, 1879-02-23
Directors ut New York, with their wishes for
his continued good health, happiness, and PROS
EDISON.
That Electric Light.

lirht into octuo1 ,1se Ms substitute for pas. nm
t},erc,t ttera ;e q ore,t unoobt of f,crci,,1;+
On tne part OF those WHO iofuief1s SPOKE OF hlt
as OF some mysterious m1racle-"orker. Prohi
b1y there never vas an inventor SO put and ken
under win and snnr Ms this Edison.
sir r,ontbs ,ro ba announced w;rh rat,,ar ~,
DIX months ago Ut aunou"seu WIN ratner un
wise precipitation, perhaps, that nc was on til
track Of all electric light which would superscl
| luminous gas for all nurposes and in all p1acea
s;nce tho+ ha Inc hoon chased nm hso boro he
fa~s +ha ~ ha.aSs m .s.s ~ - nont} had - D.e w
.o.e 'Ne nou"us' . nlo ~ a.,s o wv pussy
When newspapers began 10 ask 1mpatiently
"Where is that new clcct1ic light?" and in IN
other month the oucstion became 5ronica,
Jonrn,,s which vcor AFRO believed .hot Edico,
,, .a1's ~: "1.' y.A4 ~ - 49, ts'1e 4.u'7o'
cooto c'''np 10 tue hloon - az onts "antco TO
! have now so lost confidence ulat they doubt
| he will ever seriously iuiure the gas monono1y
The fact is that Edison ia rs simnle-hcarte1 an
| ,.. -. :. = ,r,-r,,u .a.,e.
'l'senuoos Us . IVY u - 'Al, soe'Al ,'lo
sympathet1c helig, somewhat 'o'uo'e Whel
among friends. and be wholly lacks the reticenct
Of the closet scientist. II he finds something
new, or even gets sauarely on ITS track, he wants
{ everybody to know it who is interested.
Now feel certain, dear Journal, that thlE
electric light is . sure tnins: Gas stock 10:
! partially recovered its former orice, know, but
electric-light stock has risen ten times as much.
! The Electric-Lieht Company has S300, 900 o1
stock whose par value would be 500 q share.
Not share OF it c:tn 6t: bought to-day, as far as
can ascertain, at less than s5o0! Did s' fail
urc" ever make such 4 showing before in the
| history Of the worlda ran out to Mcnlo Park
| last Monday. It, is twenty-four miles out ou
| the Pennsylvania Central, and costs 81 for the
| round trip.
found them all working 2 as as hard as ever, and
J. all as confident as ever. Edison has more time
than he used to have" saId als secretary, Grill:
Tin; he isn't SO much bothered ov callers, and
yoli can't think how grateful he is"
''This electric light" said Edison, lis just as
certain as sunshine and don't you forget it.
They must give nle time FOR IT, and il they don't
sllall take time. have never said would
have it done in week. Inventors generally
take years to produce great results"
Lie held small bundle OF wires in his hand,
which run down through Tie floor somew here,
with tEcir ends cylinder of iron before him,
about as large Us double kegs Of beer. As he
brought tue. wires in contact with Z key at the
end. bright sparks Of blue and gold twini1cd
around It, OF, perhaps, SHOULD call them jets
rather than sparks, for they blazed rather than
twinked, emitting strong light which dazzEeu
the eyes like looking in furnace.
This is my new generator" said he; "those
old generators (pointinC to . Granl,ne and q
Waltacc) arc all right in principle but not pow
crful enough for NV purpose"
II lave been reading Prof. Morton's artcles,''
said, wherein hc holds that IN adequate
electric light cannot be produced that does not
cost three times rs much as gas"
Edison laughed heartily and he replied:
s.You will excuse me from showing Alorton's
fallacies in detail, but I have no Hesitation in
saving that he, docs not know what l am doing
ut ali, and when he ascertains he will be- the
most surprised man in the world. Now you
newspaosr men must must give ; me SIX mouths OF
time, will prove its practicability long before
that.''
''l1ow docs the generator come on!"l asked,
looking at the barrel of magnets.
.'That's coming out ali right" he rcplied,
"my only trouble is that some of the electricity
stays inside, instead OF stopping out and max
M, itself useful. But I'll coax it out"
s'You can say that in q few week will have
these shops lighted at night with twelve electric
horse power, This will be far cheaper than any
gasltglit ever burnt in the world"
- How much cheaper, Ar. Edlson?"
SWELL" SAID the inventor, putting his soft
hat little more on tic back ct MS head with q
greasy hand that looked like coal-heaver's,
and bringing another clear fash from the re-
volving armature, the lowest cost OF the ordi-
nary city gas to the manufacturer is one cent an
hour for two jets; believe l can furnish six
electric lights TOR the same price"
:" That would necessarily mean the extinction
Of gas companies" l commented.
s. Wait a few weeks" said the inventor, land
Griffin shall telegraph you to come up."
may add that his assistant. Bachelor, stand I
ing bv with q coil Of tine copper wire IN his
hands, and his expert mathematician, sitting
Of figures, dipped. in with words of acques- |
ccnce and expressions OF faith in the ultimate /
result which amounted to certainty.
The Electric Light Conpuny has put J
being spent at the rate of several hun
lrcd dollars day. Tn every side luthes arc