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Show A MiwWon Brake. There was brought to the News last evaning for exhibition a or-wly patented wagon brsak, the Invention cf Mr. Giles Bowler, n resident of Layton, Davis county. Today a reporter had the prlvilegeof making a brlefstudyof abhio print model of the same and unless he is trery much mistaken the brake Isdestlned to go into cxtcnslvt uso throughout this country and elsswhsre. It is so constructed that it can without difficulty be attached to tho running gears of any kind ol a wagon It is absolutely abso-lutely automatic and is made so by spiral springs attached to the doublo tree nnd at no time requires action on tho part of the driver of the team On a down grado tho remarkably light pressure of live pounds releases tho break twenty pounds and vice versa. The Instant the wagon starts down an Inclined road bo that the team has no pulling to do then the break will apply Itself according to the needs of the occasion. Then nt the slightest tightening of the iracrtt tho break relaxes. The invontlou isouo that has already attracted a considerable amount of attraction at-traction and the model with an explanatory explan-atory anicio has appeared in tho Scientific Scien-tific American. Mr. John Desiiup, of Dose ret, has purchased a half intcrcet in thu invention and la assisting in get-ingiton get-ingiton to tho market. At present It can bo seen at tho Studebaker wagon shop on State street and later at the Tenltoral Fair, where the owners propo9 to exhibit it News. |