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IS UniISTITtITIDIL FILE I COMPLAINT
Justice Stewart, of Supreme Court, Object to Electric Service Ren-
Reverses Decision of the dered by a Company in Cum-
Superior Court berland County
fl. .Issosiatcd frets ' j. s. Elliott. S. E. Shenk anil E. S.
Philadelphia. Man h 15. The Penn- j Manning, of Newville, Cumberland
sylvania Supreme < ourt, in an opinion ; county. have filed a complaint with the
Justice Mewart, iO-das. reversed) p u tj]i c Service Commission against the
in.- tlerw»ion of the superior « ourt in ' .
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J tin- i;«l". Tlte Noting ■ ase original-| a f ter Marih I■■ vt would tease to sup
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Allegheny county, and was carried to poses.
the Superior Court, which is now re- C. A. Stevens and other patrons of
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vision of the highest court in the State River Railroad petition for the re
upholds a decision made by Judge Sulz- installation „f train service between
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privilege*, immunities or peculiarities. The Lock Ha* en public schools "<>-
whether arising out of personal or busi- tition for a foot bridge over the tracks
ness relations, and then to invest such of the Pennsylvania railroad at Fourth
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MONDAY EVENING,
How the Old Oaken Bucket Lead
to the Self-Measuring Pump
It Wasn t Moss Covered, but the Ice Coating Caused the Salesman's
Dream That Led to an Invention So Commonly Used
The greatest achievements in history
have had their inception in small be
ginnings. Most great inventions have
been Inspired by mpall happenings
around home. The history of S. F.
Bowser vt Co., Inc.. is not tedious to
any reader, because of its wonderful
developments and the remarkable life
history of S. F. Bowser, the president
of the company and inventor. It deals
with problems which confronted one
generation and were solved during the
life and time of that generation.
Only twenty years after the rec
ognized used of petroleum as a com
mercial necessity the tlrst effort toward
conserving this product was made,
when he created the self-measuring oil
storage equipment. From that time to
this he and the company have steadily
progressed until now they are recog
nized the world over as thw> oil storage
and distributing experts, manufactur
ing oil-handling devices of all kinds
suitable for the most modern private
garage to the largest and most com
plete factory or railroad power plant
or oil house. S. F. Bowser's story
that led to the invention of the self
measuring pump is as follows:
"For twelve years before my inven
tion 1 was a traveling salesman, sell
ing wrapping paper, paper bags, and
so on. in which time 1 had many ex
periences that would try the steel of
any man aud more. Finally, notwith
standing the rugged man that X was,
my nervous system was undermined
and 1 became wholly unable to take
care of my business. 1 had to slacken
my pace for the time being and take
a greatly needed rest. At which time
I deeded my home to one of my cred
itors and moved down town near the
Pennsylvania Railroad station (Fort
Wayne. Ind.), where I got three rooms
for $lO a month.
"Here I relaxed, but remained on
the road selling wrapping paper and
tinware for a friend of mine, woiking
as 1 could stand it, two to four days
a week, aiming to be home every night,
or at least was seldom away from
home more than one night at a time.
I kept this up for a year and did fairly
well. 1 kept out of debt and paid my
friend for whom 1 was working S9O
of a debt, in which time my physical
condition improved, as was evidenced
by the fact that I gained eight pounds.
"This was early in the spring of
1 885 and I was going out on the a
o'clock train one morning in pursuit
of my bussiness. Therefore 1 got up
about 4 o'clock to get ready, and
among other things 1 wanted to leave
my wife a good supply of water for
the day. The well from which we
got our water was about seventy feet
deep and our means of getting it was
somewhat primitive, notwithstanding
the same way is in use now. here and
there, throughout the country, and
douhtless forever will be.
"Over the well was built a little
house and up in the roof of this little
house a big grooved swivel wheel was
fastened, over which the long well
rope passed, so that a bucket could be
tied to each end of it. By letting one
bucket down for water you at the
same time would be drawing up the
other bucket full of water. The little
house over the well was unusually
high. It simply had a roof on it and
was not enclosed, and the well being
deep and the night being still and very
cold, the steam that came out of the
well froze onto the rope thus exposed
between the mouth of the well and the
roof, which was, as before stated, un
usually high from the ground. There
fore. to draw water in this manner,
all of this frozen frost covered rope
had to pass through my hands, and
it being a very cold morning, added
to its sting of cold—but I got the
water. in the meantime my good
wife, who never -murmured or com
plained. had me a bite to eat and I
took my grip and made the train.
