It is estimated that the carriages can be sold for about $400, and a stock company will probably be formed to manufacture them.
Text of Patent Letter ([page 24])
United States Patent Office.
CHARLES E. DURYEA, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.
ROAD-VEHICLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,648, dated June 11, 1895.
Application filed April 30, 1894. Serial No. 509,466. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Charles E. Duryea, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.