New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26
VgY EDISON Is DELAYED.
CAUSES OF TIE TROUBLE IN TIE FIRST DISTRICT

c.1-sFs OF TIE TROUBLE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT
Major s. b. Eaton. president of the Edison
Compa,,y for Isolated Lighting and OF the Eu-
ison Electric Light Company leaned oacA IL
his big arm chair in the companys oIhce III
Fifth-ave and laughed heartily "heh ain'Nh
ronorter presented to him the claims OF W. T. sawyer
- Inc the inventor of the Edison incandescent hight
Mr. SAWYER had sent TO THE TRIBUNE copy OF an am
davit made by him on November 20 IN 'lis ne S'Ss
that rs an electrical engineer and the original inventor
Of the Edison and similar ncandescent eiecr1c hsn7
systems" he has repeatedly made Informal statements
~ the effect that these systems are not WHAT the Pupo
nosos them 10 be- These statements having been
denied Mr. Sawyer says that he has devised cerulh
simple methods whereby his said statements may he
,erieed bv persons mskied in the art" He offers to
furnish the methods in writing free OF charge on "lp
cation He also charges that the cost OF the electric
1tipg Is from two 10 four times that "f gas ana ha'
Us extension to the illumination Of considerable ds-
trcts from central stationsis impracucaoIe' MaJor
Eaton said:
.It IA not worth while to talk about Mr.. sawyer's
,,rs 70 he the inventor of the Edison light except TO
characterize them as absurd Why we nave lau men
The last visitor had OF that kind said that he
discovered the electric iisnt Unity tWo !faIS aGo.
Poor fellow he was IL NUT "cHii'u ""0 " "i'iNi"s
ms % '9ntnued Major Eaton "to reply the talk
hot the eypensivcncss of our system need only say
that onr company is composed OF prominent ana capa
BILE capitalists VINO aIeI tnorousr u
has never been offered to the public ana we have not
solicited them TO take single snare. Ata no our
work shows us handsome prOhts., NO one heed lrct
about the expense OF te syet %ecyin ,g
manuals from those who use our ght us 10 It's excel
% and the economy OF using it, We have not had
SmoT S S removed in single after its introduc
lion and we are constantly receiving orders to i'll
| crease tue original plant. -. -. 5000 80. ,.,,
the entire first district from your FuitC9,st station
suggested the reporter, ana also at me only partial
cfio civ
I'VE are making connectons in That district almost
| little over three months ago, and we are now
lighted I9l separate establishments employing Ass
lamps Of which oycr2,1OO lamps are III constant use
We have had no trouble with the underwriters. They
have rejected single plant ON relations have
been harmonious and satisfactory. The underwriters
are exactng III their requirements but no more so than
we are willing to conform TO- as safety from fire is as
| we have our plants we have not had single fire
our service in the district did give proper
| satisfaction to either our patrons or ourselves The
t viii no electrical obstacle Of any description in
| Mat district The fuctuaOn IN the lights Ia come
from the fact that the engines we use at the central
| .totion have not been governed properly. We have
hrr endravoring to utilize the old engines without re
NJ have adopted for our new work different engine
| from those adopted eighteen months ago pro,
tation and see how they work Possibly We may con
cludc 10 take all the old ont But a. 1t Is we have
| Ne arc now running four engines using only two
| together. The result has been that during the past
week. when had careful cany ass made OF our con-
sumcrs as TO their impression Of their service We
found everybody satisfied with only four exceptions
| out of over 100 separate establishments.
| when will the entire district be lighted up1"
| "That date cannot be fixed You must remember
| that our station is only half completed When il *
| finished there Will be six more machines available
| The street mains underground conductors and wires
| are ali prepared for twelve machines We con-
Meeting additional buildings rapidly possible and
If the Board OF Underwriters affords the facil-
tiles for having work inspected and passed
upon by 1t during the next week as 1t has during
ditOnal lamps burning before December
| / in say hfty additional buildings Theoretically
| we can run ! 200 lamps with dynamo But In
practice keep machine in every three I'm reserve
So mat 500 lights burning all at the time ma
| nm the maximum for six dynamOs. We have wired for
~ 900 lamps the central district because in prac-
TO- oir consumers never than tWO-t thirds OF
their amps at one time. Therefore when we have our
twelve dynamOs at the central station will be able 10
trr,tsb SERVICE for about 10 900 lights, although the
Yjnum capacity OF the station were all the lights to
| he burning together, would be only 5000 lamps. "