"I went to Decatur, twentv-two
miles south of Fort Wayne. Here I
got a team of horses and a sleigh and
drove to I'leasant Mills, some six miles
southeast. From there I drove to
Willshire. < »hio, three and one-halt'
miles farther on. It was on this drive
from Pleasant Mills to Willshire that
my mind turned to the unpleasantness
of drawing water out of this deep well
on a cold morning. My thoughts turned
to devising some better way. at which
time I saw. as it were, a pump cylinder
at the bottom of the well sufficiently
large to hold a pail of water, the same
being provided with a discharge pipe
and a pump rod similar to our pres
ent pump, and so arranged that with
one full stroke I could discharge a
bucketful of water.
"This looked good to me and 1
thought if it was good and practical,
maybe I "could work up a little busi
ness out of it by manufacturing It for
the market. Upon my return home 1
took it up with my brother, who was
an engineer on the Pennsylvania rail
road and lived the second door from
me. drawing water from the same
well.
"Xeither of us being versed in this
kind of business, but my brother hav
ing an acquaintance with a patent
model maker down street, who was
quite versed In mechanics of this sort
we went down and laid tho matter be-
CHANDLER SfX CYLINDER
Amlrew Redmond, Distritntfor, Third and Str*e4» . . .
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
fore hlni. He took out of his drawer
a little book thai treated on subjects
of this kind nnd showed us therein the
great pressure that would be necessary
to raise the water to the surface from
. to deep a well, which convinced «is at
once that it was absolutely impractical.
"This settled It for the moment, at
least, with all of us, but when I got
out alone and was thinking- the matter
over it come to me in almost audible
] words, 'Why will it not do for oil? It
is never far away,' and as this was go
ins through my mind I could see, as
it were, an oil tank sitting in the cor
ner of a grocery and I could see an
other oil tank sitting beneath in the
corner of the basement of the grocery,
and as basements at best are never
very deep 1 felt sure that my pump
would work very satisfactorily In
either of these tanks.
"So in a few days when my brother
was in I took this proposition up with
htm. He readily agreed with me that
in this case the pump would work en
tirely satisfactorily, but he suggested
that everybody was supplied with oil
tanks ahd there would be no market
for them. But as my business was
selling goods, 1 did not see it that way.
"I told him 1 was going out in the
morning and would be home the day
following and in the meantime I would
! see what 1 could do in the way of tell
ing some of my customers who were
handling oil about my invention and
see if they would be interested in such
a device. I left in the morning and
returned home the following day
about 7 o'clock in the evening, in
which time I had taken five orders.
"J simply laid the matter before
my prospective purchaser in an ear
nest, enthusiastic manner. Just a*, if we
were going right ahead to manufac
ture them, and my customer would
respond:
"All right, If you can make such h
device and it works as you say, I will
take one.'
"Down went his name for one and I
| repeated this five times in two days, as
I above stated. It was three months
afterward before we could (ill these
orders. In the meantime one of the
parties failed, but the other four re
ceived the'r goods in the hearty, en
thusiastic manner in which they gave
me the order and paid for them
promptly.
"Now. this was the beginning of the
tank business, nnd how It came about.
A volume could be written of the dark
and trying times I had before the time
of the beginning of this article, and
two volumes of the same kind could
be written of the times since. But
you will observe that had it not heen
for these trving times and misfortunes,
or which I had many, together with
my broken health. I would not have
lost my home. 1 would still be a trav-
I °ling man, and there would have heen
j no 'Bowser nump' to-day.
"In conclusion, will say, in mv won-
I derful experience, where there was no
I sunshine, T saw why all this.' I needed
| It, and had, and have use for all of it
jin my business. To-day over fifteen
J hundred people are on our payroll,
: en loving with me and mine the bless
j inss of the sunshine that comes after
• the dark, dark clouds have rolled
i away.
i "God planned, and I was used by
Him—is 'why the Bowser oil tank and
I pump works is what it is to-day.
"Very truly yours,"
j (Signed! "S. F. BOWSER."
i Since the beginning of the Bowser
j company in 1885 there has been a
steady advancement of this company's
i business. N'ew equipment anjl new
■ features on old equipment have been
' added from year to year. The year
; 1915 sees possibly the greatest im
provement in the equipment of any
j previous year. This year the Bowser
company have placed upon the mar
j ket a new five-gallon curb pump.
