, 1877-07-14
OUR INVENTORS.
4 Brief Mention Of Some of the Sue
cessful Inventions of the Age.


pscAA"'cHkuc uluht uc given 70 England the
magnetic telegraph, the sewing .macsi1.e, tho
reaper and mower, tho revolver aud revolving
rifle, tho s'ccpfn1caf, tho atrect-car, the omnl-
bus, the railway check syase,n, and innumerable
othcrs, are tho product Of American brsina and
American stops. No part Of the Union has
monopoly Of Inventive genius, but We may SAFE
| " claim for Chicago full share Of men with
| Inventive capacity who think. and, thinking.
net. Many at them hare with their ideas
achieved = competence, some of> them great
fortunes. aud othcEs-fnoFe's the ptty-asc stlll
strugC'ng for recognition Of the!r talents an,,
services. Some OF the succssful Inventors Of
this city arc briefly mentioned below:
| WILLIAM Il. HALE CO.
We take pleasure In calling the attention Of
| the reader to one of the zrcatcst anil most usc-
,a nvontgGs o. te 'Gstns yd.auc ele-
Arm; and tn this business they arc the pioneers.
10 popular haze there elevators become, In fact,
and 50 general their use, that the cxptnsc Ut
more than nc-half, and still they arc muci,
| more cxpenstve aud but few now ui1es arc now
nus 10. Not only are the water elevators lcts
expensive ,,. thsn ths ..ean but thsr arc oper.t.
nc engineer; they arc quicker and ti,uc1,
street mains or tanks, snI al who ride on them
Manufactured by Mcstrs. William i. itaie Il
Co. arc entirely dfdt rent IN principle irutn al1
other hydraulic elevators In that they uto an
upr1ght instead Of horizontal cylinder, there
cylinder IRON the weight Of the piston which is
forced through IL, aud also securing greater
safety br using the water - brake to h,ld tho
sley..or '. IN deseending: This enterprstng firm
the market, but rather to do tho best and most
permanent work possible at fair prices. Their
elsyators arc IN VIZ IN nearly all the
principal citieE Of the Uufon-for instance In tho
senatc wing Of the Capitol, at Washington. i.
C., the Western Union Telegraph Cumpauy's
building, 0rammercy Park Hotel, Newport
n4sts: the elegant psvato residence 81 Afs
Pierpont, besides many Office and store build.
iags In New York; the British A1ncrica Assur-
anco Conpany's building In Tosnut,; scveral
GOV. Baldwin and ]. il. 0rSus, IN Detroit; t. IT.
| Nkc's 0pcra-tfouse in Cincinnati; LfndelI Ho-
tel, 81. Lnu!s; MltchcIl's new bank md Office
h4llding, milwaukee,; the Major Block, Lasallc
TRIBUNE Building Marine bank Building, and
scores Of othcra tr Chicago. fn fact, these clc-
vaturs have Well.cseabatshed reputation from
long and succcssfll use, and hare been intlorseu
by many pE1ctical cngnccrs Of tho highest rep
utatton.
ANB1no's srarEns or LErfza,r1Lrxo.
W. A.: AmbeFE, Of thc tlfm of Cameron, Am
berg i Co., manufacturing st attouers. Ut Vi Lake
street. has from his experience az an accountant
| In bis youthful days and knowledge nt count
| iuE.house wants been cnahicd By patient study
AMI perseverance, 10 perfect quite numbyr Of
| spccfaltEes, which hare become Indispensable
requisites in every oilrc whcro they have been
adopted.
