New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15
NOT TELLING THEIR SECRET.
u,RTFORD MANUFACTURERS NURSING AN
INVENTION.
CURIOSITY AROUSED ABOUT DISCOVERY IN
GENERATING rLEcrRICGTY-Is THE DAY
OF THE STEAM BOILER OVER

OF THE STEAM BOILER OVERl
Hartford .rune 13-Reccnt publications regarding
,Io formation i'm Maine Of a company with caplUil
stock of 81 900 900 to furnish tho world WIN inc
cheapest form Of power ever KNOWN 70 De DUANE.
nv means of invention when trtlslorn'' ''
easily and directly into electricity, nave eNc'Vo' WI"
siderable interest in this city. for the reason that
,he men who are the head and front OF the company
re among the shrewdest business men OF TINS CITY
An efforts o learn in this city the process by WHICH
This alleged achevement-getting e'ectrH'y HUN ''
directIy-s accomplished. for the purpose III P""''"
,,on have proved futile so far, though th'' '"0
ccrct will be kept long from the public seems I'LL,
nossblc for every day "captalist' or party VI
acapitasts' is conducted into an inner apartment VI
cha creat machine shop Of the Pratt a Cady 'ohl-
many on Sigourney st., where the experiments WIN
thc new discovery are daily going on u'' '''""
started and il IS asserted the succeS'"i seherduoh
of electricity by the new process i o'"V'S',"'''
% tho delight and astonishment 'ot the Deh"'u'i>'
with the object Of gaining some Information ABOUT III.
ro, do,.ic. a Tribune reporter visited the factory OK
tho Pratt q Whitney Company the senior partner VI
which Franci, \. Pratt, l. president ol u'7 ~"
-, ,,o,,,n. The factory over which MI
Pratt AT present presdes covers se'erll "'o' v"
ground on the north bank of Park RIVER anu Al j"
hundred, OF employees work turning ont ma''"''H
,,I guus and all manner Of mechanical appliance.
,rh,t q, man AT the head OF such business Sho"nl
L.con,o interested In an invention gives the Ih"'ul
LANDING and importance I'm the business "ofu' eve" ]"
M, a-.ocatc, IN the enterprise we're not az u'' "''
mon also having charge Of great Industrial
Mr. Pratt /, a man about fifty five years o!d Win
| iron gray hair and beard, ana 'c'''0'' ~
The reporter said 10 him:
81 ,y,uld like IN learn something for Tho Tribune
about the invention Of II. Il. Cox OF Maine lo' urn
ing heat into electricity. concerning "m'h u'''
.,,,erpcnt ina, been made in the Hartford ne~spt'
pcrs." 49,, o,oc,r,c
Mr. Pratt acted If he had received AN c'' ~
/ .b,.k Not for 100000 said lie, would nave
| 49,, ,rv,hirc unfinished about that matter. Ever
since Tie account appeared have nceh
v,,t letter, Of inquiry from electricians, rom reP'
cpt,tiv.s o., companies that have millions hVes'"l
in electric patents and plauis. from scehH''e ANU
from people who want ~ know from idIe 'u''S'N
All tai, dcluec ha, come uL.'n ns before We "'o P"
pared for It. \ Hartford reporter who hah oce'.
no-,ng around for weeks picking mp what Ne '""''
and putting In gossip whore he did not nave '''' J."
violation OF a promise to write nothing until nc N"c"
II all printed that story
~ Tn. ruth is - continued Mr. Pratt. We cannot say
positively that have accomplished more tha' '"''
} Inventors and WORKERS ln electricity Inc n''''
/, ,H in an experimental stage and It may turn o"I !"
/ Ice nothing at nil. But We have been sufficiently en-
/ cou~a-cd by what We have already seen 10 'vend
some more money IN eNpcumcntIng' and by the CONNIE
/ fall at the latest. will know what We nave so''
II We have got ANYTHING To science or tie lndu'
trial world Will Of course show 1t 10 IA" pub'''
/ I'm the meantime engaged In pericctihs our
/ f,fcnts and q publication ~ what has been doh'
ulght provc an lrrcpartbc injury 10 have been
surprised must confess. at the general public IL
/ tcrc,t shown IN the matter Among Others, GOT
letter from a professor iu Cornell College. WHO SAYS
4 have long thought the time would come when the
steam boiler and engine would be things OF the past
hnt was hardly prepared 10 believe II would come
/ 80 sOou.
Here a summons 20 attend meeting Of the Local
BOARD Of Trade compelled Mr.. Pratt 10 bid his visitor
good b. The latter travelled around o the biz shops on
>igouucy-si. and hunted up Ernest 'ady, 81 Frat
a Cadv in whose factory. stated above the furnace
is located and the experiments are made. Mr.. 'ady
ID treasurer Of tho newly organized company. lie l. a
cheerful ilAcr but 10 all questions relating 10 rhc dis
! CO mate by Mr. Cox he remained dumb. But
without going into details lie spoke enthusiastically
| of the invention.
Is it lg1ic" asked the reporter. that heat can hC
turned into electricity hy I'M ur" pr''NS a isN 10
water can De turned into steam and mat single JET
( II eas f. sufficient 20 run sewing machine
Well II 1t couldn't DO that # would not amount {,
| much said Mr. Cady. As a matter Of fact Inay
.aV that We have go what Edison gave mp after try ii-
TO get IL for ten years Experts 100 electricity have al
wny, been able 10 get 50 Eir in the problem Of gen
Grating electricity aud always found The same old wal
to butt against. Now ! can say that We have so
The nearest that Mr. Cady could be induced t
| venture into particular, ~ the neW Invention was Il
refer occa,ionalIy n generator MhAt me ,. ' ~.
pprtcr's Imagination tall young man. with iiult
IN dark mustachc. came INTO me room ava l',@. c
yard he went away aud then Mr.. Cady impaired M
Information that the tall young man wah NJ coz, nv
ucrlrnce I'm dealing with electricity at his home IN
Maine. MIR. Cady said that hc thought the world wa
oulv beginning to make discoveries In tne neld Z"
l ,,s trity and the result OF another half
thought and investigation In this fruitful HELD Woll'
ent discoveries would be to people OF the past genera
ton.