Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-01-11
The COMING LIGHT.
bltc,.ot Of tbs New MEXICO school ,f'
Mines Has DOUBTS About II.
An INtTRTSTIEG FAFFE

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Sr"uflu. .Im %. lNs, IWa.t,, much
Interested ~ Nuur editorial of thr ,lh
concerning the 'rumIug hight dIl de-
| sire tn hil a few Nuil, IT Inflammation
aud Warning 1" Is,>-lhlr itNr,tuf- ~ lhr
patent rights ut the 'Iwitir tea. co.,
Nhil" thr possibilities from thr ~, ol
hr"iN lruC, derived lrmu calcium rhthidr
~" very great AMI Nuut friuAtk- ate NrtN
, timely, vet the piT,",- - -till ~ an ~
pTflnruial stage uulN, 49, iat ~ least A.
the cost ut prpluctlun l. concerned hlrl
necessarily controls IT, future aud value,
Hnl consider II NV dutN ~ aritlZrt and
a trusted official ~ one "f NpiIr technical
institutions. tu call the attention ~ Nuur
trHdrt- I" ~uiu" Tact, concerning Ia, ptu.
Jrct. which should l." known tu all Ir,s.
-Ihlr investors.
Ny attention fuT Nlnr time past has
h"n directed in the statement ~ puhlir
prln, concerning the ga-. AMI when |
read IN The Ortuhrf number ~ the tul
lirry Engineer anl Metal Miner that a
company located nj spray. y. e.. wa- pre-.
pared tu make calcium carbide at u east
~ f9' ton. ! wrote I" them asking f,r
iull Information concerning the c,s,t uf
material. the style II generator fur con.
Nrttlng the carbide into arrtNlrnr. etc.
We were contemplating the purcha~,, Il
u gas machln" tur our chemical lahuta
tory. AMI from the statements male
was convinced that this system promised
tn meet "nr requirements fat better than
any other. Strange to say. 10 reply was
made tn my communication A. my let.
ter was not returned. II II prrsIimpti,r
| evidence that II was received hy the ruIn-
mny. ! naturally concluded that the
prorrss had not ~ yet been perfected aud
| the experimental results were not vet ut q.
tainahle uIson u commercial scale. ! was,
| therefore. not at all surprised Ia tlnd IN
the editorial columns ~ the Engineering
AMI Mining journal Tor dee. -, lSgj. a
warning Ia the public. under the caption,
The Calcium Carbide tiAs bubble" This
editorial asserted that III" v il-pii Alum.
mum company was ir,nting all uf IT, rii.
rrgirs tO the sale NJ its patent rights,
which were worthless, and that the, had
| not succeeded In pruiuring the carbide nj
u cost that would allow IT. ~. ptnctl.
cally. In the issue ~ iRc. - u general
denial was nAtie to the charges ~ the
| journal. hut the party making the denial
based his argument IN the fact that II
wa- III" Electric ',as Co." which had nc.
luirei the patent rights of the ~ ll+on
Co. which Wa dlSIO~ing ~ the right.
MS denial d'"'~ not meet The point nj Is
sue Ia The reply of The Engineering and
Miiiing journal. which went -mrwhnt
lill" "r'all, III" i"Iin"lhg pertinent H'i"@'
'ioi!@ wrr" asked.
rs II true That tl'f" AZ" AMI ran Il" n"I
patents covering llle ''lh-'hlir"~ rhirlum
rafbldr ahh ar"t lrn"F j. II trI" that
li' patent Tor the iil-oli process Tor pro
hnrlig calcium rathin" Il worthless; that
III ia'' III" pr Suction m calcium ~Ibld"
W w" are ehr'fl' Ilfhhc" Il Tree hhi mol
li"" subject ~ iil"hn"'l!, and that II Is
brlhg phHiIc'h hy "til"rs ~ r'ifnI" with.
not any REGARD to lhr Mili~4'h patents
!. u uhr thht III" Nlll-'li r"illlhhy, The
Electro ha- company, OI th,r" Interested
IN promoting them ani selling their ~r.
rufitirf, have made public statements f"r
'h' Rulhhhr" "' investors, That They ralI
MAKE cairilini carbide at froIn ~ I" o.
per Ton, ~ IN NOR" recent -tat"il"nt- al
w per "h II IL tfn" thht neither "f
lh'r" companies mas ever prbilir"d nr can
To-day prA'hrr calcium rAfhlh" CONNER
riaiiy NJ thr-" hRufe- oT nj cost even
seven Times a. great u u true that
neither MI seward nor other gentlemen
PROMINENT lii thrs' concern" who lla'"
known t'ht thtS, publir statements were
ahd are absolutely nhi1'ind-d have ever
piblicly protested against the III" of ih.s''
StAhiIIrlits' "r nave mai" ANY truthful
pubiir statement ~ what u actually has
"~i, anu now costs !" pf"lur" calcium
carbide or ar"ty yirir by these progresses =
~ another part "i The Siine iSs'ie there
nR'rl mi'rh interesting Information "