WONDERFUL INVENTION BY A BLACKSMITH.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1067, 29 April 1873, Page 4

WONDERFUL INVENTION BY A BLACKSMITH.

The Sacramento Recorder says : "W. M. Bernard, blacksmith, has invented, discovered, or constructed, a cylinder, which is designed to convey freight or passengers. It consists of a large drum open at both ends, supposed to be from four to sixteen feet in diameter (according to the size of the machine) aud from five to seven feet in length. Inside this wooden cylinder three grooved tracks of steel, one inch by three eighths, are laid. This completes the description of the shell, which in perspective looks like a wino vat lying ou its side. Within this is placed another cylinder closed at the ends, and upon the outside of which are tracks of iron conforming to the three within the other cylinder. To the centres of this inner cylinder the shafts are attached. The freight is placed in the inner cylinder and the machine is rcaiy to go. The force

required to move it is just equal to the force that would be required to slide the inner cylinder on three rails well oiled. It is in ouo sense a sled which lays a track lor itself as it goes. The inventor believes it -will revolutionise the whole waggon business. Experiments have been made with one roughly constructed, only four feet in diameter, which was freighted with 3200 pounds of iron and seven men on the outside, which was carried on level roads by one horse. The tracks were rough and the entire model imperfect, but the experiment greatly encouraged the inventor, who has applied for a patent and will have a working model on Exhibition at the state fair."