Commencing with the "bill nle'' In 1869.
which was dssigned TO keep monthly bills IN
| checked on presentations. he followed II With a
"iettcr nlcn y which tarcd all the labor Of In.
dexine, paattng, folding, indorsinE, or writing
This was, In consequence of improvements in
mechanical construction, the subject OF various
patents. ifoIn time to time, and from it, labor
saving tcaturca Is IT, srecessfnl use ln over 95
| per cent Of tho business houses OF Chieago,
Mr. AmberE was, however, dissatisfied with
/ II an = mcans for Hing lGrQs correspondence,
and about two ycars ago began experimenting.
perfection "f Tho .'Cabnct Letter Fs," OF Of
wIlIct, about sixty different sizes and styles arc
now made, any " Y, means ; Of series of over aoo
,pdcxicons," all different, can arrange cabl-
net Of any size, and adapt tt to any business,
producing results when arc almost luYo,d
comprehension. -.
Tie prices Of these vary from soo to $500
] each. 13y It's tlsc In even tho llIOst extensive
business Hcccss may be hatl tn all any portion
| of any mans correspondence instantly, wlicro
| byany other system hours and cvcndays maY be
/ required.
| IN our largest holscs. banks. etc, wlile Ut
"slnCfo llcs" " over ~, o00 ART In acttve use In
Chicago a.onu.
bicssrs. Cameron, Atnberg q: 70. hare branch
thelr mammoth establishment here, send these
goods to all parts OF the civilized world. cyen To
! our antipodcs. 4 handsome descriptive cata-
loguc Will be sent by them free OIL application.
THE ADAMS WEsTIAKE WiREs 0AuzE Nom
EXPLOSIVE OIL STOVE.
Tho Iato ttfals OF oil stores under the aus.
pees Ut the Chicago Fire Department and tho
inertia and their liability TO explosion, demon
stratcd fully aud satisfactorily the superiority
Of the stose with the above title. 4. A: LAM.
bert. :. j., Professor Of Ehcmstry and Natural
with proi. Whee !er aad br. Diansy.
all wcll-knowu chemists OF tho high.
sst .aaat els1astef r. and ability xers selested
ten different oil Atores, from US many makers,
were tcstca, and MI found faulty In coustruc-
ton III! liable to explode, wlth thu exception
Of ths Adams + Wsst1ake Wtre1iauge Non.E1-
plosive on Store. THO now pruce4s ct lighting
Without taking % or changing thu top wu hixh-
j. eofnu.end. this being tho only stove in tho
world having thls ''csirc, md also tilo two.holc
top on which four ycssrls TIM be put at tho sal,e
time, and for bcln: the only. stoyc on which
haklng and eonking can bs done At the SANG
time On single stove.
woykx.wlKn AArrnKss aoona.
The Untun Wire Mattress Company OF CHI
cago, through it, inventive ingenuity. energy.
and ENTERPRISE, hare placed themselves 1t tho
head Ut this important branch Of busIness III tho
Chicago by far larger manufacturing polut Ut
woysn-wiro snattrcss goot!A tnan all thu other
eitles In the Cnlon. They manufacture not
! only Eoven-wlro mattresses 81 crefj siLe aud
styic, but also woyen-wFe bcd-loungcs, Ut which
they aIr tho original Inventors, 4 spscI d4 II.
ticlc. They also manufacture Qrcatcr variety
md better sty!es of hospital aud rubis !nst!tu.
other huuse In An,cHcs- Their machinery for
wise-weavine Is original with them. and
Ia the moat slMple aud perfect
imaginable, 1t Il manufactures like
this that MAku , commercial metropolis u
the city in which they arc located, and help to
build UP manufacturing centEe. The utflitJof
these mattresses has been thoroughly tested by
tbs public. and they arc now being adopted BY
all who like luxurious and comfortable bed.
TUE WELLA EN0tAK-WoAKs.
F. c. Wells, ot Wcl'a' Engino aud Steam
Pump Works, ll6 TO ~ South Clinton street,
pate,,tea and manufacturer OF tho Wells tul-
proved s,atlonarY engine, with patent automatic
stop governor. Aiao ot tho Wells stea,1..pump.
with !ta patent valve movement The Wells
stean.punts sneine, Anl goyesnorp arc well
known IN this city " iu cvery way practical, and
arc not excelled. 4 equaled, by auy othcr made