, 1879-01-04

lncrcdullsy m to t1ie Electric liEht-An Uns
favorable Slsw ~ tho Inventor.
Cincinnati HIN. .on. .,
Yesterday Sun reporter mot gentleman
we'll known In electrical sctcpce himself, nnl
possessed of Intimate aud lifelong knowledge
OF Mr. Edison, his abilities, and bis arhieyo-
ments. md capable Of judging him fairly aud
dlspass!onately.
's1Iaye you scca Edison lasclys' asked the Sun
man.
"Oh, yea, wal the reply, "w!thin tcwdays."
:"How Isl coming on With tho electric ltzhtW
vile tan't coming on At ali," vas tho reply.
"IIo has not male sinGle point beyond what
has already been done BY other men. ffo las
merely gathered together alt Tint has been
achieved by seientists md workers all over tho
world, and In company With his assistants hus
been striving to put into practical operation
the theories Of Other lnbosefs and the results Ut
their Investigations ln this be has not sue
prospect that l!u will"
"bo You really think thatt" said tho Sun ro-
porter, knowing that tho gentleman addressed
was 4 thoroughly yesaed man tn electrical
.ceI!ng thu Importance Of such a acasiou. from
such souryc.
II kuow IT," waa the reply. "Hs Is, to-day.
rot one whit nesrcr solution of the problem
are on him now, and { hss falls, - viii, as 1t
were, go up,f 10 tho public estimation"
.s'fhen II will be 60 uo sure" VAS the rep'y.
-.'no you not hare falth In 'Ediaon." was
''ElIson," responded tho gentleman, "h
vastly oycrfatsd ,naE, aud ths newspaper men
Of New York III search Of sensations nfp In tho
out 30 many patents Of which 50 few wenc any
better thnu worthless. He has taken out about
600, aud only about twelvu Of them uro practical
and, usefnl md profitable. Ha Is hard
ia ereat measure to tbs conditions uoder which
hs lat,ors. liz u at tlle Ecad Of ap Institution
organized for tho creation of Inventions, 50 to
speak, Ihe laboratory at afenlo Park ts an in'
iii part. u ths world ths latest and freshest re-
sults ct the laboss Ut setcutists anu Inventors,
combtaIng ana applying tho satne and expert
lacntin9, Edlson, assisted a. he IL by such 4
gcuius as Batchelor and utAcrs, 10 entitled to
Utilize tue brains OF all Tho inventors Of
tns aze, and prolnee results ahead Of what any
piuulo persou could do. rno telephone repro-
tiucinR the human voice through vibration Of 2
tie reproduction ot the voice through The ylbra-
tion Of 4 diaphragm by mechanical meaus.
This was . Aus.e&tton that would occur
10 any stuhious perso't Mr. EdlApn ept at It
by . lev days only. ANY ingenious and thought
fu1 man, with the telepho,e rlucilated, could
msku / phnnoaraph. :Ms. Edi.ou, planning and
organizing and establishing such III lc1tltullon
~ tho Invention factory a. Ment0 THrk, hrs
shown more genius than ha has exhibited III my
Ut his many Inventions m tho linc VI tue curious
md pFactLttl."
"But about the electric light" urged cur 70
porter: THAT u the Important Isointl" L., ;
''Well, Edison has 1:sn turulshtl by thu New
York Eulsou Electric l.lgut Comuany With $10U,
o.0 With Which to prosecutu h!s ertGritncnts.
liz has usrd, think, about $i1,uu Of this
snonoy up 10 date, and bus dcyclooed uolhiuy
but proiuiscs, auu uonet them will bo fulfilled.
You eau put It tuwA that no great clcetsic-!igAt
revolution Il 10 coule lEoLI Mrulo Park for lift y
yvars, II tho present rate ui progress in tho
Inaitcr shefe. What Is done thtEc will depend.
in q great measure, upon What IL tAu result Of
all ths Investigation and experimenting gung
On ult oyrr tie world, Ill u which Is promptly
reported to Edlsou.n