; known as the "Chief Sentry," as well
l as a five-gallon pump for indoor use
| and a one-gallon pump for indoor use.
These pumps are designed especially
for handling gasoline, although they
can be varied slightly in the assem
bling to handle kerosene, lubricating
or other oils. The new models are
styled Cuts 101. 102, 102, 105 and 100.
They are a marvel in the completeness
of their design and construction.
I Practically any amount from five gal
lons down to one pint can be accu
rately pumped and an exact record
kept of every bit of the liquid dis
charged through the pump. All Bow-
I set- equipment is regularly examined
> and labeled by the National Board of
! Fire Underrwiters. which means that
j it has the approval of recognized in
; suranee authorities throughout the
i State.
"A full display of Bowser pumps and
tanks for handling gasolene and other
oils in the public, private and com
mercial garages, grocery and general
stores, factories, dry cleaning plants
and in fact wherever oils of any kind
are handled or used can be seen at the
display rooms of S. F; Bowser & Co.,
Inc.. 21C Federal Square, Telegraph
building, Harrisburg. Pa. Mr. R. S.
Colwell. the genial Harrisburg man
ager for the Bowser company, explains
to visitors any points regarding the
equipment.
smashed on the You have neglected to put on Weed
slippery carve Chains.
I j
» q !! eq You anxiously view the slippery
J curve ahead and have a mental
picture of your car smashed against a rock.
Why nurse anxiety and coax calamity—why take such
chances when you know
.
I Weed-Aatay Chains
Absolutely Prevent Skidding
]
No other device has ever been slipped on in a moment with
invented that takes the place out a jack. They don't injure
of Weed Chains. All kinds of tires even as much o^*%.
"make-shifts" have been tried as one little slip or
useless and worthless all. skid. They never \
!fj The real value of Weed Chains fail in an
has been proven so often and emergency ;
so satisfactorily during the last and take up
ten years that there is no hardly any space || JP
room for argument. They are when not in use.
City Auto Supply Co.,
j 118-120 Market Street y
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SHOW AT ARENA HAS
A FINE DISPLAY
Automobiles and Accessories Ar
ranged Amid Attractive Sur-
roundings at Sixth Show
With J. Clywe Myton at the helm 1
guiding the sixth annual exhibit of
the Harrisburg Automobile Dealers'
Association, the doors were opened
Saturday evening to an attendance of!
people that exceeded the expectations ;
for the first night. The Arena, as |
usual, is attractively arranged with [
its latticework in ceiling, and en-1
hanced by the streamers of blue and >
gold, presented a beautiful scene with
the arrangement of lights that show i
off the various models to the best'
advantage.
Andrew Redmond holds the stage
again this year for the third sue- j
cessive year. Redmond's exhibit con- ;
sists of an Overland model 80 tour-1
ing. an Overland 81 touring and road-j
ster and the new Overland six-cylin- |
der seven-passenger touring. An j
overland coupe on the model of 80 j
chassis is among the finest cars at the j
show. The Chandler light six touring i
is included, as well as a Chandler |
six chassis and an Overland Model 80
chassis, making one of the most com- I
plete exhibits ever put on the stage
by Redmond.
1. W. Pill has a Hudson light six, j
Model "4 0" and the big Hudson 6-54. i
The forty is raised from the floor and
the power plant connected by electric
motor to show the operation of ma
chinery. Outside of the building are
the G. M. C., Republic and Bessemer
trucks, shown there for lack of space
inside.
The Cadillac exhibit of the C'rispen
Motor Car Company includes a seven-1
passeng eight-cylinder model, the I
Cadillac roadster and the cut-open
chassis. The latter is among the most
interesting exhibits on the road, hav- !
ing attracted immense crowds at all;
the leading shows of the country. The j
lecturer with his flow of eloquence j
and instructive technical knowledge |
is always a fascination at automobile i
shows.
The Paige exhibit of George Ft.!
Bentley has the Paige Four and Six, j
also the mounted motor of the Four
showing at a glance the silent spiral
gears, water pump, generator, etc. !
The motor is cut away so that the j
cylinder walls and pistons are visible, j
also the crankshaft and connecting j
rods. Mr. Bentley is assisted at the;
display by his son Paul.
