Year: 1879

A WilmsnKaOn ahe Inventor.


In little unpretsntions three story


brick house on West Third street, in
this city, resides man who is now ap,
plying to have patented an invention
which, when perfected, will startls this
little globe of ours from centre to cir.
cumferencs. For over a year the inven.


tor has been hard at work upon his de
sign, and now congratulates himsel


that his idea is as near perfection as II
can possibly be without the additions
that practical test must always de-


monstrate.


Mr.. Oliver Bliss is the name of the


inventor, and this newborn babe OF
inventive genius is termed all "Aerial
Steam Car"


"My proposition is" said Mr.. Bliss
in conversation with REPUBLICAN re-
porter yesterday, "to build car three
hundred feet long in the shape of a ci-
gar, having the propeller az the bow
and the rudder astern. The carrying
capacity will be fifty or sixty passen-
gers, AT tie centre of the car on each
aide will be two wings, each wing being
ons tenth Of the length, and about ten
feet in width. These wings ars to as
sist in rising and lowering the machine,
and also as balancer when the car is in
motion.


For car of the dimensions above
described the invent or proposes to use
a ten horse power engine to be run by
hot air, gas or any other substance de-
cided upon. In all air ships or balloons
you will notice, remarked the inventor,
the gas is put into large globe or
bag. snow propose to put mine into
about four bushel sacks and distribute
them evenly about the car. fl have
a heavy load Of passengers will carry
a large number of sacks, and if a small
load a smaller number, as shall regu. !.
late the amount of gas in that way to
the weight Of the car.


There will be reservoirs at each sta
tiou, where we can either fill up or
empty sacks as the case may require.


The changes in the atmosphere will
not effect travelling as common rain or
wind storms will amount to nothing,
and as to thunder storms from which
the most dangeris is to be apprehended
in aeriel voyages, such speed can be at
tanned that with careful lookout the
engineer will be able to ride over OF
around them.


Three hundred miles an hour is the
speed which Mr.. B. claims can be
attained by the "aerial steam car"
and he holds that as conioal shaped
bullet can travel almost two-thirds fas-
ter than round one; 50 conical
shaped air ship can travel faster than
a globe shaped one. Besides this new
invention will not depend upon currents
of air as it will bs propelled by steam.
"Why could go from here to Europe
in ten hours without any trouble and
the distance from Wilmington to Phila-
phia would only be about a five minute
jaunt. As to the expense, the inventor
holds that he could carry passengers
from New York to Philadelphia for ten
cents; and the fare between this city
and Philadelphia would be about five
cents.


In rising from the earth about five
dops of the big wings would be all that
would be necessary to attain an alti-
tude of one hundsed feet and in stop
ping the engines would be reversed the
same as in steamer and then the car
would sink to the ground by her own
weight. The car would be so construc-
ted that in crossing the Ocean in case
If any disarrangement or accident it
could be converted into a first. class
ife-raft or boat. Mr.. Bliss gives it EN-.
ohatically as his opinion that in less
han five years all our rapid travelling
will be done in the air and railroads
md steamboats, will be below par.


So confident is Mr.. B. of the success
If his invention that he has already |
Ipplied for letters patent and in ashort
ime will push his aerial steam car to
nm nIation