PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20, 1898. - The first meeting of the stockholders of the Keely Motor Company since the death of John W. Keely, the inventor, was held in this city to-day. Charles S. Hill attorney for the inventor's widow, stated that Keely's secret did not exist in manuscript, but that Keely had made a suggestion before his death that Kinraide of Boston was the one man who could successfully carry out his idea. A long and spirited discussion ensued as to what course should be pursued. It was finally agreed to leave the entire matter in the hands of the Board of Directors.

After Mr. Hill had made his statement he announced that he had a secret which he would impart to one man. This communication, he said, was of a nature to encourage the stockholders and to induce them to leave everything in Kinraide's hands for one year. John J. Smith, one of the Directors of the company, was appointed to confer with the lawyer. Meantime the stockholders elected the following Directors: B. L. Ackerman, George H. Hastings, John J. Smith, A. M. Clomney of New York, and Lancaster Thomas, Sylvester Snyder, and John Marston of this city.

To-night Mr. Smith reported that he was not yet thoroughly satisfied as to what would be most desirable, but that the secret imparted to him by Mr. Hill offered great encouragement to the stockholders. Mr. Smith could not be induced to divulge any of the information given him.

See Also

A Visit to Mr Keely - Astounding Performance of the Keely Motor
Aerial Navigation
Affairs of the Keely Motor Company
Air-ship
B. L. Ackerman
Boekel Selected
Boekel
Chronology
Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore
Denies Keely was an Impostor
Disgusted Keely Motor Men
Experiments Described on His New Sympathetic Attraction
Expressing Confidence in Keelys Motor
Keely - Historical Documents
Keely and His Discoveries
Keely Chronology
Keely Motor Company
Keely Motor
Keely Spinning Motor
Keely
Keelys New Company
Latent Force and Theory of Vibratory Lift for Airships
Law Suit
Letter from Charles Collier to Scientific American
Motor Keely Gets Angry
Mrs. Moore on the Keely Motor
Newton of the Mind - Keely's Air-ship Described
Moore's commitment to support Keely
The Doom of Steam
The Keely Motor Company
The Keely Motor Secret
Veil Withdrawn
Victor Hansen
Was Keely a Fraud?
Was Keely Imprisoned for stock fraud?
William Boekel
William C. Strawbridge
Collier's Letter to Scientific American
Report of Charles Collier on The Keely Motor Company
Keely Motor Company - Minority Report to Stockholders