Augustine 20 H. P. Rotary Gas Engine
AUGUSTINE AUTOMATIC ROTARY ENGINE CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
Incorporated March 8, 1911, in the Province of Ontario, to manufacture rotary steam, gas, gasoline and alcohol engines. Company owns all of the Augustine rotary engine patents. Subsidiary companies are to be organized to manufacture special types of the Augustine automatic rotary engine, each of which companies is to have a large capitalization, but all of them to be tributary to the Augustine Automatic Rotary Engine Co., viz.: A cash bonus, besides a part of its stock issued to be. paid by each for a license to make special types of engines under the patents and also a royalty based on the horsepower of each engine manufactured.
Capital Stock.—Authorized, $1,000,000; stock is fully paid up and non-assessable. Shares, $25. No dividends. Company acts as its own transfer agent. Annual meeting at Toronto, Ont.
Directors.—Benjamin F. Augustine, W. S. Rayfield, A. E. Dane, Toronto, Can.
Officers.—Benjamin F. Augustine, Pres; W. S. Rayfield, Sec. and Treas., Toronto, Can Office. Yonge Street Arcade, Toronto. Ont.
A prominent feature of the machinery market is the interest shown in the Augustine automatic rotary engine, which was invented and developed in Buffalo by Benjamin F. Augustine. After years of experiments and tests, the engine has finally come upon the market, and in a comparatively short time the number of orders booked exceeded the capacity of the factory on Northampton street, this city, and three other shops are now filling orders for 54 Augustine rotary engines. Numbered among the recent orders booked are the following: Dodge & Bliss Co., Jersey City, one 100-horsepower, automatic cut-off for Tonawanda, N. Y., power plant; Spencer-Kellogg Co., Buffalo, one 15-horsepower, automatic cut-off, for centrifugal pump; Christian Becker, Buffalo, one 15-horsepower; Dunkirk, N. Y., board of public works, one 20-horsepower rotary engine to connect with Sirocco fan, forced draft; Wheat's Ice Cream Co., Akron, N. Y., one 20-horsepower rotary engine. A considerable number of engines of this type have already been delivered by the company and are now in operation. The Augustine Automatic Rotary Engine Co., 738 Ellicott square, Buffalo, has planned for the early construction of a plant of extensive facilities for the manufacture of engines, having already far outgrown its present plant. A distinctive feature of the proposed factory lies in the decision of the company to dispense with overhead shafting, floor shafting and belting. Every machine in the plant will be independently driven by an Augustine automatic rotary engine. In this respect, the factory will be unique. The engines will be built in various types adapted for use in power plants, traction vehicles, motor boats, automobiles, etc.
"The Augustine Automatic Rotary Engine Co., of Buffalo, has purchased a factory on Elmwood avenue, this city, and will equip it immediately for continuing the manufacture of the Augustine rotary steam engines. Benjamin F. Augustine is president and general manager. The business of the company has outgrown the shops on Northampton street and for several months has operated several machine shops scattered about the city in order to facilitate production. Recently this company booked a number of orders for 100-horsepower engines for power plant purposes." (Quote fron 1909.)
Information Sources
- The Iron Trade Review, 05 Aug 1909, page 244 & 25 Nov 1909, page 916
- American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 39