The sun., 1880-12-05
NEWS FROM MEMO PARK,
Mr. Edison Actively Preparing for Really
Practical Tests.

Mr. Edison Actively Preparing for Really
Practical Teats.
Have you heard the news, Mr.. Edison ?"
said workman on Tuesday night rs the great
light maker was going the rounds In the Menlo
Park shops.
What about-the pump"
Yes. 1t made me Jump three feet"
Il jumped three and half" said the elec-
trician. Then. turning to the visitor he ex-
planned that the cause OF the exuberance was
telegram Just received. that announced that the
big pump. the delay In constructing which had
sohindered work in theshops would be shipped
on Wednesday from Philadelphia.
The big pump will not supply the only lack
in the machinery necessary for that grand
illumination that has been In prospect for sew
eral months. That $50 horse power dynamo
machine. the largest ever made In the world is
not finished yet. It's bed has been put In place.
and other parts will be received In about ten
days Il will take another ten days to get things
Wire for nearly eight miles OF mains has been
iald. and SOO lamps will all be put up as soon as
tney can pc made. can make car load Of
lamps DAY. as soon as we get under way" said
:, Edison is cool and philosophical through all
every turn. Il worked two years. night and
day, on the 9uadrnplex telegraph invention"
experiments. but when we came to- to apply io il in
New York and Boston it wouldn't work for a
long time. A simple thing like the telephone
the public at haii.cock. The result has been n
repeated changes and improvements In their
is going to be all that il should be commercially.
from fnp tne start. don't want to leave any room
On line Of temporary wooden posts near the
railroad track about forty lamps OF sixteen
candle power are burning with bright steady
the works. and in Mr. Edison's house eighteen
OF Tue & horseshoe n es tips are on the chandeliers
row q lights. said Mr. Edison. EdiS s''f 0'' 0n 'n'
All ready"
The inventor turned a small wheel The
place was In darkness in twinkling. He gave
the wheel reverse turn. and the fifty lights
popped up at the same instant
and ends put up by the boys" Mr. Edison Oe exo
PiSS,ned. and and we are not trying to make an ek
lamps we viii give really PRACTICAL e a1' tests ST. inc
0,A MT: Edisons residence has been lighted by
with Key OF thumb screw like that on pr1tp an ord
on The hs be
which all the lights may be turned on and OF
preferred By the members Of Of the @ 6onsehoid household to to
the single burner keys The light is clear. soft,
and steady; and IFS diminished volume takes
The probable boundaries Of The two districts
duced were recently given in The Sun. The
company has not yet obtained the right OF way
and Mr.. Edison says 1t will be late In tho winter
before work is commenced. There will be- ulti-
matey twenty eight districts in the city from
which light and power will be supplied.
Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt has had the wires
put in his new house in anticipation Of the time
neighborhood.
Much OF Mr.. Edison's time these days is
taken up in giving testimony IN old patent
cases before commission that sits In room
over the Menlo Park office. The commission
sits until after dark. and was taking testimony
on Tuesday night by the light OF two kerosene
lamps. These sessions make il necessary for
Mr.. Edison to work at n light, and he gets to bed
in the early morning hours In answer to a
visitors suggestion that he was overburdened
with work. he said. Oh. no; never felt better
IA my ne; l never sieep more tnan I'VE OF threS