The Washington times., 1910-07-27
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STORAGE BATTERY
TO RUN ALL DAY
Edison Says He Will Do
Away With Tires and
Make Autos Cheap.

ORANGE, y. J., July 27--Thomas A
Edison is experimenting with a storage
battery that II successful, promises 90
revoIuuouize automobBlug and put
within the reach Of all motor car with
which a man can take his family and 20
out for day in the country and return
with power enough left TO run anywhere
from twenty-five 70 forty miles further
The electrical wizard has already
made sixteen test ruIs with two electric
twO-seated runabOuts, and the results
far exceeded the requirements FOR IN
ordinary days outing In these tests
the machine was run over a prescribed
route and back TO the garage. where e
was then run 10 a standstiH 20 deter
mine what reserve Of power was LEFT.
In one run, by way Of illustration. ths
auto made a record OF 80 miles with
out recha--s'ng the battery-1G7 miles for
the actua- run. finishing with a margin
Of safety OF rWenty-seven miles md
this, too, was over the roads 10 SUGeru.
n Y White Plains, etc. and included
10 and Il per cent grades
Eoison's aim Is 20 cover eighty or
eiShty-fve miles. leaving a margin Of
safety Of .lirty-tive TO forty miles M
Edison says Il want TO show that i IS
possible for a man 10 strap his trunk on
his auto and go away for q weeks trip
with as little trouble as he now takes
the train And II is a pleasure, too. in
an electric automobile There is none
Of the jar ana vibration that there IS
with gasoIeue. and consequently less
wear and tear You don't need 2 Chauf-
feur. for anyone, even q boy Of twelve.
can learn TO run one in twenty minutes.
Then there isn't that continual expense
s.
the storage battery car Is the family
machine Of the future-tHe machine for
everything IN fact, except where eI-
ITefne speei is wanted, and that is q fad
thSr seeU.s 10 be losing favor On an
ei9ctric you go along easily at rom
tyelve 10 fifteen miles an hour. without
any 0Cor or Gust or danger me easy
motion gives YOU a chance 20 look some
where except straight ahead and you
are really Iured 10 notice the scenery
The Edison alkaH battery has made
this possible al q moderate cost Inc
trouble with the old lead battery vas
that II wore out II Q couple OF months
1Iy battery VIII last fOCr or nVe years
Yet Tor years cEeT llolELt mere "a-S
nothing possible bit the lead and SUI
phuriC acid battery I got 7 into my
head that nature could provide one OH
er, but she kept mighty sun about T.
It seems % be a natural law that the
good -Li1ES are hard 10 raise and hard
20 get II hen nature really has EooC
thing she hides e away Vel. / started
seven years ago 10 hunt Tor that new
barJeTT. and now for three years I've
had IT. II was hard vlrz 10 ind Il. but
I've ZOS IL
The next ching 7 want 90 do is 10 get
rid OF pneumatic tiTes-GeI I'D OF rubber
I've got my claws on an IDEA 10 DO II,
toe It's rubber chat makes an auto
cost Why q friend or IliLe came UD
from Atlantic City recently. and the triD
cost him 81 efor tires Think OF S9+ for
q shoe I'm going % make the auto
so cheap that anyone can AFFORD 10 run
one who can afford 30 buy CDe. It's
the repairs that make them 50 eXpen-
sixe nav
] am building Cor myself a big four
sea-ed Ca-. that win be done III about
q month. 30 show what can be done with
an electric ear on a large scale
Il am also building a 1lol-ECrsepCwe-
storage battery locomotive that f. 10 he
motive VIII permit alterus ting electric
trains with the regular ones"