can do the work
that two men and two teams can do
with the old bearing attachment, and
1t the same time save time and the
price Of one wagon, team and har-
ness. Any farmer will use his wagon
100 days during twelve-month, and
estimating a saving Of oil, team and
wagon at one half 1t would be not
ess than el.5O per day or $50 per
rear. What it does for farm wagons
md threshing machines, 1t will do
or the line shaft hangers, gasoline
motor cars, electric railway cars, etc.
Very few mechanics ever believed
hat practical bearing requiring no
lubricant could be made, and master
mechanics Of some OF the largest rail-
Dad systems were inclined to regard
II. Latham as 8 joke when he de-
Jared that be had solved the problem.
! is peculiarly constructed, having q
erfect rolling action without 8 par.
cle Of static friction. II can be at
sehed to any shaft or bearing, being
pplicable TO rolling stock Of rail-
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