, 1880-04-07
AN HOUR WITH EDISON.

by the Elcctric LlEht-fsxrerfs ssssu
a. Work Making Test.-Ncw York's
+, Nt,p FORK Herald, +lpr4 q,
Rcochtnp the invnutnr,s ofIira nftor strur-
nix, ti,rn,,u, n,,, onti rain tl,o ronor,cr fon,,d
s, sn, t a''tt 49,, ." 49, *"' toHn. NV
wishing to break Into tho odreams-possEbiy OF
cnrbon l,orscslloes a1l{l gold tAIllngs-tbat the
tlrfd scientist wna enfoyinr. Tia runorter
,vo1ro,1 @ aro,'n,, for ,,olr an honr ram ,vin.
dow to window. md was astonislaed to SEQ n
out tho spark" Edison soon reused him
salf o,,1 In ons,vcr r. tho n,,cstIon ;vtothor
thor tee'e ~" was 81 anything new going on rope
"Dnn't YOU sec anything new y0urselfw
Upon being answered in the affirmative, lie
pee nsf wtat e
nj toso postsq I @ Wel I am having over re 100 'c Of
them put up, and upon eact will be an elee-
trlcllgAt. ! Intend tosurround the pnrk with
Those gasstock ,grayestones, and Will havc Il
That, fbelievc, ought to be enough % con
vinco tho skeptles ut what the light will
cost and how 1t Is managed. By the .yny,
those lamps you see along tho roadway frolll
tone,i throughout tile col country, and 10 slow
you what measures the opposition take to
Influence public opinion, l ,sill tell you about
the nattor. A representative Of tlle Boston
:I1ur,tnl came hero and found the lights oslt
Ing how the lights won't out, and ended by
snyinE tho wahele affair wns n tizzle. Tho
paragraph was copied into mnny papers
throughout tho country and necessarily was
important fact did not appear though, and
that Is, tlle Jumps went ont after burning on
m average 8U hours. Now, Ito not. claim
that tho lamps will burn forever. and think
&1S~t Is43 31HfI
tint light that burns for nearly
fonr months six hours per day with
out needing regulation Is mt q tlxzle. This
Journal Inns been very bitter. against tho
ihing unacconl,table, until il was learned
TINT the proprictors were nrlong the largest
holders OF New England Gas Company
stocks,"
don't yon hegln to Introduce It 4i,to Nu;Sy
York City ?''
"Tllat is Just the question everybody asks.
s si # r. a at S5si sa $s sSS; S sf + II
llp station and lny tile wires, etc., tn light
Cnnal street, between broadway and tic
UUWrry. llpyu not yet machinery erp1tgEl
s4a,e aks the s apf y a,ES @ @atttttss at sd Ha
far some time. I believe In slow but B,lro
work, Tho putting llp around tho pnrk oi
the 700 lamps Ii but carrying out Wl,at pro.
largU e1,Ei5e ,law In nsu lid not 11esI it TOT tot
experimental purposes, BECAUSE I Ind slnall
| lights urn going tho scientists OF tltA country
ai1d Eurnpo viii be 1t liberty ia ,ilake ali tile
lir. Edison then licconipnnlotl the reporter
to tic now stallion, Where eighteen lyuailso
maci!nes aro being placed III position. Tic
nncTint.s nm RIM nv Il inrre silnft furnt.tl II,
beitI,lg direct from the sngino. Iii d snlnl
ron,n IN lin wnrIsl,t,n isrnfs nmckntt nnt
Yot,i,e ,vsre fnu,,sl hnrd at wnrk testlnp M liz
dy,,n1ao ] machines, Thoy inatlo ouo @ wclies "a, Ul
tIssts which wert, nstou1,iimniy sllcccssfui
"ccor,ii,,,t @ to Etiso,1s and thoy nre ,low Goint
oyor lie s,.lno nj rroIlnd With Sonic nav nav kSii kinti
of nnnnrnttis IL or.iur Tint m error shnul,l
orcni, #, tiHrn" ti,n exnlmintion' Hs snn,, ~
fhS tests ara t'lsIletl nmt thC Cin,,ins s.,rr,,ni
ias Tia nark ;iahictl. Edlsa,, wyili tnrn III,
ti,SugEts ti t., tiS s1.nt,lvl,'r n ti,is civ Iis
says t tilt twcnty }oi,f s1ntions wo,ii,l hs
l,t;rcssurv ia iiium}nnto liz, ,nntronoIis p.,r
frctjy' '" '""'o 3'1 '''''''''S 80.
trho stntoment n,a,la In mining and othe,
Io;,rnnis tn In riE%t thnt E,ts.,,,a IN nro."s
~ nstirs ~ tnw ,vmvt" rtnI,i nHt ~ ts9o i;urs