New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-28
THE ELECTRICAL SPINNER.
JOHN GOODS NEW MACHINE TO BE SHORT
LY PLACED ON EXHIBITION.
A REMARKABLE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES YEARS
AGO WORKING AT THE BENCH-To-DAY A
GREAT INVENTOR MANUFACTURER
AND CAPITALIST.

AND CAPITALIST.
John Goods electrical spinner the crowning tri-
umoh In a series Of brilliant inventions in cordage
machinery. is to be paced exhibition in a few
days The application OF electricity to the already
ingenious devices which have been perfected by Mr..
Good Is step forward IN the co.dage Interest which
marks an era in the Industrial. development Of the
country.
Mr. Good is constantly nven.!ng new machines.
and constantly putting them upon the market at the
proper time. The proper time with Mr. Good is when
a patent IL run out or when some bright fellow in
the line has perfected device which compstes
In a measure With tire devices Mr.. Good or his
.ersees using Then this master Of cordage
draws upon the treasury Of his IDEAS and sets the
| corlage world a-thlnkag again. After the cordage
world has thought awhile and after the bright fell
lows have produced new machines OF their own, Mr..
Good again draws upon his Imagination; not the
imagination of dree this. but the imagination
of skilled mechanic. manufacturer, capitalist ana
ali-round business man.
During the .ast twenty five years Mr.. Good has
taken out over fifty plt-nts These have all been
well considered and Il Is probably true that he 10
abe TO take DIT great many more We he so dis
posed. His enormous wealth has been made almost
entirely Inventor lsssng his patents. although
a manufacturer he operates large plants both IN
this country and abroad.
Twenty-Five years this remarkable man was
working at the bench. that his success has been
as rapid 1t Is marked. The inventor Of the eec-
| rlcal spinner was born in Ireland in the year 1874
AT the age of four his father died. and his mother
a few years later sold the little farm and, gathering
together her small family Of four children. took
passage on a sailing vessel for NewYork. The
| Goods se;,lel In Bro 5klyn. IN which vicinity the
master Of cordage has lived pretty much az his IRE
Fortunately for him and for the grea; Industry win
which his name is intimately connected. he was
| thrown upon his own resources az very early age
He was on.y when he arrived in this country
and may be said to be a fact that he got 10 work
| AT once When a mere child he built a small engine
| which his mother treasured with great pride IL vas
given away by his brother, and the mother OF the
| inventor grlevei for It many day. The first large
engine he built is 'ncw in us at the favens"ooo
| plant in Long Island CITY.
| II has been said by a keen observer Of American
institutions that soon any bright man lands
| on American sol. he begins invent. This might
| be modified TO read: He begins TO think. Although
| strong and active boy. fond OF play and heaitny
sport Mr. Good imbbsi the spirit Of our Institutions
and Immediately began 20 think. This thinking re-
suited in the downfall OF the o.i rope walk and IN
dusrl,l me nod Of making cord1ge. probably as oio
! as the pyramids For this clumsy and now obsolete
| method Mr.. Good substituted ingenious machinery 10
| do up,n an enormous scale what had formerly been
| done by hand. \ description Of these devices wou.d
convey little to The .ayman 1t IS sufficient TO say
! hat Mr. Good sp.ns rope AMI twine with the same
"a ami facility that the process Oh spinning 10 az
! compllshel IN the other arts
| | he Introduction
| was a revolution in trade, what shall be- said OK
| tho change which ha~ been effected by John Goods
! machinery? Any one who understands the nature ~
| industrial inventions, appreciates their necessarily
| progressive character. An inventor must not only
| invent. he must keep on inYentlng' one he" "'i-
! chine leads TO another. The more done the more
| there il to be done As patent runs ou'' IL Is
| rendered obsolete by another patent, when SUN
further cheapens the cost of production ana MAIN
tatns the autonomy of the plant Any n an, to be
supreme in any Industry, must De ihdclaiSd-
| bic: for In the Industrial ats, perseverance -
! tho prce of liberty. MIR Good has long enjoyed
| this kind OF liberty From the beginning he has
| rolled upon himself and he can be depended upon
| 70 do so until the end However, like most sue
cessful men OF broad mind and high character he
regards wealth responsibility and power ior
use not abuT'.
His first machine shop was an unpretentlous
affair in Grand-st. Williamsburg His first cordase
machine called a "Spreader." was patented octo-
| her J. 1859 Following close upon TINS patent
| other devices were perfected. From the beginning
Mr. Good did not SELL bu; rented. All his machines
are let out on royalty. His success naturally stlu-
| lated others emulate HIM Machine AFTER ma
chin, was put upon the market. by competing COM
| rnias Most of them died a natural DEATH and
| much money time and patience were exhausted in
! imitation of John Good. When in ls>1 ne con-
! structed his Ravenswood plant 1t was soon foi-
| lowed by others of similar nature IN GERMANY
| France.
| stated has taken out over fifty patents, but what
his competitors fear more than the patents he
| does Ike out are those which he may apply Tor.
| For the cor,.age inventor IS known in wall street
| TO be a man Of resources ana reserve power IL
the potency of his inventive skill despite the kndiy
| nature OF the man. strikes terror AT nome IL VIII
he Interesting TO Mr. Goods countrymen to know
| that he by no means confines his operations 10
| this country About two years he made up
| bis mind that ne would like 10 install himself In
England. A large factory WAS put In operation IN
! Mllwood on the Thames. near London sir John
| Fairburn an English machinst of note good-ha-
| turedlv resented what he doubtless considered an
| intrusion on he part Of the Yankee cordage man.
| Sir John announced therefore, that he would inn
! n,edIately nut upon the market machines that
| would render Mir. Goods best devices absolutely
| useless. At the present writing however sir Johh
| Fairburn's machines are stiil missing from the
| trade and Mr. Goods Success in England Is al
! mos, as bitter a pill TO John Bull as Was the
success Of the American Hoe printing press upon
! which, after many Efforts TO the contrary Ihe
| London Times" had to be printed In the end what
rnrshmen will think of Mr. q ood's electrical spin
ner can only be ascertained when they nave peen
formally introduced to the new machine
! These few isolated facts in Mr.. Goods career IN
dicate remarkable success as an inventor manu-
| facturer and capitalist, ,., ,,or hin, tho
IN is Pom Of h iii Ho S Remen Emp The
tile was presented to Mr. Good in the 2ressnnGe OF
AnrH ISIS He IS the ony man in the United States
upon whom the tie has been 6es5eweq isr X,t ne
nv Mr. Good values this honor coming as IL
does from the head Of the Church OF wAca ne Is
| n ner1bsr and to which h. i leVout-y Attached
| II is Significant that the Papa See bss'owed the
lite upon him because Of mis- s'rvcAs TO me cause
OF bumen!,y through benefits to the aborng easses.
! Iv means OF his numerous inventions The In
v1n,or of the electrical. spinner attributes Els sue
800 IN lie 70 IN, owe ami devotion OF his mother.
TO her. AMI to her ie3c4nss sid MI IA, 5000 an re:
| parso,1',v he is x,r5meiy simpc In his
tastes He be.ongs TO no cubs excep, me Catnoic
| cub although he mixes, none the le,1. Sood dea,
| among men However. Re has travelled woe y Al
! ever Europe and crossed the A;;an;ie neary nfty
! times In summer h lives in oe1utltu' nome IN
Ear Rockaway. and in the winter he resides in
| brooklyn He is a director in ths Em!grants say.
i,gs Hank Of New-York and the Kings County
Trust Company of Brooklyn.