The Harrisburg Auto Company ex- |
hibit is one of the most complete,
that has been shown in this territory. |
A six-cylinder Reo touring car, ad- i
vertised the. world over as the new |
"Six with Sixty Superiorities," a four- I
cylinder touring, if four-cylinder road- ;
ster, a four-cylinder coupe and a
four-cylinder 1914 touring car, as well '
as a six-cylinder chassis that has been
shown at the New York show. A
complete line of parts are included in
the display.
The Herff-Brooks is represented by
James K. Kipp with a showing of
three touring cars. As these are
among the models, shown for the first
time at a local show, they will com- j
mand attention from many. Although !
on exhibition for the lirst time, these!
are not new in the city, as a great i
many of them have been sold since j
Mr. Kipp assumed the distribution. |
Charles Barner, of the Keystone;
Motor far Company, claims first!
honors this year for having made the :
first sale, a Dodge Brothers' touring 1
ear. The Keystone exhibit consists i
of the new $1,400 model direct from
the Brooklyn show, and a Saxon Six I
from the Boston show; a Dodge i
Brothers' touring, car. -a Master Six 1
and a Chalmers Light Six.
MARCH 15, 1915.
Chains Essential For
Safety on Slippery Roads
By P. W. Milllcr
Few automobile men will deny that I
if motorists were more careful in the
matter of using chains the number of
accidents that occur each vear would i
be materially reduced. Skidding s 1
one of the most prolific causes of disa.-.- j
ter, and when this danger is offset, as
it can be through the use of tire'
chains, there is no excuse for neglect
In this direction on the part of chauff
eur or owner. Too great reliance lia>
been placed upon the objection of in
experienced motorists that chains •! ,
damage to tires: they do when the
chains are not properly placed, but \
otherwise there is no possible objec-i
tlon to their being employed upon all!
occasions when the going is sllppei v i
and uncertain.
When a chain is too tight the links;
naturally imbed themselves In the I
shoe and eventually do harm, but
when the chain is attached loosely so
that as the wheel turns the chain
works around the tire freely the rub
ber is not injured. Professor Mutton,
of the Technical Department of the
Automobile Club of America, whose
province it Is to study all such mat-
Surprising Values in 7 MODELS tf the
1915 OVERLAND S
Model 81 Overland Roads!or $705.00
Model 81 Overland Touring: tar $850.00
.Model 81 Overland Delivery Wagon $895.00
Model 80 Overland Roadster .51,050.00
Model 80 Overland Touring Car $1,075.00
Model 80 Overland Four Passenger Cou|>e $1,600.00
Model 82 Overland 6-Cyl., Seven Passenger $1,475.00
All F. O. B. factory Prices
THE "CHANDLER LIGHT SIX," THE CAR WITH THE
MARVELOUS MOTOR. TWO. FIVE, AM) SEVEN PASSEN
GER BODY AT THE NEW SEASON PRICE OF 51.2W5.00 F.
O. 8., FACTORV. IS THE SURPRISE OF THE AUTOMO
BILE WORLD IN A HIGH GRADE. SIX-CVMXDEK CAR.
AUTO CAR TRUCKS. EXHIBIT ON THE STAGE
Andrew Redmond
Cor. 3rd & Boyd Sts. Harrisburg, Pa.
Iters, suys that the only material dam
-1 age which comes to tires from chains
| is when they are improperly applied,
land he holds that as a means of safety
I they are essential.
1 "After a light rain in the city," he
says, "the asphalt pavement becomes
| slippery, and full control of a mot.tr
car is brought about only through the
| use of tire chains."
i in the case of women learning to
drive, chains are regarded by instrn •-
tors as essential, even when there is the
I least amount of moisture in the road
land some instructors, indeed, employ
them at all times when their pupils
are women, claiming that they steady
the car, thus adding an element which
gi\es the woman driver courage and
I confidence at the outset. The accident
{ attending the recent trip of woman's
i suffrage advocates, when a car slid into
| the ditch, was brought about absolute-
I ly because the car involved was being
I driven along the slippery road with
out tire chains.
} Chains are easily adjusted to tires,
■ and. as pointed out above, may be so
placed as to do no damage to the shoe.
In the fire department they are re
garded as indispensable. The success
of the motor apparatus in the slippery,
heavy conditions of last February and
March was due to the use of tire
chains.