Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-07-16
annual MEETING Of
WH|PPLE TRANS
MISSION CO.
COMPANY WILL SOON PLACE
TRANSMISSION ON THE
MARKET.
IS cRANGENLLE INVENTION
Is Now Ready to Market and VIII bs
Taken East and Submitted to
Automobile Men.


The annual meeting Of the Whipple
Transmission company was held in this
city Wednesday at the office of Judge
w. N. Scales. A large number Of local
stockholders were in attendance. G. w.
Tage, Chas. N. Whipple and G. A. Ray
mer, of Spokane, were among the out
of town stockholders present.
Much interest and enthusiasm was
shown in the development of the trans
mission since the last annual meeting
which was held in Grangeville, July 10,
1913. For further development Of the
company the stockholders voted to
place on the market 5000 shares Of the
company's capital stock.
The officers and stockholders dis.
cussed the various offers made by manu-.
facturers Of automobiles and trucks and
patent sales agents of Chicago, Detroit,
Cincinnati, Denver, Toronto and Port
land. 1t was the concensus Of opinion
that Mr.. Whipple take working model
direct to the above named cities and
place the transmission on a royalty
basis.
Judge w. N. Scales and G. w. Wilkin,
of Grangeville, and Chas. N. Whipple,
G. A. Raymer and A. III. Verrall, Of
Spokane were elected board of trustees
for the ensuing year. Officers were
elected as follows: Chas. N. Whipple,
president; Judge w. N. Scales, vice.
president; G. A. Raymer, secretary; R.
H.. Amber, assistant secretary and A.
o. Loomis, advertising manager of the
Spokesman Review, treasurer.
The Whipple Transmission was con-
ceived by Chas. N. Whipple of Grange
vile, Idaho, about four years ago, and
is now nearly ready to be offered for
the first time on commercial basis. In
the opinion of competent mechanical en-.
gineers this invention marks step in
applied mechanics of great import to
those interested in power development
and transmission.
Not only mechanics and inventors,
but practical operators Of mechanical
devices of various kinds where it is
necessary to operate at different speeds,
have long recognized the desirability Of
some method of changing speed without
disconnecting the power from the
machine being operated.
The inventor of the Whipple Trans
mission, while operating a mining hoist,
was forcibly impressed with this defi-
cheney. The desirability Of gradually
changing the speed of the load without
detaching from the power of the engine
was SO apparent, that he felt there must
be some way to accomplish this result.
After more than two years of study
and experiment he conveived Of the
principle which has proved to be the
practical solution of the problem.
His invention utilizes the application
of his conception in manner never
before conceived by mechanics, and, Of
course, had to be proved before it could
be accepted.
, For the purpose of proving the practi-
cability of his invention, the Whipple
/, Transmission Co. was formed.
. This company was organized under
the laws Of Idaho in December, 1912,
with headquarters at Grangeville, Idaho.
It was capitalized for 100000, with
100000 shares Of stock of a par value Of
} one dollar each.
After some preliminary experiment
: ing on models, ETC., headquarters were
i moved to Spokane, WASH, in March,
: 1913, and work was begun ON an actual
I transmission to be used in five pas
3 senger automobile.
: This transmission was finished dur
ing the summer and applied to . five
passenger automobile, which was driver
over $500 miles, ON all kinds Of road
a during the year 1918 without IN un
= favorable experience Of any kind, fully
}, demonstrating its practical applicabilit,
n to automobile purposes by correct per
r formance under al kinds Of ordinas1
n stress At low and high speed, and u
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