The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-05-09
THE EEETaIs LIGHT.
EDISON STILL CONFIDENT IN THE ULTI-
NATE SUCCESS OF HIS INVENTION.
New. York Graphic.

/ New York Graphic.
The bulletins from Menlo Park during
the past six weeks have been SO meagre
and unsatisfactory regarding Mr.. Edison's
experiments with the electric light that the
belief has become rather general in this
country and in England that for once the
great inventor has miscalculated his invent
i've resources and utterly failed In his prom
ise to make the electric light the illumina-
| tor of the future. Mr.. Edison has kept
thoroughly informed of the feeling of the
public on this score, but has not seen fit to
reply to the stories published regarding his
supposed failure, and has remained steadi-
ly ct work in his laboratory experimenting
and arranging the intricate machinery by
which he expects not only to fulfill his
promise but to confute the theories of the
scientific gentlemen who have ridiculed him
and his plans.
These stories about my failure" he
said last evening during conversation with
. Graphic reporter, shave had the effect to
thin out the crowd of visitors who usually
come to see me, which to me is blessing
in disguise. I have prayed for an earth
quake or something of the sort to keep some
of them away, and if I had put in stand
ing advertisement in the Graphic for this
purpose it could not have answered better
than these flying rumors. rather like it,
and it wouldn't bother me particle if they
kept up the cry-at least until am ready
to show what have accomplished"
Then you haven't given up your theo-
ries and have not made the failure in your
experiments with the electric light which is
reported ?'
Mr.. Edison laughed outright at the ques
tion and answered: "Bless you, have
made no failure, but, on the contrary, have
been successful in everything I have un-
dertaken. have already secured twenty
lights with one machine or six lights per
horse power. This is absolute and is no
idle assertion"
"Wil your success in this respect rem
der your method so superior to gas that it
will supplant the latter ?'
"It will do this. Il will render the cleo
trio light three times cheaper than gas.
This is but the entering wedge to what I
think can accomplish before have ended
my work. have secured six lights per
horse power, and think it is theoretically
possible to get.from fifty to sixty. You can
imagine what effect this would produce, or
what even ten horse power would produce,
when say that six per horse power rem
ders the electric light three times cheaper
than gas"
"And you have secured this without
doubt?''
81 have, and exhibited the lights in my
laboratory to my friends two week ago.
There is no doubt about it. It is absolute.
The lights furthermore burn brightly and
steadily
& "Is the Illuminating power superior to
gasp"
81 is both brighter AID BETTER
"When do you propose to give public
exhibition of your invention ?'
"Perhaps in month or six weeks.
There are certain improvements upon
which am nov engaged, and until have
finished them and have everything in good
working order, do not care to give an sx.
hibition. There is no mistake. I have
succeeded in my efforts and expect to &C.
complish great deal more"