The Daily Phoenix

A REMARKABLE INVENTION.—The Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Graphic describes an invention of John W. Keeley, of Master street, which is intended to supersede steam. By the use of two gallons of water, he claims to be able to run a train from Philadelphia to San Francisco and back.

The secret is known only to the inventor, who states that his simple process will create a pressure of 6,000 pounds to the square inch, that of steam being only about 30 to 200 pounds. A model for the patent office is being finished.

Many prominent men in New York and Worcester, Massachusetts, are reported to have advanced money for its completion, on condition of receiving the exclusive right of its disposal in certain localities. The water is used over and over again, and no fuel, chemicals, electricity or magnetic currents are used. On the 10th ultimo a successful and astonishing test was made in the presence of three experts, pledged to secrecy. The machine is locked up, and even its shape is concealed. It holds about fourteen gallons of water. In working it the water was taken from a common hydrant near by.