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ing a heavy load in a wagon weighing 3500 pounds over all 

 grades met. The running time for the 201 miles was thirty- 

 three hours, and at one point it made twenty-one miles in 

 two hours and ten minutes, recording one mile in four min- 

 utes thirty-six seconds. In their report to the Governor the 

 commissioners say : " The wagon has hauled loads, ploughed, 

 and otherwise accomplished in a successful manner every test 

 mentioned in the law or suggested by the commission. They 

 are not, however, satisfied that this machine is, in the lan- 

 guage and spirit of the law, a cheap and practical substitute 

 for the use of horses and other animals on the highways and 

 farms." The chief objection of the commissioners is under- 

 stood to relate to the cost of operating the machine. The 

 experimental trial, nevertheless, is universally conceded to 

 have demonstrated a very decided advance in this field of 

 invention. 



