The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-29
Rival Inventor Praises It
Highly
DEMONSTRATION INTERESTING
Machine is Handled With
Great Ease.
Ono Hundred Dump Wagons vii be
Manufactured and Placed on the
Market as an Experimentation
pany VIII be Formed.

The Long dump wagon invented
and owned by II. S. Long Of this
city, is the best implement of its
kind in the world, according to the
statement of Mr.. Watson of New
York who invented the first dump
wagon. This opinion was made pub
lie at o'clock Thursday afternoon
when about one hundred of Marion's
most aggressive citizens assembled at
the Commercial club to watch the
demonstration of the Long and Wat
son wagons.
Both the Watson and tho Long
wagons were on display in front of
the club house. The Watson wagon
was demonstrated by Mr.. Watson
the inventor who has made q fortune
out of the business.
During tn first three years of my
experience with manufacturing dump
wagons, 1 lost $4,000. My friends
wanted me to quit but I refused. A
stock company was organized and we
started to do business on the right
kind of a scale. Then we began to
make money" remarked Mr.. Watson.
In addressing Mr.. Long the
originator of the dump wagon remark
ed,
"Mr. Long l firmly believe that you
have the best dump wagon on the
market; you have accomplished many
, things that our firm has been working
on for many years; there is no ques-
tion but what your invention is the
best that is out" he concluded.
Mr.. IL. S. Long showed remark
able skill in demonstrating his wagon.
He showed that the implement had
the advantage of all other wagons be.
cause of the fact that it is possible
to dump the load of stone or gravel
in five piles. The Watson wagon
dumps the loan in one pile.
All the citizens present were con-
vinced that the Long wagon is a
practical invention. If the Watson
wagon has been such a success what
should the Long wagon be-"
4 The Watson dump wagon is manu-
B factured at Canistoga, New York
! Two-thirds of the dump wagons solC
in America are manufactured by thi
! firm. They have an immense factor,
! and employ several thousand men.
! The first step towards making tn,
Long wagon an implement of outside
: reputation was taken Thursday wher
: 1t was decided to form a temporary
2 company to manufacture one hundred
} wagons at once. These wagons will bt
sold in all parts of the country anC
will be extensively advertised. II
g this move proves successful then 6
It large stock company will be formet
9 and the wagon will be manufactured
= on q large scale. The principal object
n of putting the first one hundred wa
It gons on the market is to get the or
r ders to coming in, Then the public
: will have enough confidence to in,
= vest in the proposition.
Q Another meeting will be held at the
o Commercial club next Wednesday
t evening for the purpose of forming
c the temporary organization. Tht
$ Injecting was to have been held OF
s Tuesday evening. owing to the fac
s that the Cleveland board of trade will
# be in the city on that night, the ses
: sion was postponed until one night la
d ted.
y Mr. George b. Christian presided
at the meeting Thursday afternoon
/, He assured the citizens that If q
new company is formed, that It, will
. be given the right kind of manage
:, Iment which will insure success. Mr.
Long has full possession of his pat
ents and undoubtedly has one of thu
~ best manufacturing propositions eve
Il offered in Marion.