﻿MECHANICAL 
  TEANSPOKT 
  MITMAN" 
  557 
  

  

  being 
  best 
  suited 
  for 
  his 
  proposed 
  vehicle. 
  He 
  had 
  considered 
  the 
  

   problem 
  of 
  putting 
  together 
  the 
  two 
  units 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  already 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  into 
  a 
  workable 
  whole, 
  and 
  had 
  his 
  plans 
  rather 
  completely 
  

   worked 
  out 
  before 
  deciding 
  in 
  which 
  of 
  the 
  machine 
  shops 
  of 
  Kokomo 
  

   he 
  would 
  have 
  the 
  work 
  done. 
  But 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  he 
  made 
  

   financial 
  arrangements 
  with 
  Elmer 
  Apperson, 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  River- 
  

   side 
  Machine 
  Works, 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  work. 
  Haynes 
  stood 
  alone 
  in 
  having 
  

   faith 
  in 
  the 
  successful 
  development 
  of 
  his 
  idea, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  upon 
  

   his 
  assuming 
  full 
  responsibility 
  for 
  the 
  success 
  or 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   chine 
  that 
  Apperson 
  would 
  take 
  on 
  the 
  job. 
  

  

  His 
  first 
  disappointment 
  came 
  when 
  he 
  realized 
  that 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   vibration 
  of 
  the 
  engine 
  was 
  far 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  buggy 
  he 
  had 
  bought 
  

   could 
  stand 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  special 
  framework 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  constructed. 
  

   Accordingly 
  a 
  hollow 
  square 
  of 
  steel 
  tubing 
  was 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  buggy 
  

   seat, 
  floor, 
  and 
  dash 
  secured 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  rear 
  cross 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  

   square 
  constituted 
  the 
  rear 
  axle 
  and 
  the 
  engine 
  was 
  swung 
  within 
  the 
  

   square 
  and 
  just 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  axle. 
  By 
  means 
  of 
  sprocket 
  chains 
  the 
  

   engine 
  power 
  was 
  transmitted 
  to 
  a 
  countershaft 
  forward 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   seat 
  and 
  from 
  there 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  rear 
  wheels 
  by 
  another 
  set 
  of 
  chains. 
  

   As 
  the 
  work 
  progressed, 
  Apperson 
  and 
  his 
  brother 
  Edgar, 
  a 
  bicycle- 
  

   repair 
  man, 
  became 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  machine 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  suggestions 
  made 
  by 
  them 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  mechanical 
  

   arrangement 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  construction 
  were 
  incorporated. 
  

   A 
  flat 
  rectangular 
  gasoline 
  tank 
  was 
  installed 
  under 
  the 
  floorboards, 
  

   while 
  the 
  water 
  tank 
  for 
  cooling 
  found 
  a 
  place 
  under 
  the 
  seat 
  cushion 
  

   with 
  a 
  small 
  rubber 
  hose 
  connecting 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  engine. 
  The 
  machine 
  

   had 
  no 
  radiator. 
  The 
  engine 
  was 
  started 
  by 
  cranking 
  from 
  the 
  side, 
  

   the 
  crank 
  being 
  poked 
  between 
  spokes 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  rear 
  wheel. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  July, 
  1894, 
  the 
  machine 
  stood 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  finishing 
  

   touches. 
  It 
  had 
  solid 
  rubber-tired 
  wdre 
  wheels 
  and 
  a 
  tiller 
  handle 
  

   steering 
  mechanism. 
  On 
  July 
  4 
  Haynes 
  decided 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  road 
  

   test. 
  Word 
  got 
  out 
  about 
  his 
  plans 
  and 
  so 
  many 
  people 
  crowded 
  

   around 
  the 
  Apperson 
  shop 
  when 
  the 
  much 
  talked-of 
  horseless 
  car- 
  

   riage 
  was 
  pushed 
  into 
  the 
  street 
  that 
  Haynes 
  decided 
  to 
  hold 
  his 
  test 
  

   outside 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  A 
  horse-drawn 
  carriage 
  pulled 
  the 
  machine 
  3 
  or 
  

   4 
  miles 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  country. 
  For 
  safety's 
  sake 
  the 
  faithful 
  horse 
  was 
  

   first 
  driven 
  some 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  rear. 
  Then 
  they 
  cranked 
  the 
  engine, 
  

   Haynes 
  and 
  Apperson 
  got 
  aboard, 
  Haynes 
  threw 
  in 
  the 
  friction 
  

   clutch, 
  and 
  the 
  horseless 
  buggy 
  moved 
  forward 
  out 
  Pumpkinvine 
  

   Pike. 
  For 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  two 
  delighted 
  men 
  "flew 
  " 
  at 
  an 
  estimated 
  

   speed 
  of 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  miles 
  an 
  hour, 
  then 
  turned 
  the 
  machine 
  around 
  and 
  

   drove 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  into 
  tow^n 
  and 
  to 
  Haynes' 
  house 
  without 
  a 
  stop. 
  

  

  Haynes 
  now 
  had 
  the 
  horseless 
  carriage 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  looking 
  for 
  

   since 
  1890. 
  He 
  abandoned 
  the 
  gas 
  business 
  and 
  busied 
  himself 
  about 
  

   the 
  commercial 
  possibilities 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  transportation 
  agent. 
  Haynes 
  

  

  