The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
HAYNES WILL VISIT THE SHOW.

TLWOOD HAYNES. called the oldest ,
r automobile manufacturer In Amer /
- lea. will visit the New York Au- .
tomobile Show. He will arrive in this .
city January and make his headquar-
tiers at the Hotel Woodward which is
near the Haynes New York branch.
Haynes. who is 56 years old, was born In |
Portland. Ind. At the age of ~ he in
vented an apparatus for making oxygen |
gas.
After going through Worcester Poly
technic Institute he returned TO his home
town. became principal Of the Portland
High School. which post he held during
the years 1SS3-Si. The year following
he entered the Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. Nd. and took a postgraduate
course In chemistry and biology. and re-
turning again to Portland. Ind. taught
science In the Eastern Indiana Normal
School for the next two years.
Haynes then entered the commercial
field as manager of the Portland Natural
Gas and OIL Company. The year 1890
found Haynes with the Indiana Natural
Gas and OIL Company of Chicago in the
capacity of field superintendent. The
work necessitatcd a great deal OF driving
and It occurred to him that some better
means of locomotion over the highways
than the horse and buggy might be pro-
duced.
In his recent autobiography Haynes.
nectisn with the "horseless carriage"
writes as follows.
II found the great trouble with the
horse was his lack Of endurance. l ac-
cordingiy laid plans for the construction
of a mechanically propelled vehicle for
use on the highway. The use of a steam
engine was first considered. but I made
no attempt to build IA car of this descrip-
| ton for the reason that fire must be
kept constantly burning on board. and
with LIQUID fuel this would always be
more or less of a menace.
| II next considered electricity, but found
that the lightest battery obtainable
weighed over 1900 pounds for ca
pacity OF twelve horse hours, and as this
showed little promise OF success gave
! il no further consideration and proceeded
to consider the gasolene engine. Even
| the highest engines made at that time
were heavy per unit of power and rather
/ crude in construction.
'In the fall OF 1892 ! moved to Ko-
komo. Ind, and the following summer
had my plans sufficiently matured to
begin the actual construction of the
| horseless carriage ordered one
horsepower marine upright two cycle
gasolene engine. This motor barely gave
one brake horse power and weighed Is"
pounds. II Is interesting TO note IN TINS
! connection that an aeroplane motor OF the
same weight readily gives 40 horse
power.
THE little machine was built up In the
form OF a small truck. It's total weight
when completed was $50 pounds. July !,
1894, when ready for test 1t was hauled
into the country for three miles behind
a horse carriage and started on level
turnpike.
ut moved off It once at speed or
about seven miles an hour and was driven
about one and one-half miles further
into the country. II was then turned
about and ran all the way back to no
komo without making a single stop.
81 was convinced upon this return trip
mat there was future for the horse
less carriage although ] did not at that
time expect it to be so brilliant and i'm
posing"