The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-06

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Many queor-looking machines dotted q
big oblons room on the third floor OF IN Iron
building In Elm street. A dozen lines OF shaft
ing revolvej. and lot Of workmen wero busy
at curlous-looking machines. A thoughtful-
looking man walked around and gave occasion
al directions. Now and then men OF shabby
dress camo In and spoke to tho workmen.
They examined some particular bit Of mechan-
Ism. gave the workmen . multitude Of instrue-
lions. and then won't away.
looking man. We make models for them.
and queer models enough, a timss."
Arc there enough inventors to keep 20 lsrge
an establishment - this going
Yes. indeed. and half dozen othefs. You
have no idea how many inventors There are In
thia city alone. We have customers. too who
como from oil over the country. That gray
haired man who Just wont out came from the
northern part OF the State. He thinks he has
invented something that will mako millions
for him. and says that Il won't b long before
y 70 completed. Tho chances are, however,
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keep faith with them.
See mSss Inventors are r.. not preS;t 4,
sketch the. workman would make them prs cs
models made aftcr the inventors own com
pleted drawings are useless. The models have
70 DO made over and over again a. the inventor
they aro for, and no quickly makes Il for them.
several hundred dollars"
sS do taey pay for the hs TINA
wSa s%p S.y JOB bSs unless We know exactly
men and ss sIsS, ,Ssn eyer stand over the work.
o., should say So Some Of them are so fear
y oow me al around IT,
shop rs no goes from machine to machine. At
plight they put the incomplete apraratns in 9
back next morning: They, never let 1t out o!
th .hes sight here and should net be surprised
Are your customers Rich or poor menp ?"
The most are poor. or in moderate circum-
ssttances: Occasionally some rich man gets an
So osi HH nrasne ns ssas noa
As a rule. inventors arc reckless with their
es s1 anS sTS Ses sse any sacrifice
Are they good payT
Some arc and some arc not. II We think a
job Is going to cost 500 we ask for 800 In ad-
vance, and when that amount Of labor and ma
terial has boon used up. we ask for the other
500, We haye to do 30 to protect ourselves
We meet lots OF curious people. Some roal-
ly act as though they were insane. An old man
comes here who has spent tho greater part OF
s e.q H. sSntnp ' ssst
has wonderful Invention. Not long ago q lady
risks In washing windows.
"sir' she said, DO You not perceive what an
dangerous practice OF washing windows. The
servant girls sit on the window sill without any
thirty or forty feet above the street.
l expressed great concern for the servant
girls. and the lady said she had invented a
for the protection Of servant girls.
"A man had a model made for an apparatus
to s%percede stilts II consisted Of two skeleton
=, Have you ever made models for Inventions
that have been great successes 2"
On savara!! 115aasi6hs. SSct tie fortunes were
not roaped By the inventors.