The story
John M. Leach turned his Everett Cycle Company into Leach Motor Vehicle Company in 1899. The Leach car was a runabout steamer built on a frame of steel tubing with suspension by three elliptical springs. The boiler was fed automatically and the fuel was gasoline. In 1901 the company was closed.
From Wikipedia’s article on Leach (steam automobile company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3