Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 23 | Auto Inventor Studies Years on Initial Car

AUTO INVENTOR STUDIES YEARS ON INITIAL CAR CARi i Elwood Eh Haynes Haynes' Experiences Read Like Fiction Today i It was not b by accident that thit El Elwood Ha Haynes nes president of or the tho lIanes Automobile Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile com company pan Kokomo Kokol b 6 Ind Invented Invent Invent- ed Americas America's first automobile In 1893 1593 Years rears of or stud study and experimentation preceded the Iho first actual run of or the tho car carIn carIn carin in J Kokomo komo Ind July t 4 1894 1594 Most of or Mr Ir Haynes Haynes' previous stud study and training train train- training ing was such that ho understood more than most men of oC his day the tho possibilities and limitations of or power transmission transmission trans trans- mission slon and development The ln Inventor enter was born In Portland Ind October H 14 1557 When he was is-as 14 a chemistry book used b by his sister In college provided the Incentive for homo home experiments The following year ear ho built his own apparatus for making oxygen and almost succeeded In producing producing producing pro pro- tungsten steel sleet Ho Ile was unable to maintain a high enough uniform temperature to accomplish the latter result at that time After Arter studying at nt the tho Worcester Polytechnic Institute for three years ears ho hu was graduated In n 1881 1581 His Ills graduation graduation graduation grad grad- thc thesis ls was on The Effect of or Tungsten on Steel Stel Ho lie discovered tungsten steel the same year For a n time after aCter his graduation Mr Haynes served as principal of or the tho Portland High Hish school A post graduate e course In chemistry and biology y at Johns Hopkins university followed followell His work in the commercial field be began began began be- be gan with his becoming mana manager cr of oC a agas agas agas gas nn and oil company In Portland in 1886 Soon after aCter this change he In Invented invented In- In vented a n small vapor apor thermostat It was in 1891 while he was field superIntendent superintendent superintendent su su- su- su of oC a natural gas IlS company compan with offices In Greentown Ind that Mr lr Haynes conceived the Idea iden of or build build- 1 I ft I 1 ng u a iL carriage la I Ills ins 11 duties mines lUCS led to his traveling tra a great deal where there were no railroads Horses could not be depended upon because tho they lacked endurance on long drives Bi Bicycles Bicycles BI- BI cycles were not practicable The Tho difficulties encountered in building build In ing a self propelled vehicle ehl le were seemIngly seemingly seemingly seem seem- insurmountable and both the na- na persistence and thorough education education education tion of or the Inventor were taxed to the extreme extremo in the process of or building the first successful American m motor tor car The motor selected weighed ISO pounds a size that develops fort forty to fifty horsepower in aeroplane motors today and tested only one brake horsepower Mr Ir Haynes Baynes be began an the actual construction construction construction con con- of or tho the car In Kokomo In 1893 When hen completed It weighed SO pounds By that time practically all allor of or the residents of Kokomo had heard about the new Invention Most of or them were skeptical regarding the B. 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N f r jm 4 x ti y White Motors Co ties tics for Its act actual ll performance but on I tho the lay day it was to be bo tested so many persons crowded cro about it Mr lr Haynes Hanes could not start It In town for fear of or accidents to onlookers Ho had It towed about four tour miles Into the tho con- con tr try boys of tho the town following most of or tho wa way The new horseless carriage started and was run about one and one half miles farther Into tho the countr country carrying carryIng carry carry- Ing Mr Ir Haynes Hanes and a n passenger Tho The return trip of ot about five and ono half miles mile'S was made without a stop at nt what was regarded as exceptional speed speed six six I and one half miles an hour It wasn't fast but drivers who chanced to be In front became uneasy for Cor fear the new contraption would run them down The performance of oC the machine on tho the first trip convinced Mr Haynes Hanes that vehicles similar to it would become become be- be come popular It was not fast Cast but It had endurance and the possibilities for tor developing the speed were great And it was economical Two passengers could ride seven or eight miles for 1 cent cent the tho first machine went about twenty-eight twenty miles on a gallon of gasoline gaso gaso- line and tho the fuel was only S 8 cents at that time Mr Ir Haynes Haynes' experience during those first few of tho the years ears automobile are arc arcas areas aroas as fiction as ns he relates them toda today Visits to most of oC the important cities titles of or tho country were made with the new machine A trip to New cw York from Crom Kokomo was one of ot the early ad adventures aa ventures of or tho Inventor After the car had been exhibited In Inmost Inmost inmost most of or the tho Important cities of or the countr country Mr lI ynes In 1910 1010 presented It to the Smithsonian Institution Washington D D. C C. where It stands as asa asa a l monument to the great step In transportation transportation transportation trans trans- I It t provided