The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Tractor Built ByMayer
Bros. Given Hard 7 est.
From Thursdays DaNv.

machine mas Doon HuiSncu LOT some
time, the tests and the fact that it
was being made, has so far been
kept secret from the public Yester-
day while test was being made
on the road beyond the Windmiller
hill the reporters of the papers we're
invited to be present and were given
some interesting. information con-
corning the machine
/ The tractor, which is the result of
the engineering skill of Louis Mayer
and E. A. Bye, the mechanical en-
gineer at the fotindry. is constructed
more closely according to automo-
bile principles than any tractor on
the market. The transmission is of
the gear type, and is a small cog
wheel. working from the main shaft
on to q big open meshed cogwheel,
which is bottled to the inner side of
the big drivers. This mode Of trans
mission lis new for tractor engines
and the makers of the machine be-
lieve thatN this feature lis a winner.
The fact that the big cog transmits
sion Is open, will allow no mud or
stones to lodge in the bearings and
wear the machine. The machine is
operated by a unit power plant and
all of the bearings and the fly wheel
operate In an oil bath
Working Parts Are Enclosed.
All working parts of the engine
are enclosed which gives them abso-
lutte probation from dust and dirt.
Another feature which is not to be
found on other tractors is the three
speed forward and one reverse such
as is found on automobiles. During
the demonstration yesterday the ma
chine was opened to high speed and
the effect produced is something
that when once seen, is not soon
forgotten, for while the machine
travelled at rate of only eight
miles. per hour, it must be- remem-
bered that this is fast speed for an
engine of this kind to make. 1t is
in trimming at high speed and on
starting that the wonders of the
transmission are shown for all Of
the movements of the big tractor
are smooth and free from jerkings
/. The arear wheels are six feet high,
! eighteen inches wide and operate on
"a main axle. The front wheels are
about three feet high and are set
son steering knuckles. All of these
parts operate on nickled steel roller
bearings of the best quality that
modern mechanics can produce and
for this reason the machine is able
I'd put all Of it's power into direct
mechanical energy with a very low
loss In friction ALI. of the parts of
the machine have been made In the
Mankato foundry with the exception
of the magnetic and carbureter This
at once makes the machine different
from the majority of it's competitors,
assembled machines and are made
by concerns that do none OF the
manufacturing themselves. e'~%f
l. An important Item. T
The general build of the tractor
is an important item, for this ma
chine lacks the cumbersome appear
ance that is common to tractors. In
the test yesterday, the machine
hauled a big Tildent grader and
rounded up two blocks Of road be-
yond the GWindmiller greenhouses.
fSome of this road was through stiff
'gunbo and heavy clay, but the trac-
tor pulled the heavy grader through
without hitch or slip of the ma
chinery. Mr.. Mayer said that it had
! taken them practically a half day to
make the two blocks of road, but
that II they could have chance to
, work in good open country, he be.
lieved that the tractor eolild make
a mile of road per day. A test OF
the machine was made in SMedo a
eay lie ~ ;nhs = -
i'ehgine pulled six plows that were
set at double depth. So Tar the en-
i CINE has not been tried on any job
/ that has given it chance to show
its full power. $50
4 Builders Are Satisfied.
|. Mr.. Bye and Mr.. Mayer followed
the machine in all of it's work yes
terday and seemed to be satisfied
that it i S the fulfillment of the
Tractor that they had planned and
which was started in the foundry
about the middle of February The
machine Will be placed on the mar
ket for approximately $4,000, and the
makers do not have any fear but
that, there will be a sale for It, Mr..
. Mayer remarked that they had pro-
duced q tractor that would be to the
/ tractor industry, what the Packard
! automobile Isl in the auto world. He
said that they had put about $500
worth of material int this. machine,
let alone the labor that { had been
required and they had produced a
substantial. honest rnachine.i H"1t
E.. Al. Bye is a graduate of an
engineering school in Germany @ y
! Nike Heading was killed last even
ing a mile west of Easton
while fhe was riding in the
j'''blind baggage of passenger
train on the Southern Minnesota di.
/. vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road, the train being
the one that leaves Wells at six
O'Clock in the evening. It is thought
that he boafde the train. at Easton
but his death was not discovered
! until the train reached Delavan, the
first station west of Easton. Here
the train crew found blood ON the
wheels Sof the mail car and it was
suspected that an accident had hap
pened. Thei& suspicious were veri-
/, fed as section crew found the BODY
! q short time later. 1t was in a ter
Tibly mangled condition and was
identified by the clothes. 1t was
. learned that Heading tried to board
q train going east out of Easton
earlier in the afternoon, but the train
crew detected him and he was put off.
~ Mr. Heading was a tiler and leaves
a. wife and two children at Huntley.